In a sense the American war on Russia—intended to preserve the American “Rules-Based Order” by extending it—is about dollar dominance. Without dollar dominance there can be no US military dominance. Further, the point about extending the Rules Based Order is a key concept. Since world geopolitics is not a zero sum game, a game with a finite set of marbles in play, for the American Empire to retain its dominance it must always be expanding the reach of its Rules Based Order. In other words, the American Empire is, by its nature, expansionary. Let’s look at this from the standpoint of the war on the dollar, which threatens to undercut the entire imperial model of America’s Rules Based Order.
I’d like to further explore a few aspects of your post. Not to disagree, but to try to help expand and round out the arguments. I would also say that in your constant inquiries over the last several years you are getting closer and closer to the ‘truth’ of where we really are.
The Rand report states, “Building an international order has been a formal program of U.S. foreign policy since at least the 1940s and an aspirational goal since the nation’s founding.”
Regarding the aspirational goal…perhaps. But there has always been an anti-internationalist side to the American experiment. I’m thinking of George Washington’s farewell address in 1796 when he said, undoubtedly speaking for many Americans: "It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliance with any portion of the foreign world." My sense is that this statement reflected the policy of the United States for a long, long time and influenced the several isolationist and anti-war movements that have marked American history. In other words, I don’t think building an international order has always been an aspirational goal of US policy and, to the contrary, quite the opposite has often been our prevailing policy.
But I don’t disagree that building an international order has been a formal program of U.S. foreign policy since at least the 1940s. As you and some of your readers may remember I have noted in the comment space here recently how interesting and instructive I found Alan Talbot’s 2016 book ‘The Devil’s Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government”, which describes in chapter and verse our aggressive internationalist post-WWII policies.
Later in your post you write
“Finally, an example of what Rand Corp. meant when it maintained that ‘the international order protects U.S. values by maintaining an environment in which the ideals of a free and democratic society — like that of the United States — can flourish.’ In fact, US ‘values’—as news story after news story informs us every day—protect and enable male degenerates who oppress normals.”
I’d like to follow up on two aspects of this.
One, is the implicit assertion that U.S. values are the ideals of a free and democratic society. I doubt you’ll disagree with me (at least I hope you won’t) but the lizard language here is the assertion that our values are the values of a free and democratic society. There are many reasons why this is not true but I’ll just mention one aspect of the untruth of this statement and that is the perverting influence of our broken electoral system. The system is broken in many ways…one of the most important ways is that the electorate is currently unable to freely elect representatives who reflect the policy positions a truly informed electorate would pursue. So…’U.S. values’ are simply not the ‘ideals of a free and democratic society’.
The second is that US ‘values’ protect and enable male degenerates who oppress normals. I’m not going to argue against the truth of this proposition…in fact I agree that the Elites’ version of US values do enable oppression of normals. But I think there is a larger game at work here. I think the moral degeneracy in elitist policies is not so much a statement of elitist values as it is an intentional distraction from their real and fundamental value system, which is to obtain and retain as much power and money as possible. Don’t listen so much to the absurd and undeniably false things they say…look at who they are and what they do. There are so many examples of this that I need not list them, but I will list just two simply for the purposes of illustration:
• Has Nancy Pelosi not spent her entire career in Congress and is she not the richest person in Congress?
• Has Joe Biden not spent his entire career in federal government without ever holding a job in commerce but does he not have a fortune in the tens of millions?
Absurd social and legal policies may be a tactic in their quest for ‘votes’ and control but money and power are their ultimate goal.
"One catches a whiff of panic in the air. A note of hysteria, doubt whether our Neocon masters actually have a clue. We already knew they didn’t have the welfare of ordinary Americans at heart, but do they have any clue of any sort at all?"
From the beginning of this takover by bidenobamadeepstate, I have been convinced it was by design, an evil plan by luciferian bots wearing human costumes, out to destroy so they can Build Back Better.
Occasionally I read something written by people smarter than me that chips away at my conviction and there is a slight chance all this is chaos is a result of stupid actions fueled by arrogance, incompetence and greed and these fools are winging it.
Not that it will make things current or future any better, but in a weird way, I want to believe the latter. And depending on the day, I'll briefly let myself believe in the winging it/no clue theory.
Putin and Xi study economic needs and strategize resources and consortiums to support them. Zhou admin study chocolate chip ice cream and strategize drag queen event locations.
I am not struggling to find the words to express my moral disgust. The effect that the American Empire’s ruling elite has on normal human beings, at home and around the world, is total indiffernce. Those of us who do not live in Wonderland or 'Through the Looking Glass' are not impressed with the genius of these Humpty Dumpties. They run the world? Not my world. That is the role of the Creator.
True, they have the power to make difficulties and create roadblocks for us, that too by the will of the Creator, but I doubt they can transform normal human instincts, and normal people who have a conscience will continue to live a moral life.
One comment and a question. First the comment. Watching that young women enrages me, literally enrages me. The NCAA and all of the ideologically associated people, groups, corporations, etc are creating conditions or otherwise acquiescing in behavior that defies description. They have lit a fuse that they have no idea how to control. Shame on all of them.
My question. As I've stated and displayed here, I'm no rocket scientist but, regarding the dollar; Am I correct in assuming the inflationary Armageddon will be caused by all of the dollars recently held by foreign nations and the like returning here? That sounds logical to me but, would like someone to fill in the blanks for me - if possible to do so in a short paragraph. The country will be flooded with an untold amount of dollars with nowhere for them to go. Correct?? If the answer is yes then we are headed for fiscal catastrophe. Its really hard to comprehend.
US Military dominance lead to Financial Dominance, (consider: WWII loans to the Allies coupled with Bretton Woods) with the latter required to maintain the former once Empire Building ensued (described here well as the Rules Based Order). A much broader cabal is in play now, of course (Davos thru NeoCons and others glomming on). I just would note, Freedom 'for the world' from Enforcement of the RBO doctrine is not Liberty: just freedom from prosecution. Military Dominance that led to Financial Dominance won't be realized when the circumstance is reversed. We're seeing that in the Ukraine/Russia proxy war.
What is not mentioned by Larry is the spreading of (American) perversion is a Root-Value of Marixm. While publicly/officially decried by US leaders, Marxism appeals to the masses as 'all are equal' but is particularly appealing to an Elite Ruling Class in that always in Marxist societies there are 2 classes - with the ruling class doing quite well while the middle class is eliminated. To me, this Marxist infusion appears to drive much in all this. e.g. destruction of Faith, Family and (real) Freedom as our Constitution tried to define and promote is antithetical to a one-world order type result.
Last comment for the day from me: Gold is commonly considered price-manipulated due to the huge Paper Gold trading aspect. With the prospect of a Russian/Chinese alternative financial alliance likely being Gold-Backed (which appeals strongly to the BRICS, etc.) gold value is a huge danger for Dollar Hegemony. Remember, our genuine solid financial foundation has turned to cr@p since teh 1965/1971 move away from the Gold Standard. It's no accident that happened considering the empowerment of US Dollar Monetary Controls and that RBO program being pursued. As always, I wish one and all a Blessed Day! (WrH)
"Since world geopolitics is not a zero sum game, a game with a finite set of marbles in play, for the American Empire to retain its dominance it must always be expanding the reach of its Rules Based Order." I would argue, Mark, that for the US and British neocons, geopolitics IS a zero sum game: my way or the highway.
"Transgenderism is a leftist-induced mental illness that is intended to achieve two very specific ends that will empower statism: First, it destroys the family. This is overtly achieved by the groomers in and outside of schools who tell children that “we’re your family,” and more covertly achieved by making these mentally damaged people physically and emotionally incapable of having children. Second, it makes these same people utterly dependent on the government to pay for the lifelong medical costs associated with hormones and surgery."
@Mark
Excellent post.
I’d like to further explore a few aspects of your post. Not to disagree, but to try to help expand and round out the arguments. I would also say that in your constant inquiries over the last several years you are getting closer and closer to the ‘truth’ of where we really are.
The Rand report states, “Building an international order has been a formal program of U.S. foreign policy since at least the 1940s and an aspirational goal since the nation’s founding.”
Regarding the aspirational goal…perhaps. But there has always been an anti-internationalist side to the American experiment. I’m thinking of George Washington’s farewell address in 1796 when he said, undoubtedly speaking for many Americans: "It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliance with any portion of the foreign world." My sense is that this statement reflected the policy of the United States for a long, long time and influenced the several isolationist and anti-war movements that have marked American history. In other words, I don’t think building an international order has always been an aspirational goal of US policy and, to the contrary, quite the opposite has often been our prevailing policy.
But I don’t disagree that building an international order has been a formal program of U.S. foreign policy since at least the 1940s. As you and some of your readers may remember I have noted in the comment space here recently how interesting and instructive I found Alan Talbot’s 2016 book ‘The Devil’s Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government”, which describes in chapter and verse our aggressive internationalist post-WWII policies.
Later in your post you write
“Finally, an example of what Rand Corp. meant when it maintained that ‘the international order protects U.S. values by maintaining an environment in which the ideals of a free and democratic society — like that of the United States — can flourish.’ In fact, US ‘values’—as news story after news story informs us every day—protect and enable male degenerates who oppress normals.”
I’d like to follow up on two aspects of this.
One, is the implicit assertion that U.S. values are the ideals of a free and democratic society. I doubt you’ll disagree with me (at least I hope you won’t) but the lizard language here is the assertion that our values are the values of a free and democratic society. There are many reasons why this is not true but I’ll just mention one aspect of the untruth of this statement and that is the perverting influence of our broken electoral system. The system is broken in many ways…one of the most important ways is that the electorate is currently unable to freely elect representatives who reflect the policy positions a truly informed electorate would pursue. So…’U.S. values’ are simply not the ‘ideals of a free and democratic society’.
The second is that US ‘values’ protect and enable male degenerates who oppress normals. I’m not going to argue against the truth of this proposition…in fact I agree that the Elites’ version of US values do enable oppression of normals. But I think there is a larger game at work here. I think the moral degeneracy in elitist policies is not so much a statement of elitist values as it is an intentional distraction from their real and fundamental value system, which is to obtain and retain as much power and money as possible. Don’t listen so much to the absurd and undeniably false things they say…look at who they are and what they do. There are so many examples of this that I need not list them, but I will list just two simply for the purposes of illustration:
• Has Nancy Pelosi not spent her entire career in Congress and is she not the richest person in Congress?
• Has Joe Biden not spent his entire career in federal government without ever holding a job in commerce but does he not have a fortune in the tens of millions?
Absurd social and legal policies may be a tactic in their quest for ‘votes’ and control but money and power are their ultimate goal.
"One catches a whiff of panic in the air. A note of hysteria, doubt whether our Neocon masters actually have a clue. We already knew they didn’t have the welfare of ordinary Americans at heart, but do they have any clue of any sort at all?"
From the beginning of this takover by bidenobamadeepstate, I have been convinced it was by design, an evil plan by luciferian bots wearing human costumes, out to destroy so they can Build Back Better.
Occasionally I read something written by people smarter than me that chips away at my conviction and there is a slight chance all this is chaos is a result of stupid actions fueled by arrogance, incompetence and greed and these fools are winging it.
Not that it will make things current or future any better, but in a weird way, I want to believe the latter. And depending on the day, I'll briefly let myself believe in the winging it/no clue theory.
But it never lasts very long.
Putin and Xi study economic needs and strategize resources and consortiums to support them. Zhou admin study chocolate chip ice cream and strategize drag queen event locations.
What the young woman swimmer is going through, is what is happening to the lands down under too.
Our values are being eroded much like those of ordinary US citizens. US crazies are strongly influencing our crazies, and the crazies are taking over.
I am not struggling to find the words to express my moral disgust. The effect that the American Empire’s ruling elite has on normal human beings, at home and around the world, is total indiffernce. Those of us who do not live in Wonderland or 'Through the Looking Glass' are not impressed with the genius of these Humpty Dumpties. They run the world? Not my world. That is the role of the Creator.
True, they have the power to make difficulties and create roadblocks for us, that too by the will of the Creator, but I doubt they can transform normal human instincts, and normal people who have a conscience will continue to live a moral life.
One comment and a question. First the comment. Watching that young women enrages me, literally enrages me. The NCAA and all of the ideologically associated people, groups, corporations, etc are creating conditions or otherwise acquiescing in behavior that defies description. They have lit a fuse that they have no idea how to control. Shame on all of them.
My question. As I've stated and displayed here, I'm no rocket scientist but, regarding the dollar; Am I correct in assuming the inflationary Armageddon will be caused by all of the dollars recently held by foreign nations and the like returning here? That sounds logical to me but, would like someone to fill in the blanks for me - if possible to do so in a short paragraph. The country will be flooded with an untold amount of dollars with nowhere for them to go. Correct?? If the answer is yes then we are headed for fiscal catastrophe. Its really hard to comprehend.
G'day Mark and fellow Meaning In History readers!
US Military dominance lead to Financial Dominance, (consider: WWII loans to the Allies coupled with Bretton Woods) with the latter required to maintain the former once Empire Building ensued (described here well as the Rules Based Order). A much broader cabal is in play now, of course (Davos thru NeoCons and others glomming on). I just would note, Freedom 'for the world' from Enforcement of the RBO doctrine is not Liberty: just freedom from prosecution. Military Dominance that led to Financial Dominance won't be realized when the circumstance is reversed. We're seeing that in the Ukraine/Russia proxy war.
What is not mentioned by Larry is the spreading of (American) perversion is a Root-Value of Marixm. While publicly/officially decried by US leaders, Marxism appeals to the masses as 'all are equal' but is particularly appealing to an Elite Ruling Class in that always in Marxist societies there are 2 classes - with the ruling class doing quite well while the middle class is eliminated. To me, this Marxist infusion appears to drive much in all this. e.g. destruction of Faith, Family and (real) Freedom as our Constitution tried to define and promote is antithetical to a one-world order type result.
Last comment for the day from me: Gold is commonly considered price-manipulated due to the huge Paper Gold trading aspect. With the prospect of a Russian/Chinese alternative financial alliance likely being Gold-Backed (which appeals strongly to the BRICS, etc.) gold value is a huge danger for Dollar Hegemony. Remember, our genuine solid financial foundation has turned to cr@p since teh 1965/1971 move away from the Gold Standard. It's no accident that happened considering the empowerment of US Dollar Monetary Controls and that RBO program being pursued. As always, I wish one and all a Blessed Day! (WrH)
"Since world geopolitics is not a zero sum game, a game with a finite set of marbles in play, for the American Empire to retain its dominance it must always be expanding the reach of its Rules Based Order." I would argue, Mark, that for the US and British neocons, geopolitics IS a zero sum game: my way or the highway.
Andrea Widburg today:
"Transgenderism is a leftist-induced mental illness that is intended to achieve two very specific ends that will empower statism: First, it destroys the family. This is overtly achieved by the groomers in and outside of schools who tell children that “we’re your family,” and more covertly achieved by making these mentally damaged people physically and emotionally incapable of having children. Second, it makes these same people utterly dependent on the government to pay for the lifelong medical costs associated with hormones and surgery."
Enabled by dollar dominance.