Insanity: U.S. consumer sentiment has collapsed to Great Financial Crisis levels, and the economy now relies on older Americans more than ever.

This is insane The US economy is now reliant on older Americans more than ever before pic.twitter.com/PE0U2wf7sI — Cheddar Flow (@CheddarFlow) February 20, 2026 US Consumer Sentiment collapses to levels not seen since the Great Financial Crisis pic.twitter.com/kMt4jDRY50 — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) February 20, 2026 Sam Altman just admitted AI will make most humans economically …

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Only 21 million bitcoins will exist, with 19.8 million already mined. Bitcoin’s marketing strategy relies on convincing value, creating division, and centralizing control.

There will only be 21 million bitcoins to ever exist. 19.8 million bitcoins have been mined. Controlled by math. — CZ 🔶 BNB (@cz_binance) December 10, 2024 You think this chart is bad? That 1% own 27% of all the assets. If this chart were BTC, 2% would own 92% of all the BTC. "money …

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Americans are depleting capital faster than producing, negative net savings since early 2023. Economy now relies entirely on foreign net savings

"Americans are consuming more capital than they produce. US national net savings by households, businesses and the government have been negative since 1Q23, for only the third time since 1947. The other two times were 2008-11 and 2020." Gavekal pic.twitter.com/jWUcaT66Md — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) September 18, 2024 BREAKING: Total consumer credit jumped by $25.5 …

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Western sovereign debt relies on negative real rates to prevent nominal default.

An important reminder that everyone and their mother is currently long the US dollar. Crowded positions are often mistaken, making a squeeze in the opposite direction highly likely. While gold and commodities can indeed rise alongside a strengthening US dollar, this is an… pic.twitter.com/i5jGeeXDVU — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) June 12, 2024 Deficit spending as …

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WARNING: AI relies on mass surveillance…

The AI tools that crunch numbers, generate text and videos and find patterns in data rely on mass surveillance and exercise concerning control over our lives, the boss of encrypted messaging app Signal told AFP on Thursday. Pushing back against the unquestioning enthusiasm at VivaTech in Paris, Europe’s top startup conference where industry players vaunt …

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China Increasingly Relies on Nonproductive Investment for Growth

via Mike Shedlock China’s reliance on nonproductive debt for growth has been obvious for years. But let’s go over why that is so. 1/5Pekinology's very useful translation of Lan Xiaohuan on China's local government competition and overcapacity provides almost a definition of what the consequences are of a large and growing part of the Chinese …

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Leading economic indicators point to a worsening economy; Economy relies on credit; expensive credit impacts.

Despite the markets moving higher, leading economic indicators point to a worsening economy Current levels are comparable to those seen during: – Dot Com bubble– Financial Crisis– C-19 pic.twitter.com/puopTVKU12 — Bravos Research (@bravosresearch) July 10, 2023 An economy that runs on credit is about to find out what happens when credit is expensive https://t.co/Y9H8W1Nqxk — …

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