He says oligarchs are retreating into bubbles and treating bunker construction as their answer to the coming crisis, but he argues that hiding underground will not save them from the wave of political upheaval.
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"Look, I hate to say this, but America's headed towards civil war. There's very little that the Americans can do to prevent political collapse,..."
"So this represents a huge domestic political crisis for Trump. But that is one possible theory. To explain why things are happening the way..."
"...the young people leaving. It's, you know, it's fueling a big political crisis now. And, you know, it seems that at the heart of..."
"...begging for Netanyahu to be pardoned and we have a major political crisis and of course the collapsing American Empire all coming together uh..."
"...away the most likely outcome it also turns into a major political crisis in europe and you talked about the economic instabilities i'd say..."
"overthrow Putin I think everybody in Moscow understands that a political crisis at this time in a war acting against a massively popular and..."
"...they're fluid. They're flexible. They're willing to change identity when the political crisis arise. Fascinating."
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