So what if it's based on lies? It will still hurt like hell when it collapses...and I'm not important enough to change anything. I'm just trying to dodge bullets and survive, just like most people everywhere.

When this collapse comes, it will create a great sucking sound as the buying power of people around the world gets destroyed. That is what the riots and uprisings are about. Bond crises bring surging interest rates, more pain.

If you want to look at it abstractly and hold an auto da fé as the world collapses, please enjoy. I'm afraid I will be running from the fire, trying to survive.

The only reason I'm still standing is that I have done this kind of research since I can remember, and I moved out of the way of trouble in 2002, and again in 2006. Knowledge is power, and I have no illusion I can fight the forces of this world...only try to stay a step ahead of them. If you think that is the equivalent of defending the system, then you are naive and have much real living to do.