What’s the thread that connects the war with Iran, the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Maduro, threats against Greenland, and the oil blockade of Cuba? Like most things American, If you want the answer you have to follow the money. Once we do, it becomes clear that the US’s recent aggressions aren’t the random actions of a power-drunk madman. It’s a fight for survival.
This essay is about the system the United States uses to maintain its financial and cultural dominance around the globe, and the new challenger, China, that is threatening to rewrite the global world order.
To understand how we got here, we have to go back in time a bit.