/pol/ - Politically Incorrect

 >>/90725/
China, Russia, and Iran are constructing a vast network of land-based transportation infrastructure, making the US Navy’s control of the oceans less significant.

China’s New Silk Road project is central to this new system. It aims to bypass the US financial system and the US Navy’s control of sea routes. The project, planned to be operational by 2025, includes high-speed railways, highways, fiber optic cables, energy pipelines, seaports, and airports.

These Eurasian powers are also establishing alternative international organizations for financial, political, and security cooperation, separate from those central to the US-led world order, institutions like NATO, the World Bank, SWIFT, and the IMF.

Some notable examples include the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), launched by China in 2014 and is an alternative to the IMF and World Bank.

The Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), a Russian-led trading bloc created in 2015, allows for the free movement of goods, services, capital, and people among its member countries.

Lastly, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) focuses on military and security collaboration between its members.

If current trends continue, it will result in greater economic, political, and security collaboration among the three main Eurasian nations—China, Russia, and Iran—at the expense of US geopolitical interests.

This scenario is exactly what Zbigniew Brzezinski worried would make the US “geopolitically peripheral.” It spells the end of the unipolar world order.

In short, we are on the path to the emergence of an alliance of powerful Eurasian countries and a multipolar world order.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/graveyard-empires-top-investments-world-order-collapses

 >>/90726/
As the world order changes, I think there are two prominent investment outcomes we can bet on:

Outcome #1: The US Dollar Will Lose Its Privileged Position

The decline of America’s geopolitical influence is another enormous headwind for the US dollar.

Suppose the world thinks the US military is the ultimate backstop of the US dollar. What does it mean for the US dollar’s credibility when a ragtag group of insurgents from one of the poorest countries can defeat the military which backs it?

If the mighty US military couldn’t secure its partners in Afghanistan, how can it protect its other allies?

Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Western European countries, and the Gulf Arab states are likely pondering this.

It wouldn’t be surprising to see them make security arrangements with US adversaries—such as China, Russia, and Iran—that exclude the Americans.

In fact, this has already happened with Saudi Arabia, a crucial player in the US-led world order. Saudi Arabia is the linchpin of the petrodollar system, which has underpinned the US dollar since Nixon removed its last links to gold in 1971.

In a matter of weeks, Saudi Arabia has: Restored relations with Iran. Restored relations with Syria and welcomed it back to Arab League. Supported multiple OPEC+ oil production cuts against American wishes. Announced an end to the war in Yemen. Agreed to sell oil in other currencies. Decided to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

The US recently sent its CIA director to Riyadh to tell the Saudis the Americans feel “blindsided” amid these seismic shifts in Saudi foreign policy.

In short, a paradigm shift in Saudi policies signifies a paradigm shift in the US dollar because of the petrodollar system.

However, Saudi Arabia is not the only US ally hedging its geopolitical bets recently. France, India, Japan, Mexico, Brazil, and others are making moves to cozy up to the Eurasian geopolitical block.

The big question is, how long will the world continue to hold the paper liabilities of a bankrupt and declining government?

The only reason the US government has managed to avoid severe consequences from its monetary policies is the US dollar’s status as the world’s premiere reserve currency, thanks to Washington’s military and economic dominance that has prevailed since the end of World War II. However, as this dominance wanes, so will the dollar’s purchasing power.

The US government’s ability to hide the effects of its rampant money printing by offloading trillions of dollars to foreigners is nearing its end.

That’s terrible news for the US dollar.

Fake money comes from government. Real money emerges from the market. Government currencies are terrible money because they are easy to produce with a potentially unlimited supply. The free market wouldn’t choose government confetti as money without laws forcing their use.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/graveyard-empires-top-investments-world-order-collapses

 >>/90727/
Outcome #2: Commodity Supply Disruption

The end of the unipolar world order means transitioning to a multipolar global trade regime—with serious implications for commodities.

As I see it, there will be two main geopolitical blocks.

First, there are the countries part of or allied with the West. I’m reluctant to call this block “the West” because the people who control it have values antithetical to Western Civilization.

The other block consists of Russia, China, Iran, and other countries favorable to a multipolar world order.

Let’s call them the BRICS+, which stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, and other interested countries.

Algeria, Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, the UAE, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, and numerous others have expressed interest in membership of BRICS.

BRICS+ is not a perfect label, but it’s a decent representation of the countries favorable to the multipolar world order.

While there already is friction in free trade — sanctions, tariffs, export bans, nationalizations, embargoes, strategic competition, etc. — between NATO/West and BRICS+, I expect it to grow substantially as the multipolar world order emerges.

That will have serious consequences for commodities, which BRICS+ dominates.

As tensions between NATO & Friends and BRICS+ continue to rise, I expect it to disrupt commodity trade between the two further.

Supply disruptions mean higher prices. That’s an outcome I think we can bet on.

I expect countries in both geopolitical blocks will increasingly focus on securing critical commodities and ensuring access to stable supplies.

Unfortunately, most people have no idea what really happens when the world order changes, let alone how to prepare…

The coming crisis will be much worse, much longer, and very different than what we’ve seen since World War II.

Countless millions throughout history were wiped out financially — or worse — as the world order changed because they failed to see the correct Big Picture and take appropriate action.

Don’t be one of them.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/graveyard-empires-top-investments-world-order-collapses

MY COMMENT: This is very likely THE REASON most of the biggest banks like Wells Fargo are setting up new booths for "wealth management  assistance" which includes options for foreign currency exchange options to swap with the US Dollar. Yes footage of this has been leaked online, along with whistleblowers working for some of the banks. They are getting ready for the time Americans start to panic and for bank runs. At the point they do this "Great Reset" and the BRICS+ nations announce their new gold-backed currency expect American and European banks to shut down temporarily to transition. Lots and lots of Westerners are going to lose their wealth and there will be assigned "wealth management" teams to transition them into exchanging currency or owned assets so they can keep living while the Western world faces rations and austerity measures.

Point is this: get whatever you need NOW, have backups of what you need, you should focus on all basic essentials and have at least one year backup of supplies. The more, the better.

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 >>/90725/
SOCIETAL COLLAPSE INCOMING
get ready bros
this is the big 1
2 moar weeks