We're going into a dark time
Smart folks saying we're in for a rough time, learning from history and what you can do
Sep 3, 2025
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We’re going into a dark time:
We’re going into a dark time.
A reshaping of the world.
Reshaping of institutions.
New monetary policies.
New currencies.
New wars.
New conflicts.
The next 20 years will be riddled with conflict.
Everyone will be tested.
Can you survive?
Can you make it through?
Can you persevere?
Can you do everything in your power to keep trying?
That’s all you can hope for going into the times we’re going into.
The world is not prepared.
It usually isn’t.
We tend to think that things will continue to do well.
Just like they have since 2008.
They don’t always do.
Markets don’t always go up.
People don’t always make money.
People don’t always have jobs.
Countries are not always peaceful.
People don’t always respect and like their neighbours.
Sadly, this is history.
This is human behaviour.
Selfishness.
Greed.
Short-term satisfaction.
Worrying about yourself rather than others.
Taking what you can get rather than sharing with other people.
We are in for a rough time.
I’m not the only one to say this.
Ray Dalio has been saying this for years.
Balajis had a recent interview talking about the decline of the West.
Side note: probably the best podcast interview I’ve heard this year, incredible insights!
Stanley Druckenmiller has said this.
Howard Marks has said this.
Luke Gromen.
Lyn Alden.
Cem Karsan.
You may not know who any of these people are.
That’s ok.
All I can tell you is they’re smart.
They’re well-read.
They study history.
Some of them are old.
So they’ve lived and seen a lot.
When all of them are saying similar things, you have to pay attention.
You have to listen.
Listen to those ahead of you.
They might know something you don’t.
Shit, even I’ve been saying this.
I thought we would’ve collapsed already.
We haven’t.
And that’s a great thing.
But doesn’t mean we won’t.
All bubbles pop.
We might be in the largest bubble of all time.
When it does pop, and it will, it will be the end of this cycle.
The end of the long-term debt cycle.
Money printing galore.
Massive inflation.
Probably an inflationary depression.
One that further divides the population.
Between those who own assets.
And those that don’t.
No one will get away unscathed.
All of us will face problems.
Everybody.
Unless you’re in a village with no internet and live off the land, you won’t be able to get away from the problems coming towards us.
Banking problems.
Demographic problems.
Content problems.
AI problems.
Propaganda problems.
Violence problems.
Civil war problems.
Immigration problems.
Massive social unrest.
People on the street.
None of this means I want it to happen.
I don’t.
I really don’t.
But I can’t help but talk about it.
Write about it.
Try to make sense of it.
We are not going into a good period.
We are going into a bad one.
And I want to be honest with myself about what’s happening.
As Dalio has said ‘if you’re worried, you’ll figure it out.
If you’re not worried, you should be worried.’
I’m worried.
Very worried.
Have been for years, as you can see by my writing.
Thankfully, the systems haven’t broken.
But boy, are they on the brink.
37 trillion debt problem in America.
Japanese bond yields keep spiking.
Eurozone bond yields spiking.
Gold spiking.
Silver spiking.
All of these are bad signs for the world.
Great signs if you’re a macro investor but not good for the world.
We’re going into a dark world.
So what can you do?
Honestly, not much.
Take it day by day.
One day at a time.
Invest in yourself.
Invest in your own education.
Invest in your family and those closest to you.
Invest in gold and silver.
Try to help people.
Create.
Get off your phone.
Don’t get caught up in social media.
Or the AI slop that will slowly be everywhere.
Hold yourself accountable.
Be the person you want to see in the world.
And just try.
Keep trying.
Keep showing up.
Do as best as you can.
That’s it.
That’s all any of us can do.
So much will happen.
So much will be out of our control.
It’s ok.
That’s life.
You’ll figure it out.
And if you don’t, you will.
We’re going into a dark time.
Hope you’re ready.
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