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June 28, 2024

Pick A Side And Fight For It, Keep Your Head Down, Or Flee

As you know, based on my study of history, I believe there are now and have always been five big, interrelated forces that drive how domestic and world orders change. They are the 1) the big debt/credit/money cycle, 2) the big internal order/disorder cycle 3) the big external order/disorder cycle, 4) acts of nature (i.e., droughts, floods, and pandemics), and 5) human innovation that leads to advances in technology. Today, I am focusing on why I believe we are approaching the point in the internal order-disorder cycle when you will have to choose between picking a side and fighting for it, keeping your head down, or fleeing.

Pick a Side and Fight for It, Keep Your Head Down, or Flee
I believe we now have to face the fact that fighting for democracy as we know it—with thoughtful disagreement and compromises governed by rule of law—is unlikely to work. People like me who had a long shot hope for the emergence of a strong middle that fights against the extremists to bring the As you know, based on my study of history, I believe there are now and have always been five big, interrelated forces that drive how domestic and world orders change. They are the 1) the big debt/credit/money cycle, 2) the big internal order/disorder cycle 3) the big external order/disorder cycle, 4) acts of nature (i.e., droughts, floods, and pandemics), and 5) human innovation that leads to advances in technology. Today, I am focusing on why I believe we are approaching the point in the internal order-disorder cycle when you will have to choose between picking a side and fighting for it, keeping your head down, or fleeing.

Pick a Side and Fight for It, Keep Your Head Down, or Flee
I believe we now have to face the fact that fighting for democracy as we know it—with thoughtful disagreement and compromises governed by rule of law—is unlikely to work. People like me who had a long shot hope for the emergence of a strong middle that fights against the extremists to bring the
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pick-side-fight-keep-your-head-down-flee-ray-dalio-53fpe/?published=t

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November 03, 2026

Sounds like Covid & Control all over again! This guy makes sense……

THIS IS NOT A DRILL: Governments Are Pushing 72-Hour Self-Sufficiency - WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW!!

Governments across the West and beyond are suddenly pushing the same message: prepare to survive at least 72 hours without power, water, or outside help.

Canada, the UK (“Be Ready”), France, Japan, and Europe’s Preparedness Union Strategy are all amplifying household self-sufficiency campaigns at the same time, often framed around cyberattacks, geopolitical tension, and cascading disasters.

This isn’t old advice recycled.

It’s a coordinated, high-volume push.

While practical preparedness (food, water, go-bags, skills, and local mutual aid) has always made sense, the synchronized timing raises questions.

These campaigns can later serve as a ready-made excuse if systems fail longer than expected, shift blame onto individuals, normalize disrupted normalcy, and condition people to wait for the next official instructions.

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November 03, 2026

Love this guy so common sense & has the background to prove it is true…..

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3 hours ago

Nenshi should step down, fined, be taken to court for dereliction of duty or be removed from current leadership role due to breach of authority while in a position of power, poor memory & proved blatant deceit causing destruction & financial burden unnecessarily …. The records prove it & clarify it! His two in command should not be absolved either for not going to council when Nenshi did not! Calgarians should not be left with the costing when it should have been unnecessary! It’s called Accountability…..

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