So I recently sold all my houses, cars, and most of my physical assets. Told some friends and… well they all think I lost my mind lol
I’m not saying world’s gonna end tmr. Those who know me know I’m actually annoyingly optimistic. People say we’re already in a recession but I genuinely think the real correction hasn’t even started.
And honestly a crash you’re prepared for is just opportunity. Prep the cash flow now and be ready when it hits.
Few months ago I tweeted a 1920-1939 side by side with 2020-now and I was like aha this earth simulation game isn’t even trying to be surprising.
America First was literally a 1920s slogan. Middle class getting wiped, kids going hard left, the right cashing in on the backlash, yada yada. Same movie. They didn’t even bother changing the lines.
But it’s not just the 1930s. This “coincidental” pattern keeps showing up
Every time in history you get this specific set of things at once:
> “empire” past its prime but won’t admit it
> up and coming power that stopped playing nice
> new tech nobody has rules for
> wealth gap gone cartoonish
> globalization reversing
> institutions bleeding trust while pretending everything’s fine
UNFORTUNATELY, it’s never ended quietly. Crash, war, usually both. Looking back, 1890-1914 literally looked unstoppable.
> globalization booming, tech changing everything
> markets ripping, rich getting richer, international trade at record highs
> everyone convinced world had become too interconnected for a major war
BUT then reality arrived.
> 1914 WW I, 1918 spanish flu, 1921-1923 Weimar hyperinflation, 1929 great depression 1939 WW II.
Just imagine you’re a civilian living in between any one of those events, literally each one felt like the worst thing that could happen until the next one hit.
And I know how this sounds. This random green cat on X reads a bit of history and suddenly thinks the sky is falling. i would’ve scrolled past this a year ago too lol.
But just look at how familiar the setup feels rn.
A debt spiral. A rising challenger. AI detonating entire industries. Institutional trust collapsing. Millions of young people looking at the future and deciding they got sold a lie.
You see it too right? That’s usually not when history calms down.
And sure, you’ll say the system survived 2008. Central banks have the tools. The world’s too connected to actually break.
You know who said basically the same thing? Everyone in 1913.
A famous economist Norman Angell wrote a bestseller arguing war between major powers had become impossible because their economies were too intertwined.
And guess what? A year later they were at war.
The irony is he wasn't even wrong.
The thing everyone pointed to as proof the system was safe ended up being what made the fallout global.
Look at the positioning now.
Stocks at all time highs. And everyone, I mean everyone, priced like things stay calm forever. Markets, governments, companies, all quietly betting on stability while the ground under it gets shakier every year.
Trigger? No idea. Nobody ever knows. Franz Ferdinand (the dude who got shot and basically started WWI) wasn’t on a single dashboard in June 1914.
So yea, I sold most of my illiquid assets. Still got stocks and crypto. Stocks prob exiting before end of year. Maybe I look crazy for a year or two.
But I’d rather be wrong than be the dude on his knees in financial ruins asking God why he saw the train coming and stayed on the tracks anyway.
“This time is different” is probably the most expensive sentence in history. And lately it’s the only thing I hear.
And before someone says I’ve lost my mind, ask yourself something.
Why do so many billionaires keep buying land in New Zealand?
Why do people with private jets, intelligence briefings, and more money than they’ll ever spend keep building backup plans?
Maybe they’re paranoid.
Maybe I’m paranoid.
Or maybe ordinary people are always the ones told everything’s fine right before they become fuel.