Mr e wrote:
> I'm here in the middle east supporting our U.S.A. mission. And
> I've always been sure I would have a front row seat to armageddon.
> Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst. Sooner rather than
> later would be more favorable for western thought in this coming
> battle of civilizations. And the prospects for a short battle
> grow less likely as time goes on.
Thanks for your comment. You seem to be in a position in the Mideast
to have a view of what's going on that's not apparent from the media.
Could you expand on some of the things you're saying?
Particularly, why do you feel that "the prospects for a short battle
grow less likely as time goes on"?
Mr e wrote:
> I sure miss the daily brief!
Well, I would actually love to start writing them again, but after
writing thousands of articles for free, I have to stop because I'm
running out of money. If you know anyone out there in the
U.S.A. mission in the Mideast who is willing to pay me a salary, then
I would readily begin writing them again.
I've described the situation several times in the past, and basically
nothing's changed except that time has passed, so let me take this
opportunity to recap.
Since 2003, I've written 6,000 Generational Dynamics articles
containing thousands of generational theory analyses and predictions
about hundreds of countries, and all of these analyses and predictions
have come true or are trending true. None has turned out to be false.
There is no web site, analyst, journalist, or politician in the world
with anything close to the analytic and forecasting success of
Generational Dynamics.
Since 2010, I've cross-posted over 3,000 World View articles on
Breitbart. Although they've collected ad revenue related to my
articles, and although there were many times when my articles were the
only things they had available to publish, they've adamently refused
to pay me.
I've funded Generational Dynamics work with my salary as a Senior
Software Engineer. However, in the last two years it's been almost
impossible for anyone over age 60 (or even over age 40) to get a job
as a software engineer. If you don't believe this, then google the
words "IT age discrimination." In other words, it's no longer
possible for me to get a regular salary as a Software Engineer, even
though I have a lot more skills and experience than people who
actually do get hired.
So I've now been unemployed for two years, and I'm coming to the point
where I'm going to run out of money this year, probably in the
July-October time frame, and that will be the end of both me and
Generational Dynamics. I'm very grateful to those of you who have
provided one-time donations. They mean a lot to me, but I need a
regular salary. In the two months or so since I started writing this,
I have never received so much as a tiny nibble of hope from anyone who
might be willing to pay a salary. So I've come to the conclusion that
I am truly alone and hopeless in an effort to get a salary.
So I've decided to use the limited time I have left to focus on
particular projects that I think are the most valuable. The most
important right now is the book on China. I thought that I would get
it done by December, then by January, and then by February. February
is still possible, but we'll see. After that there are a couple more
things that I want to do. I'm open to requests if anyone wants to
make one.
One big issue is the survival of the GenerationalDynamics.com and
gdxforum.com web sites. These may well disappear unless someone is
willing to take responsibility for them. It requires some technical
expertise, and costs around $50 per month for the web hosting and the
periodic domain registration (though a lot of that is prepaid right
now). My preference would be that they be taken over by an
organization -- educational, analyst, business or government, but I'll
consider any offer.