"Pick a Side and Fight for It, Keep Your Head Down, or Flee," Ray Dalio, June 25, 2024. He explains why the U.S. is right at the tipping point. The direction of the country has a life of its own, at the end of Stage 5, entering into Stage 6. Bottom line is he's looking at a civil war. Says there's greater than 50% chance of civil war regardless of the outcomes in November. Doesn't have to be violent, but increasing destruction of rules-based order.
7:00 Keeping your head down doesn't work really well during a civil war or a revolution. And if you're not really with them, then maybe you're a backslider, or maybe
46:23 What does the Balkanization of the U.S. look like, and does it look like the Soviet Union