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Almost half of all Americans fear a ‘total economic collapse’ in the next 10 years, new poll shows
(www.independent.co.uk)
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Years? Try months. Second year of his first term was when the economy first stumbled.
It's weird that Republicans aren't more fearful given that farmers got crushed last year, and fertilizer prices are skyrocketing this year. Both due to the pedophile.
As a farmer who warned my friends and neighbors about this fact during and after the election, the déjà vu of all of this is absolutely not worth the wait. We've literally been here before. And it was bad bad.
I've never wanted to say "I fucking told you so"
I still don't.
But here we are. And they still somehow have no idea. Its fucking wild.
The worst part is knowing and being powerless despite it all. The most frustrating ones are the people that see the signs and are preparing. Hell they will probably survive it too. Lick their wounds and trudge on again. But they never once hit the point where they realize their actions are the reason this is happening.
I'm hitting the point where I don't dread the collapse anymore. In the most nhiallistic of senses, Im starting welcome it. And I'm so damn disappointed that it's gotten to this point.