Outside of the nuclear family the three pillars of society are (in my mind, and in no particular order) money, energy and food.

At the moment, all three of these crucial pillars are under an immense amount of stress.

With more and more countries spreading their reserves between more and more currencies you can be sure that there will be an increase in friction when it comes to international trade in the coming years. Uncertainty in foreign exchange markets is rising quickly, causing the pillar of money to wobble in front of our eyes.

The energy markets are so fucking broken that the chief of the IEA (International Energy Agency) came out this morning and declared that the world has found itself in the first GLOBAL ENERGY CRISIS.

Which leads us to the last pillar that is currently being eroded before our eyes; the food supply chain. I'm not sure if you freaks are aware, but there has been an abnormal amount of damage done to facilities involved in the supply chain of food to start the year.

When you combine the rapidity with which the three pillars above are crumbling alongside each other it's hard not to believe that some nefarious plan is under way. Especially when one considers how avoidable some of the problems that have arisen are. Sensible energy policy during a global energy crisis and allowing the delivery of essential fertilizers during peak planting season seem like easy, low hanging fruit to begin turning the tides. Yet, the powers that be seem to be actively preventing this from happening. Actively working to make the situation worse.

All this leads to today's lesson of the rag; no one is coming to save you. Especially not the governments who got us into this mess. If these problems are going to be fixed, you are going to have to act.