There is a very high probability of economic collapse in the next couple of years, this is being exacberated and will probably be deepened by the policies the democrats are putting in place. When this economic disaster occurs there will be food shortages and disruption of services that we are accustomed to (welfare, food stamps, unemployment, loans, goods and services, etc.)
Then with or without, but much higher probability with an economic collapse the world appears (to folks like me) to be heading for war. It is easy to see it in the middle east, but also North Korea, Russia, Southern Europe, etc. One can easily envision a third world war. The reason the deaths will be so high is we “globally” are not as independent and knowledgeable as we once were in survival. Many people could not grow crops to save their lives. They will not just starve to death so you will likely see bands, mobs, gangs, whatever you want to call it spreading out from cities looting suburban and rural areas. This will cause further erosion of governmental control worldwide.
Desperate governments are more likely to use WMD’s on their enemies and maybe even their own people. The technology in killing ability is much higher now than in WWll.
Now, this is not certainty, but this is probably the highest probability such happening in our lifetimes. Personally I think it is above 50% in the next five years and probably about 80% in the next ten years. But, could happen as early as next year.
Hope that helps...if you want more detail about one part ask, but don’t expect me to write a book for you.
Thanks. I imagined that this sort of doomsday conjunction is what you were alluding to. I don’t particularly accept this scenario but I think there is a reasonable chance that a contracting US will invite an emerging China into a power vacuum in the Pacific that can lead to a collision. This is not in a year or two but a couple decades away and the unexpected nature of it will only make the effect more chaotic. In the meantime the war that can’t be named between a large piece of the Arab/Muslim world and the US will burn on punctuated with periodic 9-11 type events. The US economy is likely to stagnate and a worse crisis than 2008 to date could easily occur propelling a decline of US military power which would make China and who knows who else bolder and more opportunistic in their conduct. None of this equals the apocalypse but a grim enough forecast for the US.