Titor was wrong about a lot of things. More than the 2% he claimed.
Well, he was right about 2008.
He said, "The year 2008 was a general date by which time everyone will realize the world they thought they were living in was over" and "By 2008, I would say the civil conflict is pretty much at everyone's doorstep."
As it turned out, 2008 was a huge turning point for the world. It brought the worldwide economic collapse and it brought the Obama election. Both of these events left millions of Americans feeling just what Titor said they would, that the world they thought they were living in was over.
He said that the civil conflict was pretty much at everyone's doorstep by 2008. 2008 was when millions of Americans lost their jobs and became homeless, and all those massive homeless camps started rising up on the outskirts of America's cities. For millions of Americans, the civil conflict not only arrived on their doorsteps, but took away those doorsteps, along with the rest of the houses they were attached to.
Many have interpreted Titor's phrase of "civil conflict" as meaning violence and open warfare, and such interpretations are not consistent with 2008's developments. However, the millions who lost their jobs and homes in 2008 might feel that they indeed were the victims of a different sort of civil conflict that did start in 2008.
In any case, the bottom line is that Titor highlighted the year 2008 as a pivotal year. He referred to it again and again. He did not say anything about 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, or 2010, but he mentioned 2008 three separate times.
And then 2008 came and went, and boy, was it ever pivotal! The worst economic downturn since the Great Depression arrived then, and America elected its first Black President. If that's not pivotal, I don't know what is.