The question most relevant is "what does the end of the world constitute?"
2016 is, within the Chinese system of divination, a year of revolution and change. The end of the long count year occurred in roughly 2012 (frankly, the Mayans had a more accurate calendar than we do and matching it all up is a bit of an art). The end of the long count is marked by a period of transition and change - often violent.
Looking at the geopolitical situation and the current behavior in the stock markets, I am of the opinion that the markets (that are typically volatile in the September-October time frame), are going to pretty much implode. China's recent move to devalue the Yuan has set off a currency war and the U.S. Federal Reserve is anticipated to rate hikes on treasury bonds... but it can't. The air is already coming out of the housing bubble and it has only been through JP Morgan-Chase purchasing absolutely insane amounts of gold futures and other commodities on COMEX that has prevented commodities from exploding in price, recently.
They know what is coming. Quantitative Easing round 4. It's the 'only way' to keep the markets afloat. But if QE 1, 2, and 3 didn't work... and rates have been at zero for six years... then QE4 means QE-Infinity. It means perpetual printing. The bond market collapses and commodities explode in price. Since there are currently over 200 futures claims on every ounce of gold in existence on the physical market for COMEX - it means that the price fixing scheme that has been run for some time won't be able to work.
Although Gold's performance is included in the FOREX, now (a new development in the past couple months) - which attempts to track the performance of currencies relative to the dollar - so the composite scoring including gold will help to obscure the currency collapse from the casual observer.
Basically - we're looking at a global economic meltdown that makes Russia's collapse in 1989 look like a street clown next to a theme park.
It will be completely uncharted waters, so it should be fun.
Geopolitically, the U.S. is due for a civil war. Since the 1930s, blacks in America have been co-opted by communist party operatives into radical revolutionary schemes in an effort to trigger a second secession of the South into a communist state. This scheme had to be revised in the 50s, and thus came the civil rights movement in the 1960s - which was driven largely by communist party operatives.
The measure ultimately stalled and funding from the soviets dried up. During this time, the group began to transition to affiliation with the Muslim Brotherhood and the Nation of Islam, running donation campaigns to support the PLO and Hezbollah. Through the 90s, Islam mixed with the underlying Communist roots with a funding structure mimicking many activist campaigns. When Obama took office in 2008, he immediately began working through his administrative proxies with individuals such as Malik Shabazz - a former Nation of Islam member who was heading up the New Black Panthers.
Appointees, like Eric Holder, to the status of AG operated to antagonize police departments for enforcing laws in territories largely inhabited by blacks. Departments were threatened with extensive lawsuits if they did not submit to federal government control - effectively turning the police departments into departments of the federal government. Keep in mind that Eric Holder participated in a Black Panther militant activity where an armed group of students took over the ROTC office of his university to turn it into the "Malcolm X Lounge."
This marked the resurgence of the ideas of using the black population to instigate a revolution in the U.S. The goal is to drive America out of power from the global scene, allowing for a global coalition to take its place (looking primarily at the U.N. - but the U.N. itself lacks the sufficient power and backing as it currently is). Even if the attempt to break the U.S. into about five different nations fails, the belief is that enough of the proverbial cards will be held by the coalition to force concessions from a re-emerging U.S. I fully expect positions such as the President to become appointed positions by such a coalition, as well as having a court system that imposes sanctions upon the nations who draft and/or approve laws running contrary to the globalist agenda.
Obama, himself, believes he will become a part of these global governing bodies and that his work toward that goal will be rewarded.
Food prices are going to go up a bit more than usual this year, particularly meats. A lot of the midwest areas that supply the cattle feed for the nation have seen heavy rains that washed out considerable portions of crops that will create a feed shortage. So, there is that to consider.
China is going to be dealing with an economic collapse, just in general. Decades of population control have skewed their young population extensively male and have also led to a younger population that is completely incapable of supporting the retirement policies the nation has held as sacred for decades. Worse, women have become a subject of contest in society. A number of young Chinese women are raped, drugged, and rendered damaged/infertile by the cultural infighting. This further exacerbates the statistical inevitability of a population collapse.
China's economy is pushing to become a first-world nation, but they simply don't have the momentum and platform to carry them to it.
Russia is swinging back toward centralized planning. Putin is more of an authoritarian nationalist than he is a communist - but the net effect is similar on the economy. They are turning on the printing presses to try and gear up for a round of military territory acquisitions. They are one of the wild-cards in this whole deal. They could easily swing back toward free market principles that took hold after the collapse of the central communist state, but Putin and company have also instated a considerable network of media control and propaganda campaigns. We'll just have to see if the Russians go for it.
ISIS is going to see territory gains. They've stepped up their op tempo around Baghdad and have made substantial gains in Afghanistan. They've also been able to gain both influence and carry out attacks in the very suppressed environment of Saudi Arabia. They continue to see considerable funding routed to them in the form of effective taxes on oil exports from their regions as well as various money laundering schemes from around the world. Their current decision to mint their own gold coins sets them up fairly well in the event of an economic meltdown provided that suppliers of food and necessary supplies to maintain civilization are able to continue trading.
Gold is the time-tested defacto money of the world - and he who has it available for trade gets the business. The Ottomans proved this time and time again. People may not -like- you, but they will trade with you if you have the only thing the people they need to trade with trust to have value.
Of course - ISIS will have considerable problems if trade can't be secured. Local food production will be hard pressed to sustain the region's population. They may not be able to sustain a process of territorial acquisition.
Although I suspect they will, and will be knocking on the Balkans by 2025 - probably sooner around the time frame of 2020-2022.
Europe will just be BSOD during much of this. Sweden just banned gay pride parades because it offends Muslims - and this pretty much captures the European sentiment. So they are effectively an ISIS-controlled territory at this point. Or at least ISIS-contested.
It's going to be one hell of a fun ride through all of this if I'm even partially correct. My suggestion is to strap in, stock up on non-perishables, get some survival handguides, and seek some training in self-defense.
The question is not so much a matter of "if" - but a matter of "when" and "in what order?" September is a month full of all kinds of celestial phenomena this year - and call it superstition - but there's a reason the ancients considered that stuff important beyond simple fairy tale.
