The general public doesn’t like hearing what some of us who are Cassandras have to say. Because our message is does not fit in with the choir of propaganda and lies. We are predicting a future for the world which is unpleasant for most people and therefore few believe our predictions. It is part of human nature to believe that the current state of affairs will go on forever. And that is the case whether times are good or bad. In bad times, everyone believes that it will never end. I remember vividly the 1970s in the UK when it felt like the severe recession was going to be permanent. It is the same now; conventional wisdom says that the economy will continue to grow at a steady pace and so will assets such as stocks and property. Very few realize that the growth we have seen in the last few decades is totally false and based on credit and printed money.
Cassandra’s accurate prophecies were ridiculed
Cassandra was the daughter of the king of Troy in Greek mythology. The god Apollo gave Cassandra the power of prophecy but when she resisted his approaches, Apollo inflicted a curse that no one would ever believe her prophies although they were all accurate. And this is exactly what is happening to Cassandras or soothsayers today. Many of us are totally clear about the consequences of the total mismanagement of the economy during the last 100 years. Gradually the situation has deteriorated to a point when there is no solution. Instead, at some point in the next few years the debt and asset bubbles will implode with dire consequences for the global economy and for most people on the planet. But just like with Cassandra, nobody believes what we are saying when we are predicting the likely outcome of the most massive, government led, global Ponzi scheme in history.
Don’t get me wrong, we were not knowingly given prophetic powers by Apollo or any other god. But a few of us are absolutely convinced that you cannot build prosperity on a lie, on printed money or by breaking laws of nature that have stood the test of time. We now live in a world where lies have become the truth.
