Higgenbotham's Dark Age Hovel

[Higgenbotham]

Manipulation and fraud are the biggest businesses in America today, and waddling up to the window for a bailout is the most in-demand job skill in America today.

Minnesota Fraud Scandal Exposes the Real Crisis Facing the West

https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/29/ ... e-problem/

Why subscriptions are so expensive

https://www.businessinsider.com/why-sub ... ive-2026-1

The second link is a good piece of journalism, but it's 25 minutes long and it's necessary to listen to the whole thing to get the big picture. I don't necessarily recommend it for that reason.

What's apparently becoming evident to those at the helm of this sinking ship is that the fraud needs to be stopped because the country is bankrupt. As in right now. Corporate fraud is a big part of this too, but in the second link there is discussion about the fact that the Trump administration is not doing anything about certain parts of that. At least not yet. But they do have their hands full.

I think the real issue with getting the criminal illegals out of the country first has to do with inflation. All the freebies they are getting is putting pressure on costs, especially housing and food. The other issue is that when the welfare benefits need to be cut off, perhaps soon, it's best to first have these criminals out of the country.

[Fullmoonn]

What's apparently becoming evident to those at the helm of this sinking ship is that the fraud needs to be stopped because the country is bankrupt. As in right now. Corporate fraud is a big part of this too, but in the second link there is discussion about the fact that the Trump administration is not doing anything about certain parts of that. At least not yet. But they do have their hands full.

It's becoming abundantly clear for anyone who thought that Mr Trump was going to be the "savior" of our nation that he is, in fact, installed for the opposite reason. Peace? No. Economy. No. Exporting illegals. No( he's just trying to foment civil war and government control).
They'll loot the remainder of whatever can be grabbed before the ship finally goes under. That's what's quite abundantly clear. It's a difficult thing to rectify because it's only been a year since we thought there was a chance for pulling out the spiral from the previous administration. Like Buffet has said regarding who's winning and it not us ( ie anyone not fabulously wealthy already). The worst part is that Trump actually changed his motto from MAGA to MIGA. He's openly stated that he's openly surrendered our nation to a separate entity not related to the Constitution and historical precedent of 250 years of American experience. Such treason was not conceivable only a year ago. The Republic has few supporters and 250 year cycle brings us to the beg of Empire.

[Higgenbotham]

Fortune

‘Some form of crisis is almost inevitable’: The $38 trillion national debt will soon be growing faster than the U.S. economy itself, watchdog warns

The United States national debt has reached a precarious milestone, hitting 100% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and placing the nation on a trajectory that could trigger six distinct types of fiscal crises, according to an ominous new warning issued Thursday by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB).

With the national debt now effectively equal to the size of the entire U.S. economy, the nonpartisan watchdog’s latest report, “What Would a Fiscal Crisis Look Like?” outlined a dangerous future ahead. “If the national debt continues to grow faster than the economy,” the report said, “the country could ultimately experience a financial crisis, an inflation crisis, an austerity crisis, a currency crisis, a default crisis, a gradual crisis, or some combination of crises. Any of these would cause massive disruption and substantially reduce living standards for Americans and people across the world.”

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/form-cri ... 55339.html

[Higgenbotham]

The 7-Stage Collapse Pattern: Spain, Britain, USSR... USA Is At Stage 5

3,208,993 views Oct 23, 2025

For 500 years, a pattern has destroyed every global superpower that followed it. Spain collapsed in the 1600s. Britain lost its empire by 1954. The Soviet Union disintegrated in 900 days. Three empires. Three complete collapses. All following the exact same seven-stage sequence. And the United States has already completed five of those seven stages.

This documentary traces the collapse pattern across three superpowers and five centuries—from Spain's silver wealth that bankrupted the richest empire on Earth, to Britain's pound that lost reserve currency status within decades of two world wars, to the Soviet Union that went from superpower to non-existent in less than three years. Each believed they were exceptional. Each believed the pattern wouldn't apply to them. Each followed the sequence to total collapse anyway.

The seven-stage pattern is identical across all three empires: Stage 1 - Military Overextension, Stage 2 - Currency Debasement, Stage 3 - Debt Spiral, Stage 4 - Loss of Productive Capacity, Stage 5 - Social Decay, Stage 6 - Loss of Reserve Currency Status, Stage 7 - Collapse. Spain completed all seven stages between 1590 and 1670. Britain completed them between 1914 and 1954. The Soviet Union completed them between 1945 and 1991. And the United States is currently at Stage 5, with clear warning signs of Stage 6 emerging.

Why Watch This

This isn't speculation about some uncertain future. This is pattern recognition across 500 years of documented history. Three empires followed seven stages. All three collapsed completely. The United States has completed five stages and is showing early signs of stage six. The math is unsustainable—$36 trillion debt growing by $2 trillion annually, interest payments exceeding $1 trillion, no political will to address it. The pattern says Stage 6 and 7 are inevitable. The only question is timing. History doesn't predict the exact date, but it shows the sequence with absolute certainty. Understanding where we are in that sequence determines whether you prepare or get blindsided.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=wb39CeK_yWg

The one thing I would add is that it's my belief anyway that this current collapse also coincides with the beginning of a new dark age. It's been discussed how and why that makes things different. When the Soviet Union fell, for example, it received outside help to mitigate the collapse. If we are entering a new dark age, there won't be any outside help for the US. Instead, the best case is that there will be no help and the worst case is there will be deliberate attempts by outside forces to make things worse on net.