So what do you get when you cross financial turmoil with political and cultural upheaval, and then sprinkle the whole concoction with military tensions? A very nasty stew, that’s what…
by James Corbett
The International Forecaster
The events of the past few days have played out like a slowly unfolding nightmare. A nightmare where you know the next bad thing is about to happen and all you can do is wait for it.
[…] Well, as of press time that “next bad thing” is the carnage we witnessed in Dallas on Thursday night. Hopefully by the time you’re reading this there isn’t a next next bad thing taking place, but given how quickly these events are escalating we have to wonder if this is really the end of the cycle of violence or just the beginning.
As readers of this column know, I’ve been talking about 2016 as the year of potential civil war since the very beginning of the year, and sadly that prediction seems like it’s becoming more prescient by the day.
So are we really heading toward a summer of rage and the breakdown of society? Economic collapse? War? Let’s look at five signs that things are looking bleak for the months ahead.