It’s Starting: The Fall of Europe (Video - 29mn)

   Here's a superb breakdown of the current situation in Europe. 

   Below, Andrei Jikh proposes four levels of analysis and instead of presenting a simple yes/no answer, he explains why they may all be true simultaneously. 

   And this to my opinion may be the gist of our current predicament. We are almost always presented with simple interpretations which are deemed the correct ones as the rest is dismissed as "conspiracy theories" whereas in reality, different levels of understanding often coexist in a complex mix of motivations and interests. 

   Europe has made mistakes and is ready to double down on them but this doesn't mean that nefarious forces are not at work in the background. In Asia, we say that "The Wasp often stings the weeping cheek." In real life, weakened bodies attract predators and vultures which consequently accelerate the downfall. 

   Now that Europe has shown its weak underbelly, economic, social and financial forces will conjure to strike the continent. The extreme left clearly stated that they want to get rid of the government in France while inflation is rising and interest rates are out of control. The right will eventually react but the huge state apparatus and dominant woke ideology will offer stiff resistance. Expect confusion and mayhem in the months ahead.    

It’s Starting: The Fall of Europe

The Hidden War Being Waged as Europe Burns by Simon Michaux (Video - 1h01mn)

    Here's another dose of Simon Michaux. There is a lot I agree with in this video which links disparate fields together in a coherent whole. An understanding which is of course highly at odd with the MSM (Main Stream Media) narrative. 

   What Simon Michaux does is shine a different light on current issues. Agree or not with his explanation, it does change the way we can approach events in a radical manner. 

   The war rhetoric, the riots, the media manipulations are the things we see. The CBDC Digital Currency, the rush to build data center which will monitor all digital activities and the financial systems working in the background and being used to pressure countries are the real deal of how our modern societies are being led and organized.

   Forget the politicians, their role is simply to implement the ideas. What's behind is more powerful and better organized although flexible and equipped with consultations committees to discuss, review and implement large scale plans. We saw it at work for the Covid virus crisis which was engineered and managed at a supra-national level but there is little doubts that other important subjects are likewise dealt with and monitored. That's what Simon Michaux explains with the lapidary "Look over there, not here!" technique of managing events. 

   We see it again in the "spontaneous" French riots repurposed and extended to the whole of Europe. Who does that? For what purpose?     

   Another positive evolution is that people are indeed starting to be more circumspect, in spite of the relentless media one-sided propaganda.  

    But will they react fast enough? Simon Michaux thinks, yes. I am more doubtful. The people who control the system through power and money are there for a reason. They are rich, ruthless and intelligent. People adapt but so do they and faster. The one opportunity we may have not to fall into their dystopian programmable future is that the future is not written. By this I mean that surprises can defeat the best plans. Likewise, the institutions "guiding" our path are not monolithic. There are factions who disagree, interests at odd and countries who are not sitting at the table. All this creates instabilities which gives a wide bed of low constrains to our evolutionary path. So in the end, with a few nuances, I share Simon Michaux views below: 

 The Hidden War Being Waged as Europe Burns - 'They are Psychopaths': Simon Michaux

France is at war with itself - Yanis Varoufakis & Wolfgang Munchau (Video - 42mn)

   The problems of France are not limited to the country as to some extent most of Europe has been following similar policies. France just did more of it for longer and is now paying the consequences. 

   In absolute terms, 5% interest rate on the OAT is not so high historically, it's just the straw that will break the camel's back. Compounded with social unrest, inflation and lack of investment, the question is: Can it crash the world economy? 

   On it's own, this is unlikely. But if the fire spreads to the rest of Europe as it seems quite possible, if the Middle East conflagration keeps growing and if the AI bubble burst in the US as we are seeing some signs already, then the risk grows exponentially. And this time, unlike 2008, no amount of money will be enough to stop the fire.      

   PS; The discussion is very interesting which is why I posted it but I do not share the ideology of Yanis Varoufakis. (an important detail! :-)  

 France is at war with itself - Yanis Varoufakis & Wolfgang Munchau | The Econoclasts

Why Nobody Lives in America's Most Beautiful Town - Carmel by the Sea (Video - 57mn)

    This is a AI generated video. The kind we usually avoid. But this one is different. It explains clearly how good intended policies can have negative consequences. 

   Over the years, I have seen quite a few such places in the US. Carmel by the Sea, near Monterey Bay in California is the most glaring example but there are many others. Los Alamos with its high density of engineers and scientists also comes to mind. Nice to live in but over regulated so that in the end, what should be a paradise turns out as a bureaucratic hell from which people tend to flee. Although not as fast of course as from real hell holes such as Detroit or Oakland which list is too long to print. Everything is relative.  

 Why Nobody Lives in America's Most Beautiful Town