by Dmitry Orlov
ClubOrlov
Dec. 19, 2009
Around this time of year, some brave souls venture to put their reputations at risk by attempting to predict what the next year will bring. Some do so with uncanny accuracy, others — not so much. Being a serious author who hardly ever makes jokes, I generally sit out this annual bout of frivolity, but, noting that a new decade is about to burst upon us, I thought it reasonably safe to paint a picture of how I see the next decade. In the unlikely case that my predictions turn out to be completely wrong, I would think that they will have been very thoroughly forgotten by the time 2020 rolls around. And so, without further ado, here are my predictions for what it will be like in The United States of America during the second decade of the XXI century.
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… Distressed municipalities throughout the country will resort to charging exorbitant fees for such things as dog licenses. Many will experiment with imprisoning those unable to pay these fees in state and county jails, only to release them again as the jails continuously overflow and resources run low. The citizenry will come to regard jails as conveniently combining the features of a soup kitchen and a homeless shelter. Some towns will abandon the idea of having a fire department and decide that it is more cost-effective to just let house fires run their course, to save on demolitions.
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from the archives:
Dmitry Orlov: The Collapse Gap
Dmitry Orlov: Seizing the Mid-Collapse Moment (must-see)
Dmitry Orlov on Dandelion Salad
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I never wanted to own guns but I am now armed …
Orlov misses the massive local violence that will be precipitated by this economic catastrophe, and although a police state is the most likely outcome criminality will flourish as hunger takes root …
He talks about the increase in crime in other articles he has written over the years. I posted a couple links to previous posts at the end of this post, check them out, and also: http://en.wordpress.com/tag/dmitry-orlov-on-dandelion-salad/ and of course, his blog: http://cluborlov.blogspot.com/.
Peak Oil is the main reason for the economic collapse. Check out: https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/category/peak-oil/
Here’s another good one, it’s a long video talk by Orlov: https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/social-collapse-best-practices-by-dmitry-orlov/
On the ForaTV site, http://fora.tv/2009/02/13/Dmitry_Orlov_Social_Collapse_Best_Practices#fullprogram, scroll down to Chapter 14 on Security.