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via PithyCyborg Just saw a piece of news today and my stomach dropped. A new Talker Research study surveyed 2,000 Americans and found that 32% of us are currently experiencing an existential crisis. Gen Z is at 52%. More than half of an entire generation is questioning the basic premise of their own lives before …
by Martin Armstrong Christine Lagarde is now warning that Europe faces an “existential crisis” unless urgent reforms are enacted. What she is really admitting is that Europe has reached the end of the centralized model. These are 28 independent nations that were never intended to operate as a single homogeneous culture or economy. Europe’s problem …
China and Japan Are in a Showdown, With Trump in the Middle With Japan’s new leader refusing to back down from China’s show of force and claims on Taiwan, Xi Jinping picks up the phone to try to pry the U.S.-Japan alliance apart. If anyone needed evidence that a critical moment is developing in Asia-Pacific …
A potential collapse of AMOC could trigger a modern-day ice age, with winter temperatures across Northern Europe plummeting to new cold extremes, bringing far more snow and ice. The AMOC has collapsed in the past, notably before the last Ice Age that ended about 12,000 years ago. https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-11-12/iceland-sees-security-risk-existential-threat-in-atlantic-ocean-currents-possible-collapse
The UN’s highest court has ruled that climate change is an urgent and existential threat. It also said that greenhouse gases are unequivocally caused by human activity. The ruling came in response to a case brought by the island state of Vanu-atu. However, it is only an advisory opinion, which is non-binding. Details: No mention …
🚨BREAKING: Sources claim that Harvard is facing an "existential, perhaps untenable crisis" over losing federal contracts. pic.twitter.com/PAwvIutxgD — Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans4WV) May 28, 2025
The global economy stands at a crossroads as the dominance of the US dollar faces existential threats due to unsustainable trade imbalances and rising debt. Renowned economists warn of an inevitable and disruptive adjustment, prompting crucial questions about the direction and management of this monumental shift. US dollar’s outsized role in the global economy has …
Mainstream media faces a dire decline, losing 40% of online audience since 2020, triggering attacks and revealing an existential struggle. What is even worse are the physical subscription numbers. The physical US Newspaper circulation is below what was distributed in 1940. Is this a spiral of doom for mainstream media? People used to have to …
