Fascinating, comprehensive, but also highly pessimistic theory.
I'd just supplement, that to some extent geopolitical relations are important. Especially for states like Poland (my motherland) or Ukraine, which are located at the border of impact zones of conflicted geopolitical blocks. It has a significant impact on flow of products and capital and- as a result- on level of welfare and security of societies.
“As I’ve said many times, BRICS is false opposition. The ‘alternative’ financial infrastructure created by the anti-NATO group is not a true alternative. China’s economic and military rise was deliberately constructed by the same financial interests that built the American empire. The technocrats openly lust for the same authoritarian powers that exist in Communist China. Belt and Road is just debt-trap diplomacy by another name. But here’s what confuses people who understand the 3D reality behind the 2D chessboard: Geopolitical and even military conflicts can still happen—even when both enemies are puppets of the same puppet master... The coming conflict(s) will, of course, be managed, funded, directed, and engineered by 3D chess players—but that doesn’t mean they won’t happen.”
Thank you for this excellent, thought provoking (and somewhat awakening!) article.
Fascinating, comprehensive, but also highly pessimistic theory.
I'd just supplement, that to some extent geopolitical relations are important. Especially for states like Poland (my motherland) or Ukraine, which are located at the border of impact zones of conflicted geopolitical blocks. It has a significant impact on flow of products and capital and- as a result- on level of welfare and security of societies.
I understand. I often quote this:
Quote from James Corbett:
“As I’ve said many times, BRICS is false opposition. The ‘alternative’ financial infrastructure created by the anti-NATO group is not a true alternative. China’s economic and military rise was deliberately constructed by the same financial interests that built the American empire. The technocrats openly lust for the same authoritarian powers that exist in Communist China. Belt and Road is just debt-trap diplomacy by another name. But here’s what confuses people who understand the 3D reality behind the 2D chessboard: Geopolitical and even military conflicts can still happen—even when both enemies are puppets of the same puppet master... The coming conflict(s) will, of course, be managed, funded, directed, and engineered by 3D chess players—but that doesn’t mean they won’t happen.”
(– Corbett Report, Jan 2022)
Very accurate quotation. Thank you.