Civil War in 2010 what country will you live in then?
Yes some Russian has predicted the dollar will fail in 2010 and the country soon after. The US will be broken up into 6 parts. I'll be a Canadian !
At least shipping to Canada won't be so scary then.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123051100709638419.html
And I think the average lifespan of a democracy is roughly 200 years... aren't we about there now? Rome fell from world's most powerful nation to a tiny city almost overnight and history has a tendency of repeating itself...
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It is also much more likely for other countries like China to attack us when we default on our debt. It is a matter of time at this point....
I.e. when you are trillion of dollars in debt, other countries like China buy up our debt with a minimal rate. I.e. China gives us a trillion dollars and puts some interest rate on it knowing that we'll make the payments. When the country declares bankruptcy and zeros our debt, China will not be happy. Anyone else who bought up our debt would be in the same boat and band together to attack us.
^ - That is much more real than anything that Russian professor can put together.
Yes some Russian has predicted the dollar will fail in 2010 and the country soon after. The US will be broken up into 6 parts. I'll be a Canadian !
At least shipping to Canada won't be so scary then.
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Get your wife to start making the flapjacks and I'll send over the maple syrup
If we broke up we would still retain a loose confederacy, and I doubt the rest of the world would be in good enough shape to take over anything.
Interesting note since most people do not understand what a trillion dollars means:
If you stacked 1,000,000 dollar bills on top of each other, that would translate into 358.33 feet (.0043 inches per bill x 1,000,000 = 4300 / 12 = 358.33 feet). That means one billion dollars would be 35,833.33 feet and one trillion would be 3,583,333.33 feet.
Multiply by 11 and that's still a number too large to comprehend. Let's convert to miles:
39,416,666.63 feet converted to miles = 7465.27 miles.
That means we could line up dollars bills from the East Coast to the West Coast and back, and then some more to count our debt. Not to mention that the debt is increasing FASTER THAN IT EVER HAS BEFORE. But oh well, Obama will hopefully save us all right
But then again we only have a couple of years after that before this: http://www.december212012.com/
Jonas - even with the recent increases our debt to GDP ratio is considerably smaller than most other developed countries (Japan, and most of Europe). The likelihood of the EU breaking down is MUCH higher than that of the USA falling apart from monetary policy. Last I checked there is already rioting in the streets in some places around Europe due to bank closures.
I think the guy that came up with this goofy 2010 prediction is just upset that Russia is close to collapse, yet again, and in fact is on the brink of its own civil war.
I personally think if something happened soon, it would be a class war, not a political war. People are angry with corporations. Corporations are not backing down at all, or showing remorse for the state of things. They are clinging to power like dictaors, and showing of their might in these dire times, with their private jets and such. They pretty much laugh in the face of the government, when the government questions them on these obsurd displays. Then the government bails them out. I think if things got worse (alot worse) there could be roits, assasinations, and linching of executives, in which the governement would of course try to protect. The people would revolt against the government siding with corporations. There would be no civil war. The people are too united, and mixed together. The country wouldnt divide up, but it may try to overthrow the government. This would be a very very extreme event, I doubt it would ever occur.. but its certainly more rational then civil war. Thats just not americans.. theres no way in this day and age, a Floridian is going to say "F U Michigan!! This is war!!"
On second thought.. You jerks from Michigan drive like asses.. so if it comes down to it.. bring it on you panzys! Your more Canadian then American anyway.. shuve your "dont ya knows" where the sun dont shine!
ponder that.
i would go too mexico..................
BTW, if there is a civil war in 2010, I will still be in Korea by then. If things are bad back home, I'll stay my ass in South Korea, unless the Northern Koreans wanna start shit, then I'm on the first plane, or boat outta there.