Quote from: RE on May 28, 2026, 07:40 PMQuote from: Haniel on May 28, 2026, 04:35 PMA decade, maybe longer.
Still in Fresno, California. Still waiting for TSTHTF.
I worked for two and a half decades in Yellow pages, but they shut so now I now own a small digital advertising agency (BAU plan), a pop-up shop that sells the wife's artwork alongside inexpensive trinkets and American-made t-shirts (slow collapse plan), and a Private Security company (SHTF plan). The latter has taken most of my time, we specialize in mobile solar-powered remote camera towers, and I have a contract with a local California High Speed Rail contractor.
I see RE is as doomy as ever! I expect BAU until after the mid terms, and a while beyond.
Gr8 2 C U! 😀
I maintain a consistent level of Doominess, and have been ticking off the various predictions of how Collapse would progress we made back in the old days as they occur. The global rise of fascism, the loss of freedoms, the rise of the ICE Gestapo, the expanding resource wars...I could go on and on. So I am of the opinion that TS ALREADY HTF. Has society completely broken down here inside the Belly of the Beast in the FSoA? No, but the water in the pot has bubbles beginning to appear and the frogs are tenderizing.
If we get to the elections and they don't get cancelled, you can be pretty sure Chump will not accept losing either house in CONgress and "BAU" (such as it is) will be further eroded. Remains to be seen how it plays out, but I do expect significant violence resulting.
Anyhow, don't be a stranger! How did U find us?
RE
Yeah, a lot of what we discussed as likely trajectories has come to pass, a lot slower than many expected, but undeniable decline that tracks real energy costs. The LATOC expectations would have hit a decade ago if it were not for unconventional oil, and the end of the petrodollar is finally on the cards. The resource wars are definitely here!
I believe the violence is inevitable, which is why I've pushed into the private security sector, the regulatory red tape is horrifying here in California, but demand increases every time the doom gets deeper.
I'm watching gold and silver closely again: if China has made a deal for trillions of investment in the US in return for Taiwan, then they'll need to avoid the Japan trap of lost decades, and their acquisition of gold reserves seems to telegraph how they plan that. It's not like America will have enough anti-missile ammo to stop them if they try to 2027-2028 timeline scenario.
How did I find you guys? Web search for Doomstead diner. I have a business trip to Texas coming up in a few months (construction client wants mobile security camera towers on a infrastructure - project solar farm with battery storage), so was looking to see if Eddie the Dentist was still on the doomer scene, and see if he wanted to sink a few beers.