Western elites, in their finacialized thought framework, think that the can replicate this with a few tariffs, subsidies and "targeted taxation". They still believe that China's success is due to cheating, IP "theft" and cheap labor.
The hangover will be really bad when it turns out that an industrial base and a highly educated middle class doesn't fall from trees.
If there won't be a radial change in course we'll end up living in an open air, human cattle consumption zoo with nice looking castles and no agency and dignity.
The time when we were able to afford an incompetent ruling class, nanny states and could delegate responsibilities to huge, centralized bureaucracies is over.
The change starts with #Bitcoin and individual financial sovereignty.
Some Americans (and westerns) are afraid of sovereign countries with agency. It reminds them that the national idea of unipolarity they have built over the last three decades is a lie and their global influence is waning. When they encounter leaders that can't be regime changed the resort to spouting meaningless phrases.
Post maidan Ukraine definitely is 404 and whatever is left of it will not be the same.
Regarding the rare earths: I don't really understand what people are talking about. 80% of the good stuff is I the Donbass and the Americans aren't getting any of that. And western Ukraine doesn't really have anything that no other courty has.
So, what is Zelensky actually selling? I'm starting to suspect that the "500 billion" of rare earths is a token so that Trump doesn't have to return empty handed when this is over and present himself as a deal maker.
Trump is an expression of a broke, demoralizeed and exhausted empire that realized that it can't afford its hegemonic ambitions anymore and comes to term with the fact that it must find an arrangement with the other powers that occupy this world.
The main job of the this and the next presidential administrations is to perform an orderly retreat from the overstretched boundaries, retrench and consolidate its powers.
The talks in Ryadh have the purpose of reconstructing basic diplomatic relations with two of the three major nuclear nation states and create the basics of the a new security architecture that became imbalanced over the last two decades.
County 404 is only one of topics discussed because the context of US/RF relations is much bigger.
I don't think the official readouts ever claimed that the talks are focused on Ukraine. Everyone just assumed it because it's the most public issue.
Guys, it's not looking good for Z-Lensky. Now, with rapidly deteriorating relations with the TRUMP administration and US in general, it seems that not even Florida retirement is on the table. Sure, the EU is the next best address, but what if more rightwingers start coming to power there too? I wouldn't like to be in his skin right now.
GM. Zettel in Kisten reinzuwerfen is keine Mitbestimmung sonder ein Erniedrigungsritual.
"Here is where Bill jizzed on his intern Monica Lewinski. When he was in office every day was D-day."
As expected, Russian propagandists are thrilled about the U.S. distancing itself from Europe. According to them, without the American nuclear umbrella, Russia will be free to invade Europe. The debate in Moscow now is: Lisbon or Berlin? https://video.nostr.build/4ebdb8f230c7abf2fabde69085304551eec09b9bda356009ad6ab576c06adff6.mp4
Not only do scammers like this pretend to be stupid and that they don't get the sarcasm in the video but they also think their own audience is stupid because otherwise the wouldn't be posting this unironically.
Unfortunately they seem to be right about the critical thinking abilities of their viewers.
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Am I addicted?
Oh my god this is a gift that just keeps giving. Whenever I think it could not get better I keeps getting better. Orange man and his team do NOT disappoint.
Stop spreading lies and educate yourself chump. The stuff inside is actually nutrient paste in case SHTF and the internet goes dark. While #Bitcoin owners will have nothing #gold holders will rule the new world. Most of my bars contain this stuff and I couldn't sleep better.
Starmer has zero agency in this regard. He is in the same position like his clown colleague Macron. They both don't have neither the political capital nor the resources to intervene in Ukraine. Threats like this serve only two purposes: Scaring TV educated boomers at home and trying to threaten the Americans that they might have to intervene when European troops are incinerated on the front. Trump knows this, the Russians know this.
Putin invading and occupying Poland would give him control over the worldwide center of german speaking scam and SPAM call centers. The consequences of this would shape the European economic environment for decades. Now is the time to show unity with our European partners.
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Trump already had some success in this regard: he took Spain out out of BRICS