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NORD STREAM AS A VERB

We learned from the German government’s complicity in the Biden Administration’s lethal economic attack on the Nord Stream project that Western political elites have no reservations about pushing their constituents into financial hardship. The material needs of the German working class were sacrificed on behalf of the perceived importance of maintaining Western hegemony. From Gaza to Kyiv, the evidence has become overwhelming that Western elites are desperate monsters drunk with the desire to maintain hegemonic power. Using “Nord Stream” as a verb defines an act taken by the ruling elite that is physically open, rhetorically clandestine, maintains a minimal degree of plausible deniability, and causes intentional pain to the working class. I suspect that, on some level, they wanted us to know that they blew up the pipeline as it demonstrated our inability to oppose their raw power.

THE TARIFF WAR ON CHINA

The Trump tariff operation was deliberately presented as an ill-conceived plan to reorganize the international economic infrastructure that the US and London orchestrated after the Second World War, However, a closer evaluation may reveal a much more sinister motive. Shortly after instituting the worldwide tariffs, the easily predictable market crashes seemed to force a desperate retreat with the conspicuous exception of China. The tariffs against China were immediately converted into an economic war against the ruling elite’s number one target. Sadly, many Westerners don’t understand that this “coincidence” indicates the likelihood of intention. As the economic war against China intensifies every few hours, the plight of the working class gets increasingly precarious. There is little question that this intentional decoupling from China will result in massive job loss and extreme inflation.

China’s military power and alliance with Russia, coupled with the crippling cost of maintaining wars in both Eastern Europe and The Middle East, seems to have deterred a direct military attack for now. With few other options, Western powers seem to have made a hasty decision to launch an economic war against China. The direct targeting of China was cloaked in a seemingly misconceived economic war on the entire world, but the rapid retreat from tariffs on everyone else coupled with the rapid increases on China makes the intended outcome obvious. The US ruling elite has decided to direct the pain onto the American consumer in one fell swoop. If you and I can forecast the disastrous results with no economic training, the people who designed the operation have surely gamed for it. The next move will be to pressure allies to sacrifice their economies and create a complete Western economic blockade. Meanwhile, the ruling elite gets their usual 2008 Covid crash-style finance opportunity. They drive the market and the price of assets to near zero and then repurchase everything for pennies on the dollar.

ECONOMIC DEPRESSION ON THE HORIZON

The ruling elite have decided to bite the bullet. Since they can’t extract themselves from the wars in Ukraine and Gaza and time is not on their side, they have concluded that the only option is to go after China now and accept the wrath of a working class that will be driven into economic desperation. The extreme circumstances will require creating the appearance of alliance, deliverance, and protection between the powerful and the powerless. The alliance narrative will be that China has launched an “unprovoked” economic attack on the US and the ruling elite are standing with the working class to face down and ride out this attack from "the other." The deliverance narrative will come in the form of a universal basic income, created by the Federal Reserve, and distributed in digital currency. How lucky are we? The people who are driving us into misery will rescue us by providing just enough money to pay our bills. Never mind the reality that we are paying those bills directly to that very same oligarch class.

THE APP - (A SIDE OF CONSPIRACY THEORY)

This new paradigm will make cell phones unaffordable so they will be distributed without cost by the government. This ushers in the protection element of the narrative which is by far the most significant. The COVID response, the Ukraine conflict, and the Gaza operation taught the government that a small portion of the working class will always see through their plans, push back, and work to educate others in hopes of creating a broad revolt. The protection narrative is the argument that the government is involved in censorship and oppression as a necessary means to protect citizens from misinformation, racism, and danger. Leaving the people with no means of creating an income stream, the monthly dispersion of digital funds can be used as a system of social credit. Free Government phones can be loaded with surveillance software. Since the phones that we currently pay exorbitant prices for are already loaded with surveillance software, this may not seem like an unreasonable intrusion. However, the coupling of a government digital currency app that provides the only available economic lifeline for most of the population with unlimited government surveillance, slams the door on dissent once and for all. The monthly dispersion of digital government funds into your phone app can be adjusted and/or restricted depending on the compliance level of each citizen. For example, a person who attends an antigovernment protest, posts information about the protest on social media, or even watches streams about the protest may see their monthly dispersal of funds reduced or otherwise restricted. As it will be nearly impossible to afford a personal vehicle, one could be restricted from using their digital currency for Uber-style transportation on the government-owned and operated driverless AI taxis. The distance or times that citizens are allowed to travel (e.g. 15 minutes cities) can be restricted. Alternatively, cooperation and compliance can be encouraged with a system of digital currency rewards. Reporting violations of government directives or actions of dissent can be rewarded with either a monthly or one-time increase in digital currency. Consent for placing additional personal information on the government app such as medical history, confirming that you took a recommended medical procedure, or even posting recommendations that others follow these procedures can be rewarded. I could continue ad infinitum with potential scenarios for government abuse and overreach but I think you get the point.

CONCLUSION

It seems clear that the ruling elite has decided to embark on an immediate full-spectrum economic war against China and accepted the associated economic calamity for the masses. I argue that they will need to act quickly and decisively to address the potential for a working-class revolt and the scenario that I have laid out should not be dismissed as an absurd conspiracy theory. The Empire's economic attack against the German people and the ever-expanding crackdowns against the same victimized group is the model that is being used to impoverish the working class of America and suppress the inevitable backlash from their predicament. Here's my guess, the management and maintenance of the government-issued digital currency app will be assigned to the Department of Homeland Security. And for one last bitter bite of the apple of oppression, most of the government employees will be fired and replaced with AI bots making it virtually impossible to call in and complain about problems. That also goes for Social Security, the IRS, and any other government Agency that requires a human voice for discernment. Have a nice day.