Quote from achilles28:
I was at a Christmas party the other night. A barista at starbucks, (who happened to also be a polymath) tried to tell me that all debt was an illusion, that Europe wasn't broke, and that the nature of money was nothing more than a confidence game. When he explained the financial crisis to my friends (who were clearly bored out of their minds), he started with a description of what a "hedge fund" was, then asked me, in a know-it-all tone, if I knew what a "put option" was....
I didn't even bother. I told him the conversation would be about 45 minutes, there was no point, and he didn't know what he was talking about. The scary part, was how utterly convinced this guy was of his position. Fortunately, most people aren't so delusional. But most true believers are. He said he got most of his information from democracy now.
Anyway, yes, we are broke. We have been broke for a long time. The deficit is well over 1.2 Trillion. According to CBO projections, we should have had a balanced budget by now. The problem is, as they say, all this debt is now structural. The jobs, "structurally", don't exist. So we replace that void with debt. In about 3 years, comes Greek levels, and that's when the wheels fall off. Maybe sooner. The fiscal cliff is a side show. The problem is income generating capacity. The cliff could actually be a good thing, but the economy will take it hard. Much harder than reported.
Once a person understands the economic fundamentals of the situation, prepping is the next logical course of action. Then, one can understand why the Government demonizes preppers, constitutionalists, veterans, and any "bitter clinger" that wants to keep their guns. The Government knows whats coming too. They are trying to head us off at the pass. Feinstein is talking forced confiscation, via buy back. The people running the show in Washington/DHS etc are hardcore Authoritarians. Thats what all this is about.
People can't bring themselves to admit the truth. The TSA, DHS, rampant NSA spying with no warrant, DHS listing patriots, constitutionalists and veterans as "right-wing extremists" and potential terrorists. Check points all over the highways, train stations, bus stations, with open borders. US Army war college now preparing for civil war against the American people. US civilian internment manuals leaked by the US army. Obama and Feinstein and the entire liberal press labeling gun owners as racists and terrorists. Forced buybacks are being tabled. Obama passed and signed the NDAA, which authorizes the US military to round up americans on US soil and throw them in a hole, with no trial or lawyer. They passed that. They are setting up a police state. Wake up. This is no longer deniable. They are doing it. People need to wake the fuck up. This is really happening.
