Gerald Celente's 2010 US Predictions
Gerald Celente's Predictions:
Survivalism Goes Mainstream
Budgets will shrink at all scales from states to households
Backlash against immigration
More terrorist attacks likely
Anti-China backlash -- "Buy Local" movement
Continuing Economic collapse
A new movement toward "yankee ingenuity" innovation
Collapse of cable and satellite TV in favour of online entertainments and news
Rising importance of spirit - lifting diversions -- including art, beauty, style, and class
These predictions are taken from the Trends Research Institute Journal website
Celente's point about diversions is important. People often turn to spiritual aspects of life during economic downturns. Religion, poetry, art, literature -- may well thrive during depressions. Prostitution, drug addiction, gambling, and addiction to games and sports may also increase.
His reference to "down-sizing" of budgets at all scales is likewise pertinent. It will not hurt most Americans to consume at thriftier levels. Particularly if they pay more attention to -- and make sure they get more enjoyment from -- the things they are consuming.
Survivalism as a mainstream pursuit can be seen as either a diversion, a means of enabling more sustainable consumption, or as a reflection of any of Celente's main predictions above. There is considerable overlap between the "thrift movement" and the "survival movement", etc.
Celente has been predicting "total economic collapse" for quite some time, as a video search could easily demonstrate. And over time, US government debt has risen as a proportion of GDP -- an ominous sign, beyond a certain point. Under the current US government, debt has already mushroomed far beyond anything seen before. And the Obama - Pelosi government is just getting started -- not that an opposition government would do much to reverse the course that Obama has already set in stone.
Al Fin Futurists consider Celente's predictions to be modest and a bit too cautious. But I suppose to get the really juicy predictions in a timely manner, one would need to subscribe to the newsletter . . .
These predictions are taken from the Trends Research Institute Journal website
Celente's point about diversions is important. People often turn to spiritual aspects of life during economic downturns. Religion, poetry, art, literature -- may well thrive during depressions. Prostitution, drug addiction, gambling, and addiction to games and sports may also increase.
His reference to "down-sizing" of budgets at all scales is likewise pertinent. It will not hurt most Americans to consume at thriftier levels. Particularly if they pay more attention to -- and make sure they get more enjoyment from -- the things they are consuming.
Survivalism as a mainstream pursuit can be seen as either a diversion, a means of enabling more sustainable consumption, or as a reflection of any of Celente's main predictions above. There is considerable overlap between the "thrift movement" and the "survival movement", etc.
Celente has been predicting "total economic collapse" for quite some time, as a video search could easily demonstrate. And over time, US government debt has risen as a proportion of GDP -- an ominous sign, beyond a certain point. Under the current US government, debt has already mushroomed far beyond anything seen before. And the Obama - Pelosi government is just getting started -- not that an opposition government would do much to reverse the course that Obama has already set in stone.
Al Fin Futurists consider Celente's predictions to be modest and a bit too cautious. But I suppose to get the really juicy predictions in a timely manner, one would need to subscribe to the newsletter . . .
Labels: futurism, Gerald Celente
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