1.4 Geopolitical reset
They made a great point right off the bat. There's no new world order, just chaos. I agree completely. What's scary is I don't think we've seen the worst of it. Of course, they talk about nationalism as if it's a bad thing. Look there's nothing wrong with a government taking care of their citizens, ALL of them. If governments spent more time tending to their own citizens, there wouldn't be war. There would be no sticking noses where they don't belong. There certainly wouldn't be refugees.
They talk about 'Post COVID-19 Anarchy'. As I said above, I don't think we've seen the worst yet. Once American citizens, I can't speak for other folks of other countries, when we have to pay 35% to 50% of our resources to feed our families so our kids don't starve, you will know violence. The Yellow Vest Protest will look tame. The level of violence parents of a hungry child will go to is unimaginable for the average person without children to comprehend.
1.4.1 Globalization and nationalism
Since the 1990s I have watched a variety of things happen. I didn't know it was globalization, but what I saw was numerous companies moving to countries where they could exploit people at will because the labor was cheap. China is one of the main ones. There were contracts mutually agreed upon. So the garbage about China stealing our technology is just that, garbage. Both sides were free to walk away at any time.
The next paragraph was a run-on of complete insanity. Globalization has not lifted anyone out of poverty. I will include links to a couple of documentaries that show how wonderful globalization has helped people in Africa and its many states. How about India and their farmers have faired? Wait I almost forgot, most of them end up committing suicide. Yet these two over-educated jackasses think that globalization has lifted people out of poverty. Ever since globalization has there has been an uprise in suicides across the world. Things got so bad in China that Apple had to put nets under windows because their employees would jump out of the windows. On second thought, perhaps globalization has helped grow companies so they could offer a wider variety of products. Is it really worth it? The EU (European Union) has been one of the biggest facilitators of slave labor. Bangladesh had a clothing factory in which the owners of the building knew the problems. Ignored them. The EU and other governments turned a blind eye in exchange for cheaper products for their citizens. I find the idea that it's okay to exploit poor citizens as long as it's not in your country to be arrogant. As long as the bourgeois doesn't see it or know about it, it doesn't exist or matter is a mindset that has sprung forward from globalization.
1.4.2. Global governance
They dressed this issue up like it was a prized pig. I will pass. The idea that a singular body of unelected people would rule over all citizens is ridiculous. NO! Each country should have its own government itself. Now there should be rules regarding the war that all nations agree upon. Oh wait, we do have that, it's called The United Nations. For what good they do when one or two groups such as NATO will just ignore the UN. Such as our government often imposes sanctions on governments at will rather approved or not by the UN or not. Granted an individual government can sanction a foreign corporation but not the home country of that corporation. Sanctioning governments are supposed to be done by the International Court or The United Nations. Not that this agreement has stopped Washington DC from sanctioning other governments. And it certainly didn't stop Nikki Haley from threatening other representatives after a vote held at the UN after she was first appointed a representative to the United Nations for America.
Nationalism isn't a threat to globalism. Not by any means. There's nothing wrong with citizens being proud of their nation and what they have accomplished collectively. When you have a nation with leaders who don't think of what's best for their citizens, you're going to have a disaster. Anger among the citizens who feel ignored by their officials. Just look at America. We have lost control of our government, while it's doubtful we ever had control of it.
1.4.3. The growing rivalry between the US and China
This rivalry has gotten ridiculous. The US government puppets continually push the narrative that China committed intellectual theft of our technology. No, they didn't. I say that because there has been zero evidence to support that claim. I am not saying deals weren't cut between the Chinese government and Tech companies. There was without a doubt. The Chinese citizens have not financially benefited as much as the government and companies have. Yes, the standard of living for people in China has gone up. And the standard of living for us is falling.
The U.S. government and the Chinese government aren't as different as they pretend to be. While China used harsher and direct methods of controlling its citizens, the American government uses methods that achieve the same purpose. The west uses technology such as television programming, the internet, and social media to control the population. We know that if all else fails, there's prison or asylums for the mentally challenged. Of course, let's not forget Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. Obama renewed the NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act) which included Veterans as possible "terrorists". If that isn't insulting I don't know what is. China, however, we saw them literally wield apartments closed during the pandemic last year. There are issues with the way citizens treat Uyghurs. Detention centers were opened to hold them until they adopt the 'correct thought'. We also accepted them at Guantanamo Bay where we housed them for China under both Bush and Obama. I will say this again, the two governments aren't that different. Another similar problem they share is their unwillingness to remember the countries in the South Pacific region. You know Malaysia, Sumatra, and Cambodia just to name a few. These countries are independent legitimate governments with citizens to think about. These folks are the ones who would suffer the most from a war between China and America. I am not saying that the Chinese government isn't thinking about them nor am I saying they are thinking of them. I know for a fact the American government doesn't give a damn about these folks. I was an American do care about these folks. They are families just like we are. They have just as much right to live in peace as we and the mainland Chinese citizens have. In the book there was Wang Huiyao, President of the Center for China and Globalization and Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong both expressed concerns about the tension between China and America in 2020. There's also the Dean of Peking University's School of International Studies Wang Jisi also expressed concerns about the tensions. They aren't sure about which country is right or wrong. Does it really matter? We are talking about an all-out war here and the countries in the region will be immediately affected.
The next section poses situations of each country winning. I am going to say this once more, America isn't up to going to war with China. October will make 20 years we've been in Afghanistan. March was 18 years in Iraq. And we've been in Syria for ten years. We don't have military power in human terms. China has spent 20 years building and innovating its military. They have expanded business ventures into Africa as well as the China Silk Road which will expand their business, agriculture, and military power across the Middle East and into Europe. Not so much to dominate, rather have partners in open trade and military training exercises. There are others who would say China emerging as the winner would be kind of a fresh start for the Chinese economy. They responded quickly to the pandemic whereas we were slow to acknowledge there was even a problem. There are still those who deny there's a problem at all. Like the leader of India, Modi. He has his head so far up his ass he can't tell if it's day or night. That goes for here as well. Our leaders can't even agree where the illness came from. Or what to do in order to mitigate its financial fallout. One-time stimulus payment over and over or a recurring stimulus. To vent is not to vent. China dealt with the fallout immediately. A little heavy-handed, but effective. They have gone back to work. Actually, they were back on track by the end of Summer. Their techniques were extreme, but looking at us and other countries, maybe they were right. The World Health Organization has already wrapped up that part of its investigation into the origins of the virus. They haven't obtained access to our lab in Fort Detrick yet. Thus the investigation into the origins of the virus remains open. The flare-ups continue when people in America are ready to riot against the measures being taken to control the virus. Our government uses the virus as means of controlling us but China dealt with it swiftly and got its economy back on track.
So with that said, it's early but I have to admit China may come out the winner in this round. It gives me no joy to say an opponent has taken correct steps as opposed to us. We have become an arrogant quarreling pack of brats compared to the Chinese people.
1.4.4 Fragile and failing states
This section again had a great deal of promise. They talked about how African states failed the pandemic insanity. What they didn't talk about so much was why they failed. The authors didn't mention that some countries in Africa have been sanctioned, exploited, and vaccinated to no end. Their economies and immune systems didn't have a chance. The agricultural sector has been destroyed by GMOS which has ruined their soil. These things to me are a contributing factor to the problems in Africa. Latin America is no better off. Sure, countries who play ball by Washington DC's rules which change without notice, are doing okay. Look at how these countries were doing in the 50s and up to the 80s. You will see a difference. We are going to close this section out with this, the authors talked about how certain people used the pandemic to push their agenda. If that's not the pot calling the kettle black. This whole book is about pushing for a fourth industrial revolution which Klaus Schwab wrote a book about, now this opportunistic jerk is writing a follow-up book to get that revolution going. What to hell are we doing here? We are going headfirst into Schwab's trap.
The next section is about the environmental reset. I doubt there will be an agenda there.
Bibliography
Schwab, K., & Malleret, T. (2020). COVID-19: The Great Reset. Forum Publishing.
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