ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS

 

Hello Mr. Holloway, I have recently read your blog and find it to be quite interesting. I had few questions which are stuck in my mind: 1.Who were creators of ISIS? Cause these folks have killed both US and Russian troops. 2. If US does have technologies like ANP, Starlink, etc., do you see them defeating China+Russia Axis if next war happens? 3. How do you see position of India? Cause they are at the moment friendly to both, US as well as Russia. They are moving towards US but also refusing to name and shame Russia. 4.Do you see China attaining technological edge over US in upcoming decades? 5.You said that the US empire's end is at the horizon. Then what would happen to the elites? What would happen to their techs? Regards.

1.      I don’t know who created ISIS. I do think that the Islamic Fundamentalist movement has been taken over by intelligence agencies. The first Islamic Fundamentalist attack of note took place on the Riyadh TV station. The fundamentalists objected to television on the grounds that it violated Koranic Law on graven images. They since have done a complete 180 degree turn on TV. Bin Laden was not camera shy. I think US actions since 1990 in the Middle East and Africa were taken to bolster the petrodollar, remove former Soviet clients from the board and the personal self-enrichment of the American Ruling Class. The “war on terrorism” was a cover for a war on Russia’s global influence. These actions illustrate the corrupt nature of the American Ruling Class. The Bush Family made a fortune in the petroleum industry. Dick Cheney also made a fortune in the petroleum industry. Using the American military to line your own pockets is as corrupt as it gets.

2.       It is possible. If there was ever a time to use them in a pre-emptive war, the current crisis with China and Russia would be ideal. The revelation of US space-based weaponry would be destabilizing. After committing the greatest genocide in human history the USA will go down in history as the most ruthless empire of all time. No one will care about the Nazis anymore. The US preemptive attack will reveal to the world they are in violation of the treaty banning space based weaponry. If the US has a fleet of Single Stage To Orbit (SSTO) Space Shuttle bombers it would violate the spirit of the treaty but not the letter of the law. These space bombers (depending on how good US maps are) could probably take out the bunkers the Chinese and Russians are likely to be hiding inside of. (The bunkers can be seen supposedly using Muon Tomography.) The Russians and the Chinese definitely know about the US military space program. They have countermeasures. Even if the US were to use these weapons and “win.” (“Win” is defined as US command and control survives and the enemy's does not.) It is likely to be a pyrrhic victory. I doubt the oligarchs want to live in a hollowed-out mountain, moon, or Mars colony for the rest of their lives.

3.       If I were the dictator of India or any nation, among other things I would nationalize the energy sector and build the nuclear energy infrastructure needed to be energy independent. That would blunt the impact or potential impact of the Petrodollar or the coming Petroruble. Use that cheap gas to enrich uranium and make fuel for reactors. Build breeder reactors to make the most of India’s uranium reserves. I think that India is going with Russia. They are part of BRICS and have long been a buyer of Russian/Soviet military hardware.

4.      China already produces more patents than the USA. They are 20 years ahead of the USA in hypersonic wind tunnel technology. They can assemble a carrier in a year. They have an industrial base 3x greater than the USA. Their Belt and Road Initiative nullifies American sea power. The USN cannot blockade the Belt and Road Initiative. Only time will tell if China becomes a global hegemon. So far though it looks like they really do want to help other countries by developing them.
US industrialists moved their manufacturing to China. They did not think they owed their fellow Americans a job. They wanted to discipline the American working class. And make more money.

5.       I think that the USA is in for some rough times. There is a real bourgeois schism taking place along culture war lines. But, that is likely to be overwhelmed by a legitimacy crisis and the coming economic crisis. All the problems that were just kicked down the road for the last 50 years are coming to roost all at the same time. It could playout like the 1930’s with an increase in Social Democracy or it could go full fascist. The Republicans have put together the infrastructure to overturn presidential elections on the state level if they don’t like the outcome. If and when they use that power to install a fascist dictator all hell is going to break loose. The Republicans wanted and supported fascism in the 1930’s. They tried to overthrow Roosevelt in a failed conspiracy known as the ¨Business Plot.¨ They wanted to install General Smedley Butler as dictator of the USA. I think that is what they will try to do to solve the crisis and it will fail. They are going to have to deal with civil unrest that has never been seen in the USA. The USA is already one of the most repressive regimes on Earth. People are atomized living in car dependent suburbs. We have the largest prison population and a militarized police force. The current institutions having lost all legitimacy are going to have a hard time keeping a lid on things. There is a real possibility that an IRA style insurgency kicks off in the cities. The Ruling Class in the USA is fucked. They believe their own propaganda about capitalism being the greatest system ever. They hate the idea of the government being used to help the working class. They hate the idea of economic planning. The person who has a plan is going to do better than the person who doesn’t. The same thing goes for nations. The US is going to have to make some real changes if it wants to remain relevant in the coming decades.