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Some say the New Deal did not end the Great Depression; World War II did. If that's the case, we're really unprepared for an economic catastrophe like it. In the Book of Revelations, economic collapse is the third horseman of the Apocalypse. The Book of Revelations isn't necessarily the end of the world - it might be only the apostle John's vision of the hard times that befall societies.
Bush's economic policies are moving us closer to collapse. Suppose foreign capital invests in Euros instead of the dollar? An apocalyptic vision motivates the rise of fundamentalism throughout the world. Religion is becoming a major preoccupation, written about in popular magazines. Bush calls himself born again, awaiting the day when God will summon Christians into Heaven.
The mathematics of catastrophe theory explain how situations progress smoothly until they reach a point where some dramatic state change takes place. If World War II ended the Great Depression, how will we end the next one?
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
Revelation 6: 5-6
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