Germany wants Africa. I wonder if Africa wants Germany? Scholz wants more investment ties in African resources. I wonder what Africans think? It is like people fighting over Palestinian refugees – did anyone bother to ask them where they wanted to go? Short answer – no. Oddly, Israeli refugees are going to Russia. To re-Bolshevik the country? Seems an odd choice. Wouldn’t they want to come to America – the Land of the Free and the Brave? Where money is dripping off every lamppost… Or is Russia the new Old America?
Of course the real reason Germany wants more of Africa is because the west lost its foothold and the BRICS have taken advantage of policies that don’t involve constant ‘punishment’ via sanctions. Sanctions which are levied for the sole purpose of destroying the country’s ability to rise economically. In particular, Germany and its West are fearful of Iran, China and Russia moving into ‘their territory’ or colony.
Instead of a mentality of fixing what you have, the mentality is to break it and rape/steal from your neighbor.
The new BRICS RESET is somewhat different than the one touted by the World Economic Forum and UN for The West. Its focus is on teamwork – a concept foreign to western agendas of control and conquer.
Within the BRICS, the realization is that everyone requires sovereignty. Everyone is responsible for their own choices. Leaders are respected and intellectually savvy. There is no ‘military’ head honcho (NATO), there is no judgement of government and cultural choices. And there are no coups. Every coup precedes the country’s economic collapse as we witness today in America and Canada. Capitalism didn’t break the bank, elitist power did.
Oddly, instead of learning a lesson from the BRICS format of mutual respect, the West continues to try to upend what is a much more clear rationale of cooperation in favor of chaos – Riots have become the playbook of such chaos. And the Israel/Palestine war has become fodder for internal factions to attempt to implode cities, states, and governments from within. IF the West were to recognize this ‘mature’ philosophical means of mutual growth as inspired by BRICS, populations could aspire for peaceful coexistence on their own land.
Instead, the forcible indoctrination of culture clashes is utilized to destroy and bring down an economy. As though the West is being led by minions of low two digit IQ’s playing checkers instead of 3D chess,
For Example: The IMF boasts 190 member countries each granted a percentage of total votes. The US gave itself 16.50 votes compared to every other nation (assuming Europe as singular states) allocated 6.14 or less. While the bank claims to represent 190 members, in actuality its voting system is existentially a US-EU construct. African and South American countries – are members with zero voting privileges. A Quota system that has been challenged but will likely never change.
Based on a graph produced by the IMF as of April 2023, the price of foods and oil took off during the end stages of the Pandemic when the Biden Regime took control of the West, and has only subsided since the Russia and Ukraine conflict began. Still 50 % higher than the baseline of 2014 and the end of Trump’s presidency. The ‘transportation’ of food is generating the highest inflationary instigator. A barrel of oil has tripled in price since Biden was elected. Therefore, in order to bring down food prices – bring down oil. In order to bring down oil, repeal all sanctions and drill baby drill!
Funny how simplistic it all really is. The Federal Reserve Biden Regime would have us believe that unemployment will bring down inflation… Destroying retail businesses will bring down inflation… Raising wages to untenable amounts will bring down inflation. When the reality is it is all about – oil. As proven by the Wests own proxy – the IMF.
Instead, the IMF Economists have determined that food prices drove inflation. Culling our food sources was the means. Chicken and egg shortages abounded in the US because a duck at a sanctuary got sick. Therefore, to stop the spread of bird flu our government called for the culling of 50 million chickens. Not sick chickens – but healthy chickens that ‘might’ get sick. Farmers comply because otherwise the FDA will shut them down.
But the IMF doesn’t want to speak truth, it wants to speak an agenda and claim that the culling is a necessary evil. And, of course, it was Russia’s Fault…
A similar propaganda deployment used via the CoVid Vax – cull the healthy with a vaccine that kills people. The medical community, Big Pharma, knew they were causing the chaos, knew how it could be cured, but pushed the toxin anyway. Scientists know that climate change is an earth and solar system phenomena, but create the chaos – anyway. Bankers know their economic propaganda is false – but exercise it anyway.
Why? Because most of their jobs are superfluous. There are over 8.8 million scientists in the world – all doing research or teaching. There are roughly 35,000 economists in the US and over 2 million bankers in the world. The vast majority of these ‘experts’ produce absolutely nothing for the economy. They are paid postulators!
In the US, the largest employer is the public school system at over 7 million at a total cost of $800 billion. Each year, states pay out $50 billion in teacher pensions. Nationally, the average cost per year to ‘educate’ a child, K-12, is over $17,000 surpassing the average annual cost for college tuition by 300%. Perhaps some of those 35,000 economists could find a way to get public schools back to a $3000-$5000 cost. Put the scientists to work as farm laborers…
Germany doesn’t need more resources pillaged from Africa. Neither does the US. We don’t need ‘depopulation’. What we need is a team of architectural accountants to create a model of pure capitalism capping the highs and the lows of salaries. Thus people can choose their employment based on merit and desire, instead of money. Enjoyment would be an exponential end product.
The old fashioned farmer; work and toil the land because it is in their blood, it is what makes them feel good about the world, their contribution, and the maintenance of God’s great earth! Every toil should be this.
Helena, my replies are getting ditched.
it is here — I see it
Helena, I’ve spent all my time since my MBA (1976) in the downstream petro biz, as GM of an Exxon Jobber (76-89) & as a consultant to UST owners (89-Pres), handling compliance to soil/groundwater compliance issues. The latter amazed me as to the real aim of the “Environmental Biz”. What was IT?
Nothing more than making an oligopoly of petro marketing in the US. An average “Pumper/C-Store” in Chucktown, SC construction is around $8MM. Carry 20K or so of $3+/gal. inverntory per store. So, you have 100 like Parker’s® (big Savannah chain). That’s $60MM/store. No, $75MM. That’s $750MM of INVENTORY.
Mom & Pop are a nothing. A trust fund buddy friend, W&L Grad ran an Esso juxst outside of Fripp Island, SC for years on US 21. COVID killed it. Now, Frippers have a 15 minute drive to buy BEER. But the average house there is $1.3MM. Guess they can afford the gas.