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It's like a lake of gasoline about to be lit on fire. So America is badly extended, okay? So, and you can make the argument that either Putin knew about the Hamas attack, or even encouraged the attack, okay? Because the main winner of the Hamas attack is obviously Vladimir Putin. And the loser is America, okay? So does this make sense so far? All right, so let's talk about the future or what are predictions moving forward. 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The first thing that he will do is he will drag on the Ukraine war. So he will not end it. He will not seek peace. He will not negotiate peace terms. He will continue to drag it on, okay? Why would he do that? Why not just declare victory? Or why not just negotiate peace? Why would he want to drag it on? Yeah, the Russian people will constantly be at war, but then the question then is, why would he drag it on and not expand it, right? He wants to drag it on, but he doesn't want to expand it. Expand it means he attacks Poland, okay? He doesn't want to do that. He just wants to drag it on. Why? Yeah, okay. 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So in other words, Ukraine is a battlefield to increase American debt, and create civil discord among NATO and America, okay? Germany does not want to fight this war. Germany wants out. You understand? So as long as this war keeps on going, it's going to create more friction between NATO and the United States, and that's what Putin wants. But if Putin attacks Poland, then all of NATO is forced to fight him, okay? Does that make sense? So he does not want to expand the war. He just wants the war to maintain a status quo and for it to drag on, okay? So that's the first prediction. 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Remember how, for the past few classes, we've been discussing how America wants to attack Iran, and Iran wants revenge against America, okay? But for this to happen, what Putin needs to do is talk to Iran and guarantee that Iran will be protected by the Russian nuclear umbrella, which means that America will not be allowed to use nuclear weapons when it invades Iran, because Putin will respond with nuclear weapons of his own, okay? Does that make sense? So as long as Putin comes to an agreement with Iran and say that, I will use my nuclear weapons to protect you from U.S. nuclear weapons, then Iran will take initiative and start to provoke America into a wider war. And again, there are many ways Iran can do that. It can use Hezbollah to attack Israel. It can expand its nuclear program. 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North Korea. So as the United States becomes distracted in Ukraine and Iran, North Korea can now take the initiative, right? Because, what North Korea can do is threaten to invade South Korea. And there are about 30,000 U.S. troops in South Korea. So North Korea doesn't actually have to do anything, but the threat of North Korea will force America to divert resources to South Korea. Does that make sense? Okay? And this will probably even have to force South Korea and the United States to start to bribe North Korea. Okay? And we can expect that North Korea does this because Putin has given North Korea his assurance that he will protect North Korea in the event of a war. Okay? Does that make sense? 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But remember that BRICS doesn't have to actually replace the U.S. dollar. It just has to threaten. Because a lot of finance, a lot of money, it's just confidence, okay? You have the U.S. dollar because you're confident that it's valuable. But once you lose the confidence in the U.S. dollar, you will no longer want to use it, okay? Does that make sense? And the last thing is to maintain close relationships, to maintain a very close relationship with China. So Putin will come to China more often, and he and Xi Jinping will hug each other more, okay?", "word_count": 156, "timed_chunks": [ { "id": "seg-0017-chunk-001", "start": 1177.07, "end": 1184.72, "text": "BRICS. We will see BRICS continue to expand,", "word_count": 8 }, { "id": "seg-0017-chunk-002", "start": 1185, "end": 1190.06, "text": "okay? 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Who knows, okay? But, and again, listen. The reality is, if you look at game theory, there are lots of geopolitical differences between Russia and China, much more so than between China and the United States. But again, Putin doesn't actually need China to do anything. All Putin needs is for China not to work with the United States, okay? Because in this situation, one way that the United States can survive or protect its empire is by working with China, right? To triangulate against Russia. Does that make sense? So as long as China remains neutral, then Russia and Putin can continue to exert pressure on the American empire, okay? So over the next three to four years, we should see all these things happen, okay? So first thing is the Ukraine war does not end. Putin will find a way for it to drag on, but actually expanding it, okay? That's the first thing. 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Does that make sense? And third of all, there are a lot of geopolitical conflicts between Russia and China. If you think about it, Russia is more of a threat to China than the United States is, okay? Does that make sense? Historically, Russia and China fought wars, many wars, over the border, okay? So if you become friends with China, then Putin needs to take the defensive and focus more on protecting the Russia -China border, okay? Does that make sense? Because right now, Putin can just focus on the offensive, but if China is on the side of the United States, then Putin is forced on the defensive, okay? Does that make sense? Okay. Any more questions you have, Peter? That's right. That's right, that's right. 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So China is encouraging everyone to buy gold. Don't buy any more U.S. dollars, guys. Buy gold, all right? And the reason why is because America's debt is a huge problem for America, and the only way for America to sustain its debt is if China continues to buy U.S. debt, okay? Does that make sense? Okay. But that's a great point, Peter. Any more questions before I continue? Okay. So Jack asked a great question. All right. It makes sense for... For China and the United States to be friends, right? Because China exports a lot of commodities to the United States. The United States is a huge market. The United States also provides China with a lot of technology, right? And Jack asked a question. Why would China want to be friends with Russia? 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And... If you look at a map, okay, China is surrounded by U.S. military bases. And the problem is that China needs imports of oil and food to sustain its economy. Does that make sense? So if America ever launches an embargo against China, China collapses, okay? So in other words, China needs to open up its borders and create new trade routes. And the only way... And the best partner right now is Russia because it has a lot of access to energy and oil, okay? So right now the situation in China is that Chinese policymakers know that the situation in China is terrible. The economy has collapsed. Demographics have collapsed. China is completely dependent on the world for oil and food, okay? China is extremely vulnerable right now. 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Okay? So basically, what's happening is that the Communist Party is storing the wealth of the Chinese people in American banks. This is a great deal for both America, Wall Street, and the Chinese Communist Party, okay? So there's no reason for these countries to be in conflict with each other. But unfortunately, the American policymakers always need an enemy to justify the incredible amount of money they spend on defense, okay? Does that make sense? Okay, any more questions before I continue? Excuse me? I didn't understand the question. Can you repeat that? Oh, that's a great question. So what happens if China takes over Taiwan? What does America lose? And the answer is not that much, okay? You can make the argument that Taiwan has a semiconductor industry, but guess what? You can move that semiconductor industry elsewhere. Okay? For America, it's just one of face. You understand? 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And the answer is, what historians will tell you is that Stalin trusted Hitler. Okay? This was the ultimate mistake that Stalin made. Stalin believed Hitler was his friend. He believed that Hitler would never invade him. Okay? And so this is what you're taught in history class. When you go to the United States, you'll be taught this. When you go on the internet, you'll be taught this. Okay? This is completely wrong. This analysis is completely wrong. All right? So we're going to use game theory to understand why this is wrong. All right. So using game theory, let's look at four possible scenarios. Okay? Scenario A is Soviets attack first. And they encircle Berlin. Second scenario is Soviets attack. Okay? And they're stopped at the border. Scenario C is Soviets attack, sorry, Germans attack, and the Soviets stop them. Okay? 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The Soviets had a plan to attack Germany. But the Germans struck first. Okay? So let's look at these four possible scenarios and see what happens. First scenario is the Soviets attack Germany first, and they reach Berlin. What happens now? What happens now? What do all, what do all the other countries do? Well, yes, do you understand? Stalin reaches Berlin. Boom! Japan comes from the east. Russia, Britain comes to the aid of Germany. United States comes to the aid of Britain. All the world unites against the Soviet Union. Okay? So what would happen in this war? The Soviet Union loses this war.", "word_count": 155, "timed_chunks": [ { "id": "seg-0038-chunk-001", "start": 2603.94, "end": 2605.3, "text": "Okay? Which is actually what happened.", "word_count": 6 }, { "id": "seg-0038-chunk-002", "start": 2605.81, "end": 2606.51, "text": "All right?", "word_count": 2 }, { "id": "seg-0038-chunk-003", "start": 2606.93, "end": 2611.23, "text": "So these are four possible different scenarios that could have happened in", "word_count": 12 }, { "id": "seg-0038-chunk-004", "start": 2611.23, "end": 2612.35, "text": "June 1941.", "word_count": 2 }, { "id": "seg-0038-chunk-005", "start": 2613.17, "end": 2613.39, "text": "All right?", "word_count": 2 }, { "id": "seg-0038-chunk-006", "start": 2613.41, "end": 2619.19, "text": "Remember that there were four to five million Soviet troops at the", "word_count": 12 }, { "id": "seg-0038-chunk-007", "start": 2619.19, "end": 2620.59, "text": "border. 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If the Soviet Union did not become a global superpower with all this heavy industry, then China would not become a communist power. Moscow would not have won the war. Okay? So in other words, all this is telling us is that Stalin is a genius. He turned a losing war into a winning war. Okay? So the last thing I want to do is, okay, fine. How was Stalin able to do this? What makes the Russian imagination different from the Western imagination? Okay? So I would say three things. The first thing is just intuition. And intuition means that Putin and Stalin, they're able to read the political winds. Okay? They're able to sense the mood of the world. The German word for this is Zeitgeist. Okay? Spirit of the Times. But they're able to sense the mood of the world. Okay? 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So it's intuition. Second is imagination. So Putin and Stalin both have a strategic imagination, which means like, okay, they sense these winds, but they can also imagine, hey, if I did this, how would these winds change? Okay? That's an imagination to able to predict or imagine the future. And the last thing, which is the strangest of all, is multiple personalities. Meaning that Putin and Stalin are such good men that they embody multiple personalities in them. And that's why they're so unpredictable. All right? So the example is this. Everyone says that Stalin trusted Hitler. So Hitler played Stalin. But if you just look at, if you just analyze the game, okay, then the conclusion is Stalin played Hitler. You understand? Hitler did everything that Stalin did. Poland, which caused Germany, which caused France and Britain to declare war on him. Okay? 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Because in 1941, June 1941, Hitler did not have to invade Soviet Union, okay? He could have waited for Stalin to invade him. Then the opposite would have happened, right? Then America would have joined the war on Hitler's behalf. And they would have defeated the Soviet Union, okay? So what convinced Hitler to do the most insane thing and invade Russia first? And the answer is, Hitler trusted Stalin. Okay? Does that make sense? All right? So imagine this. Hitler and Stalin, they're having drinks, okay? They're both drunk. And they're on the porch and they're staring at the mountains and the moon, okay? And Stalin and Hitler are talking. And all Stalin has to do is say three words. 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And that's how Stalin was able to win World War II, and this is why Putin will be able to destroy the American Empire. Okay? Any questions? Okay. So, Stalin asked the most important question, okay? Why are the Russians different? Okay. All right. So, the problem isn't Russia. The problem is us, the West, okay? So, when we talk about the West, Western thinking, it comes from British thinking. And there are three distinct characteristics of British thinking that's different from Russian thinking, okay? All right. Let's look at British philosophy versus Russian philosophy, all right? Okay. The first major difference is that British philosophy tends to be narrow, whereas Russia tends to be broad, okay? 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