I’m an artist, so I can make exotic predictions.
There’s a lot of political and media analysis in this episode, but if that’s not your thing, you can skip straight to the last 7 minutes.
I’m horribly sick with the flu, and I talk about how sick I am of Canada’s Prime Minister and his pandering to the US President. There is something seriously wrong with a Canadian Prime Minister who won’t wear a Canadian flag on his lapel, yet will proudly wear a special tie for Donald. Yuck.
I’m exhausted by politics, but I talk about it anyway. I don’t understand how the same government that brought us to this place over the last decade can suddenly save us now.
I also unveil several predictions for 2026, including an AI bubble burst and a broader market collapse, likely by the summer.
I talk about how the rich are already moving into non-traditional assets — like large diamonds sold at auction — to hedge against the crash. They’re realizing that massive pools of money will evaporate when the bubble bursts, so they’re scrambling into alternative asset classes. I predict auction houses will be selling trunk-loads of expensive objects as the wealthy freak out.
I predict America will continue its aggression toward Canada to soften us up. They may even target our state-controlled and publicly funded news media in 2026 — and perhaps, as collateral damage, Canada might get a free and fair media landscape again.
I also talk about what Americans aren’t seeing yet: corruption at the top always flows downward, and it will ultimately destroy the economy. Systemic corruption is being baked directly into the system right now.
And yet, despite all of this, there has never been a better time to make art.
So that’s what I’ll be doing next year.
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