By Gerald Celente - Trends Research Institute

KINGSTON, NY, 28 December 2010 — After the tumultuous years of the Great Recession, a battered people may wish that 2011 will bring a return to kinder, gentler times.  But that is not what we are
predicting:

1.  Wake-Up Call  The people of all nations, having become convinced of the inability of leaders and know-it-all “arbiters of everything” to fulfill their promises, will do more than just question authority, they
will defy it.  The seeds of revolution will be sown….

2.  Crack-Up 2011  In 2011, with the bailout funds and arsenal of other schemes to prop up the economy depleted, teetering economies will collapse, currency wars will ensue, trade barriers will be erected,
economic unions will splinter, and the onset of the “Greatest
Depression” (a trend we forecasted before the massive bailouts existed)
will be recognized by everyone….

3.  Screw the People  As times get even tougher and people get even poorer, the “authorities” will intensify their efforts to extract the funds needed to meet fiscal obligations.  While there will be variations
on the theme, the governments’ song will be the same: cut what you
give, raise what you take….

4.  Crime Waves  No job + no money + compounding debt = high stress, strained relations, short fuses.  In 2011, with the fuse lit, it will be prime time for Crime Time.  As Gerald Celente says, “When people lose
everything and they have nothing left to lose, they lose it.”  And “lose
it” they will….

5.  Crackdown on Liberty  As crime rates rise, so will the voices demanding a crackdown.  A national crusade to “Get Tough on Crime” will be waged against the citizenry.  And just as in the “War on Terror,”
where “suspected terrorists” are killed before proven guilty or jailed
without trial, in the “War on Crime” everyone is a suspect until proven
innocent….

 

6.  Alternative Energy  In laboratories and workshops unnoticed by
mainstream analysts, scientific visionaries and entrepreneurs are
forging a new physics incorporating principles once thought impossible,
working to create devices that liberate more energy than they consume. 
What are they, and how long will it be before they can be brought to
market?

7.  Journalism 2.0   2011 will mark the year that new methods of news and information distribution will render the 20th century model obsolete.  With its unparalleled reach across borders and language
barriers, “Journalism 2.0” has the potential to influence and educate
citizens in a way that governments and corporate media moguls would
never permit….

8.  Cyberwars   In 2010, every major government acknowledged that Cyberwar was a clear and present danger and, in fact, had already begun.  The demonstrable effects of Cyberwar and its companion,
Cybercrime, are already significant – and will come of age in 2011. 
Equally disruptive will be the harsh measures taken by global
governments to control free access to the web, identify its users, and
literally shut down computers that it considers a threat to national
security….

9.  Youth of the World Unite  University degrees in hand yet out of work, in debt and with no prospects on the horizon, feeling betrayed and angry, young adults and 20-somethings are mad as hell, and they’re not
going to take it anymore.   Not mature enough to control their impulses,
the confrontations they engage in will escalate disproportionately….

10.  End of The World!  The closer we get to 2012, the louder the calls will be that “The End is near!”  Among Armageddonites the actual end of the world, and annihilation of the Earth in 2012, is a matter of
certainty.  Even the rational and informed may sometimes feel the world
is in a perilous state.  Both streams of thought are leading many to
reevaluate their chances for personal survival, be it in heaven or on
earth….

11.  The Mystery Trend … will be revealed upon publication of the Trends Journal in mid-January.

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