Why is Korea Not Breeding? Part II Analysis, Solutions, and Lessons If you prefer the audio of this article, click here. Find part I of this article here. In the last article, we examined the Korean national character. In this article, we will show why that character has been crushed by liberalism. We will then examine what
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Empire of Dollars 6 Part 6: The dollar weapon (1 of 2) The Gauls used the double-edged long sword to advance through modern-day Italy to overrun the Roman army and sack the city of Rome. The British had the Maxim gun and the Enfield rifle which allowed them to conquer vast swathes of the
The Right’s Future Must be Parallel, and Counter-Revolutionary What I Told National Conservatives in Brussels Last week I travelled to Brussels to attend the National Conservatism Conference. I was slated to speak on a panel on “The Future of Conservatism.” Whether the panel would actually happen seemed in doubt for much of the time I was there, since
Empire of Dollars 5 How the United States of America maintains control of the global monetary system - part 5: The petrodollar The petrodollar system is the practice of trading oil for U.S. dollars, and U.S. dollars only.[1] The petrodollar system was the result of a bilateral trade agreement the United
Gaza and the laws of war As the father of a toddler, I am obviously distressed to hear that toddlers are being maimed and killed by bombs paid for by my tax dollars. I want this shambolic slaughter-circus to stop. I think every institution involved in it, from UNRWA to the UN to Hamas to the
Interview: Ryszard Legutko Liberal Democracy, Communism, and totalitarian temptations in free societies In my recent essay “Poland and the Demon in Democracy” I discussed the political turmoil happening in Poland through the lens of Polish philosopher Ryszard Legutko’s 2016 book The Demon in Democracy: Totalitarian Temptations in Free Societies. After the essay
Why Olaf Scholz is not a "peace Chancellor," why Ukraine still stands a good chance of getting their cruise missiles, and why the entire debate surrounding Taurus is such a riddle The Taurus leak continues to dominate German headlines. It is an incredible embarrassment for the Luftwaffe, and for the Scholz government it is yet another in a long line of unwelcome crises. Some have ventured to characterise Olaf Scholz as the “peace Chancellor,” opposed to war-hawks like Emmanuel Macron, who
Putin and Biden are two sides of the same oppressive coin The American right suffers from a chronic failure of knowing what time it is, and nothing revealed that fact more clearly than the recent death of the Russian dissident Alexei Navalny. Navalny, the 47-year-old outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin, died suddenly while serving a long prison sentence on charges of
Clearpill yourself on Gaza "You just like to see tanks pop their turrets while the driver bakes." Are you an American or European? Do you have feelings about the war in Gaza? Stop. You shouldn’t. You should be totally clear on the question—in the Scientology sense. Your Kantian moral imperative is to
After a 17-hour meeting to address the escalating migrant crisis, German federal and state politicians produce a 5000-word resolution that promises nothing and offers no meaningful solutions at all On Monday, negotiators from the German federal and state governments met to hammer out a solution to the migration crisis. The states themselves have been overwhelmed by the flood of refugees, whose numbers exceed all available infrastructure and financial resources. The federal government – the worst we have had since 1949
The European Union walks back its ruinous proposal to mandate minimum energy efficiency standards for buildings, as the political will for climate policies continues to crumble across the West Climatism is slowly dying, and the only remaining question is how long it will yet linger and how much damage it will do before it is gone. Everything that comes out of Brussels is a foul multilayered onion. On the outside is the laughable impossible childish impossible utopian idealism. As
First Nord Stream, now Balticconnector: What is happening to European Baltic gas pipelines? On 26 September 2022, the Nord Stream pipelines bringing Russian gas to Germany via the Baltic Sea were attacked in a series of clandestine bombings. According to Seymour Hersh, the sabotage was planned by the Biden administration in late 2021, and carried out by U.S. Navy divers in collaboration
The Last Days Of The Not My Problem Bros? As the good ship Dissident Right sails ever deeper and more precariously into the uncertain maelstrom of geopolitical tumult, my mind keeps returning to the beginning of the Russia/Ukraine war. As ever, when such happenings happen, factions are formed and friendships broken as everyone gets their takes in and
Hard Lessons from Israel’s High-Tech Border Failure Thoughts on complex systems, failure cascades, and the international order Over the last two weeks, I have, like everyone else, been closely following Hamas’ horrific attack on Israel and the resulting war. So many others have already done an eloquent job covering it at a general level that I’m
Is Woke Putting the Zionism Away? Before starting, it is worth stating for the record that I am truly neutral in this conflict as I have mentioned many times on my shows and that the only true position is to defend your own people and not the causes of outgroups. I have told people not to
The very same Europe that stopped travel over a virus cannot close its borders against the global south, even as the failure to do so threatens the viability of establishment parties and the EU itself Europe has entered its second great migration crisis since 2014. Numbers are now at levels not seen since the aftermath of the Libyan civil war in 2014. Here, from the Italian Institute for International Political Studies, is a graph of migrant arrivals in Italy from January 2010 through September 2023:
IM-1776: The Edward Luttwak Tapes The paradox of American power I recently had the privilege of interviewing Edward Luttwak for IM-1776 (The Edward Luttwak Tapes). Edward Luttwak is an expert in international relations and military strategy, who first rose to prominence at the age of 26 with the publication of his first book, Coup d’
Empire of Dollars 4 How the United States of America maintains control of the global monetary system - part 4: U.S. Treasury bonds It is a mistake to think of the U.S. dollar as just one thing, as in just a unit of currency, because it is not. It is various nodes
Welcome To The New Current Thing My initial thoughts on the new conflict in the Middle East and what will surely become the new Current Thing Well, folks, it’s official — The New Current Thing is finally here. The New Thing arrived on my social media feed in the guise of a mutilated corpse of a
Preface to Asia, Europe, Japan, by Ōkawa Shūmei "World history in the true sense of the word is nothing other than the history of the confrontation, antagonism, and unification of East and West." Preface to Asia, Europe, Japan Ōkawa Shūmei1 Subscribed For the past year, I have in more than ten lectures in various places striven solely to
Empire of Dollars 2 How the United States maintains control of the global monetary system - part 2: An overview of the benefits of the dollar system to the United States 2. An overview of the benefits of the dollar system to the United States Debt, Consumption and Sustainability Currently, the U.S. runs
THE ( NOT SO ) YELLOW PERIL A specter hangs over the East. Tyranny, Despotism, immorality, degeneracy, disregard for the sanctity of life, and a burning desire to conquer and sweep away all that is good in the world. Only one thing stands between us and them: figuring out who ‘they’ actually are. We seem to think
Empire of Dollars How the United States maintains control of the global monetary system - part 1: Introduction and overview 1. Introduction The United States is the dominant superpower in the world today, a position it has held since the end of World War II. The United States’ gross domestic product (GDP) is
OVERSEAS INTERVENTIONS BY THE US: PART 3 Nicaragua Nicaragua is a country whose relations with the U.S. stretch back many years. The United States occupied Nicaragua from 1912 to 1933. During World War II, Nicaragua offered a second line of defense for the Panama Canal, protecting American control of the isthmus and shipping by allowing the
Overseas Interventions by the United States: part three Nicaragua and Argentina Nicaragua Nicaragua is a country whose relations with the U.S. stretch back many years. The United States occupied Nicaragua from 1912 to 1933. During World War II, Nicaragua offered a second line of defence for the Panama Canal, protecting American control of the isthmus and shipping
PUTIN IS UPENDING THE TABLE Much is afoot in international markets, this much is obvious. Between existing inflationary pressures to supply chains, fiat currency printing, and financial market troubles in regional markets (notably China’s property sector, and Turkish currency devaluation), there would already be a bumpy few years in our collective economic future. Then
How the United States Gained Control of the Global Monetary System: part three Stage 3 - The 1971 Nixon Shock free, text Stage 3 1971 Nixon Shock Summary of Key Points * The fiat dollar is born * Removing the link to gold allows for infinite expansion of the money supply and money creation no longer has any restraints With the Federal Reserve system now
How the United States Gained Control of the Global Monetary System: part two Stage 2 - The 1944 Bretton Woods Conference free, text Stage 2 1944 Bretton Woods Conference Summary of Key Points * The U.S. dollar becomes the world reserve currency. * In the aftermath of World War II, American power is now formalised in the eyes of the world and the United
How the United States Gained Control of the Global Monetary System: part one Introduction; Stage 1 - The 1913 Federal Reserve Act Introduction In this series I will attempt to explain how the United States gained control of the global monetary system, at least as this humble author sees it. The monetary system is, at its core, a dollar-based, central bank controlled, fiat
Overseas Interventions by the United States: part two Chile, Philippines and Iran Part two of this series will deal with the United States’ interventions in Chile, the Philippines and Iran. A variety of influences, state and non-state, are at work and on display in these operations. America’s exploits in Chile and Iran were seen as textbook, covert
Overseas Interventions by the United States: part one Introduction; Guatemala and Indonesia Introduction In this series I will examine America’s numerous overseas interventions, the reasons, and the purpose for their involvement in these foreign countries and how these interventions have destabilised those respective countries to one degree or another. This series also explores how the American empire
The Line The Great Wall of Arabia “The Line” megaproject was brought to my attention again recently: There has been a lot of commentary around “The Line” that goes like: “It’s dystopia city! The Great Reset!” Well, maybe it is that, too, but I think it’s quite obviously something else—