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Maar op de een of andere manier vind ik het lastig om zelf iets leuks te verzinnen.

Britain and other countries with fast-rising government debts must steel themselves for a year in which "social and political cohesiveness" is tested, Moody's warned. In a somber report on the outlook for next year, the credit rating agency raised the prospect that future tax rises and spending cuts could trigger social unrest in a range of countries from the developing to the developed world. It said that in the coming years, evidence of social unrest and public tension may become just as important signs of whether a country will be able to adapt as traditional economic metrics.[/b] Signaling that a fiscal crisis remains a possibility for a leading economy, it said that 2010 would be a "tumultuous year for sovereign debt issuers"

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We know we will read over the next months and even years, especially if economic problems get worse, of dire predictions about people being herded into prison camps and other containment facilities because society itself is facing a breakdown. The stories will focus on the lack of basic amenities such as food, water and shelter and deal with formerly middle class people who are on the edge of starvation now.

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There is only one solution, in our estimation, to the current dilemma faced by the power elite. They will likely have to take a step back - or at least consider one seriously - just as they did when the Gutenberg press started to bite. If and when they do, in our estimation, much would change. In this event, we would anticipate more, not less freedom throughout the West, more not less prosperity and even the return of a kind of private silver and gold standard that would give the power of money back to citizens. Such a scenario may seem unthinkable now, but no one really knows what the future holds. One can only speculate based on ongoing trends - of the kind we have presented above and will continue to offer.