Professor Jiang: Three Predictions On the Collapse of the World Order

Jiang Xueqin (0:00)

I think there are a lot of people who do not like what I'm saying. I am one of the most polarizing figures in the world right now, but I'm trying to prepare everyone. And what I want to explain to you today, Steven, is why the world is collapsing. Because having studied patterns of history and global supply chains, I now recognize that I have a framework to predict the future. And I brought to you three horrifying predictions, structured around 9-11.

Steven Bartlett (0:23)

So what are your predictions? I've been dying to know.

Jiang Xueqin (0:26)

My first prediction, if there is another 9-11 attack, it will be an attack on the US financial infrastructure. Imagine one day you open your iPhone and you're looking to buy a coffee, and all the money in your bank account has been wiped out, and they don't know when or how long it will take them to retrieve it. I believe that's what makes Americans most vulnerable and therefore the most easily traumatized.

Steven Bartlett (0:47)

What's prediction number two?

Jiang Xueqin (0:49)

Is that Lionel Messi will become president of Argentina.

Steven Bartlett (0:52)

Oh, wow, I wasn't expecting that. And also, do you think Trump is going to have a third term?

Jiang Xueqin (0:55)

Let's take a friendly bet and say $100. Trump gets a third term to be a siege of New York City.

Steven Bartlett (0:59)

Prediction three.

Jiang Xueqin (1:00)

My third prediction is that...

Steven Bartlett (1:02)

Are you sure you don't think that the US will actually do that very well?

Jiang Xueqin (1:05)

Well, I understand a lot of this is going to be extremely pessimistic, but we are living in a time of not just war, but also the regression of civilization. We basically hit the height of technological advancement.

Steven Bartlett (1:20)

The word collapse you use there is a strong word.

Jiang Xueqin (1:22)

Yes, I am positive that we are seeing the collapse of civilization. All the stuff that we might have seen on television, it is coming to us in our lives, and the world is essentially running out of time, and I will paint a clear and simple picture of what is about to come.

Steven Bartlett (1:39)

What would have to be the case for none of these sort of catastrophic things to take place?

Jiang Xueqin (1:42)

Well, the only thing that gives me hope is.

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Professor Jiang, what is front of mind for you at the moment? Your energy is giving me some things on my mind. What is that?

Jiang Xueqin (2:30)

I think that we are living in a time when the world is collapsing. And so what I want to explain to you today, Steven, is how we got to the world that we are in and why it is collapsing.

So first thing I want to explain to you is the petrodollar system, which is the basis for the global economy. So let's go back to the year 1945, and this is the end of World War II, and the United States is dominant. The United States will manufacture goods for Europe and for Japan, which were destroyed in World War II. So what the United States said is, we will lend you the US dollars in order to purchase the goods that we will export to you. But you have to promise to pay us back in gold.

The United States became complacent. They were spending money they shouldn't have been spending. The United States went from a cremation to a detonation. So in the year 1971, Richard Nixon said that the US dollar will no longer be pegged to the gold. So the question now was, if the US dollar is no longer pegged to gold, then what is the value of the US dollar? So Richard Nixon had to create demand for the US dollar. And so three things happened after the something called the Nixon Shock, 1971 Nixon Shock. So the first was the creation of a petrodollar. So Saudi Arabia and other countries in Middle East agreed to sell their oil only in US dollars. So if you want to buy oil, energy, you need US dollars. Late 70s, early 80s, China said the same thing. If you want our cheap manufactured goods, you have to pay in US dollars.