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The 2020 Powder Keg
by Ken Jorgustin | May 30, 2020 |

Lit fuse

A powder keg is a barrel of gunpowder. The powder keg was the primary method for storing and transporting large quantities of black powder until the 1870s and the adoption of the modern cased bullet. However, the barrels had to be handled with care, since a spark or other source of heat could cause the contents to deflagrate.
I cannot imagine a more perfect storm taking shape. Not of the meteorological variety. But one that’s been taking shape for many years, even decades, tearing apart the fabric of this nation. You know this. There is a very great divide. More than one.
Attempt to identify and label the sides of the divide. Good luck with that. You might say it’s about the Makers and the Takers (reference Carlson the other night). Or you might say the left and the right. The Dems and the Repubs. Blue and Red. Patriots / Socialists. Freedom vs tyranny. Globalism and one-world rule versus nationalism. The rich and middle-class/poor. Race. On and on… It’s all that and more.
So what’s different right now, 2020? Why a powder keg? I think you instinctively know. It feels like things/events/forces are ramping up to unavoidable confrontation. Not just one. But on many fronts.
Things are hitting us hard. And in life-altering ways. And it’s far from over.
The Wuhan Flu / Covid-19 and the repercussions that we’ve seen. The breathtaking swiftness at which rule-by-decree has been accepted in a land called the USA. Home of the brave, land of the free. The world’s power players and their plans to strip away remaining freedom and liberties under the fear and guise of what has been proven to be a initially massively overestimated disease.
Americans have been locked-down for months. People don’t like prison. Even if for some people it’s dangerous outside, people want out. We’re seeing some of the results of this pent up emotion. This is shaking the powder keg.
The lock-down may have helped flatten the curve. But it created other problems, bad decisions, other causation’s for death. Oh, and it destroyed the economy.
Record unemployment since the Great Depression. 40 million unemployed workers. So many businesses are gone. Bankrupt. There are a lot of former middle class who are no longer. They are unable to pay bills. There is a very large and increasingly desperate class.
Now the riots popping up all around the country. Blue cities burning. While the excuse of thuggery, pillaging, looting, rioting and burning is the Floyd murder (though horrible), it’s more than “racial injustice”. It is symptomatic of the bigger war that has been simmering among the people. It’s just one front. There are many.
“The threads of our civic life could start unraveling, because everybody’s living in a tinderbox,” quoted from an article this morning.
We are headed straight into economic Depression. A full societal meltdown. That’s how I see it.

People are getting very angry. Most have entirely lost faith in the political system, institutions, and government mismanagement.

We have an election in November.

It’s a powder keg, 2020.

https://modernsurvivalblog.com/current-events/the-2020-powder-keg/
 
I’ve had a couple of thoughts.

Gun purchases over the past few months have already been at record highs. Add on the riots across the country and we are probably going to see a major spike in those numbers.

I’m wondering if those who’ve purchased a spot in any of those ‘high-end’ bunkers have headed there from either the China Flu or the current escalation of civil unrest? One is located here in Indiana.
 
The press and the Left have declared ideological war. Funny to watch everyone discuss it then go back to their own little worlds. Everything is ok, as long as we all get through this together, we can continue to move forward. Gag me, I want to slap them.
 
The press and the Left have declared ideological war. Funny to watch everyone discuss it then go back to their own little worlds. Everything is ok, as long as we all get through this together, we can continue to move forward. Gag me, I want to slap them.

Nothing new been going under cover for decades.
 
That's kinda gruesome, Maverick. Why the bird up top?
Thank you for asking. The bird and butterfly represent nature not being affected by the virus. All the while people were being locked up in their homes falling apart. It's my way of asking is this what we want? Powers that be
say that was fun, let's do it again. It's for your own good.
I am horrible at writing and math. There is some release with art.
 
We are all in this together bs is nothing more than conditioning for a new world order. It's going to take a few more generations before people have forgotten what freedom is.

Just look at the newest generation.

Everyone has the right to pursue happiness, they are not guaranteed happiness. Then those that say everyone deserves to live, yes they do but that does not mean anyone or the government must step in to save them from stupid crap of their own doing.

Personal responsibility weakened by the lack of consequences will eventually destroy this country.

We currently have the longest running form of government in history. We are slowly losing it because of complacency and the lack of people willing to make sacrifices. We are becoming a weak minded country because we make things easy for our children. Doing things for them weakens their minds.

I know people want better for their children, but really, what is wrong with the life you are living? All four of my kids are blue collar workers. All moved out on their own and have never moved back even though they are welcome to if they need it.

When they moved out I told them if you need a hot meal or a warm place to sleep you are welcome. If you need money, get a job. Proud of all of them.

No matter what happens, everyone struggles at one time or another. I have missed a meal or two in the distant past. I have also lived in my car for a few weeks. My pride probably caused me more pain because I refused to ask for help. Now people go running to the government to fix all their issues.

This is the longest that I have been out of work. But I am not sitting around waiting for someone to come to my rescue. This is also the first time in my life that I have even applied for unemployment. I could probably extend the benefits but will not do that. The pride thing again.

/soapbox
 

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