This epoch we are witnessing is not a simple recalibration of the world order. We are at the end of a unipolar hegemony and its reserve currency status.
Great article! I would be surprised if one in a hundred Americans knew how seismic a shift has happened in the world order/financial systems. I guess any country can bully the world for only so long. Tough times ahead looks like. Get hard assets while you can!
Thank you. Indeed yes, hard assets in your possession. Sadly, I'm not sure many people will be able to realise the shift in time to prepare. The censorship and gatekeeping is at another level in the west.
I have a son who is a Captain in the US Army, and have been sharing with him for the past decade how the Post-Cold war order is unravelling, and how it will likely have far reaching effects on politics and economics. One only needs to look back at the time between 1914 and 1945 to see how quickly and how drastically political and economic systems can change.
US politicians since the first George Bush presidency have been systematically setting up the US/Western Alliance to fail. Their vision of a New World Order runs counter to the examples of history, lack humility, and presume a one-size fits all governing model that just simply doesn't fit a majority of the world population's desires. It runs counter to a large percentage of American and Western population value systems also. Ultimately, people will not be willing to give up their personal and national sovereignty to this top-down governance model.
From a purely American History POV, it runs counter the basic premises of American ideals set out in the Founding Documents of the USA, including the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution. At some point, enough people will realize this and revolt. The Trump Presidency was a result of that result, but this is not strictly and Left/Right phenomenon. The Rise of Bernie Sanders on the Left was just as much a revolt against the Power Elite - albeit from a different POV. So there is currently wide-spread dissatisfaction in the USA, and you can clearly see similar discontent within traditional European population groups as well.
Thank you for your comment. I consider myself an outsider to the west geographically. I live in Trinidad and Tobago, in the Caribbean and was born here. Sadly, non-westerners like myself, without effort can clearly see that Euro-Atlantic countries are rejecting their own roots, including the Christian values that constitute the basis of modern western civilization. We watch in horror, as the West denies moral principles that are fundamental to traditional, cultural and sexual identities. The dehumanization push by the West's political class is abhorrent! Their global governance model is not in line with the US Constitution and Bill of Rights. Hopefully, the discontent grows among sensible westerners as they realise what is being done to them.
Thanks for this article! Very well thought out and mind bending for me. Will you explain more what <The West denies moral principals that are fundamental to traditional, cultural and sexual Identities> means? I think I agree, but want to make sure I understand your point.
Thank you for your comment. I meant to relay that "denying moral principles" is the lack of the practical reason in determination of what is morally right. In many cases traditional, cultural and sexual identities overlap. Practical reason isn't used in the state-sponsored normalization of transhumanism, trans-sexualization and abortion, for example. The lack of 'judgement of conscience' accompanied by the passive coercion & propagandization in these cases is in effect a denial of morality.
A personal view I hold, which was not expressed in this article pertaining to moral principles, is based on ‘recta ratio agibilium’. Latin for the right reason in acting. (Advocated by St. Thomas Aquinas). The phrase encompasses the notion of prudence, the capstone virtue, which provides order among the intellectual and moral virtues, while also providing for a right balance between means and good ends. The act by which the practical reasoning of a Christian applies a universal principle of morality to a particular case, is the 'judgment of conscience'. Any act of will which goes astray from reason, is evil. Man has a positive duty to instruct himself concerning his moral obligations. Moral acts, whether obligatory or not, are imputable to the individual, in so far as they are freely performed. There is no room for coercion towards any supposed good end, for such action may lead to evil within itself.
This isn't something I celebrate. One of my ancestors was the little brother of the very first governor of Jamestown, Virginia, which was established in 1607. My own namesake ancestor arrived in 1624 at Jamestown. In addition, 5 direct ancestors of mine, plus an aunt and uncle were on the Mayflower ship that landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. My family on both my mother's and father's sides have literally been here for 400 years, and were very involved in the founding of the United States of America as a Nation. Thomas Jefferson, who wrote the Declaration of Independence was the great-nephew of one of my direct ancestors.
So, given my family history, I take no pleasure at all in being a witness to the downfall of the USA. But it is hard to deny what is actually happening before our very eyes. Frankly, if it was only confined to the USA, it would be better for the World. But Europe is further down the slope of decline that the USA, which is really frightening to consider.
The more I follow these events the more it strikes me that Ukraine is America's Suez 1956 moment. Back then, we Brits still thought we were top dog and sent in our troops to stop the damned "wogs" in Egypt from taking back their own canal. We were soon read the Riot Act by the new kid on the block, the US, and firmly and humiliatingly put in our (new) place. That is why the US is so insanely angry about Putin's moves: they know in their hearts that this is the passing of the baton to another team.
Wow...Feel like I should get some college credits for reading this well written/researched piece.
I have been aware for some time now...and have been educating as many as possible to the shift, as you so aptly put it. I don't look for confirmation for what I believe to be happening, but when I do find it, in articles such as yours, it validates everything I believe to be true and gives me a greater sense of purpose in spreading the word. Starting to sound like a Bible salesman...
Thank you for your comment. I encourage you to continue sharing your ideas with others who are willing to participate in civilized discourse. One way we can move forward is allowing independent thought to challenge the narrative fed to us. Staying silent is quite dangerous.
Civil discourse...is a tough nut to crack, when those you speak with tend to react, get triggered, before you even have a chance to express your view. I think this is by design.
Speaking to my own family has put me on the "do not call" list. If I don't initiate a call, my phone doesn't ring. Which is pretty funny, considering, when I was younger I used to tell my sibings "If the phone don't ring, its me"...a line from a Jimmy Buffet song, which to this day still resonates with me for some weird reason.
Staying silent and good people doing nothing are two of the most selfish reasons one would use when attacked. Its in times like these, where speaking truth, will shed light on the lies. When good people stand for what they believe to be true and fair, honest and civil. The difference between good and evil, in my opinion, is good people doing nothing by remaining silent.
“In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” - George Orwell.
Please stay strong at heart and continue in your courage. I can relate to your situation. "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." - Edmund Burke
Yes, agree & very few around me seem to have any idea what is happening ( Liverpool, UK ) try explaining how Russia & China actually have all the Gold, most of the commodities & maybe the virtue signalling cancel culture sanctions could bring about end of US$ as reserve and you will be derided as a Putin lover !! Outstanding article, thanks. New sub.
Thank you for your comment. In countries like Trinidad and Tobago, where I live, many people do not have an idea of what economic and political developments are actually taking place in the east. Our local media republish all CNN and the BBC narratives. However, cancel culture on this issue is not a problem here for me so far. Many people see the hypocrisy of the virtue signalers, when a comparison is done with the Middle East/North Africa military interventions. I think many of these virtue signalers in your part of the world, don't realise their actions are marginalizing themselves from people outside the west.
I remember a history class from many moons ago: Civilization, and the reserve currency that fuels it moves west around the globe. Looking due west from North America, I see China is next.
Not one person can predict the future because chaos doesn’t lead itself to predictable outcomes. This is a thoughtful and well reasoned article. I do think that the men who thought up the Federal Reserve were well aware that compound interest would by mathematical certainty go exponential. They must have made plans for the eventual collapse and naturally they have prepared for a very long time. What cannot be determined is how the natural health of our planet fits into this picture
Thank you for your comment. I think that moving to sound money will be a step in the right direction to change how we use the earth's resources. The FED has created artificial bubbles and misallocated labour/resources. Pollution, mismanagement of forest/water reserves and factory farming is only possible due to this debt based fiat currency system. We cannot determine the future, but taking a few steps in the right direction can make the world of difference.
Great article! What should we free citizens of the USA do in the midst of this unfolding process? I presume our leaders will fight tooth and nail to stall any change in global status.
Yes, I agree with your presumption. However, maybe certain state governments will want more autonomy from the federal government as a result. Freedom minded/constitutionalists will band together and cause a shift in politics. From the county level to the state level. You can already see some early signs of this in Florida and Texas.
Thank you Brian. Yes, this is an interesting topic which we will look into as more information becomes available pertaining to regulations by various governments.
this is going to be decided by the second tier economies, the likes of Turkey, Brazil and Mexico. They were willingly toeing the line, but have started to realise the NWO is a trap, and are now being coerced. Hence Turkey's determined neutrality in the Russian conflict, as they see it as an opportunity to escape Europe's grasp (and turn a profit).
I have a difficult time visualizing the long-term integrity of an altruistic, multi-polar governance.
Our Founding Fathers gave it a good shot, at least on a single country level, but it has devolved into an almost complete lack of structure as you have pointed out.
It seems to me that nature has it figured out. The alpha male dominates until he doesn't. The fall of the alpha male releases the energy for the next alpha male and the next cycle.
Nothing is stable or linear. The Universe might otherwise have been over before it started. A multi-polar governance sounds nice but it also sounds static and thus too would ultimately fall, for whatever reason(s) the invisible hand holds.
Thank you for your comment. Your point of the alpha male cycle is understandable. In the multipolar system model, each country is run, based on it's own system of governance. Democracy, monarchy or whatever works for the people of that state. The economic system will be based on principles that prevent what the US has done post 1971. The structure that matters in this case would be the ones for security and economy. Not imposing an ideology unto other states. The political will for balance of power may be able to hold it for a long time until it devolves at some point. For reasons as you allude to.
Thank you. Within the last 500 years, that answer is no. Each conflict had different degrees of war and didn't include nuclear weapons. This is the reason why the east has to prevent themselves from going to total war.
Interesting question. In a way, yes they did. The Brits had no other less costly option. They were in deep war debts and the US was paid with a vast proportion of Europe's gold. The gold was payment for food, war equipment and raw materials during WWI & WWII.
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Thankyou, Jonathan. Of course, even if the Brits were an exception to the rule, it doesn't take away from your point: virtually no nation gives up reserve currency status without going to war. And right on cue, idiots like Rubio are saying that the US will sanction China if they and Russia don't stop using the CIPS alternative to SWIFT. The US neocons REALLY want their war!
I love this article, and am excited for when I have time to explore all its hyperlinks, however there was some things that seemed off to me.
"It’s serfdom, while citizens give up civil liberties in exchange for a balanced distribution of resources." There is nothing balanced about the distribution of resources under the capitalist Western hegemony.
Invoking "cultural Marxism" and "political correctness" also seemed odd, the former usually referencing a Western fascist conspiracy theory misdiagnosing the failures of capitalism as reflected in society and the latter being something I agree deserves ruthless critique but does not seem an apt description for the M.O. of Western politicians, who have no sincere interest in "political correctness" or acqueising to it, and are little more than snakes that say whatever befits their strategy for the time being.
Would like to hear these bits expanded. Otherwise an excellent read!
That (connecting cultural Marxism and pol correctness) also caught my attention, and I was about to ask the author for his definition of "cultural Marxism" and in what ways Adorno et all are reflected and related to "political correctnes." I'm still interested in reading more about the author's explanation of the connection. Other than that, I enjoyed reading this fine essay.
The hyperlink labeled "Africa" is even more troubling...Africa resisting the "anti-Christ West" and their "Cultural Marxism"? Why does this article manage to stave off American Exceptionalism and other psychological parasites borne from internationalized Western propaganda, but still manages to cosign those who tout America's unfounded anticommunist conspiracy theories?
Strange a history of Fiat can be written without even once mentioning the owners of all the Western Central Banks.
. THE most important thing that I have ever learned, and have taught me children is: "It's the Jews, stupid." by Steele.
All of my education and research could never explain how the world really worked. As soon as I became Jew-wise, everything just snapped in to place. Even the scam we are dealing with now makes all the sense in the world if one is Jew-wise. Friends and family that are not Jew-wise either submit blindly or struggle lost in trying to comprehended--they know something is rotten, but they just can't find the source.
Great article! I would be surprised if one in a hundred Americans knew how seismic a shift has happened in the world order/financial systems. I guess any country can bully the world for only so long. Tough times ahead looks like. Get hard assets while you can!
Thank you. Indeed yes, hard assets in your possession. Sadly, I'm not sure many people will be able to realise the shift in time to prepare. The censorship and gatekeeping is at another level in the west.
I have a son who is a Captain in the US Army, and have been sharing with him for the past decade how the Post-Cold war order is unravelling, and how it will likely have far reaching effects on politics and economics. One only needs to look back at the time between 1914 and 1945 to see how quickly and how drastically political and economic systems can change.
US politicians since the first George Bush presidency have been systematically setting up the US/Western Alliance to fail. Their vision of a New World Order runs counter to the examples of history, lack humility, and presume a one-size fits all governing model that just simply doesn't fit a majority of the world population's desires. It runs counter to a large percentage of American and Western population value systems also. Ultimately, people will not be willing to give up their personal and national sovereignty to this top-down governance model.
From a purely American History POV, it runs counter the basic premises of American ideals set out in the Founding Documents of the USA, including the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution. At some point, enough people will realize this and revolt. The Trump Presidency was a result of that result, but this is not strictly and Left/Right phenomenon. The Rise of Bernie Sanders on the Left was just as much a revolt against the Power Elite - albeit from a different POV. So there is currently wide-spread dissatisfaction in the USA, and you can clearly see similar discontent within traditional European population groups as well.
Thank you for your comment. I consider myself an outsider to the west geographically. I live in Trinidad and Tobago, in the Caribbean and was born here. Sadly, non-westerners like myself, without effort can clearly see that Euro-Atlantic countries are rejecting their own roots, including the Christian values that constitute the basis of modern western civilization. We watch in horror, as the West denies moral principles that are fundamental to traditional, cultural and sexual identities. The dehumanization push by the West's political class is abhorrent! Their global governance model is not in line with the US Constitution and Bill of Rights. Hopefully, the discontent grows among sensible westerners as they realise what is being done to them.
Thanks for this article! Very well thought out and mind bending for me. Will you explain more what <The West denies moral principals that are fundamental to traditional, cultural and sexual Identities> means? I think I agree, but want to make sure I understand your point.
Thank you for your comment. I meant to relay that "denying moral principles" is the lack of the practical reason in determination of what is morally right. In many cases traditional, cultural and sexual identities overlap. Practical reason isn't used in the state-sponsored normalization of transhumanism, trans-sexualization and abortion, for example. The lack of 'judgement of conscience' accompanied by the passive coercion & propagandization in these cases is in effect a denial of morality.
A personal view I hold, which was not expressed in this article pertaining to moral principles, is based on ‘recta ratio agibilium’. Latin for the right reason in acting. (Advocated by St. Thomas Aquinas). The phrase encompasses the notion of prudence, the capstone virtue, which provides order among the intellectual and moral virtues, while also providing for a right balance between means and good ends. The act by which the practical reasoning of a Christian applies a universal principle of morality to a particular case, is the 'judgment of conscience'. Any act of will which goes astray from reason, is evil. Man has a positive duty to instruct himself concerning his moral obligations. Moral acts, whether obligatory or not, are imputable to the individual, in so far as they are freely performed. There is no room for coercion towards any supposed good end, for such action may lead to evil within itself.
This isn't something I celebrate. One of my ancestors was the little brother of the very first governor of Jamestown, Virginia, which was established in 1607. My own namesake ancestor arrived in 1624 at Jamestown. In addition, 5 direct ancestors of mine, plus an aunt and uncle were on the Mayflower ship that landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. My family on both my mother's and father's sides have literally been here for 400 years, and were very involved in the founding of the United States of America as a Nation. Thomas Jefferson, who wrote the Declaration of Independence was the great-nephew of one of my direct ancestors.
So, given my family history, I take no pleasure at all in being a witness to the downfall of the USA. But it is hard to deny what is actually happening before our very eyes. Frankly, if it was only confined to the USA, it would be better for the World. But Europe is further down the slope of decline that the USA, which is really frightening to consider.
The more I follow these events the more it strikes me that Ukraine is America's Suez 1956 moment. Back then, we Brits still thought we were top dog and sent in our troops to stop the damned "wogs" in Egypt from taking back their own canal. We were soon read the Riot Act by the new kid on the block, the US, and firmly and humiliatingly put in our (new) place. That is why the US is so insanely angry about Putin's moves: they know in their hearts that this is the passing of the baton to another team.
Good analogy. Quite fitting. Thank you for your comment.
Wow...Feel like I should get some college credits for reading this well written/researched piece.
I have been aware for some time now...and have been educating as many as possible to the shift, as you so aptly put it. I don't look for confirmation for what I believe to be happening, but when I do find it, in articles such as yours, it validates everything I believe to be true and gives me a greater sense of purpose in spreading the word. Starting to sound like a Bible salesman...
Thank you.
Thank you for your comment. I encourage you to continue sharing your ideas with others who are willing to participate in civilized discourse. One way we can move forward is allowing independent thought to challenge the narrative fed to us. Staying silent is quite dangerous.
Civil discourse...is a tough nut to crack, when those you speak with tend to react, get triggered, before you even have a chance to express your view. I think this is by design.
Speaking to my own family has put me on the "do not call" list. If I don't initiate a call, my phone doesn't ring. Which is pretty funny, considering, when I was younger I used to tell my sibings "If the phone don't ring, its me"...a line from a Jimmy Buffet song, which to this day still resonates with me for some weird reason.
Staying silent and good people doing nothing are two of the most selfish reasons one would use when attacked. Its in times like these, where speaking truth, will shed light on the lies. When good people stand for what they believe to be true and fair, honest and civil. The difference between good and evil, in my opinion, is good people doing nothing by remaining silent.
“In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” - George Orwell.
Please stay strong at heart and continue in your courage. I can relate to your situation. "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." - Edmund Burke
Yes, agree & very few around me seem to have any idea what is happening ( Liverpool, UK ) try explaining how Russia & China actually have all the Gold, most of the commodities & maybe the virtue signalling cancel culture sanctions could bring about end of US$ as reserve and you will be derided as a Putin lover !! Outstanding article, thanks. New sub.
Thank you for your comment. In countries like Trinidad and Tobago, where I live, many people do not have an idea of what economic and political developments are actually taking place in the east. Our local media republish all CNN and the BBC narratives. However, cancel culture on this issue is not a problem here for me so far. Many people see the hypocrisy of the virtue signalers, when a comparison is done with the Middle East/North Africa military interventions. I think many of these virtue signalers in your part of the world, don't realise their actions are marginalizing themselves from people outside the west.
Excellent piece. Glad ifoud you.
Thank you for your feedback.
I remember a history class from many moons ago: Civilization, and the reserve currency that fuels it moves west around the globe. Looking due west from North America, I see China is next.
Not one person can predict the future because chaos doesn’t lead itself to predictable outcomes. This is a thoughtful and well reasoned article. I do think that the men who thought up the Federal Reserve were well aware that compound interest would by mathematical certainty go exponential. They must have made plans for the eventual collapse and naturally they have prepared for a very long time. What cannot be determined is how the natural health of our planet fits into this picture
Thank you for your comment. I think that moving to sound money will be a step in the right direction to change how we use the earth's resources. The FED has created artificial bubbles and misallocated labour/resources. Pollution, mismanagement of forest/water reserves and factory farming is only possible due to this debt based fiat currency system. We cannot determine the future, but taking a few steps in the right direction can make the world of difference.
Loved the article. "The US and NATO have used Ukraine as a proverbial stick to poke the bear." this part cracked me up, accurate but funny
Thank you for reading.
Great article! What should we free citizens of the USA do in the midst of this unfolding process? I presume our leaders will fight tooth and nail to stall any change in global status.
Yes, I agree with your presumption. However, maybe certain state governments will want more autonomy from the federal government as a result. Freedom minded/constitutionalists will band together and cause a shift in politics. From the county level to the state level. You can already see some early signs of this in Florida and Texas.
Brilliance! I would like to know more about the role that crypto will have in the new commodity-based world economy.
Thank you Brian. Yes, this is an interesting topic which we will look into as more information becomes available pertaining to regulations by various governments.
Great read Jonathan! Very much enjoyed it.
Thank you for your feedback Rich. You have some interesting information on CBDC's. Subscribed!
this is going to be decided by the second tier economies, the likes of Turkey, Brazil and Mexico. They were willingly toeing the line, but have started to realise the NWO is a trap, and are now being coerced. Hence Turkey's determined neutrality in the Russian conflict, as they see it as an opportunity to escape Europe's grasp (and turn a profit).
Hmm.
"Anything works until it doesn't"
I have a difficult time visualizing the long-term integrity of an altruistic, multi-polar governance.
Our Founding Fathers gave it a good shot, at least on a single country level, but it has devolved into an almost complete lack of structure as you have pointed out.
It seems to me that nature has it figured out. The alpha male dominates until he doesn't. The fall of the alpha male releases the energy for the next alpha male and the next cycle.
Nothing is stable or linear. The Universe might otherwise have been over before it started. A multi-polar governance sounds nice but it also sounds static and thus too would ultimately fall, for whatever reason(s) the invisible hand holds.
Thank you for your article. I enjoyed it.
Thank you for your comment. Your point of the alpha male cycle is understandable. In the multipolar system model, each country is run, based on it's own system of governance. Democracy, monarchy or whatever works for the people of that state. The economic system will be based on principles that prevent what the US has done post 1971. The structure that matters in this case would be the ones for security and economy. Not imposing an ideology unto other states. The political will for balance of power may be able to hold it for a long time until it devolves at some point. For reasons as you allude to.
Thanks for taking the time to read my comment.
I look forward to more of your articles
Excellent article. Has any country ever given up reserve currency status without going to war?
Thank you. Within the last 500 years, that answer is no. Each conflict had different degrees of war and didn't include nuclear weapons. This is the reason why the east has to prevent themselves from going to total war.
Didn't the Brits sort of bow out peacefully when sterling lost its top place?
Interesting question. In a way, yes they did. The Brits had no other less costly option. They were in deep war debts and the US was paid with a vast proportion of Europe's gold. The gold was payment for food, war equipment and raw materials during WWI & WWII.
Thankyou, Jonathan. Of course, even if the Brits were an exception to the rule, it doesn't take away from your point: virtually no nation gives up reserve currency status without going to war. And right on cue, idiots like Rubio are saying that the US will sanction China if they and Russia don't stop using the CIPS alternative to SWIFT. The US neocons REALLY want their war!
I love this article, and am excited for when I have time to explore all its hyperlinks, however there was some things that seemed off to me.
"It’s serfdom, while citizens give up civil liberties in exchange for a balanced distribution of resources." There is nothing balanced about the distribution of resources under the capitalist Western hegemony.
Invoking "cultural Marxism" and "political correctness" also seemed odd, the former usually referencing a Western fascist conspiracy theory misdiagnosing the failures of capitalism as reflected in society and the latter being something I agree deserves ruthless critique but does not seem an apt description for the M.O. of Western politicians, who have no sincere interest in "political correctness" or acqueising to it, and are little more than snakes that say whatever befits their strategy for the time being.
Would like to hear these bits expanded. Otherwise an excellent read!
That (connecting cultural Marxism and pol correctness) also caught my attention, and I was about to ask the author for his definition of "cultural Marxism" and in what ways Adorno et all are reflected and related to "political correctnes." I'm still interested in reading more about the author's explanation of the connection. Other than that, I enjoyed reading this fine essay.
The hyperlink labeled "Africa" is even more troubling...Africa resisting the "anti-Christ West" and their "Cultural Marxism"? Why does this article manage to stave off American Exceptionalism and other psychological parasites borne from internationalized Western propaganda, but still manages to cosign those who tout America's unfounded anticommunist conspiracy theories?
Strange a history of Fiat can be written without even once mentioning the owners of all the Western Central Banks.
. THE most important thing that I have ever learned, and have taught me children is: "It's the Jews, stupid." by Steele.
All of my education and research could never explain how the world really worked. As soon as I became Jew-wise, everything just snapped in to place. Even the scam we are dealing with now makes all the sense in the world if one is Jew-wise. Friends and family that are not Jew-wise either submit blindly or struggle lost in trying to comprehended--they know something is rotten, but they just can't find the source.
"It's the Jews, stupid." Words to survive by.
This is probably the question I was most interested in seeing a response to. Wondering the same.