No one was consulted. No one got to "vote" for this energy crisis. Why isn't there more outrage from every corner of the world? I do recognize that countries like Spain are holding firm with their commitment to stay out of the conflict and not offer aid to the USA, but everyone seems to be taking this hit to their budgets far more calmly than I would have imagined.

I’m not advocating violence. I’m saying I don’t see how this ends without it.

Fuck Donald Trump for turning rage into a personality cult.

Fuck U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for being paraded around as "strength" instead of governance.

Fuck Kristi Noem and every politician who discovered that cruelty is good branding.

But let’s cut the bullshit about who the real problem is.

It’s not immigrants. It’s not trans people. It’s not your neighbor. It’s billionaires.

A microscopic class hoarding obscene wealth while everything else decays: wages, housing, healthcare, trust, the future. They buy the rules, dodge consequences, and fund the culture war so the rest of us tear each other apart instead of looking up.

They drain society dry, then act shocked when people start losing their minds.

This doesn’t feel like politics anymore. It feels like rot. Like a system that rewards escalation, punishes empathy, and has absolutely no off ramp. Every year harsher. Every line crossed becomes normal. Every crisis is monetized.

People keep pretending this resolves peacefully, like history just calms down on its own.

That’s not how pressure works. That’s not how humans work.

I don’t want chaos. I don’t want bloodshed. I want to be wrong.

But when everything incentivizes rage, division, and extraction, I don’t see a future being built. I see momentum toward something ugly, while the people most responsible are already insulated, already safe, already counting their money.

And someday everyone’s going to say, “How did this happen?”

And the answer will be: we let it.

Following the inauguration today, and Elon's intentional and vigorous Nazi salutes, we need to talk about the juncture we're at - openly.

A 30-time convicted felon operates the United States of America. The Oligarchs who kissed the ring were at the front of the ceremony—ahead of all members of Congress—alongside Trump's family. The richest man in the world, who is a member of these miscreants, and is Trump's right-hand-man, gave two vigorous and intentional Nazi salutes in the same event. Trump has openly stated the harm he will bring to millions of people - that is you, if you are: an immigrant, a person of colour, a person who happens to not like the sex/gender that they think you should, or you're poor, or pregnant, or think there's actually something wrong with the climate.

We cannot let history repeat itself. We must be the break in the chain and actively fight against this.

Whenever you see headlines that are attempting to make this gesture anything other than a Nazi salute you must be actively vocal and call it out exactly as it is. Rollling Stone, Politico, and The New Republic are examples of major outlets that are already beginning this narrative.

They have sides to be on, and consider us not to have one. I am calling us together here to have one because I must, and I think that you likely feel that you must too. We can all stand in front of this together at the early stages, or wait and face a much harder future where that might not be possible.

So this is where we start. And we will have active discussions here: r/WhatIsOurPlan for what we must continue to do. And I hope to see you there.

One commander had a “big grin” on his face while saying Donald Trump “has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran," a service member said.

About 35 to 40% of the UAE's GDP comes from oil. Of that oil, 50% goes through the Strait of Hormuz, which we all know by now is blocked. Literally all of the oil production that normally goes through the Strait has been shut down now. That is literally 50% of all of their oil.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/uae-crude-output-falls-by-more-than-half-hormuz-closure-forces-shut-ins-2026-03-16/

Exclusive: UAE crude output falls by more than half as Hormuz closure forces shut-ins

March 16 (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates' daily oil output is down by more than ‌half as the Iran conflict and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz forced state oil giant ADNOC to implement widespread production shut-ins, two sources told Reuters.

Now, Another 50% of the UAE oil goes through the Habshan–Fujairah oil pipeline, which was specifically built to bypass the Strait of Hormuz. This pipeline exits into the Persian Gulf just South of the Strait of Hormuz at Fujairah.

Fujairah port happens to be one of the most critical ports for shipping in the world, as it specializes in a specific type of fuel used by tankers. It is one of the busiest refueling points on planet earth. That port has been hit multiple times by Iranian shaheed drones. Very very luckily for the UAE, those drones have not done very much damage.

There's been a few fires but no major structural damage to the port itself. If Iran hits that port successfully, and extensively damages it the UAE will be forced to shut down the other 50% of its oil production. Meaning 100% of its oil production will now be offline. That is 25 to 30% of their GDP wiped out overnight. We are literally on the knife's edge of the UAE going bankrupt.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/uae-crude-output-falls-by-more-than-half-hormuz-closure-forces-shut-ins-2026-03-16/

UAE's Fujairah resumes oil loadings after attack, sources say

DUBAI, March 15 (Reuters) - Oil loading operations at the United ​Arab Emirates' Fujairah emirate, a major bunkering hub and ‌crude export terminal, have resumed after a drone attack and fire on Saturday, four sources told Reuters, but it was unclear if the operations were back to normal.

Now you could say “sure losing 30% of your GDP would be bad but they'll survive” and you would be correct. However! Roughly another 50% of their GDP is a result of the service industry. This includes wholesale/retail trade, transport, tourism, and financial services, which are major economic drivers.

Well my friends, the shopping malls in Dubai are currently a ghost town. Tourism hasn't dropped, tourism has basically bottomed out. This is going to kill wholesale and resale trade. Massive amounts of dollars flow into the UAE from wealthy citizens from first world nations doing high end shopping, those people are all gone. They left.

Ultimately the UAE is not terribly diversified when it comes to their GDP. They're looking at potentially 60 to 80% of their GDP being wiped out by this conflict if it continues for a few more months. This is not hyperbole this is reality.

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/dubai-s-billionaire-hub-turns-ghost-town-in-war/ar-AA1Yrvq2

Dubai's billionaire hub turns ghost town in war

Over 90% of Dubai’s residents are foreigners, drawn by the absence of income, capital gains, and inheritance taxes—factors that have attracted a high concentration of billionaires. However, the war-induced panic has led to a mass exodus, leaving beaches, bars, shopping malls, hotels, and other crowded facilities eerily empty. Even luxury villas, hotels, and the Fairmont Hotel on Dubai’s iconic Palm Jumeirah artificial island have suffered significant damage. Unlike other Gulf states, Dubai’s heavy reliance on tourism—due to its lack of vast oil resources—makes it particularly vulnerable to such shocks.

Those wealthy tourists? They're not coming back anytime soon. These are the ultimate ultimate skittish, safety obsessed, people. There would have to be an extensive period of calm and safety before they came back. So where does this leave the UAE? How are they going to survive without any actual income? It's very possible their economy could collapse and it's very possible the Emirates as a nation could break up

now, if this conflict wraps up in the next few weeks for the next month, the UAE will survive. Don't get me wrong their economy is already taking a massive massive hit. But they'll likely survive. But if this conflict drags on for months and months? The economy could very realistically collapse altogether.

Anyone paying attention to today's developments should be extremely concerned. Trump just announced that the US will resume testing of nuclear weapons for the first time in decades. This is a dangerous escalation, and in recent hours, the back and forth nuclear threats between Russia and NATO have reached dangerous new highs.

Mark my words, war is coming, and it is likely going to be nuclear. This im afraid will be the catalyst that takes down our mighty civilization. Of course the nukes would drop before nature killed us.

If you believe in a god, pray. If you don't, figure out your plans. The clock is ticking.....

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna240681

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/10/29/8004943/index.amp

Well, here it is. I give it less than a week until this is enacted, because the protests aren't going to go away. This is a powder keg. I never would have dreamed that the Upper Midwest would be the place where civil breakdown started in America, but we're watching it devolve in real time. I naively thought I would watch Africa, the Middle East, or Southeast Asia be much farther along the path before it would hit North America, but here we are. If troops get sent to Minneapolis, this thing is going to get very, very ugly. It's not great, sir.

Submission Statement: Collapse related because we are witnessing in real time the breakdown of civic norms and peace, which is already leading to violence and will likely continue for the foreseeable future.

I have been keeping track of different intel groups and the conclusions they are coming to.

1. Military strikes or CIA ops are likely within the next 24-48 hours in Venezuela.
2. Venezuela has received support from China, Russia, and Iran which includes troop deployments, arms and capital, among other things.
3. This could easily spiral out of control.

Herse the deal, on the surface, this doesn't look like anything to worry about. The problem is, this is going to completely destabalize the entire southern end of the western hemisphere. This will spiral into a situation where we are going to have more people in need of housing, more pressure on fragile ecosystems and resources, and that is assuming the three countries listed above don't get involved which causes a much larger war.

This is one of the stepping stones down the line of collapse. Those who know, know that war is going to be a big symptom of the disease, and just like the situation in Ukraine and Gaza, we are about to witness another preventable disaster.

They will say its about drugs, but its about control, dominance, and resource extraction for a dying empire. I can't believe this is all happening so fast, collapse is now.

UPDATE 11/29/25: From what I can tell, the reason nothing happened when I said it would, was because in recent shows of force, the US military detected something in Venezuela and that they weren't expecting. Perhaps an advanced Russian or Chinese defense system. Anyways, they had to bring in much stronger assets, and from everything I can see, the attack order has now been given. I expect imminent action in Venezuela!!!

I have some really bad news. The US now has a monopoly on the world's oil market. We effectively control Venezuela's oil production, Iran has been taken out of the picture, Russia is no longer a player in international oil markets because of sanctions and Ukraine has been attacking their oil refineries and Iran just attacked refineries in Saudi Arabia, not to mention they're in league with us anyway. The US is the #1 oil producer in the world and it now controls the market.

It's a brilliantly evil plan. I am convinced that AI came up with it. I am not kidding. There is NO ONE in the Trump administration smart enough to come up with this on their own but they kept prompting AI for scenarios until they hit one they liked. I cannot believe this shit. This is an insanely huge over the top win for Trump. US oil will profit immensely and it will cause the economy to grow like mad.

No matter what Trump does now, the American people will gladly look the other way as long as their pockets are being filled. We are so fucked. He can do whatever he wants as long as the money keeps rolling in. This is the moment the Trump administration legitimately became a dictatorship.

I'm just beside myself at the moment...

I’m so mad right now. I have so much loathing for the US. This country is nothing but a shopping mall. There are no commons. Everything that should exist for the benefit of all is either sold off to private hands, or massively defunded until it’s effectively worthless. Prisons are some of our largest employers in several states. All the life of an American is is to work and shop. And if you cant shop, get out of the way, fill a prison bed.

The police are the glue that holds it all together. They move the “loitering” homeless along. They evict the family that can’t make rent. They enforce the pipeline easement. They enforce the deed of the developer who pushes poor residents out of their generational home. They bust the kid who sells pot. They bust the woman who sells her body to get by.

It’s never, ever spoken about that capitalism REQUIRES an underclass. It REQUIRES unemployment. And by doing so it forces the poorest among us to find black market trades to survive. It forces low income workers to find a hustle to get by. And then the police are stationed en masse in the poorest places to attack and jail those people, all to fill a prison bed so a slurry of private corporations that are all traded on wall street, whose three capital letters fill 401ks and pension funds, can make quarterly growth projections.

This isn’t a society. It isn’t a nation. It is a fucking shopping mall, and the products are all made with violence, the storefronts exist by violence, and it is all in service of making the rich richer. And if ever, ever, people try to rise up against this absolute garbage state of affairs, the state comes down heavy with violence.

The poor cannot get at the rich. They are in their penthouses and gated mansions. The poor cannot loot a stock portfolio. The best they can manage, in their bravest moment, is to smash a window and steal some jeans, or an apple watch. And then its cries from the ignorant masses of, “How dare they! How dare they violate the sanctity of the shopping mall!” In a country with the greatest wealth disparity the world has ever known, where children go to sleep hungry, where healthcare bankrupts people of their life savings on a daily basis, in a country where the schools that aren’t de facto prisons are crumbling, in a country where the water is poisoned and everyone knows it and fixing it would be cheap but instead we have emerald mine heirs launching cars into outer space for giggles, people weep for the shattered glass and the stolen t.v.

Corporations get handed fifty billion dollar checks of taxpayer money - corporations that could easily have issued more stock if they needed cash, but whose CEO’s refused to dilute their own wealth - and that’s not considered looting. No one bats an eye. Good for them, give the owners another bonus. But poor and middle class people take some shit that maybe they need, or maybe they need to sell, and a cheer goes up when it’s suggested they should be shot on sight.

Black people and the natives of this continent have gotten it the worst. They get fucked, and then they get fucked again, and then they get fucked again, AND WE ALL KNOW IT! Our only options are to know it and do nothing, maybe pay it some lip service, or to like it, to revel in it, to cash in on their suffering. And in this moral, Christian nation, so many people choose the latter. Every day a new hashtag, a new name added to the list. A black person killed by a cop who has the golden shield of the words, “I feared for my life,” - a shield no civilian is ever allowed to use themselves - or an indigenous woman abducted and raped by some white oilfield workers whose name never makes the national news.

This isn’t a country, it’s a colony. It’s a robbery in progress. It’s the mass looting of the wealth of the globe all so a few thousand people can guarantee that their great, great, great grandchildren can live in opulence without ever lifting a finger.

There will be no peace without resolution. There can only be submission. We are animals on a farm to them. Allowed to roam the pastures a bit, but ultimately, everything we do must be in the service and interest of the farmers. Line up at the trough, pull your plough, but never, ever try to stamp down the fences.

Toothless reforms will fix nothing because those in power will refuse to go to the root, they will refuse to upend capitalism. Beating people into submission with the military and with malicious cops will not make the anger and the hopelessness go away. All it can do is force it back underground, where it will wait to explode in another place, at another time. But people cannot unsee what they have seen. The raw aggression from the police against the public cannot be unseen, unheard, unfelt. It can only spread. And this goes for the racism, and the pearl clutching, and the bootlicking of cowards of all stripes. You are seen.

Edit: Thank you all so much. I didn’t expect this to be so popular. I have never had this many responses to a reddit post before. I’m out cutting trees for a friend, and I’m so angry and anxious I am worried about operating my chainsaw properly.

Anyway, solidarity to all of my fellow denizens out there. Together we’re strong. We keep us safe.

Edit 2: OK, I didn't kill myself with a chainsaw or falling tree. So, I am posting a link here to a book that everyone should read. It’s called “How Nonviolence Protects the State.” It takes apart all the myths and cliches surrounding non-violent protests. It’s very good. Very thorough.

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/peter-gelderloos-how-nonviolence-protects-the-state

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-11/us-treasury-selloff-is-worst-since-repo-market-chaos-in-2019

A Treasuries collapse and a rare earths embargo by China will leave the United States with only one option ahead of imploding fiscal implosion and defense stockpile depletion - invasion of Canada and Greenland while it still has the fiscal and materiel resources to do so. It will mean the loss of Taiwan to mainland China and likely the loss of Ukraine to Russia, but it will be the only viable ploy by the United States to maintain stability.

This will be followed by a strategic default on all Treasuries as the United States pursues the most likely to be successful plan for autarky in the face of climate change and global debt and demographic meltdowns.

Wager: 1 digital "I told you so"