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Trend Analyst: “Yes, There Will Be Riots In Major Cities”
If you’ve watched a documentary about America’s economic situation in recent years there is a strong chance it was produced by Daniel Ameduri of Future Money Trends. He’s covered topics that include everything from the massive college debt bubble and the future of real estate, to water wars and what it will look like on the day the U.S. dollar finally crashes.
In the following interview Daniel shares a wealth of knowledge and takes a practical approach for how to thrive personally and financially during an economic collapse.
This is a must-watch guide from an extremely well informed source and delves into a wide range of scenarios such as what happens with our currency and our systems of commerce within two weeks of a collapse, as well as the months that follow.
As highlighted in the video, preparing for a worst-case scenario isn’t just about putting food in your pantry, but involves a dynamic strategy depending on your specific circumstances, capabilities and needs.
Yes, there will be riots in major cities… Yes, the U.S. is going to lose its dominance in the world…
In 2008… I think that was just the beginning… That was scratching the surface of what’s to come… the truth was almost revealed.
Within the next five, not later than ten years, I think the truth is going to come out… It’s fraudonomics… Everything is built on fraud and manipulation… and I think once this thing hits and once it comes out, and the U.S. dollar loses its reserve status, or at least there’s a change in the global currency system, I think Americans are in for a huge shock.
(Watch at Future Money Trends)
If the U.S. does poorly and the economy goes into some type of monetary crisis these things [hard assets and resources] are going to be dramatically risen because people will be looking for value. Just like Warren Buffet buys railroad companies… he’s getting rid of those dollars and buying assets.
The first thing I would get [if a collapse were imminent and days away]… hopefully, number one, I’m at home… of course last minute food… fresh foods… it might be the last time you’re getting apples for a few weeks, depending on how bad it is…
What’s the currency in two weeks? This is a tough one. If it gets really bad the currency in some cities could be sex, alcohol, tobacco, food certainly, water certainly…
In a general sense, what would the government do? The government will have to come out with a new currency… I don’t think the free market’s going to supply the new currency only because the government won’t let it.
… For sure silver will be used… ammunition… and again, the collapse could be on so many levels. The worst case scenario would be where there’s a complete breakdown… and that wouldn’t probably come from an economic collapse… that would probably be more like somebody striking at our energy… our utility system… and EMP.
I think if we had a lack of power in major cities, and all of a sudden the millions of people in Los Angeles aren’t able to feed their children, or turn the stove on… that’s when you have a major crisis.
Will this last for two or three weeks? That’s very possible.
Will it last for months? Much less likely, unless we’re talking about a global event.
As we’ve discussed in detail over many years, there are a whole host of scenarios that could lead to a complete meltdown in our infrastructure and systems of commerce. The bottom line is that whatever happens, should supply lines be disrupted for even a few days on a national level, there would be widespread panic across this entire country.
Those are the worst case scenarios and they are certainly plausible.
Other possibilities include what we’re already seeing happen in the United States right here and now – a continued degradation of the middle class. That trend is likely to continue unabated and may require a slightly different approach than preparing for a post-Apocalyptic scenario:
I think it’s definitely in their [government] interest for us not to be smart, well thought out thinkers out there. Because then you’re a Libertarian and an anarchist and that’s the last thing you want.
They want you to feel good about the government pointing a gun at somebody else’s head, taking their money and taking their stuff and redistributing it to everybody else.
Is it their goal for us to be impoverished? Probably not too much.
They don’t want us to be too poor to where we have revolution. But they also don’t want us to be too wealthy and smart to where there’s a revolution or the realization that we don’t need the government or the bureaucrats regulating our daily activities.
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I’m very optimistic, but I have to admit I’m very realistic.
When this shock happens, I definitely see a situation where there could be rioting in the streets… so even though I want people to thrive, I think the first thing we do is we prepare.
I tell people, ‘you prepare for the worst, but then you’ve got to look at the next twenty or thirty years.
For years I identified with being a ‘Doomsday Prepper,’ and I would bet everyone in my life would call me a Doomsday Prepper because of what I’ve done… But, the thing is you don’t want to get stuck on it.
We’re going into the depression. The U.S. is going to change dramatically… how we make our money… how we save for later in life… how we teach our children… It’s all going to change… I don’t want to wait for it to change.
I’m changing now.
The winds of change are all around us. There are a wide array of potential scenarios that every concerned person should be looking at and preparing for. But that doesn’t mean we have to live our lives in a constant state of fear of the unknown.
It’s got to be more than just preparing for the worst and being stuck in that state… The new economy that’s out there… you’ve got to choose your own destiny.
Daniel Ameduri
Future Money Trends
19 Comments on "Trend Analyst: “Yes, There Will Be Riots In Major Cities”"
Northwest Resident on Mon, 7th Apr 2014 6:39 pm
Daniel Ameduri doesn’t know anything that (most of) the rest of us don’t already know. While he has achieved some kind of status as a marketable “speculationist” on what may or might or will happen in the future, in the end, it is all still speculation. Which is fine — that’s all any of us have when contemplating the future. But I do agree with the basic premise — the shit IS going to hit the fan at some point in the not too distant future, and when it does, some of or all of the scenarios that Daniel has briefly speculated on in this articl have a very good chance of occurring. And he is correct on one fundamental point, which is, you’ve got to choose your own destiny. What’s it going to be: (a) Zombie entree, (b) Food rioter road kill, (c) Starving and dying in silence in the quiet of your own home, (d) Raider of those who prepared better than you, or (c) Hardcore visionary survivor who made the plans and did the work to ride out the coming storm?
Did I miss any possible options?
PrestonSturges on Mon, 7th Apr 2014 7:09 pm
Boooorrring. Yes we get it we’re supposed to buy gold blah blah blah.
The Universe on Mon, 7th Apr 2014 7:20 pm
Please don’t post any more of the crap from SHTFPlan.com.
It wasn’t more than a month ago that they claimed that the global elites are a different species from us “normal” humans.
Nothing but garbage comes from that site.
Arthur on Mon, 7th Apr 2014 7:27 pm
For those who can’t wait 5-10 years to see the US collapse, here is dr. Jim Willie with the same message:
http://usawatchdog.com/whole-eastern-world-rebelling-against-the-dollar-jim-willie/
The only difference is that the dollar is toast as early as this year, according to dr. Willie that is. Get ready for a gold-backed ruble and expect rise of prices for imported goods of 400%. Gold to $6000, silver $300. Willie runs a newsletter for merely $100,-/6 months, a bargain really, providing you with terrible news as far as the eye can see.
J-Gav on Mon, 7th Apr 2014 9:22 pm
NS Sherlock.
Charlie Bucket on Mon, 7th Apr 2014 9:25 pm
Let’s do an interview next to an air port!
Davey on Mon, 7th Apr 2014 9:38 pm
Art, you said Gold backed Ruble is that like one of those fancy Russian golden eggs. Russia is not capable of a stable curran y as it is and you are projecting them to be a reserve curran ya player??? You won’t see gold go that high without a collapse and gold that high only for a very short interval. A clapsed economy means little liquidity and little economic activity to pay that price. We are very likely to see a lower gold price in a collapse as all assets of value are liquidated to cover margins and other obligations. As long as financial repression is being practice by all global central banks gold will remain in a band that suits that policy. Prices up 400% well again that is collapse scenario. Status quo BAU does not operate in that environment.
Makati1 on Tue, 8th Apr 2014 12:35 am
The USD is NOT a stable currency, yet…
As for Russia, all they have to do is stop using the dollar in trade. Ditto for China.
As for gold, I have none but I can see it at $10,000 eventually. Especially if it backs the new world currency. China would be ahead if that happens and the Us would still be broke. I doubt that the Us has any gold as it has not been seen since, well, for decades. At least since 1970.
China could easily make up any loses from dumping the dollar by the increased value of the thousands of tons of gold they have in their vaults. Ditto for Russia.
I would not be so pro-US if I were you. It blinds you to other possibilities.
GregT on Tue, 8th Apr 2014 12:58 am
Everyone knows that gold is an ancient relic, at least those in the west that follow the MSM.
The US should give Germany back her gold now, instead of waiting for another half decade, and the remainder of the gold (supposedly) held in Fort Knox, should be redistributed back to the people that it was confiscated from in the first place. They can use those bars as boat anchors, book ends, fishing weights, or whatever they see fit.
The central banks should also give up their gold, as the storage and security costs must be astronomical. The US government should give Saddam’s gold back to the Iraqis, and Gaddafi’s gold back to the Libyans. After all, what good could it actually do for the people that it so rightly belongs to when it can be hoarded in some undisclosed location, by some undisclosed people?
Without a doubt, in a collapse scenario, gold would be worth little to most of us, but to the people that already own most everything else, gold will always be a store of wealth.
Makati1 on Tue, 8th Apr 2014 2:52 am
Gold is the money of millenia. It will return to that status after the dust settles. That is, if there is anyone left to use it.
Why? Well, if you have a cow and you need a pair of shoes, it would be both inconvenient to lead a cow everywhere while you look for a cobbler who will make a pair of shoes for you and a very expensive pair of shoes. Better to carry the coins that represent that cow and can be spent one part at a time.
There is a reason coins came into existence. It is only the fiat, ‘for profit’ capitalism that is causing all of the problems.
GregT on Tue, 8th Apr 2014 3:05 am
Yes Makati1,
And usury, and fractional reserve lending. The sooner the people wake up the better, but alas, it appears that it is already too late. People still think that the dream is real.
DC on Tue, 8th Apr 2014 3:19 am
So Greg, are we suggest we make the MOOOve to a cow-based system of exchange asap? I am little bullish on that idea myself. But I suppose if we grab that idea by the horns we might be able to wrangle it through somehow.
GregT on Tue, 8th Apr 2014 4:32 am
DC,
You might be on to something here, I agreed with you in the past, that a goat backed currency might be a BAAed idea, but maybe, just maybe, the MOOOve to a cow-based currency might be an udder-ly better idea.
DC on Tue, 8th Apr 2014 6:39 am
Well, given what we have seen with our current fiat-based system, aren’t you a little concerned unscrupulous speculators might milk the system for all they can?
Arthur on Tue, 8th Apr 2014 8:00 am
lol.
Holy cow! No lack of ideas for an alternative for the current financial system, I must say. It remains to be seen though if the banksters are willing to give up on their cash cow, a sacred cow I might add, the FED, without a fight. So that will happen probably
til the cows come home.
Stephen on Tue, 8th Apr 2014 8:07 am
Many of the other currencies are Fiat including the Euro, Ruble, and most other currencies around the world. If the dollar collapses, likely we will have a barter system, a gift system, or anarchy.
Davy, Hermann, MO on Tue, 8th Apr 2014 10:25 am
Stephan, there are many in the world including some here on this site who relish the idea of America getting its due with the decline and failure of the dollar as a reserve currency. They have not read Korowicz. He cover very well what major disruptions to a complex system do to that system. He explains how critical nodes are too big to fail because there interconnectedness through the entire system. The dollar is just such a node that if failure occurs so will the global economy. There is no plan B reserve currency and no other currency that is ready to assume such a role that was built up over a generation. Nor is there an agreement to create a dollar alternative. The IMF SDR’s are not adequate or they would make up a greater piece of the pie currently. China and Russia gold hording has a long way to go before that action has any substance. Besides with the negatives trends in their economies they will be hard pressed to take on the side effects of being a reserve currency state. The petro dollar may change configuration which is of lessor significance. With the US only importing 15% of the global oil production it is not the player it once was. There are many opportunities for increased bilateral trade deals that includes oil. It would be wise for the world to reduce the role solely placed on the dollar as a reserve currency. Yet, the world is not cooperating well as it is. Much like the US congress there is a state of deadlock on most large difficult and serious cooperation issues. My point is the unintended consequences of a failure of the dollar in world trade is global collapse. In any case the global financial system is being financially repressed in multiple countries by central bank actions. Most of this repression is a cooperation with TBTF global market players in a relationship with Central Banks using Central Bank liquidity and low rates to ensure growth and good returns on TBTF player’s investments. Central players are guaranteed return by the Central Banks. This cannot last because in a finite world there are limits in a system. Debt has its limit. A Ponzi scheme initially guarantees a return to the central players. That is what we have. This scheme is responsible for a gutting of the real economy and distortion of the vital function of price discovery by markets. Markets are becoming more and more distorted. The dollar and T-Bills are a part of this distortion. We have reached a point of no return where there is no looking back. We can only look forward to the train wreck that will be quite ugly. This is a global event with no player economic system getting out alive. It can play on for some time but ever passing month the balloon inflates and becomes more dangerous. All currencies are following a similar path because all currencies are interlocked in cross collateralization and cross holdings.
Makati1 on Wed, 9th Apr 2014 9:31 am
Davy, I think you need to catch up with the financial doings of Russia and China. Both are setting up trade with over half of the world’s population in currencies other than the USD. (Including Germany) Don’t assume that just because it might rock the old USD boat that it will not be done. The flood of trade in currencies not USD will be like the Tsunami that hit Indonesia. Most of the world would love to opt out of dollar slavery.
Davy, Hermann, MO on Wed, 9th Apr 2014 11:28 am
Maki, most of the world could give a shit for what currency is used they just want value and stability. Russia and China’s use of cross currency trade deals is minuscule to the global world trade. It is a natural outcome of increasing complexity of the global system that countries will choose to trade in their common currencies. The problem is the amount of trade with any one country and another is not enough to make economic sense with more cross currency activity then the two countries trade levels. Your ideological dream of the demise of the US is just that a dream. I predict the end of the US dollar will come with the end of globalism. Even then the dollar will be important if it is still called that. The US will most likely be a world trader of food and other products that is if the global economy does not crash down to a very local affair. Maki, your constant inferences to the dollar’s death is propaganda not reality. Reality is change and the dollars position in global trade will adapt with a changing global economy and political environment. Check out the bilateral trade of the US and China compared to Russia or Germany and US compared to Russia. Then Maki, tell me what you think.