russian predicts US collapse..
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- designbot0
You forgot the part about communism drgss
communism = epic fail
China has plenty of it's own problems and so does Russia.
- Horp0
FUCKING HELL IT JUST HAPPENED.
America just collapsed. I was just on the BBC News site and they announced it. Apparently everyones stuck underneath trying to get out. Looks terrible. Like a giant camping mishap.
- drgss0
China is ultimately the healthiest nation, the most numerous, the most culturally and ethnically itself, industrialized without being westernized, and together with Russia are the few who always were skeptical to the false dominance of the west.
East is the side of the world associated with the symbolism of rebirth, because the sun rises in the east. In a symbolic dimension of geography, the closer one is to the east, the closer one is to the sacred, to the traditions of spiritual abundance.
Sacral symbolism and various religious and mythological traditions teach about the west as a country of death, the reign of exile. Islamic mysticism determined the west as a well of alienation. Like the sunset, the West, where the sun sets, is a symbol of spiritual decay, degradation, materialization, profanation, and the transition from life to death.
The ancient teachings assumed that somewhere in the west there is a land of hell. Some esoterics understand it as the American mainland, which explains why all information about Columbus' navigation to america in the year of eschatological expectations 1492 was made a taboo.
For the Americans themselves however the West is characterized in a different way than it is for Europeans, because civilization came to the wild western lands of Indians from the East.
- China? You're fucking joking right?TheBlueOne
- West? that's a fairly euro-centric view for such discourse. Last I checked America was EAST OF CHINA.zarkonite
- TheBlueOne0
Well that made me laugh.
Good luck with that Ivan.
- JazX0
- nadnerb0
everything falls apart eventually
- drgss0
General Motors, the oldest and largest car manufacturer in the world is going down
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/ne…
- drgss0
The sooner, the better. So does Peter Schiff, btw, who predicted current collapse already in 2006.
You can watch his current prognosis for the future in the politics thread:
http://www.qbn.com/topics/564613…
'Don't let americans lend anymore money'
Better else, kill all americans with napalm, and saw the entire continent with a layer of salt, so that no life ever grows out ever againHow much of a nations wealth is debt, and what countries are going to be drawn into recession? You can check both China and Russia in there:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lis…
- nocomply0
A few shades of truth, but entirely speculation and not grounded in enough facts.
Plus, this dude completely ignores the fact that China and Russia both have massive eternal problems that need to be dealt with before they can take on any major role in global leadership.
- kezza_20
I was looking at the worlds 100 largest brands today, and you realise just how much of the world is US based. Yes they live beyond their means and yes a few things are fucking up but seriously, not like the US is going to go anywhere in the next 50 years.
1. Coca-Cola 66,667 2% US
2. IBM 59,031 3% US
3. Microsoft 59,007 1% US
4. GE 53,086 3% US
5. Nokia 35,942 7% Finland
6. Toyota 34,050 6% Japan
7. Intel 31,261 1% US
8. McDonald's 31,049 6% US
9. Disney 29,251 0% US
10. Google 25,590 43% US
11. Mercedes 25,577 9% Germany
12. Hewlett-Packard 23,509 6% US
13. BMW 23,298 8% Germany
14. Gillette 22,069 8% US
15. American Express 21,940 5% US
16. Louis Vuitton 21,602 6% France
17. Cisco 21,306 12% US
18. Marlboro 21,300 0% US
19. Citi 20,174 -14% US
20. Honda 19,079 6% Japan
21. Samsung 17,689 5% S. Korea
22. H&M 13,840 N/A Sweden
23. Oracle 13,831 11% US
24. Apple 13,724 24% US
25. Sony 13,583 5% Japan
26. Pepsi 13,249 3% US
27. HSBC 13,143 -3% UK
28. Nescafe 13,055 1% Switzerland
29. Nike 12,672 6% US
30. UPS 12,621 5% US
31. SAP 12,228 13% Germany
32. Dell 11,695 1% US
33. Budweiser 11,438 -2% US
34. Merrill Lynch 11,399 -21% US
35. Ikea 10,913 8% Sweden
36. Canon 10,876 3% Japan
37. J.P. Morgan 10,773 -6% US
38. Goldman Sachs 10,331 -3% US
39. Kellogg's 9,710 4% US
40. Nintendo 8,772 13% Japan
41. UBS 8,740 -11% Switzerland
42. Morgan Stanley 8,696 -16% US
43. Philips 8,325 8% Netherlands
44. Thomson Reuters 8,313 N/A Canada
45. Gucci 8,254 7% Italy
46. eBay 7,991 7% US
47. Accenture 7,948 9% US
48. Siemens 7,943 3% Germany
49. Ford 7,896 -12% US
50. Harley-Davidson 7,609 -1% US
51. L'Oreal 7,508 7% France
52. MTV 7,193 4% US
53. Volkswagen 7,047 8% Germany
54. AIG 7,022 -6% US
55. AXA 7,001 -4% France
56. Heinz 6,646 2% US
57. Colgate 6,437 7% US
58. Amazon.com 6,434 19% US
59. Xerox 6,393 6% US
60. Chanel 6,355 9% France
61. Wrigley's 6,105 6% US
62. Zara 5,955 15% Spain
63. Nestle 5,592 5% Switzerland
64. KFC 5,582 -2% US
65. Yahoo! 5,496 -9% US
66. Danone 5,408 8% France
67. Audi 5,407 11% Germany
68. Caterpillar 5,288 5% US
69. Avon 5,264 3% US
70. Adidas 5,072 6% Germany
71. Rolex 4,956 8% Switzerland
72. Hyundai 4,846 9% S. Korea
73. BlackBerry 4,802 N/A Canada
74. Kleenex 4,636 1% US
75. Porsche 4,603 9% Germany
76. Hermes 4,575 8% France
77. Gap 4,357 -20% US
78. Panasonic 4,281 4% Japan
79. Cartier 4,236 10% Switzerland
80. Tiffany & Co 4,208 5% US
81. Pizza Hut 4,097 -4% US
82. Allianz 4,033 2% Germany
83. Moet & Chandon 3,951 6% France
84. BP 3,911 3% UK
85. Starbucks 3,879 7% US
86. ING 3,768 -3% Netherlands
87. Motorola 3,721 -10% US
88. Duracell 3,682 2% US
89. Smirnoff 3,590 6% UK
90. Lexus 3,588 7% Japan
91. Prada 3,585 9% Italy
92. Johnson&Johnson 3,582 4% US
93. Ferrari 3,527 N/A Italy
94. Armani 3,526 N/A Italy
95. Hennessy 3,513 -3% France
96. Marriott 3,502 N/A US
97. Shell 3,471 4% Netherlands
98. Nivea 3,401 9% Germany
99. FedEx 3,359 N/A US
100. Visa 3,338 N/A US- these companies don't have to hold on to the usa if its going down thoughKwesiJ
- Is this a list of power, not sales volume? Because Budweiser is owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev and Gillette is owned by P&Gethanfink
- Damn look at Nokia! FI!JazX
- you missed QBN - tied at #12 with HPOSFA
- 50% of that list will be India by 20125timuli
- hans_glib0
"Russia, which could play the role of a regulator in Eurasia."
Russia. Has. No. Money, Igor... wakey wakey time for your pills...
- Arvizu0
it's interesting that his background includes books on information warfare. Among other things, information warfare may involve spreading of propaganda or disinformation to demoralize the enemy and the public... is that what this is?
- mikotondria30
It sounds like he's been drinking and trying to talk about politics with his mates in the pub.
We came to startlingly simple conclusions and drastic solutions when we drank pitchers of beer and talked about US politics last Saturday night. We had it all figured out, in probably less than 200 words.
Everything's simple when you're drunk - just black and white, people who are sober just don't have the BALLS to realise it, the fools.
- dconstrukt0
i say make prostitution and weed legal in nevada.... tax the shit out of it (but not too much hehe) and that money I assure you will help square things up. :-)
look at amsterdam.
- SigDesign0
Wait a minute... central states with the largest Native American populations???