1. A contract states, we'll supply gas for the Euro, an international currency. But as of now, both the Euro and the Dollar have lost their status of an international currency, because they are not negotiable in all parts of the world. It's clear that the contract goes into renegotiation.
Why Russia delivers gas? The populations are not the enemy, only the NATO structure is. It is the American strategy that crushes the people thinking they will make a rebellion. That is not a world-wide thought process. Russia does not want domination, but to go back to cooperation.
2. Leaders makes certain statements, and then so-called "leaks" bring into question their competence. We're willing to believe that we have the evidence to claim our leaders are stupid, and even the man on the street has more intelligence. I propose this is just an unfounded feel-good sense if superiority for the common bloke that knows he has no power to make any difference in his own life. People with no agency tell jokes about people who do have agency. It is all they have left.
I am not so sure (in general), that it isn't just a giant theater, (or a who-done-it) and we are the gullible audience. On what basis can we assume that we know more than the briefed officials? I take the wait-and-see attitude.
3. Clearly the west instigated a confrontation that they later proved incapable of mastering. There is a certain arrogance in power, and I believe western leaders were so sure that all they needed was an excuse to level the "sanctions from hell", and it would all be over in 2-3 months. Yes, it was surprising to let this genie out of the bottle.
4. It is absolutely clear that the US is a co-belligerent under any and all definitions of that term. We’re directly at war with Russia. This is the perfect indicator of how asleep our population really is. There is no "double espresso shot" that will make any difference to that slumber. We'll just have to watch the stages of escalation, and see at what level a few groggy eyes can open.
5. Western billionaires are very used to setting the laws of the land and packing the courts that apply those laws. They have set it up to facilitate monopolies, which control (at least regional) markets. How else can they garner millions of customers that pay them $ Billions? You can say it is a better product, or more marketing ability, or crushing or absorbing the competition, But all methods are open to the billionaires.
However threats are much more than military. Industrial powers may be overtaking you. Scientific powers may be out researching you. Educational powers may be producing orders of magnitude more qualified people. Commercial powers may be dominating the world. Financial powers may be setting world banking standards. Political powers may be assuming regional leadership. It has never been a level playing field. Our billionaire "means of production" are not used to (nor able to) work in this reality. They are used to a corporate / government partnerships that smooths out all these bumps in the road.
That is the focus on China, and they now turn to the government to smooth out this giant bump.
It doesn't mean that the west will end up on the trash heap. It is just that the private ownership model will have to be rethought.
Hello Lex, Just a couple of points:
1. A contract states, we'll supply gas for the Euro, an international currency. But as of now, both the Euro and the Dollar have lost their status of an international currency, because they are not negotiable in all parts of the world. It's clear that the contract goes into renegotiation.
Why Russia delivers gas? The populations are not the enemy, only the NATO structure is. It is the American strategy that crushes the people thinking they will make a rebellion. That is not a world-wide thought process. Russia does not want domination, but to go back to cooperation.
2. Leaders makes certain statements, and then so-called "leaks" bring into question their competence. We're willing to believe that we have the evidence to claim our leaders are stupid, and even the man on the street has more intelligence. I propose this is just an unfounded feel-good sense if superiority for the common bloke that knows he has no power to make any difference in his own life. People with no agency tell jokes about people who do have agency. It is all they have left.
I am not so sure (in general), that it isn't just a giant theater, (or a who-done-it) and we are the gullible audience. On what basis can we assume that we know more than the briefed officials? I take the wait-and-see attitude.
3. Clearly the west instigated a confrontation that they later proved incapable of mastering. There is a certain arrogance in power, and I believe western leaders were so sure that all they needed was an excuse to level the "sanctions from hell", and it would all be over in 2-3 months. Yes, it was surprising to let this genie out of the bottle.
4. It is absolutely clear that the US is a co-belligerent under any and all definitions of that term. We’re directly at war with Russia. This is the perfect indicator of how asleep our population really is. There is no "double espresso shot" that will make any difference to that slumber. We'll just have to watch the stages of escalation, and see at what level a few groggy eyes can open.
5. Western billionaires are very used to setting the laws of the land and packing the courts that apply those laws. They have set it up to facilitate monopolies, which control (at least regional) markets. How else can they garner millions of customers that pay them $ Billions? You can say it is a better product, or more marketing ability, or crushing or absorbing the competition, But all methods are open to the billionaires.
However threats are much more than military. Industrial powers may be overtaking you. Scientific powers may be out researching you. Educational powers may be producing orders of magnitude more qualified people. Commercial powers may be dominating the world. Financial powers may be setting world banking standards. Political powers may be assuming regional leadership. It has never been a level playing field. Our billionaire "means of production" are not used to (nor able to) work in this reality. They are used to a corporate / government partnerships that smooths out all these bumps in the road.
That is the focus on China, and they now turn to the government to smooth out this giant bump.
It doesn't mean that the west will end up on the trash heap. It is just that the private ownership model will have to be rethought.
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