Quote: (02-05-2016 01:26 PM)Samseau Wrote:
Quote: (02-05-2016 01:12 PM)The Black Knight Wrote:
Quote: (02-05-2016 12:57 PM)Jaydublin Wrote:
I don't think it will be as bad as Samseau suggests, even if the worst of the worst are elected, Bernie/Hillary. I think America will see Europe in 2016 and begin to wise up. We may not keep out many of the hispanics but we won't be bringing in many refugees from the Middle East. Personally, I'd rather live among middle class hispanics than whites or blacks, too bad the USA imports the poorest of the poor hispanics.
I do think it would be smart for everybody here to come up with a 5-10 year plan. Be ready to be mobile in 5 or 10 years. You won't need a fortune and you don't need to be Simon Black with 50 passports. But come up with an amount of money you need to live for a while. I would also try to get some passive income online or have a few rental homes that cashflow with local management. I don't think it will be the end in 5 years but the environment might not be one you enjoy living in, though I think 10 and most likely 20 years is a more accurate timeframe for a complete culture change. I don't think the USA will be recognizable in 20 years.
Personally, I love South America and that is probably where I will reside(spent most of the last few years here). Certain 3rd tier cities are perfect tranquil places where people are top notch. Spanish and Portuguese are very easy languages to learn as well. Culture is not all that different and girls are sexy in many of these cities. Its not hard to live a pretty decent life for 1,000-1200 a month.
Damn dude, are you a mind reader? This is pretty much my plan and mindset. Get passive income streams going, 5-10 year window, LA/Spain for easy language/cheap cost/sexy women/family oriented culture. I don't think the US is coming to an end in the near future but living here and trying to start a family (especially if Hillary gets elected) is going to be even more of a nightmare. Hillary (and probably Bernie too) will push the worst aspects of militant feminist/politically correct beliefs into law where pretty much being a man and existing is likely to be a crime.
If the tide turns (Trump getting elected being a damn good start), then consider staying.
Passive income streams are mostly a pipedream. Once the American economy dries up (it's not going to last more than 5 years at current rates), American's won't be buying shit online and you'll have zero income in a foreign culture. Good luck surviving.
The guys who say the decline will happen in 20 years from now are the same ones who said back in 2008 that Obama wouldn't be so bad, the American economy will have recovered, people would start having more kids, feminism would become less and less acceptable, etc.
The only thing left to do is prepare for war. Anything else is a waste of time.
There are passive or semi-passive incomes that aren't based on selling stuff online. Real estate is a big one.
There are major structural issues within the modern economy that no one is really addressing in the political sphere but will have to soon. The US and the modern economy is or is about to enter a post-scarcity economy where we simply don't have enough jobs for everyone to make a decent living; excluding an industrial revolution like event occurring before then. Trump is likely to buy us a few generations in time since reducing the labor pool (kicking out illegals), lowering taxes (more money for people to spend), and bringing jobs back to the US will do wonders for the economy. Obviously, this would be be my preferred outcome.
If he isn't elected, things will likely go two ways:
1. There will be a lot of poor people, a small middle class, and the wealthy. Something you see in a lot of Latin American countries for instance and seeing the formation of right now in the US with crony capitalism, open borders, and anti-American business practices. If a cuck gets elected, this is likely what we will get. More of the same.
Or
2. We will get a government that will impose Scandinavian level socialism and usher in guaranteed incomes and/or massive welfare programs to keep a large part of the population from suffering. Bernie would do just that if given free reign. Hillary could go either way with a mix of both cuck/socialist policies.
In all three above potential scenarios (Trump, a cuck, a democrat), a lot of folks will still be eating, needing a place to live, and still buying luxury items of some variety. To what extent depends but the US economy just stopping and falling into complete chaos is extremely unlikely. I don't buy into the doom and gloom that is being suggested. In all three above scenarios, there are opportunities for guys like us to make money in some capacity.
Now, there is likely going to be strife, struggle, and uncomfortable living for some (especially for the blue pill beta male) but I'm not convince the US overall (even if Hillary gets elected) will go down the tubes completely in the near future. Even during the depression, there were people still making money and building wealth. The depression lasted around a decade but the US survived and went on to kick ass eventually. Shitty time period for many but not for everyone.
A democrat getting elected (especially Hillary) will be a dark chapter for America and the damage she will do will be severe on many fronts. But the US as a country has seen and been through worse than what's on the possible horizon. It might take some time to recover, things might different, but the US will survive economically speaking in some capacity. Culturally for what many guys here value: who knows.
Since I assume the US economy isn't going to implode entirely and suddenly (more likely to see a slow degrade over a period of decades or even maybe centuries), my personal emphasis for the next 5-25 years is on an ideal cultural and legal environment where being a man isn't a crime, hot women reside, family life is valued, and where the USD goes the furthest. The US could be that place again; much higher odds if Trump is elected. We shall see.
But if the USD crumbles into being virtually worthless all of sudden in even 2nd/3rd world countries and things have truly fallen apart, there are ways to deal and plan for that extremely unlikely scenario: stocking up on practical knowledge, food, weapons, medical supplies, precious metals.
Planning for the apocalypse is one thing but living for its potential arrival is another matter altogether and not a healthy way to to go through life in my opinion. But to each and their own.