The real 2012

[Floyd Looney]

The economy crashes. hard.

Unemployment more than doubles within several months, real unemployment is more than 50%.

Tax revenues dwindle.

No more unemployment benefits are possible. Welfare payouts shrink across the country as prices rise and shelves become more and more barren.

The President and the media blame corporations and the free market the opposition ask "what free markets?".

Riots begin breaking out in Detroit and Philadelphia and it soon becomes apparent that every major city is at a breaking point. The National Guard across the country are mobilized to quell the rioting. The regular Army and some Marines are on the streets of Washington DC.

The government announces gasoline rationing and only pre-approved locations would be allowed to sell fuel. Only pre-approved vehicles to be allowed to use the interstate highway system. Onramps and offramps to be tightly controlled.

News reports indicate that the international situation is even worse as many countries had been very dependent on the US economy. China unemployment skyrockets as factories are idled, riots break out in Shanghaii. Rebellion in the eastern-most provinces. China rattles swords at the Philippines and Taiwan to distract its people from their hungry bellies.

Meanwhile states begin to empty their jails and prisons because they can no longer afford to feed them or pay guards to watch them. Schools have shut down everywhere to save money, the school lunch program nothing more than beans and ramen noodles.

Crime is at an all-time high, of course.

Meanwhile, in 2010, the government is trying to pass laws to entrench as much power in government to "control the people" as they can. These are the arks they hope will survive cataclysm they all know is coming.

[Attero Dominatus]

The 2012 movie was the first time that I really noticed how 99% of movies and TV shows these days portray government as hero and savior when in real life they only care about their own power. It is a very stealthy way of delivering propaganda, hidden in plain sight really.

We are headed for what you describe if things do not change soon. The patterns are obvious to those who have studied history and know about collectivism, and there is only a slight variance between now and the rise of the National Socialist party. The one difference is that we have not seen the mass violence on the streets like the Wiemar Republic.

Most Americans unfortunately have far too high of a threshold of conformity to commit to mass disobedience or revolt. But there is a line: the suspension of the constitution under martial law (a terrorist nuclear or biological attack would do that especially with the oligarchs to exploit it) or a nationwide gun grab.

At least people are angry. The oligarchs expected unicorns to shit rainbows and did not expect what has happened so far.

[Floyd Looney]

I am not sure a national gun grab would do it alone. I think this particular government could create its own disaster to get what it wants. I don't like either party especially much.

I think the oligarchs knew exactly what would happen. I think they know the Great Fall is coming and are busy building their proverbial arks hoping to ride out the storm. Then after it settles they would re-establish their socialist-fascist government. At least thats what they hope.

We haven't seen the mass violence because the Great Fall hasn't actually hit yet, we only have tremors so far. Whether it comes in 2011, 2012 or 2013 doesn't particularly matter, it is coming. Its going to be much worse than Weimar or the Great Depression and it will be global.

[Attero Dominatus]

Oh they have refuges/arks alright, and since long before this. Greenbrier is one refuge that has been uncovered. And word has gone around over the past decade of other facilities being built.

Even without government-caused disasters, tectonic activity has been on a very sharp rise in the past two years and continues rising. And if you believe the predictive linguistics, they predict a dark future.

[Floyd Looney]

All I could think of in watching those arks/ships head off towards new land at the end of the movie of 2012 is that none of those government apparatchiks and oligarchs and the like would last 5 minutes where they had to grow their own food. I guess its good they let on all those others at the last minute because they're gonna need some slaves if they want to keep their fingernails clean.