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Jeff Martineau's avatar

Before AUKUS it was called Five Eyes, the mutual domestic spying agreement to get around things like our Constitution.

Five Eyes was a Cold War psy-ops driven by the Brits, since they could no longer be what they were prior to WWII, along the lines of what they put in place by way of Canada in DC in 1940 - plant stories in the media, work directly on and blackmail US politicians.

Who is it that really drives the anti China chatter? Recall that it was Britain that got directly involved in domestic Chinese culture and politics in the 1840s. Opium Wars and religious wars that led to 25-40 million dead Chinese. When the anniversary of Magna Carta came up some years ago, and the Brits were using their embassies to promote it, the Chinese said - we remember what you did, and what you have continued to do…so keep it in the Embassy.

The Chinese have continued to say that the Americans have been pushed by and taken up for the Brits, describing them as our bosses.

See this exchange a few years ago between Cheney, a Brit and a Chinese diplomat (I apologize for not having his name). It is very straightforward on both sides.

So why will AUKUS do nothing more than attempt to move public opinion? Because it no longer works as it once did. Globalism is dead as a doornail. No going back.

The new paradigm is what we call Three Spheres: West, East and Digital. Think civilizations not politics. The East, driven by China, and the Digital spheres are in the rise. The West is not. Ubiquitous adoption of Digital tech is changing the entire world and it won’t follow the West without morality.

So what comes next in the Digital Paradigm? Everyone wants answers to this question.

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Ray-SoCa's avatar

Swag - the benefit Australia and New Zealand gets is domestic spying through 5 eyes.

Plus Davos politicians seem to be anti China. My guess more woke politics. Idea of China can be broken apart or government changed, if just a little pressure applied.

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