Post #972563

Good stuff! And still reading. The Ukraine hits on Russian oil ports fits in the pattern perfectly. "At this level, patterns emerge that do not fit a reading of geopolitics as pure competition between independent actors. The same institutions profit regardless of outcome. The pretexts are manufactured against the evidence of the system’s own intelligence agencies. Oil prices spike — up 12% with natural gas rising over 40% since the escalation began¹⁹ — in ways that hurt consumers and importing nations but benefit producers, speculators, and the financial sector. You begin to notice that while the fighters in the ring are genuinely hitting each other, the venue keeps collecting its percentage from every ticket."