Will Everything Change in 2020-2025 or Will Nothing Change?
Any domino-like expanding crisis will unfold in a status quo lacking any coherent response…
Continue readingstatus quo
The Media, Mueller, The Big Con & Democratization Of Narrative
Falling for a con is painful. The first reaction is to deny being conned, of course. The second is to blame skeptics for being correct in their skepticism…
Continue readingHow Empires Collapse In Four Easy Steps
The promises cannot be met, and so society decays into warring elites and competing constituencies…
Continue readingMarkets Change And Move In Cycles: Everybody Needs Some Exposure To Gold
Markets move in cycles, the status quo changes, and assets become misunderstood. Here are even more reasons why everybody needs gold exposure…
Continue readingCharles Hugh Smith: Let’s Face It – The US Constitution Has Failed
Elections provide the bread-and-circuses staged drama that is passed off as democracy…
Continue readingWhy Everything That Needs To Be Fixed Remains Permanently Broken
Just in case you missed what’s going on in France: The status quo in Europe is doomed…
Continue readingIs This Really “The Most Important Election Of Our Lives” Or Just Another Distraction?
The problem isn’t polarization, rather, neither flavor of the status quo is actually solving any of the nation’s most pressing system problems. Here’s more…
Continue readingCharles Hugh Smith: Turn Off, Tune Out, Drop Out
An unknown but likely staggeringly large percentage of small business owners in the U.S. are an inch away from calling it quits and closing shop…
Continue readingNo Matter How You Vote, The New Congress Won’t Represent You
“…its hard to see how we can also call this “representative” or a system that transmits “consent” from the voters to…”
Continue readingWhat’s The Real Meaning Of The Stock Market Drop?
Nobody dares discuss it openly for fear of triggering a panic, but there aren’t enough lifeboats for everyone…
Continue readingThe Dynamics Of Decadence Are Weakening The Social And Economic Order
Conditions have been created that favor a loss in faith in the status quo and the failure of key institutions within our society. Here are the details…
Continue readingHow Things Fall Apart: The Extremes Aren’t Stable
A funny thing happens on the way to keeping the financial system from collapsing – the financial system becomes even more unstable. Here’s how…
Continue readingThe Gathering Socio-Economic Storm Can’t Be Avoided With Bribes & Propaganda
Rather than admit the failure of our socio-economic system, the status quo is seeking even more power. Here’s how…
Continue readingCould Germany Fracture, Not In A Brexit Kind Of Way, But As In A Break-Up Into Multiple Nations?
“It’s instructive to study a map of proto-Germany circa 1866…centralized organizations that appear rock-solid may well melt into air”
Continue readingCollege Bound High School Grads: Status Quo ‘Borrow To Get A Degree’ Enriches The Few At Your Expense
“status quo marketers don’t dare acknowledge: every one of these conventional “solutions” only makes the problem worse.” Here’s the details…
Continue readingWhat Lies Beyond Capitalism And Socialism?
“What if the State and the Market are the sources of our unsustainability? What if they are intrinsically incapable of fixing what’s broken?”
Continue readingUnderstanding ‘Whataboutism’: The MSM’s Newest Propagandist Word To Defend The Status Quo
“One should never rely on the lazy use of a cutesy, catchy term like “whataboutism” as a retort to someone who points out a…”
Continue readingThe Solutions To Our Financial Problems Must Come From Outside The Status Quo
“the organizational structure attempts to meet the challenges by doing more of what’s failing: since every layer of bureaucracy now has…”
Continue reading