Former congressman and libertarian icon Ron Paul said Americans should prepare for another “very, very dangerous” Black Swan event in the near future, telling Tucker Carlson that doomsday prepping won’t be enough to protect most people in our country.
Paul sat for an episode of Tucker’s program where he expounded on his belief that a significant global event in the mold of the 2008 financial crisis or the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks is imminent.
“I think we’re reaching this point where some sudden thing is going to happen… It’s going to pop up, and it’s not going to be controllable,” he said.
Asked what Americans should be doing to prepare, Paul replied simply, “I think the most important thing they can do is understand what’s going on,” adding he maintains a home-schooling program in Texas where “we try to teach this stuff early.”
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“You can have your guns and your stored foods and all that. It’s not going to work. You have to understand what’s happening. You have to know it’s coming, and it’s very, very dangerous.”
Paul, who famously kept a nameplate on his desk in Congress that read “Taxations is Theft,” saw his listenership grow following the 2008 financial crisis. Leaders in the nascent Tea Party movement cited Paul’s prescient warnings about the growth of the federal government as well as Wall Street mega-banks which were bailed out, earning the moniker “too big to fail” by critics.
He retired from Congress in 2013, paving the way for his son, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), to carry on his legacy of constitutionalism and limited government.