Standard disclaimer: virtually all predictions of the future will be inaccurate (including mine).
Many people are saying / predicting that 2024 will be a pivotal year.
Can you follow the tracks of the present to predict the future?
COVID is no longer the top story, but the tyranny, censorship and fear lingers on. Total deaths in the USA are down but still above pre-COVID levels. With just a little data still incomplete from the end of the year, my projections estimate 2023 total deaths in the USA will be 3,067,485 (compared to the 2019 figure of 2,845,793). Many people still deny that most of the extra deaths have been from the mRNA experimental shots and other responses to the virus rather than the virus itself.
Mainstream media is continuing to hype COVID with misleading articles that lead with statements like: “COVID cases continue to rise across the U.S. and the newest COVID variant, dubbed JN.1, is now accounting for majority of the latest cases.” (USA Today December 23, 2023)
Medical tyranny appears to be with us to stay (as it diversifies into using “climate change” to try and force more tyranny on the population).
The “big event” of 2024 of course will be the elections in November, so I expect most of the year to be relatively calm. The incumbents won’t want to rock the (economic) boat and will manipulate the economy as much as they can to make everything seem fine.
Currently we have effectively a three way tie between Kennedy, Trump and Biden.
What are the possibilities?
Certainly we have to face the possibility that the corruption is so extensive that it doesn’t matter how the people vote, those in power will just retain power. In other words we get Biden (or his replacement) again.
Reiterating again, my opinion is that Biden is not leading the country, he isn’t making any decisions or policy. If “Biden” is elected again, it’s the administration that is retaining power, the figurehead doesn’t really matter.
Since Biden is so clearly incompetent and universally disliked, it’s impossible to imagine that he would be re-elected (by a fair election) so it’s more likely that an excuse will be made for him to not run again and a more popular replacement will be the Democratic candidate.
So what impact to daily life and our personal financial situations will this actually have?
Keep in mind that humans are lazy. Ninety percent of the population will not do anything until there is a direct threat (that they experience) to their own personal lives. So the cries of the extremist 10% are largely noise, change will continue to occur relatively slowly.
January is typically a strong month for gold prices to rise, but can gold really continue rising when gold is already at all time high levels? I’m not sure about January, but my belief is that gold is still the best way to maintain your wealth as the next decade of collapse continues.
At least one person is predicting hyperinflation this spring. It’s the slow, steady grind of inflation that worries me, not spurts of high inflation.
My prediction is the most likely presidential winner will be a Biden Replacement.
“Biden” victory: more tyranny, more censorship, more socialism, more inflation. By the end of his second term, the USA probably will be at the “point of no return”. The “point of no return” here means that the downward collapse of the USA will have almost no hope of reversing as life in the USA will get worse and worse for the next 100 years unless a revolution occurs.
Trump victory: more division as the media pumps up hatred and blasts out anti-Trump propaganda; less war in the world; improvements to the economy / slower inflation. Even though a Trump administration is a thousand times better than Biden administration, this would still be a very bad choice for the USA. We need to move past all this hate, so let’s not give the media such a big target to continue hating.
Kennedy victory: a bright possibility of reduced division and hatred; with a Kennedy victory, look at selling gold as the USA may experience a rebirth (or at least a temporary era of hope). Like all politicians, Kennedy won’t be able to back up 95% of what he says but at least it’s a hopeful message and a turn in the right direction.
Other topics:
Gold: As the world continues into a turbulent future (and yes it will continue to get worse), gold remains one of the best assets to retain your wealth. Currently gold is near record highs (December 27, 2023 was a new record high). It will always bounce relative to the US dollar. Don’t be surprised if gold hits $2,500 at times in 2024. At this point, anything under $2,000 per ounce would be a good time to buy. There is a good chance gold will never go below $2,000 again.
Climate change: Yes, the climate will continue to change just like it always has. Egotistical and greedy humans will continue to try and destroy our world in the name of saving it.
War with China: No, very, very unlikely. Most people don’t realize that the Chinese culture and leadership only wants to happily rule Asia, they aren’t interested in (militarily) invading the rest of the world. If you are sitting in your bunker, in fear, you have more to worry about from your own government than from China.
War with Russia: When will people stop believing the propaganda of how terrible Russia is and realize that modern Russia is nothing like Stalin’s communism of the Soviet Union. As Sting sings “I don't subscribe to this point of view. It would be such an ignorant thing to do. If the Russian love their children too.”
War in the Middle East: Nothing new. It’s lasted 2000+ years, it’s unlikely to ever stop.
War anywhere: it’s possible that as the balance of power shifts and the USA deals with it’s own collapse, we will stop being aggressive in other parts of the world. This may allow for more local conflicts in the world, but overall potentially more peace for the USA military forces.
Antitrust / Government regulation: with Lina Khan becoming the chair of the FTC, the Biden administration has been making noises about regulating mergers. Will this really benefit the world as it should? Or is it going to just protect the existing mega corporations that already have effective monopolies? No doubt often overlooked was the Trump administration’s fight against monopolies (cases opened against Apple and Google).
Inflation: As long as the Central bankers are running the world we will have inflation and this will keep the average person “poor” while enriching the wealthy (and risk takers).
Stock Market: Stocks will continue to go up and down, as inflation pushes the value of the dollar lower, the value of stocks will continue to reflect business and perception of those businesses. Inflation won’t hurt stock values (in fact, investing will remain a primary way to beat inflation). Although more people will realize that “AI” is actually “Artificial Stupidity” and not a replacement for human stupidity, this will remain a growth area for business. Now that the absurd speculation is over, companies working heavily in providing “AI” technology should have overall growing stock values. You can quote me: “Never buy the bubble, buy after the bubble bursts”
Healthcare: As more and more people realize the incompetence of our industrial medical system we will continue to see more people turning to healthier alternatives. However, human nature is to put responsibility on someone else for your own problems, so I’m expecting the system to keep on going as it has been with more and more tyranny. “Medical care” may become the greatest form of slavery that humanity has ever seen. I’m also expecting a bit of “kickback” against those who are profiting from revealing the lies of the authorities narrative.