![]() What islands that exist in the Pacific or Atlantic basins that theoretically could be used to launch an attack on North America-Guam, Hawaii, or the Aleutians in the Pacific, or Bermuda, Newfoundland, or Iceland in the Atlantic-are held either by close allies or the Americans themselves. United States is at the very top of a very short list of countries that face no near- or mid-range threats from other oceanic powers. – from The End of the World is Just the Beginning book by Peter Zeihan This devolution will be jarring, to say the least. No economic system yet imagined can function in the sort of future we face. The 2020s will see a collapse of consumption and production and investment and trade almost everywhere. Because the world-our world-is breaking apart. Instead of cheap and better and faster, we’re rapidly transitioning into a world that’s pricier and worse and slower. ![]() ![]() The world of the past few decades has been the best it will ever be in our lifetime. Historically speaking, we live in an embarrassment of riches and peace. The End of the World is Just the Beginning Quotesĭuring the past seven decades, as a percent of the population, fewer people have died in fewer wars and fewer occupations and fewer famines and fewer disease outbreaks than since the dawn of recorded history. ![]()
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