u/lewispatty

English Lit should be open book on poetry for one thing.

So, I've got some predictions. And do say what you think of them. It's a complex thesis. But try to give me a minute and actually read through what I've put without just emotionally react replying to the first thing you see that you disagree with.

I predict the UK is on a track of demographic certainty to rejoin the EU by the early 2030s and join the Euro by the 2040s. This moves us away from a system where the Federal Reserve, not Threadneedle Street, effectively controls our interest rates. This will spook a dying US empire currently exhibiting the classic symptoms of what I term Late Stage Empire Syndrome through soaring debt, military overreach, etc. Out of pure desperation, I predict that Washington will pull the final lever they have left by withdrawing Trident cooperation. This will completely shatter global trust in their conditional security guarantees.

We saw what happened in Iraq. But frankly, the UK is not Iraq.

This sudden betrayal will completely shatter global trust in Western security alliances. Countries that previously relied on Washington for protection will realise that those guarantees are entirely conditional on staying in line. This realization will trigger a massive panic, forcing latent powers to rapidly develop their own independent nuclear deterrents for survival. The world will quickly shift into a dangerous nuclear arms race, completely bypassing old international treaties. By treating a close ally like an adversary, the US will accidentally dismantle its own global empire.

This act will trigger a massive run on US Treasury bonds, forcing the Fed into sky high interest rates that unleash hyperinflation. The US will be forced into a fire sale of its gold reserves, but global markets will demand a massive haircut because most US gold falls way below modern LBMA Good Delivery standards. It won't be a malicious plot, just an overextended empire collapsing under its own weight. A British PM joining the Euro for innocent reasons will accidentally pull the first brick out of the wall.

TIA💪