2026 prophecies: the system won't collapse and the business goes on
Robert Martínez has been predicting the collapse of the system for 2026 since 2020: it hasn't happened and the café terraces are still full. Charlatan or misunderstood?
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Robert Martínez and the system collapse that never quite arrives
The system hasn't collapsed. Not in 2025, not in 2026, and the café terraces are still full. That's the best metaphor for the failure of the apocalyptic prophecies of Robert Martínez and other new-age peddlers: normality beats the apocalypse.
Since 2020, this figure has been announcing that 2026 would be the key year. The calendar moves on and the tax offices, hospitals, schools and police stations are still standing where they were. Skeptics point to the most visible piece of evidence: the full terraces.
The believers' favorite excuse is the Saturn-Neptune conjunction of 2025-2026, a cycle that, according to astrological tradition, sweeps regimes away. The last time, in 1989, the USSR fell. This time Saturn is already moving away from the conjunction and nothing is falling. The more flexible talk of a deep, invisible transformation. The future always offers a second chance.
Some argue that astrology doesn't apply to artificial structures like the state or the economy, because modern humans are disconnected from their essence. And it works like technical analysis in the stock market: perfect in hindsight, useless for the future.
The business, meanwhile, is alive and well. Because Martínez, even his detractors would agree, is a great communicator: you have a good time listening to him. The next key date will already be marked on the calendar. The system will keep standing, and nobody will refund the money.
The system hasn't collapsed. Not in 2025, not in 2026, and the café terraces are still full. That's the best metaphor for the failure of the apocalyptic prophecies of Robert Martínez and other new-age peddlers: normality beats the apocalypse.
Since 2020, this figure has been announcing that 2026 would be the key year. The calendar moves on and the tax offices, hospitals, schools and police stations are still standing where they were. Skeptics point to the most visible piece of evidence: the full terraces.
The believers' favorite excuse is the Saturn-Neptune conjunction of 2025-2026, a cycle that, according to astrological tradition, sweeps regimes away. The last time, in 1989, the USSR fell. This time Saturn is already moving away from the conjunction and nothing is falling. The more flexible talk of a deep, invisible transformation. The future always offers a second chance.
Some argue that astrology doesn't apply to artificial structures like the state or the economy, because modern humans are disconnected from their essence. And it works like technical analysis in the stock market: perfect in hindsight, useless for the future.
The business, meanwhile, is alive and well. Because Martínez, even his detractors would agree, is a great communicator: you have a good time listening to him. The next key date will already be marked on the calendar. The system will keep standing, and nobody will refund the money.
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