He argues politicians and oligarchs do not care about arresting the crisis because they are trying to extract as much wealth as they can before the whole system collapses, and he presents that looting logic as the reason America behaves as it does.
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System Collapse
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...trying to steal as much as they can before the entire system collapses. And that's why we... And that's why America is doing what..."
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"...trying to steal as much as they can before the entire system collapses. And that's why we... And that's why America is doing what..."
"...Trump would be more than happy to see the entire NATO system collapse. And you could argue that, like, like, you know, Trump is..."
"...buying gold and silver. You're betting that the entire global financial system collapses, and that's a very hard bet for investors to make. So..."
"...of the world but starting in about the year 1200 this system collapses in fact the collapse is sudden and hidden and the collapse..."
"...exploit other people. And so when you become too utilitarian, the system collapses. It doesn't make sense. Capital comes in the system and it..."
"...Alright. So the first thing you need to understand is, this system collapse, even though it was traumatic for Europe, it is not unique..."
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