Food inflation in the United States caused the wave of civil uprisings which have taken place across North Africa and the Arab world over the past few months, said the National Inflation Association (NIA) on Monday. In an article published on its website, the U.S.-based NIA, which is ”dedicated to preparing Americans for hyperinflation,” blames not regional problems or decades of oppression but directly correlates increasing inflation of agricultural products in the United States with the wave of popular unrest that has ousted two North African leaders since the beginning of 2011 and is poised to topple more. In its November 5, 2010 food price projection report, the NIA predicted that food inflation would become America's biggest crisis in 2011, surpassing the mortgage crisis and high unemployment. In its Monday article, the association said already “massive food inflation is beginning to affect American citizens in a major way, but not the way most people expected.” The NIA described the high rates of inflation U.S. agricultural goods have seen over the past 16 months, saying “luckily” for the U.S., the dollar's “status” as the world's reserve currency has meant “the U.S. has been able to export its food inflation to the rest of the world.” That is, to North Africa and the Arab world. “America's food inflation crisis is so far manifesting itself in Arab nations,” continued the report. “It started out early last month with citizens in Algeria marching to the capital chanting, ‘Bring us Sugar!' It then spread to riots in Tunisia.” Then, said the NIA, America's exportation of its food inflation sparked the Egyptian Revolution and now has reached Libya – the third largest oil producer in Africa. And oil, according to the association, is key. “With oil prices soaring through the roof, Arab nations are getting their revenge on the U.S. for the food inflation they are suffering from,” said the NIA. It argued that with the price of oil on the rise, the U.S., which is highly dependent on foreign oil, will sharply feel the price increase in agricultural commodities by the end of the year. Then, the association reasoned, riots will overtake America. “All American citizens need to be ready for nationwide civil unrest, rioting, looting, and protesting later this year, even worse than what is occurring in Arab nations,” said the article. “The Arab world will survive this crisis because they have oil reserves that they can export to Asian countries when the U.S. can no longer afford to import oil. However, America's survival is dependent on the world's confidence in a piece of paper that has no intrinsic value and is being debased as fast as humanly possible.” In conclusion, the NIA predicted that hyperinflation in the U.S. will break out in “exactly the same fashion” as the unrest in Egypt, which quickly went “from having peaceful times to their President being forced to resign from office.” BM
