John Rubino: Civil Unrest Everywhere - Is The USA Next?

Everywhere you look civil unrest is breaking out. Iran, Mexico, Hong Kong, France, Chile and a host of other countries. John attributes it all to excessive debt which is leading to a decline in the standard of living and shrinkage of the middle class. Also, the erosion of the rule of law is helping to cause a dissolution of Western Civilization. The unrest isn't the problem, it's merely a sympton. Government then makes concessions and the demonstrations continue. Witness Hong Kong. They're shooting arrows at the police who are firing tear gas and live ammo in return. Can it happen here in the good old USofA? Maybe it's happening already. After the next election, whoever loses is going to feel cheated and this could lead to the inevitable unwinding.

John Rubino is the founder and manager of the popular financial website DollarCollapse.com. Mr. Rubino is the co-author, with GoldMoney's James Turk, of The Money Bubble and The Collapse of the Dollar and How to Profit from It. He spent the 1980's on Wall Street as a Eurodollar trader, equity analyst and junk bond analyst. During the 1990's he was a featured columnist with TheStreet.com and a frequent contributor to Individual Investor, Online Investor, and Consumers Digest, among many other publications. He currently writes for CFA Magazine.