GenX Turns Fifty

“So wake me up when it’s all over When I’m wiser and I’m older All this time I was finding myself And I didn’t know I was lost”

There are really too many happenings and highlights for this set of years. What comes around, goes around. United States Government Shutdown of 2013 and subsequent:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_shutdowns_in_the_United_States

Other than that a few highlights:

2013 – Barack Obama enters his second term as President of the United States.

Edward Snowden opened everyone’s eyes (although he did it the wrong way IMHO) to the global surveillance state the US NSA and its allies had built. He’s not a hero and wanted by the United States for espionage and is now a naturalized citizen of Russia.

Black Lives Matter formed in response to the murders of Travon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner and Reka Boyd among others in protest of what were perceived as racially motivated police brutality and violence against black people.

2014: Ukraine Color Revolution.

2015: Malaysian airliner shot down.

2016: A business man and celebrity runs for President and wins in a “surprise” victory against a former Secretary of State. (This will mark a swing from Globalism to Populism in the sentiment of the US population.)

2017: TDS in full bloom

“I grieve in stereo, the stereo sounds strange
I know that if you hide, it doesn’t go away
If you get out of bed and find me standing
All alone, open-eyed, burn the page, my little dark age”

2020: A coronavirus (COVID-19) spreads quickly from China globally causing a health and economic crisis.

George Floyd is detained in police custody and dies. Black Lives Matter protests become increasingly violent and destructive.

Joe Biden is elected President.

January 6th shenanigans.

2021: US Afghanistan withdrawal ending the Long War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)

2022: Russia Invades Ukraine.

2023: House speaker ejected.

Former President Trump Indicted.

Hamas invades Israel. Gaza is turned to rubble.

2024: Two attempted Trump assassinations. President Biden withdraws, Harris runs vs. Trump.

Trump Wins second term as US President.

2025: US bombs Iran Nuclear development sites.

Charlie Kirk assassinated.

US Government shutdown 30 September.

Wealth gap widening – especially generation to generation.

What is coming next is some kind of climax to the political (globalist vs. populist) and economic turmoil.

A clear end is not yet in sight and may or may not arrive by 2028 but will most likely arrive before 2032.

The Great Reset is coming. Which version is still unknown. European centric, American centric? My guess is a cryptocurrency boom or bust. Most if not all fiat currencies are on the ropes due to overwhelming debt and spending deficits. Who knows? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Reset

Russia doesn’t want peace nor does Ukraine. Europe is building up military capabilities. Israel dismantling Hamas and Iran supporting attacks. China may take Taiwan. Pakistan and India has resumed fighting. All Twilight wars – shadows of the Wars in Europe and the Cold War.

The final battle to end this global cultural and economic crisis will not be simple or easy. Will it be World War 3? Will it be civil wars at home and abroad?

Pax Americana is ending.

A silver lining could be the generational turnover in the United States as the Baby Boomers reach their 70s and 80s moving wealth to their children, the Millennials.

For the Gen X, our parents the Silent are rapidly leaving this world. For the most part leaving memories and not wealth. Of course this is a generalization. Your mileage may vary.

Next time, Tariffs, Trade and the Stable Coin Gambit.