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Mar 18, 2022Liked by John Thornton

"History doesn’t repeat itself, but like poetry it often rhymes." Nicely said.

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Good, and yet you don't discuss the role of disinformation in our current state. I's not just people naturally separating in to tribes, its powerful moneyed actors intentionally creating that separation. Again, effect of those with money and power who stand to benefit from balkanization similar to the spanish american war.

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The New Reformation may also thrust East above West again. China will jockey with India for primacy, with the veracity of its rejuvenating military alliance with Russia proving decisive. Unless India's open political system proves more stable in the long run than China & Russia's closed systems. Lest it is itself destabilized in the manner of the US' democracy.

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