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Originally Posted by pwd72s
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the last crisis started with people protesting in Tunesia and what not, because food prices got to high because of high fuel prices.
First signs "It's kicking off" are happening in Brazil right now..
https://www.washingtonpost.com/gdpr-consent/?destination=%2fworld%2fthe_americas%2fin-brazil-a-truckers-strike-brings-latin-americas-largest-economy-to-a-halt%2f2018%2f05%2f25%2ffe3f06e6-6026-11e8-b656-236c6214ef01_story.html%3f&utm_term=.2a3f5e4b99e2
Truckers upset because their diesel costs more then they can afford to haul food around.
Gubmint thinks about subsidizing diesel now. That's not going to last.
Othere will be more things like this..
Look for 2nd world economies where they have imperfect gubmint, dictators, corruption prone, stuff like that.
They have ok economies when the going is good, but have no safety margin for high fuel prices and will be the first to choke...
mass strikes, protests, unrest, stuff like that.. that's how it started in Tunesia and surrounding areas in 08
People don't rebel against leadership if they are fat and happy, not even if their leadership is a dictator, like Khadaffi.
But but a reduction in standard of life is a feeding ground for dissent and then any other reason will be good, but the classic one is religion or left vs right.