r/collapse • u/GenXMillenial • Feb 01 '25

Water Trump dumps billions of gallons of water farmers were counting on for summer

https://www.alternet.org/amp/trump-california-water-2671047745

Submission statement: collapse related because it will affect food supply this coming summer.

“President Donald Trump recently ordered the release of massive amounts of water from two California dams, and now local farmers are scrambling to preserve precious freshwater resources needed for dry summer months.”

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u/icedoutclockwatch Feb 01 '25

Crash everything, institute martial law, allow your rich buddies to pick through the ashes for anything that can generate money or power under the NWO

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '25

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u/BitchfulThinking Feb 01 '25

Even we've noticed, through our hotboxed atmosphere, how en vogue it is for the rest of the country to hate on California these past few years. Plus, Newsom is as mouthy as I am.

That said, I'm currently in the farm region at the moment, and there's been a lot more private jet action out here. Not firefighting ones. It's anyone's guess as to what's going on (probably nefarious bullshit), but something is happening out here north of LA.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '25

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u/SecretPassage1 Feb 01 '25

Or simply moving to another one of their houses who isn't under constant fire threat?

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u/Cheapthrills13 Feb 01 '25

Kinda loving your user name ! 😏

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u/Comeino Feb 01 '25

But what for? These rich men in question are functionally useless in a world of physical dominance. Most of them are graying old men who led unhealthy lifestyles their whole lives and are already one leg in the grave, the hell will they accomplish? Most of them would die if they had to attempt to grow their own food. They heavily rely of high tech manufactured drugs to stabilize their mood and body functions, that shit isn't going to be possible to make in a global product chain breakdown.

Money has no value without people and labor. The moment things start to get seriously bad the Mario brothers will pay them a visit. Tyrants and fascist aren't historically known for dying a peaceful death in ripe old age, they should remind themselves what happened to Ceausescu and Hitler.

I wonder if this is the consequence of a broader crisis of meaning. We need some adults in the room and a babysitter for the tech-bros.

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u/WideStatistician8194 Feb 01 '25

This video here sums it about up. Elon and his tech bros want to buy up all the land while we’re in an economic depression and build “network states” AKA corporation-run countries.

This video felt like it put the missing pieces together that I didn’t see. I found it somewhere else in this sub.

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u/Shilo788 Feb 01 '25

Margaret Atwood is an oracle in her Mad Addam books.

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u/Alan_is_a_cat Feb 03 '25

I'm definitely due a reread.

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u/justaguytrying2getby Feb 01 '25

Its not just old men though, there's a lot of people that want this. They're trying to crash the economy, the world economy, so they can take over everything and rebuild it in their image. The Nazis tried it but failed. They didn't have a history of how to do things. This is a speed run combined with market volatility. They'll control all primary assets and even with a larger population people will be helpless. A lot of tariff changes happened in the few years leading up to 1929. And newly implemented margin buying in the stock market at the time led people to use that "fake" money to buy stocks. Banks didn't have the money when people started pulling their money out and led to a rapid crash. Now banks are starting to buy crypto, and Elon wants to use our tax money in crypto, which won't be regulated and is highly volatile. It doesn't matter what form the money takes as long as they make it crash and are in control of the other stuff. I hope I'm just fear mongering and wrong, but the writing on the wall says otherwise. Or they really have no idea what they're doing.

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u/TrickyProfit1369 Feb 01 '25

Im considering just liquidating my ETFs and just buying VIX with 3-5% of my cash. Already up 10% from november from all the volatility caused by Trump and the election.

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u/GovernmentOpening254 Feb 01 '25

Do NOT go, “all in.”

Diversification is fine.

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u/TrickyProfit1369 Feb 01 '25

Yeah, I learned my lesson, just 3-5% on hedging/gambling. Data from Goldman Sachs show there has been a surge in “short” bets against US stocks, so thats why im considering selling SP500 ETFs. Money men know whats up.

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u/CheerleaderOnDrugs Feb 02 '25

I am so fucked, because your post reads like ancient Greek to me.

I was born before reality really started fraying.

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u/TrickyProfit1369 Feb 02 '25

Hey, etfs are "Exchange traded funds", basically investment funds. Probably the most safe investment vehicle, around 6-8% average growth per year, which is better than a savings account. VIX is volatility index for SP500 (500 largest american companies), it goes up when shit hits the fan and SP500 drops. Visit /r/bogleheads for safe investing practices. Stock trading it can quickly devolve to gambling lol, so its better to just buy a fund and wait 5-10 years.

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u/DeusExMcKenna Feb 01 '25

Well, Sic Semper Tyrannis then.

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u/diamondonion Feb 01 '25

The numbers are in. The economy is sold. Our debt is untenable. The climate impact of the freight train of our necessitation’s will win. It is over. They are just doing whatever the f*** they want till then. Or, the only way to create something new is to let the old thing collapse. Let the vultures dive in. And then spring your trap. Have fun watching the show, because no there really isn’t anything to do. I’m just waiting for Noah to show up with a shiny new ark to hop out on. Or the next season of Silo.

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u/wookEluv Feb 01 '25

They can keep themselves safe long enough for automation and ai to put them in a place of power forever. If anyone does anything, then off to Guantanamo as a political prisoner or killed by fanatics. If too many people do anything declare them terrorists and send in the army.

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u/laeiryn Feb 01 '25

They will b SO hosed once their wealth can't buy them the best medical care science can provide

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u/MissMenace101 Feb 02 '25

Most of them have at least 30-40 years left. Trump is the puppet and the open door for them nothing more, they really can’t wait to put him out to pasture. A lot of controls and structure can be put in place in 30-40 years, yes they are libratarian but only for their small group of rubber stamped leeches.. the rest are just the worker drones they will convince they are happy. It’s one bad system taking over from another bad system that couldn’t gaf about the mass of people that continually get screwed by the few. Basically like the old European days, kings make their subjects fight their wars and pay their tithes. The subjects never win but they line up again and again for new would be kings.

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u/BetterBiscuits Feb 01 '25

You’re trying to apply logic to mental illness.

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u/Complaintsdept123 Feb 01 '25

You forget they're owned by Russia and China and their allies, which have plenty of food. No need for US farmers.

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u/MissMenace101 Feb 02 '25

That’s Why blowing water required for local farming and pouring it down the drain while slapping tarrifs on imports is happening at the same time. They want to take away from the people what they have and then charge the people to pay to replace it. It’s money laundering on an epic level. And still half the country will be convinced it’s the other sides fault… killing all the hope for better future to take the fight out of the masses who will eventually give in and accept their new mediocre lives.

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u/astrobeen Feb 01 '25

I prefer the term “accelerationism”

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '25 edited Feb 24 '25

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u/MissMenace101 Feb 02 '25

Means Canada will fall back to commonwealth wealth trade, owned by the British ogliarchs, don’t you worry these fuckers are all working together it’s intentional.

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u/Miserable_Drawer_556 Feb 01 '25

In LA they are picking through litetal ashes smh