Hello Cosmo T. It is indeed a new world/paradigm, regardless of what we think about the past, present or future. It is changing and being driven by ubiquitous adoption of digital tech. What will the West do in light of this? The other civilizations on the planet have already embraced it and are planning accordingly, and have been for many years, while the West has been fantasizing about will never happen.
So it’s the opportunity for the West to shed all of the crap that it accumulated over the centuries and begin anew: what Renaissance really means - we have already ditched Modernity.
A new psycho environment is being created: resistance is futile. We see this most among the youngest generations and those to come.
We should be concerned about what is happening and what is coming. And we must act, but in entirely new ways. At root, the Digital Paradigm is forcing everyone everywhere to reconsider what it means to be human. The modern answer is in the dustbin. We won’t accept it any longer.
We won’t accept AI domination. This means becoming responsible in ways we have not a very long time.
The West is going to go through a full rebuild. Who is President will have little bearing on this (the Dems will have their own version of Trump). The Digital Sphere and their elites around the world have the $ and the voice now: development. The West will be part of this, as it must, and it is being forced to grapple with its abandonment of its civilization over the centuries and how to bring this back: Digital is retrieving the pre modern Medieval/Scribal sensibilities and attitudes - humans as ensouled beings. Hylomorphism. Spirituality.
Being “successful” in the Digital Paradigm (politics, corporate, theology, science, philosophy = civilization) means understanding how Digital is changing humans and taking advantage of this.
Evil: yes, there is a spiritual war going on, that we only dimly see here on Earth. This should be the impetus for those that want to be successful in the West to think things through as they have not had to previously. We should be very concerned, we also need to see the times as the window that we can go through and have things be different in the future.
Jeff, in your many comments on this site you frequently mention such things as it's the digital world now, etc. I am concerned about such things as AI the evil that it has the potential to unleash by the very people cited in the article you linked. I took a look at this link and many of the players mentioned are predators who are using our government to either fund or preserve their advantages for extracting wealth from the government and the people in a variety of ways and all mostly criminal especially as they use bioweapons and poisoned food to kill us.
I have read CAF periodically then came upon her substack. I'd like your comments on her work like the one linked here:
Putin and Russia must be watching the US and Israel violate the ceasefires
in both Lebanon and Gaza on an almost daily basis
This is a complete US diplomatic failure - not to mention a moral failure
One has to ask themselves, Why on earth would Russia agree to a Ceasefire in Ukraine when on a daily basis Russia watches ( with horror ) the the US and Israeli violations
Trump has to know the ' ceasefire example ' he is setting in Israel Gaza makes this Russian agreement almost impossible
LAVROV Interview March 12 POSTED / Transcript provided by the RUSSIAN government
So obviously this statement is supported by Putin
"President Putin is always underlining when he speaks about this region that the solution is impossible without a Palestinian state...The two states were created by the decision of the General Assembly in 1948"
Much as I hate to say it, it is apparently escaping the President’s awareness that to Vladimir Putin, and I suspect to the Russian people in general, our words are meaningless, our promises empty and our trustworthiness nonexistent. All of this “Art of the Deal” bluster is not going to sway Putin one bit and until this Administration comes to grips with this fact, negotiations are going nowhere and the situation will only become more dire.
I don’t see any “face saving” outcome for the US, or DJT, in the current situation and continuing to search for one is just an empty fantasy. But then I guess the neocon universe is steeped in fantasy or we wouldn’t be in this mess in the first place.
It is going to get a lot worse before it gets better.. The Americans still do not have someone in the WH who understands Russia and the point the world in general is at, right now..
It seems pretty obvious that these sanctions are just making alternative banks and payment systems and currencies more relevant. Sort of like China microchip sanctions - viola! see all the new Chinese-made chips.
If Biden's AIPAC minder used the robocop signature on Executive Orders without justification (eg a direct command from Biden), then does this invalidate the EO?
Wasn't there a medical analysis on Biden that prevented him from testifying, or being deposed, because of his mental capacity?
Could you be thinking of Zhou’s classified documents embroglio (docs stashed in storage box alongside a Porsche) and the long interview he gave to Robert Hur, Special Counsel? Hur found him to be a forgetful old man and didn’t charge him. Of course this result then begged the entire question which only alternative media dared to voice: then who the h-ll has been running our government for the past four years? Mark Zaid, Esq., with all due respect, do you have an answer to this question?
I understand Russia’s position and think NATO is responsible for this war. Russia did invade, but I think they were provoked by NATO into invading Ukraine.
It was NATO that reneged on promises made to the Soviet Union back in 1990 not to expand NATO membership to any countries east of Germany. Since that time NATO have added 14 countries east of Germany, including 6 NATO member countries that border Russia.
Russia has every right to defend itself, protect its independence /sovereignty. And with Ukraine, Russia has made it clear that membership for Ukraine in NATO was unacceptable. They didn’t invade when Trump was president, but because of ambiguity from the Biden administration, they were left with no choice.
Imagine how the United States would feel if Mexico, Canada, Cuba, central American countries, were armed with military equipment and part of an anti-American alliance. Do you think the United States would feel threatened by that?
In this case, Russia is winning, Ukraine is losing, so it’s not surprising that Ukraine wants a cease-fire. Russia tried to end the war with a deal made to the Biden administration, and the response was that it was not a serious proposal. Well, given NATO’s track record of reneging on commitments, I can understand Russia’s position. Since they are winning and Ukraine is losing, the winner or leader in the clubhouse so to speak gets to dictate terms. And in this case there is no reason for Russia to accept a cease-fire without parameters acceptable to Russia for a permanent peace.
Especially after Zelensky reiterated that Ukraine would not cede any territory gained by Russia during the war, including the annexation of Crimea. Obviously that’s not acceptable to the Russians, so there’s no reason for them to agree to this 30 day cease-fire without agreed-upon terms for permanent peace.
Trump ran on an America first agenda, and he made a commitment to ending this war. If he allows the United States to get dragged into this war and continue it with billions of more military aid to Ukraine, it will derail his presidency. But more significantly, it could end up leading to World War III. I wrote a couple columns about this, please read them if interested, here’s the latest one. https://open.substack.com/pub/swlion26/p/russiaukraine-war-the-latest-analysis?r=q9u1t&utm_medium=ios
Trump is relying on his business acumen and prior experience in private sector dealmaking as the basis for his interactions with all political leaders around the globe. In his mind, this affords the best chance of success, and he is not going to change tactics, no matter how reality plays out. Russia understands this and is deftly countering Trump's bravado, threats, and attempted intimidation via a persistent recitation of the war's root causes, its existential nature, and the endgame that must accrue before a real long term peace can be obtained. As such, Trump will flail and Russia will stay the course. And in the end, the West will be shown to be irrelevant to the outcome.
"The Russians aren’t looking for a friend at this point. What was worse is that Trump has, in Russian eyes, shown that he can’t be trusted—no matter his, arguably, good intentions..."
That whole paragraph is a great synopsis of where the Russian-American relationship is at now. What the Russians are looking for is the same thing they have been looking for since the 1990s: someone in the West with whom they can negotiate in good faith. The sad legacy of Western betrayals of Russia means that even if Trump can eventually prove his trustworthiness, the Russians will still question what happens after he is gone. So they need more than words; they need verifiable and enforceable guarantees.
Perhaps, I should add the cumulative of these four reasons bring us to a fifth reason, the steady onslaught of anti-Russian disinformation and propaganda effect on American perspective.
You nailed it Cosmo T Kat with anti-Russian propaganda and disinformation foisted in the general population of the west comment. I believe the leaders of the west know exactly what Putin is saying and what that means but will not admit to it and instead depend on the censorship industrial complex to convince their constituents that Putin is an untrustworthy and evil dictator who needs to be deposed by whatever means and regardless of consequences including WWIII. I have to believe Tulsi knows the truth and if only Trump would communicate that truth to the world this quagmire could be solved.
""""Restricting access to American banking systems makes it difficult for other countries to buy Russian oil, thereby limiting global supplies.
The media claims that this will serve as one of the levers of pressure to convince Russia to agree to a ceasefire""""
Obviously there will be a work around, and clearly they have been working on it in earnest.
One day I opine, it will just be there - I imagine it is already designed and has been tested and is ongoing testing
In other words, they are using it now for small trades and seeing how it works, how the currencies match or don't match how the day to day increase and decrease in values work probably tried a batch with bitcoin but too volatile
As all are aware Putin is not much for boisterous threats, he is a doer. eg: it is clear that since 2014 Maiden Putin was building and storing artillery - completely prepared to and in fact overmatched US EU Ukraine combined supplies and use in 2022 to date
I imagine Putin is ready Not sure Trump has absorbed this completely - Russia and China are 10 - 30 year planners, by comparison the US plans a week or two out, if that.
eg: Ukraine war since 2022 full battle, and Now the EU says they will raise money to fight, it's a bit hilarious, but that's the mentality
What the sanctions will do is raise the price of oil and gas and attenuate even more their delivery to Europe. As you note, Putin and Russia will have anticipated these sanctions and will have their "work arounds" in place. I don't think there is any doubt these sanctions (like all the others against Russia) will backfire hard on Europe and actually in the end help Russia.
Hopefully. Also, Germany is going to pay through the nose for the energy required to rebuild all those armaments (aka targets) they plan in their drang nach oosten part 2.
Given its current condition and future economic prospects, it is hard to imagine Germany (or for that matter even Western Europe collectively) ever being able to launch a "drang nach oosten part 2." They don't have the money, the natural resources, the industrial capacity, or the manpower needed. Plus, they are having enough trouble keeping their economies from collapsing and keeping their populations from rioting and fomenting civil war.
I think your broad brush painting of all Americans as arrogant and stupid is insulting. I give you credibility if you said our leadership was arrogant and stupid, but there are many who are quite bright, humble and honestly concerned about the arrogance and stupidity, not to mention greed and evil of our elites and their selected leaders.
Consider: the “Great Reset” is happening apace, is worldwide and is not what we have been told:
https://open.substack.com/pub/exogenous/p/digital-sphere-the-real-great-reset?r=dx3c2&utm_medium=ios
Hello Cosmo T. It is indeed a new world/paradigm, regardless of what we think about the past, present or future. It is changing and being driven by ubiquitous adoption of digital tech. What will the West do in light of this? The other civilizations on the planet have already embraced it and are planning accordingly, and have been for many years, while the West has been fantasizing about will never happen.
So it’s the opportunity for the West to shed all of the crap that it accumulated over the centuries and begin anew: what Renaissance really means - we have already ditched Modernity.
A new psycho environment is being created: resistance is futile. We see this most among the youngest generations and those to come.
We should be concerned about what is happening and what is coming. And we must act, but in entirely new ways. At root, the Digital Paradigm is forcing everyone everywhere to reconsider what it means to be human. The modern answer is in the dustbin. We won’t accept it any longer.
We won’t accept AI domination. This means becoming responsible in ways we have not a very long time.
The West is going to go through a full rebuild. Who is President will have little bearing on this (the Dems will have their own version of Trump). The Digital Sphere and their elites around the world have the $ and the voice now: development. The West will be part of this, as it must, and it is being forced to grapple with its abandonment of its civilization over the centuries and how to bring this back: Digital is retrieving the pre modern Medieval/Scribal sensibilities and attitudes - humans as ensouled beings. Hylomorphism. Spirituality.
Being “successful” in the Digital Paradigm (politics, corporate, theology, science, philosophy = civilization) means understanding how Digital is changing humans and taking advantage of this.
Evil: yes, there is a spiritual war going on, that we only dimly see here on Earth. This should be the impetus for those that want to be successful in the West to think things through as they have not had to previously. We should be very concerned, we also need to see the times as the window that we can go through and have things be different in the future.
This is why we created Exogenous, Inc.
Jeff, in your many comments on this site you frequently mention such things as it's the digital world now, etc. I am concerned about such things as AI the evil that it has the potential to unleash by the very people cited in the article you linked. I took a look at this link and many of the players mentioned are predators who are using our government to either fund or preserve their advantages for extracting wealth from the government and the people in a variety of ways and all mostly criminal especially as they use bioweapons and poisoned food to kill us.
I have read CAF periodically then came upon her substack. I'd like your comments on her work like the one linked here:
https://solarireport.substack.com/p/introduction-to-omniwar-the-us-misallocation
Thanks, Cosmo T
In Russian how do you pronounce rump-state: yoo͞-krān
Nearest synonym: black-hole
Urban dictionary: yoo͞-fvcked
Putin and Russia must be watching the US and Israel violate the ceasefires
in both Lebanon and Gaza on an almost daily basis
This is a complete US diplomatic failure - not to mention a moral failure
One has to ask themselves, Why on earth would Russia agree to a Ceasefire in Ukraine when on a daily basis Russia watches ( with horror ) the the US and Israeli violations
Trump has to know the ' ceasefire example ' he is setting in Israel Gaza makes this Russian agreement almost impossible
LAVROV Interview March 12 POSTED / Transcript provided by the RUSSIAN government
So obviously this statement is supported by Putin
"President Putin is always underlining when he speaks about this region that the solution is impossible without a Palestinian state...The two states were created by the decision of the General Assembly in 1948"
Much as I hate to say it, it is apparently escaping the President’s awareness that to Vladimir Putin, and I suspect to the Russian people in general, our words are meaningless, our promises empty and our trustworthiness nonexistent. All of this “Art of the Deal” bluster is not going to sway Putin one bit and until this Administration comes to grips with this fact, negotiations are going nowhere and the situation will only become more dire.
I don’t see any “face saving” outcome for the US, or DJT, in the current situation and continuing to search for one is just an empty fantasy. But then I guess the neocon universe is steeped in fantasy or we wouldn’t be in this mess in the first place.
It is going to get a lot worse before it gets better.. The Americans still do not have someone in the WH who understands Russia and the point the world in general is at, right now..
I wonder if the new sanctions will create the grounds for new banks only trading in BRICS currency. The law of unintended consequences.
It seems pretty obvious that these sanctions are just making alternative banks and payment systems and currencies more relevant. Sort of like China microchip sanctions - viola! see all the new Chinese-made chips.
If Biden's AIPAC minder used the robocop signature on Executive Orders without justification (eg a direct command from Biden), then does this invalidate the EO?
Wasn't there a medical analysis on Biden that prevented him from testifying, or being deposed, because of his mental capacity?
Could you be thinking of Zhou’s classified documents embroglio (docs stashed in storage box alongside a Porsche) and the long interview he gave to Robert Hur, Special Counsel? Hur found him to be a forgetful old man and didn’t charge him. Of course this result then begged the entire question which only alternative media dared to voice: then who the h-ll has been running our government for the past four years? Mark Zaid, Esq., with all due respect, do you have an answer to this question?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/anafaguy/2024/02/08/elderly-man-with-a-poor-memory-special-counsel-explains-why-biden-wont-face-charges-over-classified-docs/
Thank you Mark for the excellent roundup, and I wish PDJT understood the issues re Pres. Putin the way you do.
Thanks for your thorough analysis, Mark.
I understand Russia’s position and think NATO is responsible for this war. Russia did invade, but I think they were provoked by NATO into invading Ukraine.
It was NATO that reneged on promises made to the Soviet Union back in 1990 not to expand NATO membership to any countries east of Germany. Since that time NATO have added 14 countries east of Germany, including 6 NATO member countries that border Russia.
Russia has every right to defend itself, protect its independence /sovereignty. And with Ukraine, Russia has made it clear that membership for Ukraine in NATO was unacceptable. They didn’t invade when Trump was president, but because of ambiguity from the Biden administration, they were left with no choice.
Imagine how the United States would feel if Mexico, Canada, Cuba, central American countries, were armed with military equipment and part of an anti-American alliance. Do you think the United States would feel threatened by that?
In this case, Russia is winning, Ukraine is losing, so it’s not surprising that Ukraine wants a cease-fire. Russia tried to end the war with a deal made to the Biden administration, and the response was that it was not a serious proposal. Well, given NATO’s track record of reneging on commitments, I can understand Russia’s position. Since they are winning and Ukraine is losing, the winner or leader in the clubhouse so to speak gets to dictate terms. And in this case there is no reason for Russia to accept a cease-fire without parameters acceptable to Russia for a permanent peace.
Especially after Zelensky reiterated that Ukraine would not cede any territory gained by Russia during the war, including the annexation of Crimea. Obviously that’s not acceptable to the Russians, so there’s no reason for them to agree to this 30 day cease-fire without agreed-upon terms for permanent peace.
Trump ran on an America first agenda, and he made a commitment to ending this war. If he allows the United States to get dragged into this war and continue it with billions of more military aid to Ukraine, it will derail his presidency. But more significantly, it could end up leading to World War III. I wrote a couple columns about this, please read them if interested, here’s the latest one. https://open.substack.com/pub/swlion26/p/russiaukraine-war-the-latest-analysis?r=q9u1t&utm_medium=ios
I hope Russia litigates this war after they dictate terms, including war crimes and bio labs.
Trump is relying on his business acumen and prior experience in private sector dealmaking as the basis for his interactions with all political leaders around the globe. In his mind, this affords the best chance of success, and he is not going to change tactics, no matter how reality plays out. Russia understands this and is deftly countering Trump's bravado, threats, and attempted intimidation via a persistent recitation of the war's root causes, its existential nature, and the endgame that must accrue before a real long term peace can be obtained. As such, Trump will flail and Russia will stay the course. And in the end, the West will be shown to be irrelevant to the outcome.
A very profound insight!
"The Russians aren’t looking for a friend at this point. What was worse is that Trump has, in Russian eyes, shown that he can’t be trusted—no matter his, arguably, good intentions..."
That whole paragraph is a great synopsis of where the Russian-American relationship is at now. What the Russians are looking for is the same thing they have been looking for since the 1990s: someone in the West with whom they can negotiate in good faith. The sad legacy of Western betrayals of Russia means that even if Trump can eventually prove his trustworthiness, the Russians will still question what happens after he is gone. So they need more than words; they need verifiable and enforceable guarantees.
With three, wait four good reasons:
1. Israelis Lobby
2. AIPAC
3. Israel
4. Jewish American banking and media
Perhaps, I should add the cumulative of these four reasons bring us to a fifth reason, the steady onslaught of anti-Russian disinformation and propaganda effect on American perspective.
You nailed it Cosmo T Kat with anti-Russian propaganda and disinformation foisted in the general population of the west comment. I believe the leaders of the west know exactly what Putin is saying and what that means but will not admit to it and instead depend on the censorship industrial complex to convince their constituents that Putin is an untrustworthy and evil dictator who needs to be deposed by whatever means and regardless of consequences including WWIII. I have to believe Tulsi knows the truth and if only Trump would communicate that truth to the world this quagmire could be solved.
Well Said, Robert.
The West conveniently forgets those betrayals and serial bad faith (sigh).
It's not that they forgot, it's that they believe they have done nothing wrong, in fact they fully believe they are the good guys.
Agree totally. Do we have here the makings of a genuine peace and understanding or a tragedy on the order of the Bard?
Putin has a PHD in Economics and a PHD in Law
Could Trump be over matched? I think we know the answer.
Not just Trump, most everyone. Putin also fluent in 5 languages.
""""Restricting access to American banking systems makes it difficult for other countries to buy Russian oil, thereby limiting global supplies.
The media claims that this will serve as one of the levers of pressure to convince Russia to agree to a ceasefire""""
Obviously there will be a work around, and clearly they have been working on it in earnest.
One day I opine, it will just be there - I imagine it is already designed and has been tested and is ongoing testing
In other words, they are using it now for small trades and seeing how it works, how the currencies match or don't match how the day to day increase and decrease in values work probably tried a batch with bitcoin but too volatile
As all are aware Putin is not much for boisterous threats, he is a doer. eg: it is clear that since 2014 Maiden Putin was building and storing artillery - completely prepared to and in fact overmatched US EU Ukraine combined supplies and use in 2022 to date
I imagine Putin is ready Not sure Trump has absorbed this completely - Russia and China are 10 - 30 year planners, by comparison the US plans a week or two out, if that.
eg: Ukraine war since 2022 full battle, and Now the EU says they will raise money to fight, it's a bit hilarious, but that's the mentality
A smart guy recently commented that Russia is following a strategy, while the west follows a narrative.
The meme team is over matched and flailing.
I like that!
What the sanctions will do is raise the price of oil and gas and attenuate even more their delivery to Europe. As you note, Putin and Russia will have anticipated these sanctions and will have their "work arounds" in place. I don't think there is any doubt these sanctions (like all the others against Russia) will backfire hard on Europe and actually in the end help Russia.
Hopefully. Also, Germany is going to pay through the nose for the energy required to rebuild all those armaments (aka targets) they plan in their drang nach oosten part 2.
Given its current condition and future economic prospects, it is hard to imagine Germany (or for that matter even Western Europe collectively) ever being able to launch a "drang nach oosten part 2." They don't have the money, the natural resources, the industrial capacity, or the manpower needed. Plus, they are having enough trouble keeping their economies from collapsing and keeping their populations from rioting and fomenting civil war.
I get tired of saying this but the arrogance and the stupidity of the americans is beyond belief.
I think your broad brush painting of all Americans as arrogant and stupid is insulting. I give you credibility if you said our leadership was arrogant and stupid, but there are many who are quite bright, humble and honestly concerned about the arrogance and stupidity, not to mention greed and evil of our elites and their selected leaders.
It’s a goddam rhetorical advice, for God’s sake. of course all americans aren’t stupid. Crikey.
"I get tired of saying this"
A repetitive rhetorical device...........
This is uninteresting to me. so please don’t take it personally that I’m blocking you. I just don’t have time for this sort of silliness.