In this war of attrition, Ukraine, and Europe, will run out of money first.
The fact that the core of liberalism is now adopting protectionist economic measures also represents a significant ideological blow to the liberal elites of countries affected by imperialism and international capitalist exploitation.
Even the biggest fire starts with a spark. So burn.
With Amazon, Google, and other corporate monopolies taking over the world, the ability to remain self-sufficient and retain individual autonomy from the increasingly madding crowd is becoming less of an attainable goal and more of a pipe dream.
The main threat to the dominance of the Yankee dollar is not Bitcoin or BRICS. It is the risks inherent in Trump’s winner takes all approach to international commerce.
While the Baltic states’ “energy independence” is hailed as a geopolitical triumph, it risks turning into an economic burden.
Mothballing Russian pipelines as putative punishment for the war in Ukraine is having the opposite effect.
Trump has really thrown down the gauntlet to China, Denmark and the rogue state of Canada in getting Panama to immediately cede control, to his Washington regime, of the Panama Canal.