A lot of the talk is about China, but there are other things, especially in the Q and A. Folks who have discussed the issues in Sudan and the Horn of Africa might want to listen to end of the question and answer session.
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"This is the Voice of Moderation. I wouldn't go so far as to say we've actually SEIZED the radio station . . . "
Watched this – it was pretty interesting. I’m not sure I fully grasped all of it.
What mostly struck me was how utterly unprepared we here in the US are for what’s coming.
What also struck me, not just from Tooze’s speech but also just from living here at the moment, is that we really don’t have a functional government right now. Some institutions are still hobbling along because the people who work in them actually want to do the right thing if they can. But most of the leadership are just fucking clowns. And not the funny kind.
We – the US – will be occupying a diminished place in the world, mostly through our own bad behavior. And we are not used to thinking of ourselves that way. A lot of folks will simply not be able to accept it.