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Feb 3Liked by Kevin Batcho

I re-read your article several times to fully internalize it. It is pure gold of essential knowledge for those who actually want to understand the workings. Same for your previous piece on GRCs.

So you mentioned the “Opening Round”. Do you have any thoughts on the post-Opening Phase?

I’m simply asking because I think you are correct in your assessment of China as of today, but over years / decades China is facing a major population crisis that might impact their current manufacturing capabilities. I reckon that other countries will face similar issues as well.

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Thank you so much! I was thinking I would have to develop some ideas on the second phase as I was writing that paragraph.

China itself will go through a financialization phase but that is still a ways off. It will all come down to unity. If China does not attempt to become a sole hegemon, in essence a new primal father, then it will have a better chance of keeping the horde together. There could then be a paradigm shift into a new multipolar global order. It also depends on whether the US tries to undermine and resist the new order or if it accepts it new position as one of many nations. Then again, the US itself may fragment and Balkanize. I'll have to think about it!

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deletedFeb 2Liked by Kevin Batcho
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Thanks. Yes, there is a fundamental contradiction in the US. They want their woke financialization but they also want war. At some point they will have to make a choice between the two.

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