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twenty fifteen March, these seventieth anniversary of the conclusion of world war, two, which is generally acknowledged to have on September. Second, nineteen, forty five, so this coming September, hopefully you. I know you, your family's, your loved ones. Even your friend armies ground and say hey seventy years without a world war, we did. It then go to ECHO team. Indeed what it involves. This right now is the most peaceful, peaceful, time on earth in there. Three of the world yet unrecorded Schuman, human history, yeah, but we're not saying everything's, amazing, no and in a lot of people, probably want to here are some information about that. I think we mentioned in the video this week. We did. We did just one video on some past

causes of world war. Three, and we men this most peaceful time in history thing in that like a bomb to drop. So evolutionary psychologists Steven Pinker believes that violence has declined since the beginning of the human race, and when he's talking about violence, he isn't just referring to war large scale violence. He also attachment no punishment, murder rates, other stuff like that and because have stable governments in theory, providing mediation and deterring conflict because technology, he has given us a eight several wildly dip and ways to interact with each other and to take care of ourselves, because investments in health care, because it's possible to talk to someone all the way across the world. You know you can literally send a message to someone in Vietnam and just say: Sup,

holy things are great. I can imagine the listener and somewhat myself sitting here and going really the most peaceful time, though because you just you, think about all of the globe, the conflicts that are happening across the globe right now and all of the murder. You think well murder rates in the: U S, area, man. How is this possible? But you just have to think, it's been so much worse. Just I is a horrible word, but I was going to say civilized because their such connotation with that word by just that we human ten to walk around being other civilized to one another. Nowadays, large yeah I can just you can just imagine well, back in the day There was a little less of it. Well sure, there is still does occur. Of course, you know you made a great point earlier. This is to say that things are perfect by any means there are more slaves and absolute number than they have ever been before. Another

another horrible statistic about slavery, which we're gonna however, in some future episodes, another horrible statistic about slavery is that It is also now adjusted for inflation cheaper to buy a person than it has ever been before, which is just we're fine thing, a wild life. It's no secret is undergoing a mass extinction, a massive extinction and slowly oceans, acidifying riser, collapsing ecosystems and every people are often you listen. I guess and on where you are based, but people are often arguing about this in the room to be small minded political terms. Yes, I money a lot of times Any money is a motivating factor, an coarser still crushing poverty, but even with all

even with all those disasters things you listening to this by virtue of being alive right now, if you listen to this, when it comes out right, yes thing, then you are actually in pole position you're in a very good time in human history and we asked this week, met you- and I ask this week. How long is this gonna? How long were you gonna be able to write this year? We made seventy years. Can we make seventy and a half anyone- even I don't know The thing a lot of people believe the likelihood of this massive world scale war, the next one, a lot People believed that this next massive world scale war that there's a very little likelihood that it's going to actually happen because, of several things were going to get into a lot of them. But you know you just off the top of your head. You can think about. Well.

There are a lot of nukes and when there are a lot of nukes and a lot of different powers that have them generally, nobody is going to be lobbying. One around nuclear deterrence theory sure that that's a huge one reason this might not happen is because we all of these countries that are generally at odds with one another, at least politically or trading, and are dependent on one another to get their goods and sometimes even their services, there's what else been I d showing its is arguably more difficult to stir up the domestic population of the country, because these domestic populations, with a few notable exceptions, are, are much more likely to be informed about other areas of the world. So can be a little bit more difficult to think of a group of

human beings, as just these faceless things you're supposed to bar? Are you talking about some form of institutionalized racism to help a group of soldiers me? They are either opponents right, I used to happen, and that still does occur. I you know in modern times and in most countries, more time. That kind of uttering this is very interesting psychological propaganda thing, but I would argue that what is more important is the nature of injured state alliances, geyser every country is and like a gang or click or several you know you ve got the the non aligned countries before the fall of Libya. Who didn't wanna play ball. Areas western institutions. I don't think that's a secret then you have you, have all which is primarily commodity based organ right and training oil,

NATO, which kind of like a bunch of people who, before went out to a bar one night said: listen guys goes down. I got your bet. We have to jump you know even where's harrowing hid her well. Ok, so I will do might be a little bit of a crass analogy about international affairs in this This is very simplify. So here goes the idea of international relations, international affairs, I can be thought of through the analogy of a House party, a crowded house, part of K, a hundred and ninety three hundred ninety something depending on I guess, you're ideology of earth what you allow to be a country, Two hundred people show up to this house party some later than others some earlier than others and day.

Are under the impression that they're gonna have a great time, but they find out that there is less beer than they thought there was going to be. Oh, no and toilet paper right and somebody somebody's already like king, the kegs other people are in line and maybe they're play musical chairs lit up the stakes. What I'm saying is in this analogy: there are there. Finite amount of resources and a finite amount of influence, and so beer toil labour, whatever pretzels you can use, to fill in for Asia, or else can either get those the beer pretzels? By being a smooth her or giving the person. Maybe I don't know a couple ping pong ball, so they can They therefore ensure varied rattles this analogy whose whose houses it? Ah Now it would be a world. Do, I guess, in this knowledge right now, the there

couple answers we could do men would be like without doesn't belong to anybody. Man like earth. How he's been there? You can't like ten, the wind bra, then another argument, would be that the house will belong to whomever was the reigning superpower, which would make it Uncle SAM House allow, currently in I don't. I don't think there there are those are completely sustainable answer because again it out the best analogy with anyway. That's that's the point because these alliances, because of these agreements, a nation states or countries or whatever you want to call them. I have higher costs, are higher risk of gold to war it s. The idea of attacking France something century centuries, the centuries ago or earlier in time before NATO was much more feasible, even if it would a bad idea. Was much more feasible because it didn't autumn

quickly, meaning that the tenant of Europe is going to attack the earth. They one be verses, a hive, so those arguments for why the likelihood is lower. I but of course, the report to believe that is higher than ever before. Do the same, recent events right. We got lots of recent events, but I would also just throwing their at the end of what you're talking about with these alliances that sometimes as alliances I would say make it more likely that you have to respond if you're, a what's in your person being fostered stir even attacked but you're the policy of that place, or, no person in our analogies enraptured against you have to you, then flex up and at least Ellie you know stand in, the doorway and watch was happening with a threat. So am I think it's it's a weird. It's such a strange thing, international politics in- and

and policy in all the stuff. So they're, all these things happening, one that we ve looked at his Ukraine right, the annexation Crimea by Russia. Yes, that is a huge deal. A lot of people were looking at that and feel that is going to have much larger, consequences down the road, not that it has an already had huge consequences for the people of that area right, yet the issues there Emily we can get into some of the conspiratorial stuff about this later to, but the the issue in that case, being that for a while. Russia was saying these random, regular Joe too. Looks from Ukraine and ages. There separating grain is really good. Whatever those tat call units are no instability, yet I reminded me that is a deeper Manette shaggy song. It wasn't me

seven or are you gonna? Do it's like a frog voice, former marine Nega? Yet any so yeah crimea. We got that. That is those huge thing is probably the most well known things are we also have the South China see? That's another recent events that people are concerned about and then, of course there is the Islamic States, and then there is the person quality of Nuclear Korea, everybody's favorite, Political wildcard, brave, clear IRAN. Of course people are talking about a it, sir talking about that in politicians. Alot re ensue because of these in Recent tensions in these these various different fields and flee. People and smart people, young people at nonprofit, think tanks, professors

the academy in and military strategies to estimate that, where a few years ago, people would have said that a war is impossible large scale. World war is impossible. It's no longer impossible. So it's kind of like me from a green light to yellow light, so we want How this would happen where this would happen and see Whether there is any stuff. They don't want you to know when it comes to world war. Three! So, video that came out this week we looked at three flashpoints- is what we call them in place, where a council that is somewhat smaller on a global scale. Then just gets a rat in love and everybody gets involved. The first one of those was duration, currently going on between Russia and many of the states of NATO and NATO itself actually so the The Atlantic Treaty Organisation has been at least in

his opinion encroaching on some of their territory and pulling some states or countries that were a former Soviet, states into the fold of NATO right. And you know it it's one of those things where nobody likes it? encroaching on their territory if he ever played commanding, hunger, and you just did you shouldn't? Do it fighting move right So when you Russia's objecting to Lotta NATO's encroachment likely right, so Russia doesn't like what NATO is doing, but We should say here is that while NATO is this primary organization, this kind of poking it at Russia, the U S is really Russia's primary concern: primary balancing, Romeo rival, writer. We yet in its interest in it, you said,

It reminds me of an episode that we did earlier some long time. Listeners may remember this. We asked what, if the cold war ended and there's a very see very intriguing theory unless your house sold? I am on that, of course of Vladimir. Being a former KGB, man perhaps this idea, which is pretty wild, is that the KGB, never really ended at that. For the Soviet Union. He just went underground and prepared for a long con near the long deception, I think, is the name and the video area and that's the stuff of spy thoughts of political thriller but the one thing that is true, whether not you think the cold war ended, is that of the EU. Yes and Russia? For several reasons? In a few in a cup,

very specific areas, are the two rival superpower one in particular the most dangerous it safe. This that neither of these countries or these organizations, if you wanted to see NATO, a war, but both sea other as an aggressive, potentially d, equalising and dangerous force, so this something that we hear about a lot whenever domestic began to starch ramping up, which is legal in the: U S. Now it is used to not being ye ha, but whenever there's domestic propaganda being whipped up for a like Anti russian untie IRAN or anti whatever, then one thing that we hear about it. The? U S as the good guy attempting to contain or liberate, contain a dangerous country,

or liberate the people of the country or an area stuff like that, regime is bad. Oh yeah! That's all we said that before that are you can always tell how how your support? to feel about a government is how Ah there, what they're called? I guess they're, a regime, then The idea is that they need to be overthrown if it's an administration there just doing daren't azure laying along yet here governments than that's fine to be over watch out for regime. If anybody Is this something you're doing his regime? Beef, very careful get out get out now people do that know if you give refer to something like the this. I don't know the regime at been against is intolerable, Ellen Power regime through revenue. So I try, I still don't.

Entirely know what that's about, but I did that read. It was shut down for a few hours, several sub rabbits nothingness either. Nothing to see their continue until we find the earnings. Ok, well them. Take your word for it. So let's look at this from a different perspective, and this is something that you'll see people. Online when that, when they describe Russia or raw honour- or some a country that has a lot of attention with the west, though we have a map of all. The? U S bases at the border or an adjacent countries right, So imagine if there were some sort of Independent South America alliance that was very powerful, a south american neo logos and like this exists, but I mean with the amount of fire power right. Imagine it began we're throwing regimes in Central America. You know work its way up under his belief,

what them all the other stuff, and then it began positioning troops along the mexican border right of the United States. Yes, the! U S would U S would react adversely to say the least, and also set aside. No, yes, it is true that the U S is historically the primary force for coups in south and Central America. Yes, would then says unfortunately true yet well, we knew we get some episodes about some that specifically the nineteen fifty four coup, Guatemala was one we looked at Venezuela. We lived in a number of other places. School. The Americas doesn't help oh yeah, we did look Venezuela to so this the Russia is withering currently under some sanctions and Saudi Arabia is lowering of fossil fuel

we'll prices has dealt a heavy blow to Russia's economy, which depends upon energy exports. Iran is also not doing so well either. While this is weakened Russia, deep, violation of the country is massively in favour of loud mere problem. I know yet It sounds like the elections are fixed in. Maybe they are, but people are honestly on board with this guy they may seem to be. They at least soon to be additionally, when he sanctions, which were designed to weaken Russia, they ve worked there d have made an impact there was a side effect here. Yes, then may prove to be pretty severe. What we'll find out Russia made friends with other countries non western countries that they weren't Well, I guess they are always cooperating a bit with China and some of these countries, but the became pretty close with Syria, IRAN,

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some credit last. Your full policy to visit guy that comes less, give back for more info and eligibility yeah in those countries still have their tensions are all again for themselves by this kind of sanctioning or attempted isolation from the West can bring countries into a sort of the rival of rival, as my friend know, yet situation. So there are numerous regional proxy conflict between Russia and the west. This is absolutely not a secret. This is happening more or less continually writers cycle to throughout history. Most well known, as we said, currently occurs in Ukraine. This this means that several different ways that regional tensions. Could turn into a world war in Ukraine. So, for example, we found this great go on box dot com that show that

walks through the scenario where something could happen in Estonia. This is flew charged by gaining MAX Fischer, who all reference later and Javier Tsar Siena? This is pretty recent, but most of the people who do we're games or work on scenarios here in the west. Do you think of the idea of a war between the? U S and Russia. Oddly enough, it starts in Estonia because I'm just for some reference, if you don't know where Estonia is, if you think, map, and you can find Finland. It is This below south of Finland across the Baltic Sea and on the border of Russia, rushes to the east, yes, and This is part of NATO. That means the? U S and most of Europe are obligated to defend it from any attack and NATO has shipped military equipment there to deter possible russian aggression

as you know, was part of the Soviet Union. Nato's fear is that Russia could attempt to. Motivate the the Estonians russian population to become separatist or that want to organise, with Russia kind of like what happened in eastern growing much in the same way, at least that's what appears to have happened in Ukraine, the danger here is that this week, violence because again it and count if factors, draws in rather NATO itself and the U S that this good spiral out of control in from a regional conflict into a full war, when it's interesting about the way. These scenarios, often work out, is that mostly scenarios factor in the concept that an accident would happen, something unforeseen something innocent well

maybe innocence the wrong word, but something not purposeful. Like a meteor collision bombers, void in the wrong place- Military exercise gets out of control, which are already kind of dangerous games to begin where here, but when it happens affairs that failure to communicate, then it could become a incredibly dangerous situation very, very quickly the majority is really good. You guys make sure you had gone over to vocs dot com and give it a look. It's it's just and terrifying to see this written out the way that it is because the whole thing he at least beginning hinges on how NATO would react to approach from the estonian people from the ethnic restaurant or only russian population, by just how they would react to this so either way that I there way. That's me

who handles is no. Of course Moscow would react. So the protest, my dissipate and lead the peace which would be ideal, Moscow might warn, however, of intent genocide and fire up the protesters more. The clashes could start to lead to violence and in the EU would have a reaction or NATO would have a reaction right, yeah man, can we do you all the way down to in June, are you getting involves other NATO countries getting involves there really crazy. It it just hops down, then there's war between Russia and Estonia and ultimately NATO. Then no invades part of Russia. I mean it's crazy, just go through all of these possible things to the limit, nuclear war, that might happen with small tactic nukes right and it's so

its there's, a lot of detail. We brought you won't be able to go into all of you ought to check it out, but then there there will be a constant given take of calculations that would lead from limited war in this. At the Parson ladys of of large scale nuclear deployment, one of the more dangerous things being that Russia could deploy the debt. And system or it could be triggered other a mass of attack against the country or this also frightening that Russia could lose control over its nuclear weapons and agenda somewhere else, which we'll talk. A little bit further. The end result, then, being the possible the if one nuclear and follow. Ok, so why? While this tension- which gives us from the russian point of view the? U s- is attempting I deeply damaging civilization, as we know it is, is if not destroyed, proof,

found. Damage tat were now and follow, ok, so while this tension, which gives us from the russian point of view the? U s- is attempting to establish a hedge money. Make Russia like a client state a whole western institutions are both the government kind and the corporate kind, but from the western perspective, during countries, eastern european countries, NATO members and so on, need to be protected from russian expansionism, and both sides have some valid points there but the single most dangerous path. Only in this conflict is, is the one that everybody thinks up when you think of world WAR, three. Gather the nuclear option. The nuclear option is the most dangerous one that currently exist on this planet. If it's a mess up in real possibility. Yeah, it's not a it's, not as a pair

or inevitable, a possibility, as some Fear mongers would have us think, but here's the deal countries that have nuclear weapons. Openly have nuclear weapons openly right yak. Is it such a secret but of the country they do have nuclear weapons and having them the? U S, and Russia control. Ninety five percent of the world's nuclear arsenal is so they have all of the big guns. Luckily, there is this- this was also an article by the same rigour MAX Fisher, there's a couple scientists named J, all Felder who estimated the probability of war to be about eleven percent. Overall, with an eighteen percent of either side using nuclear weapons of war occurs, and there was the two percent chance that this nuclear war would occur between Russia and the? U S, that's pretty good! It's pretty good! It's pretty good!

We got a grisly comparison there to hear her job, for comparison, that is about twice the odds of dying in a car crash. But in this car crash everybody's the car everybody dies or many people die majority. So that's that's all little bit of a high level like Russian, of course, there's more there, that we could spend entire pie, Has signed, let's shift or less? I should like to say I towards China the? U S, Japan and some of the other asian alliances, regent. So there's this comes up the time that we see this. For years we did and earlier video on whether China was colonizing Africa in China's defiling doing resource extraction there, oh yeah on high a large level wet, and you can

you well. It is true that other, like large companies are also doing resource extraction there too. But this of China's rise is an emergent superpower, aim to establish regional hegemony over EAST Asia. From comes up and again sickly and its controversial in China's disputes right now. It's most controversial and chinese disputes over naval territory. Right yeah, you mentioned the self trying and who owns this? Does anyone own this who has the right to put their military ships in this space and yeah? There's been lots and if we do that over the years a lot recently The things we found in our video is that it seems to be a popular belief, at least among the chinese citizenry, that the end the officials even that there

there will be unnecessary, necessary war between the United States and China right. The idea that the? U S is hampering China's growth, cutting it off from trade opportunities seeking to contain the country's influence, coincides with Chinese or indeed in investment in Scald ISA trickle warfare in informing bilateral relationships or strengthening bilateral relationships with other countries outside the? U S, and there there's some great. This improved information can read about this that I fascinating blight. Also could be scary, stuff, ever gets used. Things you in even noted in there is at the service of the citizens to have that opinion that this war will eventually be necessary. Believe that China would be victorious right

It s because of the nature of war, has fundamentally changed due to technological innovations right now that the? U S, which are vastly out spins, every other country aligned almost yeah yeah on endeavours, the? U S we have spent everywhere has the most. Spencer Toys it has the biggest guns, but this not mean that such The Terry is invulnerable, so there's a quote by analyse name Loro Horta. Quarter says: as no illusions about its military inferiority visa v. U S and knows that status is likely to endure for at least two decades. As such, it's been develop, in a full range of asymmetric strategies to deter the? U S until it

Military reaches maturity. China's you know attempting to build carriers, its reverse engineering, successfully, several different pieces of hardware vehicles are what we see is warfare. What we mean is why spend mill millions and millions of maybe billions of dollars preparing a carrier to fight your versus carrier war when you could just design some missiles that are found stir than the reaction time. All these ships right defence of the ships or attack submarines or something and take them out exactly yeah surreptitiously rights were China is working on is something that you love, Your called Maria denial or acts. Denial of access endless is just start. This is just Stuff set up in the vicinity, perhaps in this

as China Sea versa. That would prevent other any approaching force from getting close enough to attack the country. So this this would be a woefully costly in terms of blood and treasure. For both countries, Now you're comin, over the? U S, envy or if whoever trade vagina right, yeah, yeah and the EU, Curly sees control of the seas as one of the country's biggest insured yes for safety, right I'd, but this Fortunately, this also just like Russia. Nato has a lower chance of happening, but not not maybe for the best, reasons. It turns out that both the? U S and China, if we're being candid, have some signal get internal problems, or at least things that would deter them from fighting a war.

China- is dealing with several crippling problems internally, that they really. Need to handle first before they get entity is world war stuff. Let's see the pot the pollution problems in the cities there there crippling it's it's horrible. Citizen Rees Health care issues Is it's a pretty. The situation there right now and also the one child policy, as you'd effect a huge effect on the population numbers there. He had just to. I just put although the environmental stuff in perspective the Atlantic had an article came out in two thousand there. You know what say about twenty eight thousand rivers in China that just disappeared That's no good in you know, as somewhat of an emerging economy there having to use things like coal power burning coal in a couple other say less than safe ways to make energy right right

and they're they're good things to China does lead the world. Currently, solar energy or solar power, but- generation? Sex ratio still pretty skewed there were. I think it was something about it: one hundred and twenty something boys born for every one hundred girls nationwide of reach, we that has been lowering, but it's gonna be a while and can be like a decade before it goes. Just something a little bit more on on target gotcha and that's. It does just a long term effect of that policy. And this isn't even touching on the continuing debate about the chinese economy, how right now of the stock market is crashing right like how grab do not rubbed? It is written so to speak, problems with sweetie. You ass, the! U S stretch then, given the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and the continual

variations in various places around the world also both Greece depend on one another. Economically China has the power to break the world's economy, as so a boar make it if we want to be class, have no evil. I saw there stand off here because China has a lot of its finances tied up in. U S balance right the? U S is dependent on China for a lot of exports, so hopefully trade can save it. Hopefully it is more advantageous for both actors. In this scenario, too together and trade things. However, and this is a point that was made in a analysis from Yale. However, in both World WAR, of the previous century. Germany was Britain's biggest trade partner till the war started up. I saw

both are clearly aiming to establish themselves. Neither country wants war and are increasing both became increasingly competing for resources. China actually has done. What I think is, is it not to be flip about it, but I think it's pretty stylish move, their silent. Styling on what are they doing? Yeah there there's, hopefully going out of nowhere. We there actually building islands. We heard about into by when they were building these much on a much smaller scale? These artificial islands out there in the world in the palm in that's yeah, will their building islands to support the terrier territorial claims of these areas in the south and to see the sprightly islands simply yeah I saw this. This is a huge, is a huge issue with china- and the U S and other countries around there, like the Philippines, has recently been in

aged in some ongoing tensions with China about its expansion and its claims regarding what what constitutes its territory verses international waters, and this is a this, is very tense thing here China is actually building these islands to say that this is China. Let go In international law, this far, from these islands. Not the mainland is where it belongs, our government. Here you could just build one x, kilometers away from each other. The on the whole ocean. So would We also when we looked at this. It seems like the calculation about how, when a war would begin with China in the: U S, it seems too often and on the the current events of the time- and you can see

dickens about this stuff that often can seem contradictory, one person that I would like to reference here is a game. George freedom in situ, political set, a scientist and he wrote a book called the next one hundred years where he said that there's going to be a a fragmentation, in China are weakening, of Russia. Japan, emerge as more powerful thing Ye will emerge and that eventually What's going to happen, is that their be a word wore a fight for world a world power. Superpower status in twenty fifty you can you can check out this analysis online- just check for the next one hundred years butts there's one other place that we haven't talked about, which we,

going to probably need to save for another episode yeah. I think we should. Let's, let's look at returning other Middle Eastern, you couldn't already if you did know that, right that the police, where there are always seems to be some very serious conflicts going on. You are one of the only positive things you can say about affairs between countries in the Middle EAST is that it has not yet resulted in a world war. Thankfully, ever really it really has a well yeah got word right, but when we but the Middle EAST of one thing that people think about often right is going going to be the complex relationship between countries like Israel and Saudi Arabia, both of whom are against IRAN. The Islam state verses everybody, because it wants to establish itself as a country. We also cannot discount Turkey, but remember the

islamic State, that's that's something's. Gonna come up here in this pipe tasks and in our later podcast did you. The video of the president. There's no having a slow the tongue where he said we We were training eisele you just seem to be just as well any was taken completely out of context. Buddy was posted all over our conspiracy and above Topsecret today. Well, you know, people did train with you, structural or yours funding and then later go joy. Different militias only a short as I just I don't. I don't see the president out loud on purpose that we were training, Eisele, well, algae, Now, because you know we had a lot of people writing about our this video than he did with

with similar claim? So I'm gonna check that once you get out of here, we have to take up, Here there they're, probably some guys, listening and think come on man. This is fear, more green, true, that people continually, trying to put the the fear world war in the news, because those headlines cell, so we want our global about the alarm. As some people have been predicting, the World WAR. Three, since essentially September. Nineteen forty five, the day after world war. To any probably that night is probably that night. It was probably like six fifteen and its. We have to be careful with your people. Within agenda fanny? These fears of war, especially you know, who I am about to complain about? and it's getting any icebergs professional experts evil in suits I, so Here's here's my thing.

Not only does it sell newspapers does it sell, you know, get clicks online and all of that also helps to in EL. This notion that we need more. No matter where you are what country you are in deep thought: the impending global conflict. Will view, or at least help. You understand that we need to spend more tax dollars on whatever defense, we need to spend it on at least according to the people who are in charge right yet that has definitely happened in the past and all of the rule like across countries across the globe. I I can clearly see the logic. I think it's pretty basely base? Emotion of fear? Oh yeah, I saw you sell the fear that so that people are fearful and then they all their more willing to- I, let's say soccer

Is there the money they're taking in tax dollars sacrificing liberty for some security at the street? In a little more right, one piece of the time for us, so you know what they think. It's a good point too. I saw one of the things that we do that there is this alarm, as are many currently, while the possibility of a world war is higher it It was pretty low for different things. We do know, however, that when the next global conflict hers if it occurs, it's going to be very, very different because out of these, three scenarios that we touched upon. The Middle EAST, China, Russia or no, these various conflict out of these, there are. There are several commonalities: there are kind of new right will the first one is that,

feels as though a vast majority of this conflict to this war will be fought online or at least through some type of Cyprus measures that then lead to other further conflicts, also, possibly it might solve. It might take place space, then doesn't sound a little crazy. I yeah yeah, I daresay sounds little crazy, but think about satellites or one of the most important technologies that we have currently for communicating not only to one another as civilians as just people on this planet communicating for militaries. Yet in two thousand and seven, the chinese government shot down a satellite. The owned, You can read about this as a was called. A missile test. I think, but it was all

the clear message to other countries: yeah, wasn't why hey? We need to get rid of that satellite right then do it for funds is and in the U S does not send up its unmanned spacecraft just I don't know, take a road trip you know to be fair. We can neither confirm or deny they might Descended a profound. I don't know, that's right. The missions are still classified the Ex thirty seven, be that's. What we're talking about even sues. Do things will be those three things would be different, all be new frontiers in the war of reason. Wars are something that we also talked about. The idea of war over water fears or diminishing resources which in several cases are completely valid, and another cases are a little exaggerated, may likely spark regional conflicts that later was of alliances led to global conflicts. Jostle guy, connections you know

usually see this kind of cars it s in sanctions that are levied by one country or one group too, on another country, traders, huge factor for the? U S specifically in China, so they re in Russia is really any if you're, a country in the world right now, trade is a huge deal because for years a global environment. Now that's pretty much! You can't exist if you try be in so ensure that you have no imports, exports right right and so, This is a mitigating factor for war by its fraud. Not enough to. While it lowers the possibility, will more is probably not enough to absolutely rule out the possibility theirs thing here- and this is it just my opinion. This is the most troubling of the new are factors that is the significant in

the ruins of non state actors in a very specific way and we're talking about winning it of a lottery here. This is not very likely thing, but what do we mean by non state actors? Will state actor would be the country you live in in the international sphere, where I saw the non state actors would be institutions that are not necessarily a state so for it The I M F, the International Monetary Fund, is an institution of the law, against a little bit different, because it is its own, it does have its own country, so low just say? Let's the inner national order of generic religion or some doing some just something like those very reserving and then

Of course. Are gigantic corporations United Fruit coming right, which was the ultimate force behind the overthrow of the democratically elected government of Guatemala in nineteen? Fifty four insert oil company here and which is also the same year that stalling gave could end quote Crimea to ring was originally russian territory. I saw the the last actor here, which is why the most dangerous is the idea of terrorist shares. What is different about this current situation, with the advent of new weapons right. We know that it is possible for a relatively small group of people to detonate something and once that happens,

A lot of stuff flies out the window there. There are countries that have depending upon the circumstances, there are countries that have immediate counter measures that go into effect, and once that happens, it's it's likely and very much possible. That those countermeasures would trigger. Other countermeasures from other countries and then the war. So this he is. The most frightening thing: what happens if a if a terrorist group, some I'll get to her old of aid, clear web in France a country like Pakistan or or steal something from some other nuclear arsenal, and then the points it right. What what happens then, because Governments will have to react with here and there would be unless unless in intelligence agency or some other government agency from whatever country the attack occurred.

Was following and had already led and an understanding that this x group has a nuclear weapon. Determined to use it. You have no idea who detonated that thing right by an inn That's the case. To me, is the worst case scenario. Yet because then it could also be a government, pretending yeah that was arrested it in that's that sort over that that's part of the problem, because the pending aware that kind of thing would go. I could very quickly with very little time passing become a global conflict. So will we ve talked about this would talk about what about the speculation. Re only talked a lot about the current situations and kind of high level looks, but now look at the stuff. They don't want you to know

So we know that there are all sorts of conspiratorial theories about this stuff. For instance, This is not even a conspiracy. This nurse regulation, curvature of just true some officials in various countries want war. You can read Western China, arguing that war is a solution to domestic financial woes or economic woes. In that your course reminded you and me of Smedley Butler and Perkins the author of confessions, of an economic hit man, which is, which is a good read, to check out. And, if you know little about fascinating any view, if you don't know who Smedley Butler is, you should buy now his learn about Smedley Butler Ease fastened. Just ask De L. He. Why, yes, are you? and find our episode on him by checking by

No line for business plots years was a air here with you and a legit, ive flight some of the elites of the? U S, to overthrow the? U S, government and replace it with a fascist regime, nor crazy story. Really say. Ok, though, that another thing just speaking of people trying to take over short baking, or an baking, it's no secret war can be massively profitable, just like in the last one, but I do the bank's perhaps have a hand in any of this. Right- and this is something we hear- often the idea that high, level, investors and banking gurus know what will happen geopolitically before the average person doesn't even before some governments do or the banks.

We will work to advance their interest at the cost of the common people by perhaps triggering a war, perhaps plain both sides of the conflict, something like that manipulating the violating the environment so as to maximize profits, Perhaps he can go in and I dont know start a central bank. In a let's say, a country that doesn't have one before working from home conference calls you John

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consider proof of this. Some higher involvement, however, also YO For many countries, a central bank is a necessary thing for international trade seems as though it really is their only countries left that do not have a central banking system or do not have the are not part of the larger gaseous interaction right. So this interesting I'd, love to hear what people think about that. The other big one, of course, is the petrodollar argument. The idea that, because the? U S dollars the de facto currency of the oil trade that when countries don't play all I want to sell? Euler patch petroleum products is something other than the Eu S dollar that they get move right, top the year on well, and it might not be that way for long with the bricks countries setting up their own currency possible,

right here in the Bric countries would be Brazil, Russia, India, China, that's Rick is an acronym that common, describes, countries that are thought to be ascendant in the world order in general. So this This is another thing we could do and entire episode on, but you know I think we ve, I think we ve gotta go. Actually man, there's so much stuff to talk about that we didn't even get to whom I now have to come back to this, when I think that better dollars is something yeah filling up when here ISIS again at your dollar blood. I wish we could go. I can do is badly butler again, but we are gonna. Get out of here. We hope that you guys enjoyed this episode, would love to hear what you think about the current labour. Do you think a world war is likely. Do you think it's unlikely is just a bunch of fearmongering. Do you think that there is conspiracy afoot

let's also mentioned by the more popular conspiracies in russia- is that the CIA was behind instability in Ukraine, maybe there I don't know man well, as you can imagine there there a lot of conspiracy theories that are not that friendly to the? U S in places like Russia, oh sure, because we cannot have a history of doing some things right. Yeah advice, first right, absolutely I so we have to go, but there is one last thing we're gonna do this happy hours is longer than Norway. Have you ok, it's not just me No, no, ok, ok, our! I won't be both hearing a noisy killed, mean one thing these gentlemen, it's time for a moment with no yeah as it go, and me, and my here, yeah you're here. Ok this this! This episode a kind of long for a pretty big big topic in this, a lot of liquor conceptual thought.

Goes on to say in a lot of like weighing a lot of possibilities understand. Why would be a bit there? The bit much too? to bite off yeah we're law, and I just hope they hope was boring. You know there was a boy in fact, so I'm sure you guys it heard of this. Have you heard of the site godlike productions? We I got like production suggests. A friend of mine do something about it. So I was well you're going through here stuff arousing godlike rushing London seeing their any topics on there that I could bear it no longer about, but solution little debts which it? What did you find or the first one that I found that it had an interesting headline? Was a year of the shark see. How can we find a tiny wow shirk week, you're kind of so the headline for this post is something is coming and its posted by anonymous coward Many may remember the summer of the shark and then the courts as the centre of the sharp refers to the coverage of sharks.

By american news media in the summer, it doesn't want. The sensationalist coverage of shark attacks began early July following the fourth joy weak weekend, Charlotte on eight year old, Jesse, Arbogast's, etc. It says now the media. Again in a frenzy with shark sightings, be very careful. The sharks are being used to distract from an event. Ok, I kind of like a cat diverting the news thing which reminds me of ours suppressed, media coverage of reaches did that Oh uh there's another thing that I should say in defence of godlike productions. Anonymous coward is the generic name. May I felt if a great idea, whoever did anybody? What time I posted on their added? That's what I learned. I said how my an anonymous scoured by

they d godlike form is also one of the first places I found out about the Smiley face killer theory, gesture that we're. So this is a controversial one and the idea that there is a serial killer, a group of serial killers, their drowning young men, around the. U S and the affair your story is that it is these. Are alcohol related drowning so that these guys college age or going somewhere other drinking and then there are walking out and boom. They they fall into a body of water and air unfortunately drowning, but there There's an investigator who is approved, those here who believes that this is a

a murderer and or a group, or be real of murderers based on what he says is the use of like graffiti smiley face in the vicinity, which is very the star. Which have varied widely, of the graffiti smiley face, but yeah there too many of them with a smiley face or murders. Deaths per se. Yeah, but also a euro. If you're looking for something sure you appease razored adviser and electronically, But have you guys been following aviation following the story about the watcher The film knows this house, oh yes, that, like this family sold and then the family that bought it

inside receiving. These are very sinister letters from someone calling themselves the watcher and when I last rather only two letters, I think I've only read little bulletin, gonna cut up of what the content and the letters whereby the this watcher says it's been in his family for generations and ease like in his grandfather washed it in the end, the sixties his time and he refers to the persons children as young blood today in the basement and reverse the specific features of the house in Latvia. The comments on site, was on people like sounds like, but the plot for, like an episode of, like you, know, criminal Listen you're like a really nice house to hear from the victors, so malt multiple generations- people just lowering. How, accordingly is one person writing notes and that my favorite line, though, is tat. They found

it's in the walls, yet they will soon just sounds like a teenager were again one with schizophrenia is something I see, someone s, okay. I am pleased to know your names now in the name of the young blood you have brought to me. I guess I've been put in charge of watching a waiting for a second coming. While this is very strange, yeah? Ok, we gotta go observed any. I read up on this. I would just say you gotta, for whoever soon that get a sniper roost with a trunk gun and just sit. There is peace among apparently they never moved the house in their suing the people that they bought it from, because they did not disclose that it came with. They came with a stalker. Ok are very strange. Civilian, hopefully have an update on that as a little bit later in the future. In the meantime, thank you so much for listening and do let us know what we do in DC and what you think about the possibility of world

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