The result of a financial Catastrophe. A starving African man too weak to walk. The Communists had ‘liberated’ him to the point of killing him by starvation. I witnessed this personally. Heart breaking. It shakes you to the marrow of your bones and your mind screams at the madness, but no tears flow because you’ve seen too much of this. The Tribal blacks were wonderful and generous people. At this point only weeks of intravenous fluids and a hospital would have saved this man. Medical aid was non-existent, unless you were in the Communist ‘leadership.’ You know his fate. Rest his soul. Communism is always only one death away from their Utopia.
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From Author J. Matson Heininger…
AUTHORED BY J. Matson Heininger His Substack at: Heininger.Substack.com
This is not a message of hope—it is a warning about what happens when a nation refuses to confront its own flaws until it’s too late.
For decades, the United States has been living beyond its means. Here’s how:
· We import far more than we export, running massive trade deficits with the rest of the world.
· We pay for these deficits with U.S. dollars because the dollar is the world’s reserve currency—the currency other countries use for trade and savings.
· This system lets us print money and borrow cheaply to fund our lifestyle. It’s why Americans can buy cheap goods from abroad and maintain a high standard of living, even though we don’t produce enough domestically to support it.
This system only works because the world trusts and uses the dollar. But that trust is eroding.
2. The World Is Moving Away From the Dollar
The rest of the world is tired of America’s dominance over the global financial system. Here’s why:
· The U.S. uses its control of the dollar as a weapon—imposing sanctions on countries like Russia, Iran, and others. This has made nations like China, Russia, and even allies look for ways to bypass the dollar.
· A group of countries called BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) is working to create alternatives to the dollar for trade and reserves.
· As these efforts grow, global demand for dollars will shrink.
When that happens, all those dollars held abroad will come flooding back into the U.S., triggering massive inflation (soaring prices) and destroying our ability to borrow cheaply.
3. What Happens When It All Falls Apart?
When the dollar loses its status as the world’s reserve currency—something that could happen within 10 years—the consequences will be devastating:
1. Soaring Prices: Everything you buy—food, gas, electronics—will cost much more because imports will become far more expensive.
2. Higher Interest Rates: The government will have to raise interest rates to attract foreign investors, making mortgages, car loans, and credit card debt more expensive.
3. Economic Collapse: The U.S. economy depends on cheap imports and easy borrowing. When those disappear, businesses will close, unemployment will rise, and living standards will plummet.
The truth is that America isn’t going to fix this problem because:
Why We Can’t Fix This
1. Our Leaders Don’t Understand It: Most politicians don’t grasp how trade deficits or reserve currency status work. They focus on short-term fixes like tariffs or blaming other countries instead of addressing structural problems.
2. Americans Won’t Sacrifice: Fixing this would require massive sacrifices—higher taxes, lower consumption, reduced military spending—but Americans are not willing to give up their lifestyle.
3. Cultural Barriers: Americans tie their self-worth to work and consumption. Ideas like universal basic income (UBI) or wealth redistribution are dismissed as “socialism,” even though they may be necessary in a post-work world.
Even if we wanted to fix this, it would require visionary leadership and international cooperation—neither of which exist today.
5. What You Will Face
As this system collapses over the next decade:
1. Your Money Will Buy Less: Inflation will erode your purchasing power as prices for everything rise sharply.
2. Jobs Will Disappear: Automation (robots, AI) and outsourcing will continue replacing jobs faster than new ones are created.
3. Inequality Will Worsen: The rich will hoard wealth while most Americans struggle just to survive.
4. Social Unrest Will Explode: Rising inequality and economic pain will lead to protests, violence, and possibly revolution.
This isn’t speculation—it’s a natural consequence of how our economy is structured.
6. The Likely Outcomes
When this collapse happens, there are only three possible paths forward:
Option 1: War
· Historically, declining empires often resort to war to maintain their dominance.
· The U.S., desperate to preserve its global power, could engage in military conflict with BRICS nations or other challengers.
· But war with major powers like China or Russia would be catastrophic—for both sides—and could accelerate America’s decline.
Option 2: Revolution
· As inflation soars and living standards collapse, social unrest could spiral into revolution.
· But revolutions rarely create stable outcomes—they often lead to chaos or authoritarianism rather than meaningful change.
Option 3: Painful Acquiescence
· The U.S. could accept its diminished role in the world but face immense economic pain:
o Higher prices for imports would force Americans to consume less.
o Government austerity measures (spending cuts) would hurt ordinary citizens while failing to address systemic issues.
· This path would lead to widespread disillusionment with both political parties and institutions.
7. There Is No Hope for Avoiding Pain
Let’s be honest: There is no way out of this without immense pain for most Americans.
The privileges we’ve enjoyed—cheap goods from abroad, easy borrowing, a high standard of living—were built on an unsustainable system that is now collapsing.
There are no magical solutions:
1. Tariffs won’t bring back manufacturing jobs because automation has replaced workers.
2. Universal basic income (UBI) might soften the blow but requires massive wealth redistribution that Americans won’t accept.
3. Diplomacy could ease tensions globally but won’t stop de-dollarization or reverse decades of economic mismanagement.
The truth is that America has been living in denial for too long—and now reality is catching up.
8. What You Can Do
While you can’t stop what’s coming, you can prepare yourself:
1. Understand What’s Happening: Educate yourself about these issues so you’re not blindsided when prices soar or jobs disappear.
2. Build Local Resilience: Focus on your community—support local businesses, grow your own food if possible, and build networks of mutual aid.
3. Reduce Debt: Rising interest rates will make borrowing more expensive—pay off debt while you still can.
4. Advocate for Change: Even if systemic reform seems impossible now, pushing for policies like wealth taxes or universal healthcare could help mitigate some of the pain.
But make no mistake—the coming years will be hard for everyone except the very wealthy.
Final Word
The United States has been living on borrowed time—and borrowed money—for decades. Now that time is running out:
· The dollar’s dominance is ending.
· Automation is replacing jobs faster than ever.
· Inequality is reaching unsustainable levels.
There are no easy fixes or painless solutions left. All we can do now is face reality head-on—and prepare for what’s coming.
From Author Jack Lawson…
The above essay is focused and in brevity. Doom and Gloom!? No, just another INDICATOR. Something similar to some degree will happen here. YOU KNOW IT’S ALREADY HAPPENING EACH TIME AN ELECTRIC SHOCK HITS YOUR BRAIN WHEN BUYING SOMETHING WITH A PRICE THAT’S GONE THROUGH THE ROOF! This is just one INDICATOR. The problem is it may be much less damaging, but Americans will revolt over it. Civil Unrest. When you can’t afford your previous life style or can’t buy enough to eat, make payments and live the way you have it’s here already. It’s against mathematical odds that it doesn’t get worse. My Wife and I lived in and watched the progressive destruction of one of the wealthiest countries in the world. Rhodesia/Zimbabwe.
Stevie Wonder… you played at the “Zimbabwe Independence” celebration. What say you now for the black and white Africans of Zimbabwe?
Understand one thing for those of you who entertain that the answer for our society’s problems is “Socialism.” For you who did not live through or witness the brutality of Chinese and Russian Communism, it usually starts out as “Socialism” in other countries when it is not a violent overthrow of a country. Socialism becomes Communism quickly because it chokes off Capitalism, Individual Rights and Free Enterprise. SOCIALISM IS COMMUNISM WITHOUT THE BARREL OF A GUN STUCK UP YOUR NOSE!
Censorship, arrests by law enforcement for simply posting memes, confiscation of firearms and knives, control of YOUR currency and the danger of hyper-inflation, arrests for thinking differently than the Socialist/Communist agenda and expressing it, food shortages, the magnification of government failure, starvation, corruption and embezzlement by EVERYONE in business and government leadership becomes wide spread, rigged elections to keep them forever in power, etc, etc, etc.. Socialism/Communism is not the answer.
Why!? Because it doesn’t work and people start complaining about it to the point the government becomes as in the classic novel “1984.” The saying goes…
“Socialism/Communism is always one bullet away from being a Utopia!”
AND…
“You can vote your way into Socialism… but you have to shoot your way out of it!”
That’s when people start disappearing. I know, I watched this progression in Zimbabwe and the United States will be no different. Those against that government of Socialism/Communism ended up in a remote ditch, shot through the head, hands tied behind their back.
What it was like to live under financial chaos.
Communists! Ha! Liberators! Ha! They are simply dictators, robbers, thugs, torturers, jailers of those dissidents with Common Sense and opposing views, thieves, wholesale killers and embezzlers, fixers of elections. Equality for thee, but the control and money for me. Utopia? I think not.
The inflation became so bad in my Wife’s former homeland in Africa, that a formula was used to calculate it for simplicity. The worse it got, the more draconian the government got. You know your country’s currency is in deep shytte when inflation has to be expressed by an exponential number. Such as… 7.96% X 10 squared… much simpler than trying to count and write all those mind-boggling and pesky ZEROS… such as 7,900,000,000 (7.9 BILLION percent inflation PER MONTH, just before the collapse. That’s a ten-digit currency number! Forget about projecting the number out to a year. This is what happens when you endlessly print currency to pay your debts.
You are witnessing a version of this in the United States… the money is everywhere and costs skyrocketing constantly. Each American is handling a lot more money but their financial position doesn’t change, because you can only buy the same OR LESS with the money you currently get. ARTIFICIALLY LOW INFLATION PERCENTAGES that are not being reported truthfully. Saving paper and/or computer digital entry money is a poor option, as it will increasingly decline in value. Don’t base inflation on gasoline for your vehicle, but include everything else. What the cost was 10 years ago is double or triple now. In Rhodesia/Zimbabwe people wall papered their houses with the worthless currency.
Blame this inflation and dismal prospects of the economy on Covid? I don’t think so. Can this chaos happen here!? It eventually will as there’s no way around it once it starts. Despite #47’s gallant efforts to right the ship it looks like his tariffs will be null and void. The last guy sitting in his chair, directed by Obama and his cronies, created a mess. Plus the Federal Reserve Bank is a stick in the mud, incompetent and out of touch with reality… OR this is purposeful. You are simply witnessing the progression. Seeing may be hard for some… but it’s there.
This financial disaster that occurred was in Zimbabwe (Formerly Rhodesia) on the Continent of Africa. Africa is a Continent that I label “The Land of Blood and Tears” and “The Continent of the Apocalypse Now.” Actually, Zimbabwe and South Africa have joined all the other Third World shytte holes now… but by those words is how I remember ALL of Africa, except during the former times of white governed countries. Some degree of this financial disaster will eventually happen here, because it’s the normal progression when overspending occurs and paper and/or computer digital entries create money out of thin air.
A bit of trivia…
Like a Lion, a Crocodile, will be on you before you know it. The croc will take you in its jaws under the water, spinning you round and round to disorient and disable you until it drowns you. The Crocodile will then deposit your body up under the roots of a tree overhanging the river bank. It will wait until you putrefy and then literally suck all flesh from you.
A Rhodesian safari guide in my Commando once told me to stick your hand down its throat and force its diaphragm open if one gets you. Their diaphragm is closed when they’re under water to keep them from drowning. If you open it the croc will panic and let you go. Interesting. Sounds simple… but I haven’t heard this from anyone alive who has survived by that method. I usually crossed in rapidly moving water, which they generally stay out of, to avoid finding out if the ‘hand down the croc’s throat’ trick works.
United States fiscal management is beginning to show very similar parallels. Massive spending exceeding the money to pay those expenditures.
…so, the same thing is happening here.
THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT COMING TO YOUR RESCUE AND YOU HAVE NO PLACE TO GO TO… THIS IS IT!
An incident that happened to my Wife shows the harsh reality of an economic catastrophe and what happens when you try to feed the starving. My Wife’s Family wasn’t extremely wealthy but they had more money than most. Many whites and blacks did their best to try to feed the starving while the Communist Leadership confiscated international relief food convoys, resold it on the Black Market and put the money in their personal bank accounts, as the economic chaos consumed the country.
My Wife was summoned to the gate of their walled in property by the gate security guard who told her that a young girl wanted to speak to her. Not that Zimbabweans had not seen emaciated people, as the starving dead and dying people were everywhere, but no one had the food to feed the dying, without them joining the dying. The gate guard was moved by this young girl, probably 12 years old. She barely had the strength to walk, was wearing a filthy dress in taters and was skin and bones… not an ounce of fat on her. She was probably close to death but she could still walk… with much difficulty. My Wife went to the gate where the girl asked in a barely audible voice… “Do you have anything I can eat?”
My Wife was so upset at the appearance of this young black girl standing face to face in front of her, that she broke down crying. My Wife went to the house and made this girl a huge sandwich and gave her a bottle of water. My Wife’s Mother, who had been gone, soon came back home. When my Wife told her the story about feeding the starving girl, my Mother-In-Law was furious with her. “You can’t do that… no matter how much it hurts you!” she yelled at my Wife… “You don’t understand!”
For my Wife to understand why, was to see two hundred some starving people, barely able to walk, at the gate the next day, that they couldn’t feed. Had these starving people been in better physical condition, my Wife, Mother-In-Law and the blacks in their employ that they could feed, would certainly have been killed for the food they had. In short, the starving blacks were so weak they were not strong enough to take from others violently.
South Africa’s Independence Day ceremony in front of the Communist Hammer and Sickle- Joe Slovo on the right, a hardcore Marxist-Leninist with Winnie Mandela and Nelson Mandela. All these people were “The People’s Saviors”
They were the “Liberators” for equality. In reality, they buried Individual Rights of both black and white Africans in a deep dark hole and covered it up with dirt.
Now ALL of Southern Africa is in the toilet and looks worse than downtown Detroit. How do you destroy one of the wealthiest countries in the world!? Communism is the best tool. THE ANSWER IS NOT WHAT SOME IN THE UNITED STATES ARE THINKING IS THE ANSWER… COMMUNISM!
When Food and Water are not available, we’ll see much more violence in America than in Zimbabwe. I encourage all to read “When the Music Stops… How America’s Cities Will Explode with Violence” by Matt Bracken.
Read what I witnessed of the war and transformation of Rhodesia.
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