Friday, January 17, 2020
Thinking about the peace ultimatum
Thinking about Putin's peace ultimatum.
Several random thoughts, probably wrong.
1. USA will not respond. We are utterly incapable of learning or adapting or surviving. We will continue serving Israel and obeying Hillary until we fully collapse.
2. Germany will respond positively and cautiously. China is a wild card. China is tied to Russia by the Silk Road, but China has its own incurably aggressive Deepstate. France may join Germany, especially after Macron has been replaced by something sane. Britain is in a state of flux. If Brexit actually happens, Boris will be free to make his own policy, but at the moment his own policy looks firmly tied to the dying USA.
3. There's an interesting semi-symmetry between hypersonic missiles and Reagan's SDI. Both are portrayed as an irresistible advance. SDI was mostly fake, but hypersonic is real.
4. Pipelines are another semi-symmetrical element. Reagan's campaign to ruin USSR used sabotage against Russian pipelines, and used Saudi to drop oil prices. Putin doesn't need to sabotage our infrastructure. EPA and NYC are doing the job beautifully, preventing new construction and halting maintenance of everything that helps the real economy and real humans. Instead, Putin is BUILDING Russian infrastructure, MAKING INSTEAD OF BREAKING. Putin has also made Russia less sensitive to oil prices by developing the rest of the economy into a fast-growing and varied set of SKILLS AND RESOURCES.
5. If Putin wins, this will be a massive victory for MAKERS against BREAKERS.
Labels: Make or break, skill-estate
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