A cautionary tale in today’s video – and a little sad that it’s the 900th post on Emini-Watch.com.
“There is a better than 80% correlation between violent crime and the business cycle. This makes sense as economic times get worse, marriages break-up in divorce with the #1 reason being money. The murder rate follows the same pattern. This feeds into the upturn in civil unrest we see starting in 2014.” Martin Armstrong, Murders & Business Cycle
What we experienced is part of the ups and downs of travelling, trading and making your own way in the world. However, as times get tougher – particularly for the bottom 20% of society – theft and violence will increase.
Sometimes I think our species has incredible potential. Sometimes I think we’re “a virus, a disease, a cancer, a plague.” Either way, the only person looking out for me, is me – and I’m lucky to have Vanessa by my side.