I am leaning more toward September or October, a few months after the Census is finished and the real unemployment numbers come out. Until then, the economy may actually swell up and look good. Just like before an old person dies, they often get up, go to church, have a great meal, work in the garden, visit with friends and that night or the next morning, their gone. It takes family and friends by surprise.

Actually, we do take this information very seriously. Whether you do or not is up to you. You respond with cynicism so as to avoid directly confronting the facts presented here, which is a little sad, but again, your choice.

As to your question, human beings survived without industrialization for thousands of years. If we had to we could do it again. It wouldn’t be fun, but then sometimes you have to play the cards you are dealt. The ultimate goal would be to rebuild. What you are attempting to present is a hypothetical question to which there is no one answer. It all depends on the events that lay ahead. If you are looking for a crystal ball reading, you’ve come to the wrong place.

But then, this is a serious answer and I don’t think that is what you are looking for. I think what you are looking for is some kind of overreaction to your flaccid attempt at ridicule. Which is why, as I said, I have to laugh at your alias. A real “critical thinker” would have responded to this article with at least a hint of objectivity. You seem to think being objective means acting naive.

Btw, I don’t consider clay pigeon shotguns and hunting rifles as adequate protection, and neither should you, considering that is all that is available in the UK. Not to mention, you are required to apply for licenses to have either, and prove to the local authorities that you “need” a firearm in your particular line of work, or sport.

In the UK, the Firearms Act of 1988 banned semi-automatic and pump-action rifles; weapons which fire explosive ammunition; short shotguns with magazines; and elevated pump-action and self-loading rifles. Registration was also made mandatory for shotguns, which were required to be kept in secure storage. Meaning any weapon that would be useful in actual combat is unavailable to you.

In 1997, they passed the 2nd Amendment to the Firearms Act, which made any pistol above a .22 caliber (target pistol) illegal to own. You’re not even allowed to own an air rifle until you are 18 under law.

So yes, you are effectively disarmed. I suggest you learn the laws of your own country, it may help in the future.

Not if I and millions of others in the Liberty Movement have anything to say about it. Organized opposition doesn’t just spring up overnight, it took colonial Americans nearly two decades to finally rally around the revolution. The truth is 9/11 was only a footnote in this struggle. There will be many more to come. There are opportunities to fight tyranny everyday, and the fight isn’t over until you are dead.

I wouldn’t give up on your family just yet. Don’t get in their faces about it, but keep mentioning the info, and showing them articles and films. When the economy takes the next downturn, they will be far more likely to listen to what you have to say. Some people just need a psychological kick in the pants before they see the truth, but they aren’t necessarily hopeless.

I am a supporter of Peter Schiff’s views on the economy. I think that he has always been ahead of the game. He is basically predicting a dollar collapse or treasury insolvency, which is what we are predicting given the evidence. The problem is that the timing is difficult to gage. If you have a lot of capital tied up in other currencies, this can make things a little tense. I think a sure bet is gold and silver. The dollar is already inflated and treasuries are only hanging on because the Fed is pumping out fiat money to prop them up, and that can’t last for much longer before China or OPEC starts dumping them in retaliation.

Any country that is making an effort to avoid inflation would be a safer currency than the dollar. Will you get stinking rich off this strategy? Probably not. But your savings would be far safer than if they were invested in dollar denominated securities.

Actually, I hope that you are correct. I’d just as soon face it and get it over with. The system is like a termite-infested bordello that needs to be completely razed. It’s hard to wait and wait for the battle you know is coming. Many of my acquaintances also agree that the crisis event will happen this year. An astrologer friend with 30 years experience, says to look for it to come in August, that the charts are indicating a violent upheaval at that time.
We all refer to the term “to wake up” because when you finally “get” what’s going on, that is exactly how it feels. I woke up to all the lies and manipulation about 2 years ago, and there is no way to put the genie back into the bottle. Unfortunately, I can’t get any of my family to listen, so I don’t have a support group. I’m worried because I live alone and in a townhouse, not a home in the country. I’ve stocked a good amount and have protection, but if there are roaming bands of desperate people, I don’t think my chances will be very good. It is heartbreaking that the people you want to save, and be with, turn a deaf ear. I’m 60 years old and this is all so depressing that I can hardly sleep at night. Even though it is really scary, I DO want to see how it all turns out, if I’m lucky enough to survive. These are BIG times!

Question: I have my holdings with Peter Schiff’s Euro Pacific fund which gets me out of the dollar, but if the rest of the world suffers too, does it make any sense to be in any equities or bonds at all…even if they are foreign? Will all economies crash & burn, or will productive, manufacturing nations get through it alright?
Someone famous said that the Fed can keep the markets irrational longer than we can stay solvent.
I hope that is not the case, for the sake of future generations.