Posted on 07/07/2022 6:03:02 AM PDT by JonPreston
The US and its Nato allies deservedly won the Cold War. The western values of democracy, freedom, human rights, rule of law and market economy prevailed over the Soviet Union’s communist totalitarian system. The latter imploded, broken by its inefficiencies, miscalculation, military overstretch, and delusions. Germany was reunified and the Warsaw Pact dissolved; not a single shot was fired.
Three decades on, the global political and economic landscape could hardly be more depressing. The so-called US-led rules-based world order is crumbling. Globalisation seems to be in retreat, economic and energy supply chains have been disrupted, and a global recession is looming. The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the global economy and social cohesion to unprecedented stress, and democracy also appears to be in retreat.
US President Joe Biden is attempting to save his country from itself, and there are increasing doubts that he will run for a second term. In France, President Emmanuel Macron often has the right insights and always attempts to offer a vision, but he is alone in Europe, and weakened in his own country following an inconclusive election. As for Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Britain, no further comment appears necessary; politically, he is a dead man walking.
Germany is led by an uninspiring and uncharismatic Olaf Scholz, conditioned by a heterogeneous coalition that seems in a state of shock and unable to regain the leadership of the continent. Former European Central Bank president Mario Draghi leads Italy. He is a lauded technocrat, but considering the economic clouds that are gathering, he could become the country’s next insolvency liquidator. The EU, meanwhile, lacks vision and leadership.
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duh!
Meant to ping you.
Marco buried his lead
I started to laugh when we got to the part of Joe Biden saving the country from itself.
Sometimes when you get to a bump like that you just turn around and leave.
The US, as ramrod for blowing up Minsk II instigating the problem in Ukraine, is eventually going to get kicked out of Europe by popular demand. The UK govt. fell apart already. On deck...Germany, France, Italy, US, etc.
Say goodbye to reserve currency, petro-dollar. Tick tock.
‘The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the global economy and social cohesion to unprecedented stress, and democracy also appears to be in retreat.’
false; lunatic doctors and politicians exposed the global economy and social cohesion to unprecedented stress...
The globalists are after Putin because he won’t play along.
I reached the same point and stopped. So much promise. It’s the leftist mind though so expected. When they are not getting their way and in power, no matter the results (strong economy, no war, crime in retreat, low fuel prices and inflation), they feel that the World needs to be saved.
When their guy comes in and his policies fail miserably and things go to hell, it’s not his or her fault. Oh no, it’s that we just didn’t listen to the message and failed to let him or her save us.
What economists call a “soft landing” of the world economy appears increasingly out of reach. The calculus of liberal democracies with regards to the outcome of the Ukraine conflict, Russia’s collapse, global unity and the capacity to diversify energy supplies, have so far turned out to be wrong. There was no prediction made on the global impact of sanctions.
The EU, G7 and Nato recently held their own summits, where everything appeared to be business as usual; not a single shred of evidence emerged about a forthcoming policy review. Western leaders prefer to keep going with their miscalculations, incompetence and delusions. Their policy has been reduced to a variation of “let’s try and see what happens” - on a global scale.
The summer may buy them some time, but come autumn, they should prepare for the pitchforks. Not to worry, though - they will blame Russian President Vladimir Putin all the way, and most people will believe them.
You mean calling Putin a racist, toxic white male didn’t shame him into stopping his invasion of Ukraine. Well, he is going to get it now!!! He is so cancelled. Just wait until the Oscars when Hollywood actors denounce him during their acceptance speech. That will get um so bad!
‘false; lunatic doctors and politicians exposed the global economy and social cohesion to unprecedented stress...’
with all due respect, of course, to the resident FR cowerer in the corner, Owen...
Everyone gets it wrong to think that there are opposing sides, in this.
Yes, he’s a nationalist and that’s intolerable to internationalists.
Please explan what you mean by that.
Say what? This is where I stopped reading.
I mean that everything that the Biden administration has done has been in support of this “invasion”. Putin met with Biden at least twice before conflict started in Ukraine. Putin had to know what he was dealing with, in Biden, and, I am sure, laid out the terms.
Putin, Russia and China are going to get everything they want out of this. Any “opposition” is just billions being stolen along the way.
That’s the conclusion I have come to, at least.
The EU, meanwhile, lacks vision and leadership.
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The EU and the “West” don’t lack vision —they have a vision that’s wrong: socialism; medical and environmental hysteria; LGBT; free speech only for the left; and depopulation by abortion and muslim immigration.
Its 30 years later, and the Western political class became the neo-marxist globalist ideologues and empire builders.
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