{"id":214858,"date":"2020-10-11T07:41:44","date_gmt":"2020-10-11T07:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=214858"},"modified":"2020-10-14T07:12:36","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T07:12:36","slug":"the-stage-has-been-set-for-a-historic-national-meltdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=214858","title":{"rendered":"The stage has been set for a historic national meltdown\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Snyder — The Economic Collapse Oct 8, 2020<\/strong><\/h1>\n

\"\"<\/a>Everything that has happened in 2020 so far has set us up for a grand finale that none of us will ever forget.\u00a0 This year we have already witnessed the worst public health crisis in about a hundred years, widespread lockdowns all over the nation, a crippling economic collapse and civil unrest in major cities across America.\u00a0 To say that the American people are in a bad mood would be a major understatement.\u00a0 Now we are less than a month away from a bitterly contested presidential election, and as you will see below, one survey recently found that a majority of Americans are expecting violence.\u00a0 That is extremely unfortunate, but these are the times in which we live.\u00a0 Our country is literally falling apart all around us, and nobody seems to have a way to stop it from happening.<\/span><\/p>\n

And the worse economic conditions become, the worse the mood of the nation is going to get.\u00a0 On Thursday, we learned that another 840,000 Americans<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

The latest jobless claims figures from the Labor Department, which cover the week ending Oct. 2, show that 840,000 workers sought aid last week, about four-times the pre-crisis level. More than 63 million Americans have sought jobless aid since the coronavirus lockdowns began in mid-March.<\/span><\/p>\n

If someone had told me late last year that 63 million Americans would file new claims for unemployment benefits this year, I would have thought that person was crazy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Prior to 2020, the worst number for a single week in all of U.S. history was 695,000, and now we have been way above that figure every single week of this pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course the layoffs just keep rolling along.\u00a0 Right now, it is being reported that WarnerMedia expects to lay off thousands of workers<\/strong><\/span><\/a> in the coming weeks\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

AT&T\u2019s WarnerMedia is preparing a restructuring that seeks to reduce costs by as much as 20% as the COVID-19 panic drains income from movie tickets, cable subscriptions and TV ads,\u00a0reports<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0The Wall Street Journal<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The layoffs are expected to begin in the coming weeks and would result in thousands of layoffs across Warner Bros. studios and TV channels like HBO, TBS and TNT, the paper said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Personally, I wouldn\u2019t be saddened if WarnerMedia completely shut down on a permanent basis.\u00a0 They produce an endless barrage of garbage programming that is corrupting the minds of millions of Americans, and our society would definitely be better off without them.<\/span><\/p>\n

But at the same time that millions upon millions of Americans have been losing their jobs, those at the very top of the economic food chain have been getting even wealthier thanks to the Federal Reserve\u2019s reckless intervention in the financial markets.<\/span><\/p>\n

At this point, the top one percent of all Americans have more than 15 times more money than the bottom 50 percent combined<\/a>\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

According to the\u00a0latest Fed data<\/strong><\/a>, the top 1% of Americans have a combined net worth of $34.2 trillion (or 30.4% of all household wealth in the U.S.), while the bottom 50% of the population holds just $2.1 trillion combined (or 1.9% of all wealth).<\/span><\/p>\n

If you think that there isn\u2019t a lot of resentment out there, then you haven\u2019t been paying attention.<\/span><\/p>\n

We are seeing the rise of a \u201cRobin Hood mentality\u201d among many that live in deeply impoverished areas, and when things get really crazy out there they are going to be hitting wealthy neighborhoods really hard.<\/span><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, a lot of people believe that this upcoming election could potentially be the spark that sets off a lot more civil unrest.\u00a0 Personally, I have such a bad feeling about what is going to happen, and I believe that having so many people voting by mail could cause all sorts of problems.<\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, even the mainstream media\u00a0is admitting<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0that we could see a million ballots that are sent through the mail rejected for one reason or another\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Absentee ballot rejections this November are projected<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0to reach historic levels, risking widespread disenfranchisement of minority voters and the credibility of election results, a USA TODAY, Columbia Journalism Investigations and PBS series FRONTLINE investigation found.<\/span><\/p>\n

At least 1.03 million absentee ballots could be tossed if half of the nation votes by mail. Discarded votes jump to 1.55 million if 75% of the country votes absentee. In the latter scenario, more than 185,000 votes could be lost in Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin \u2013 states considered key to capturing the White House.<\/span><\/p>\n

Any system of voting that could potentially disenfranchise a million voters is deeply broken and should not be used.<\/span><\/p>\n

But at this point it is too late to do anything about it.\u00a0 More than 6 million people have already voted, and more votes are being sent in with each passing day.<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course millions of other Americans are also deeply concerned about the integrity of this election.\u00a0 Just check out the results of a recent YouGov survey<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

The YouGov poll of 1,999 registered voters\u00a0<\/strong>found that nearly half\u00a0\u2013 47%\u00a0\u2013 disagree with the idea that the election \u201cis likely to be fair and honest.\u201d And that slightly more than half\u00a0\u2013 51%\u00a0\u2013 won\u2019t \u201cgenerally agree on who is the legitimately elected president of the United States.\u201d The online poll was conducted Oct.1-2\u00a0and has a margin of error of +\/- 2.56 percentage points.<\/span><\/p>\n

In essence, about half the country believes that this election may not be legitimate.<\/span><\/p>\n

That is a major national crisis right there.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition, YouGov has also found that 56 percent of Americans believe that there will be \u201can increase in violence as a result of the election<\/strong><\/span>\u201d<\/a>\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition, a YouGov poll of 1,505 voters found that 56% said they expect to see \u201can increase in violence as a result of the election.\u201d That question had a margin of error of 4.2 percentage points.<\/span><\/p>\n

This definitely is not the America that I grew up in.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the old days, nobody would have ever imagined widespread violence after a presidential election.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another recent survey discovered that a whopping\u00a061 percent<\/strong><\/span><\/a> of Americans believe that \u201cthe U.S. could be on the verge of another Civil War\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

We have never seen anything like this before, and at this point it is undeniable that our society is breaking down all around us<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

But instead of bringing us together, the results of this upcoming election are only going to deepen our divisions no matter who wins.<\/span><\/p>\n

Everything that our forefathers worked so hard to build is at risk, and we are getting very, very close to crossing the point of no return.<\/span><\/p>\n

***Michael\u2019s new book entitled \u201cLost Prophecies Of The Future Of America\u201d is now available\u00a0in paperback<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0for the Kindle<\/span><\/a>\u00a0on Amazon.***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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About the Author<\/strong>: My name is Michael Snyder and my brand new book entitled\u00a0\u201cLost Prophecies Of The Future Of America<\/strong><\/span>\u201d<\/a>\u00a0is now available\u00a0on Amazon.com<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 In addition to my new book, I have written four others that are available\u00a0on Amazon.com<\/a>\u00a0including\u00a0The Beginning Of The End<\/strong><\/span><\/a>,\u00a0Get Prepared Now<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, and\u00a0Living A Life That Really Matters<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. (#CommissionsEarned)\u00a0 By purchasing the books you help to support the work that my wife and I are doing, and by giving it to others you help to multiply the impact that we are having on people all over the globe.\u00a0 I have published thousands of articles on\u00a0The Economic Collapse Blog<\/strong><\/span><\/a>,\u00a0End Of The American Dream<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0The Most Important News<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, and the articles that I publish on those sites are republished on dozens of other prominent websites all over the globe.\u00a0 I always freely and happily allow others to republish my articles on their own websites, but I also ask that they include this \u201cAbout the Author\u201d section with each article.\u00a0 The material contained in this article is for general information purposes only, and readers should consult licensed professionals before making any legal, business, financial or health decisions.\u00a0 I encourage you to follow me on social media on\u00a0Facebook<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, and any way that you can share these articles with others is a great help.\u00a0 During these very challenging times, people will need hope more than ever before, and it is our goal\u00a0to share the gospel of Jesus Christ<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0with as many people as we possibly can.<\/span><\/p>\n

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