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The bumpy road ahead for the world economy

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 Thanks to Saint Jimmy (Russian American) for recommending this article... The bumpy road ahead for the world economy by   Gail Tverberg In the post-World War II era, the US has been known for its hegemony–in other words, its leadership role in the world economy. According to  one definition , hegemony is the political, economic, and military predominance of one state over other states. I believe that the US is not far from losing its hegemony. The conflict over future hegemony could lead to a major war. Hegemony is surprisingly closely tied to leadership in energy consumption. A country with a high share of the world’s energy consumption doesn’t have to depend on imported goods and services from around the world. It can manufacture weapons of war, if it chooses, in as large quantities as it chooses, without waiting for outside suppliers. One part of today’s problem is the fact that the world’s fossil fuel supply, particularly oil, is becoming depleted. Extraction is not rising suffici

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Madness Is Irreversible When It Is Wrongly Explained

  Madness Is Irreversible When It Is Wrongly Explained By  Wayne Lusvardi A Faustian (or Faucian) Bargain : you must give up your soul or life in exchange for worldly, material benefit –  Goethe, Faust: A Tragedy . Americans finds themselves unable to explain the following madness they see daily piped into their homes electronically: Socially engineered inflation of prices for food, gasoline, electricity, etc. Tyrannical medical care of anyone hospitalized including isolation and lethal dosage medication, usurpation of their own doctor, and death from hospital-created sepsis bacterial infection from intubation/ventilation, not virus. Twenty-two high tech corporations funding  $82 billion  to Black Lives Matter to foment anti-race riots and destroy small business in Blue cities. Big Pharma drug companies that control WHO and the CDC, declaring a pandemic resulting in injection mandates to keep a job, martial law, closure of only small businesses while wealth was transferred to  493 new