Written by Bryan Lutz, Editor at Dollarcollapse.com:
Every Sunday morning I sit down to write a few thoughts.
Sometimes these thoughts end up being about life, other times they are on gold, geopolitical issues affecting the markets, or the economy.
Here are three thoughts for this morning:
1. The consequences of the coming government spending waterfall will be many. They’re going to surprise many.
This picture posted by Phil Bak(@philbak1) on X shows what is about to happen once the Fed starts cutting rates, and Trump’s Big Beautiful bill fuels the money printer.
The stock market will shoot up.
Real Estate will get more expensive.
And for a time, people will believe they’ve made huge gains. Outrageous gains. History-making gains. Some will start to believe that their retirement is in the books.
So they’ll go on vacation.
And buy that new Tesla.
Yet, the price of everything else will shoot up, and jobs will be harder to find.
It’s called stagflation with a currency in hypergrowth mode.
2. AntiChrist aside, the authoritarian Technocratic vision seems to be closing in. Data Center construction will soon pass general office construction. Here’s what the future could look like.
Gay Peter Thiel recently scheduled his lecture series on the Antichrist for September 15 in the holy and holies, San Francisco. Best known for its piety, Puritan work ethic, and producing the world’s most down-the-earth entrepreneurs, Peter Thiel intends to preach away the paranoia surrounding his growing Panopticon, Palantir.
(His Christianity informs him. Also, Satan is a beautiful angel. So, there’s that.)
The Anti-Christ definitely won’t have access to an international surveillance-focused AI.
That would absuuurrrrd!
Peter Thiel’s government-funded software company Palantir already surveils Americans.
Anyway, here’s the technocratic vision:
They want to transform government through the efficiency of technology, but that will also allow them to influence and control your decision-making.
The most radical (but not far off) is having citizens locked-in to their VR headsets all-day inside their 300 sq. ft. apartment.
Since 2020 lockdowns came along, the world has been disciplined. We can now live in our cages without complaint.
It looks like we are that much closer to their technological vision. More Americans may soon work from home.
@TheKolbessiLetter writes:
“This is absolutely insane:
There are now $40 BILLION worth of US data centers under construction, up +400% since 2022.
For the first time in history, the value of US data centers under construction will soon EXCEED office buildings.
This is a historic shift.”
3. Will silver finally break $40 spot?
Not Friday.
Not today.
It should be much higher, but it’s not.
We are headed into Indian buying season. So we will likely see a price increase, even into the fall.
Then with rate cuts incoming and persistent government deficits silver could reach much higher.
Pundits like Michael Oliver think somewhere above $60+.
It’s been such a long-time waiting…
I want to see silverbugs get their parade.
They are so dedicated, it’s almost cult-like. So, it’s kind of a bind for me. I understand the huge historical gains in silver, but my empathy can only go so far, so long.
God bless silver.
4 thoughts on "3 Sunday Morning Thoughts – August 24 Edition"
Hi Brian; right on, brother. Humanity looks doomed on many fronts, led by those insane ‘elite’ Epstein child molester bro’s. And silver bugs never give it up. Ultimate conspiracy theorists, they never consider that when something ‘underperforms’ for decades, maybe there is a valid reason. That reason is that silver can no longer be a monetary metal. For something to be ‘money’, it MUST possess certain qualities, one being since it will necessarily be hoarded (saved) it can’t be used for much else (like Gold). Silver is used far too much in industry now for it to qualify. They should also note that it isn’t owned in size by any wealthy/CB’s. (unlike Gold). ‘Money’ is the most liquid asset (highest demand) and fiat currency is not an asset, but rather a debt instrument (a promissory note). How can we know for sure the ‘end game’ is nigh? One foundational element for proper functioning of society is TRUST! And that is breaking down. Do YOU trust the ‘leaders’? How about institutions like the CIA/FBI/Fed/Homeland Security/Treasury/Military Industrial Complex/UN/Israel/EU??? hahaha In God and Gold I Trust
Appreciate your comments, Don.
I might write about this soon:
” ‘Money’ is the most liquid asset (highest demand) and fiat currency is not an asset, but rather a debt instrument (a promissory note).”
Brian,
I enjoy your articles and Sunday “thoughts”. BUT, just like other writers it seems that AI has taken over your writing. It seems to be everywhere now! There are obvious mistakes humans would never have let be published in the past. I am seeing missing words, Clumsy sentences, etc. It is as if nobody does a read through of what they write anymore. This became widespread about 6 months ago. That can only be AI and it sucks! If something else is responsible for no proof reading I would like to know, but I can see no other explanation unless people are just getting dumber.
Smart observation, Harry. AI is being used, but not here.