Governments around the world have been "printing" trillions upon trillions of currency units, and it will lead to a meltdown of the global economy.
The markets are not really markets anymore, and have not been markets for years. There is no longer any real price discovery, because of Fed pumping and manipulation.
There are no pure "investors" today either (in the context of what real investors used to be) - just people who are sucking the milk from the Central Bank's teats.
If there is no price discovery, you have no real markets. If you really wanted to jump through the rabbit hole, one could argue that the United States does not even have a real functioning economy.
We are nothing but a debt and welfare distribution mill, with 100 Million Americans not working.
I believe this crash will set up the foundation for a world economic system, and world government. When