# Is We Getting Bread Riots (feat. Mike Shelby)

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Published: 2025-10-27T18:33:33+00:00
Episode link: https://blog.exitgroup.us/p/is-we-getting-bread-riots-feat-mike
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit blog.exitgroup.us [Above is the recording of our discussion with Mike Shelby from Forward Observer, on the broader topic of a “Yellow Revolution” somewhere 2026-2028. Below is a narrower discussion of the role of welfare programs, and the tug-of-war over government assistance, in the coming conflict(s).] If the government shutdown is not resolved next week, 42 million people will lose access to food stamps for the month of November. My timeline is now full of inner-city blacks warning of the consequences if payments fail. Many of these seem to be monetized TikTok rage-bait , but others just describe the same things that I expect to see if the spigot gets cut off all at once. It would be remarkable if 42 million people losing food benefits didn’t lead to a surge in violent crime and civil disorder. Obviously the welfare system has created generations of dependents with a deeply perverse attitude toward the people whose largesse they receive, and that system should be abolished or at least deeply reformed — but it’s also a significant structural component of the US economy. EXIT is a fraternity dedicated to building family empires. Learn more here: In general, Nothing Ever Happens because, while an apocalyptic confrontation is brewing, both sides do the math: One side realizes they can’t actually win, some less-confrontational solution is quietly arrived at, and you still have to go to work in the morning. Whatever you think of the food stamp program or its recipients, cutting 42 million people’s monthly income by one-third , with less than two weeks’ notice, would be one hell of a Happening — which would mean that at least one party severely miscalculated their odds of victory. It may not happen next week, bu…

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