Predictions for the next 18 months (slow timeline)

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There will be new cooperation on energy, between the u.s, canada, mexico, and south america (which will result in international backlash).

Housing will not pop as a bubble, but will instead bounce, and then continue to rise enormously. The real estate bubble will likely be used to redirect the escaping air from other bubbles, into the RE bubble on the theory that people expect housing to rise, and don't psychologically categorize it as inflation, but instead see it as a marker of a "strong real estate industry, and an indicator of the economy as a whole."

The "fight for 15" will be labelled a success, as the spiral between wage hikes and inflation makes it become a reality.

The u.s., desperate to win, will enlist NATO, with new partners (as previously predicted), to go into ukraine, while denying it counts as nato joining the war. It will do this as a bluff, attempting to keep the war at maintenance level in order to profit.

The russians, not bluffing, may resort to mass bombardment of NATO in ukraine.

At this time, if conditions are right, a certain Asian Nation That Shall Remain Unnamed, and its involvement with the u.s. government at a deep level--public awareness and backlash will begin to grow and become much more visible. This will be classed first as disinformation, then misinformation, then dangerous russian propaganda, and finally be added the DHS/FBI list of tags for extremism.

At some point Epoch Times will face the same sort of shutdown and persecution that Veritas did.

More leakers will come forward as the truth about whats going on in the u.s. government comes to light.

We will have greater fuel shortages than anticipated, as the cost of diesel first leads to rationing. From here it will be "misallocated", failing to prioritize truckers. The cascade effect of this will be that supplies needed to maintain oil and diesel production, and diesel delivery, will themselves become spotty, as parts and supplies to keep this industry going, themselves increasingly fail to be delivered due to spot-price or regionally unpredictable diesel shortages which, like a maze, will become hard to navigate and organize at the scale needed. This 'complexity' will at least be the excuse for delivery failures and shortages.

If we are not already in a second pandemic or some sort of lockdown, we will be.

We will begin to see increasing persecution, based on precedents set against the J6, of the right in general, as the regime grapples with its own reactionary response to the chaos and dissatisfaction it has created--resorting to heavy-handed ATF style raids based on "predictive" and "hatespeech" based on "potential dangers of terrorism from known extremist elements in the u.s. and abroad"

If court packing has not already started at this point, it will have started by no later than the beginning of next year.

Sometime between now and then we will see non-riot attacks by the left, similar to the pro-choice facility bombing. These will increase in tempo, but riots will be kept to a minimum as to create pervasive fear, without the right and moderates being able to respond or fight back.

There will be several major hacks of several major websites, banks, crypto, and u.s. infrastructure (perhaps warehouse and logistics companies, or the oil industry).

These are my predictions for 2022 to mid 2023.

Finally, I am not a financial advisor and this is not financial advice.

U.s. will flop on taiwan war instead of directly defending it Anyone supporting it or demanding we protect it, will be labelled racist/anti-asian. rationing for diesel, as I already predicted, will not be felt as keenly until after the midterms new supply will come online, but most of it will come from repeated and ever-more-frequent SPR releases and expensive foreign imports which we'll pay a premium on. There will be new cooperation on energy, between the u.s, canada, mexico, and south america (which will result in international backlash). Housing will not pop as a bubble, but will instead bounce, and then continue to rise enormously. The real estate bubble will likely be used to redirect the escaping air from other bubbles, into the RE bubble on the theory that people *expect* housing to rise, and don't psychologically categorize it as inflation, but instead see it as a marker of a "strong real estate industry, and an indicator of the economy as a whole." The "fight for 15" will be labelled a success, as the spiral between wage hikes and inflation makes it become a reality. The u.s., desperate to win, will enlist NATO, with new partners (as previously predicted), to go into ukraine, while denying it counts as nato joining the war. It will do this as a bluff, attempting to keep the war at maintenance level in order to profit. The russians, not bluffing, may resort to mass bombardment of NATO in ukraine. At this time, if conditions are right, a certain Asian Nation That Shall Remain Unnamed, and its involvement with the u.s. government at a deep level--public awareness and backlash will begin to grow and become much more visible. This will be classed first as disinformation, then misinformation, then dangerous russian propaganda, and finally be added the DHS/FBI list of tags for extremism. At some point Epoch Times will face the same sort of shutdown and persecution that Veritas did. More leakers will come forward as the truth about whats going on in the u.s. government comes to light. We will have greater fuel shortages than anticipated, as the cost of diesel first leads to rationing. From here it will be "misallocated", failing to prioritize truckers. The cascade effect of this will be that supplies needed to maintain oil and diesel production, and diesel delivery, will themselves become spotty, as parts and supplies to keep this industry going, themselves increasingly fail to be delivered due to spot-price or regionally unpredictable diesel shortages which, like a maze, will become hard to navigate and organize at the scale needed. This 'complexity' will at least be the *excuse* for delivery failures and shortages. If we are not already in a second pandemic or some sort of lockdown, we will be. We will begin to see increasing persecution, based on precedents set against the J6, of the right in general, as the regime grapples with its own reactionary response to the chaos and dissatisfaction it has created--resorting to heavy-handed ATF style raids based on "predictive" and "hatespeech" based on "potential dangers of terrorism from known extremist elements in the u.s. and abroad" If court packing has not already started at this point, it will have started by no later than the beginning of next year. Sometime between now and then we will see non-riot attacks by the left, similar to the pro-choice facility bombing. These will increase in tempo, but riots will be kept to a minimum as to create pervasive fear, without the right and moderates being able to respond or fight back. There will be several major hacks of several major websites, banks, crypto, and u.s. infrastructure (perhaps warehouse and logistics companies, or the oil industry). These are my predictions for 2022 to mid 2023. Finally, I am not a financial advisor and this is not financial advice.

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