Oligarchy’s Last Stand? Open Your Eyes!
— Spend hours, days even, examining this map
This map is a game-changer in several ways:
The first realization is today’s technology allows for bridging the narrow and shallow Bering Straights so as to connect Russia’s Chukotka Peninsula with the Seward Peninsula in Alaska. Hey, not a bad idea!
The second consideration is climate change warming will make inevitable the need for constructing this connection. Not only will it be viewed feasible, but necessary.
A third factor is the staunch realization we, as people, for lots of reasons, are a lot closer to each other today than we have accepted in previous years.
The fourth eye popper is, yes, we really could work together!
New Silk Roads (NSR)
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The amazing map represents the ultimate realization of China’s world-changing dream project. To date, it has gone by several names. The essential concept is to reopen the ancient land and sea Silk Road trading routes but doing this by emphasizing non-intrusive banking coupled with utilizing green infrastructure technology.
The concept was first called One Belt, One Road (OBOR). Next, it was called the Belt Road Initiative (BRI). The New Silk Roads (NSR) rapidly seems like it’s becoming popular the way to describe this earth-changing project.
First step for China’s implementation was to create a Eurasian alliance with Russia. This was easily accomplished given both nations share a multipolar perspective on how the world, as a whole, should be organized and governed. Neither China or Russia views itself from a one world dominion perspective, so the alliance between the two super power nations has worked out nicely (see recent document signed by Xi and Putin just before the 2022 Olympics).
The New Silk Roads Flies Several Balloons on One String
Importantly, not only does the world get nicely linked (see map), but several balloons get flown on one string: a) enhanced stability of sovereign nations due to enhanced trade and improved economies; b) less burdensome levels of global financing for needed projects; c) increased production with greater distribution but with much less pollution in the process; d) improved academic standards as nations interact to support each other; and e) better performing economies due fewer wars, proxy wars and military skirmishes.
The Odd Man Out
Having become an imperialist unipolar nation historically getting what it wants by flexing economic and military muscle, the US opposes The New Silk Roads. As an example, examine how Iran serves as an NSR gateway connecting the wider Middle East into The Stan and Lower Asian regions. Think of all the US v. Iran conflicts. Also conflicted is Turkey, and it also is an important gateway.
Other areas of potential conflict include the China v. US disputes relative Asian naval sea navigation. Also, the extent to which the US today is militarizing in Africa, this while China is builds navigational facilities throughout Africa.
But in the world of economic dominos, India will become the game-changer. The current fastest-growing world economy, India will find it necessary to repair many of its longstanding conflicts with China so it can come on board for integral NSR participation. India will play a very important NSR role.
Once India goes full throttle NSR, tremendous pressure will fall upon wider Europe to enjoin. Given the inherent needs of Europe, despite how much the US hems and haws, there will be no way it can resist participating.
When this happens, ultimately, the US will find itself on the losing end. It could easily become the odd man out. At some point the US Petro Dollar, which is essentially backed by debt, will come into direct conflict with the growing Chinese Yuan which is backed by gold.
One has to wonder about China and Russia’s gold producing capability. How will this factor into the world’s future?
Future Prospect — Oligarchy’s Last Stand
The multipolar Russia and China vs. the unipolar United States make the possibility of serious war very real. If you think about it, and the way both China and India are growing, only a largescale military conflict will serve to disrupt New Silk Roads mo-mo.
US oligarchy has pretty much had a free ride for the past 100 years. It has done very, very well. For too long it has nourished at the world resource feeding trough. Look how it raped the mineral resources of third world nations while exploiting slave labor in the process. For example, compare the amount of wealth extracted out from Africa to the current impoverished economies of the African nations. Also, rather check an eye to America’s S&P Index, check out Africa’s Medium Age Index. It’s pretty much the same with the Latin and South Americas.
Our world simply cannot sustain a condition whereby only a very few benefit at the sacrifice of everyone else, especially now that we’re living under climate changing conditions. Pretty much, unless America changes its attitude, the future will look like this:
Good luck to us all! The world will only improve if we in society adopt the attitude: Down With Oligarchy!
