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Billionaire investor warns of surging debt, says ‘civil war’ developing in US
Ray Dalio highlights that the U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio near 125% and deep political divisions increase risks of financial collapse or internal conflict, based on historical cycles.
- Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates founder, warned on Friday in a Bloomberg interview that rising debt and wealth gaps are driving a civil war of some sort developing in the United States.
- Public data show public debt is over $30 trillion, equaling about 99% of U.S. GDP last year, while Dalio highlighted the debt-to-GDP ratio at around 125%.
- Using medical metaphors, Dalio compared rising debt service to `plaque in the arteries` that squeezes spending and called the imbalance a `debt bomb`, urging tax increases and spending restraint.
- Dalio warned the debt problem could become a full-blown crisis, forcing higher interest payments or significant cutbacks as selling debt may exceed market appetite, and social friction risks people `hurt each other`.
- Dalio drew historical parallels to 1937–1938 and pre-World War II borrowing patterns, while Nassim Nicholas Taleb urged investors to hedge against a debt-driven crash.
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Ray Dalio warns the US may face a form of civil war due to rising government debt, wealth disparities, and internal chaos. He emphasizes the importance of addressing these issues to avoid greater risks and highlights parallels with historical economic downturns.
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The Independent (US)Billionaire investor Ray Dalio warns of ‘civil war’ amid spiraling US debt
Hedge fund investor compared current issues to those of 1937 or 1938, as the US steered itself out of the Great Depression and the world prepared to go to war
·London, United Kingdom
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Bridgewater’s Ray Dalio says U.S. divisions, debt, and “wars of all kinds” are testing America’s stability—warning history shows every world order eventually resets
Dalio said there are two outcomes for America: Either the nation pulls together and rises above, or conflicting sides exert as much pain on the other as they can.
·New York, United States
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