Professor Jiang: Is World War 3 About To Begin?

In 2024, you made three predictions that. have come perfectly true. Like Trump. would start a war with Iran. And you've. made a series of new predictions. Yes, and I'll explain each prediction one by. one. Okay, so first, I predict that. Trump will get a third term. But isn't. this constitutionally illegal? It's not. The president now has emergency war. powers. And so he can actually delay the. election. My second prediction is Iran. is now up for a war, and the United. States will institute a national draft. Meaning that if you're between 18 and 24. in America and you're male, you'll be. automatically put into the draft system.

And they just passed a law that says. that starting in December, you'll be. automatically registered. Which means. you're obliged to go and fight. Exactly. Next, the world will move towards an AI. civilian state. So, everything you do. online is being recorded to figure out. how to control you. And then, this is. the most controversial prediction. This. is pretty bad. And I'll explain why. And. also, I will tell you why this war can. only lead to World War III. Why? There's. a very strong possibility that the. American empire will collapse. And also, I'll show you what the Russians will do,

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Professor Dieng. There's so much going on in the world at. the moment that it's quite confusing for. an ordinary person like me, and you've. blown up across the internet because. you've been able to demystify all of all. of this craziness, but also because in. 2024, you made three predictions that have. come. perfectly true. Some might say unfortunately.

Unfortunately, yes. What were those. three predictions? My first prediction. was that Trump would win in November. 2024. Second prediction is that he would start. a war against Iran. And the third prediction is that the. United States would lose this war, and. in losing this war, this would radically. reshape the geopolitical landscape. How. did you know that Trump would start a. war with Iran? The simple answer is. this. The The United States have to.

invaded Iran because it has no choice in. the matter. If it were not to invade. Iran, it would lose its empire. Its. empire is based purely on US dollar, the. petrodollar, which is a Ponzi scheme. If it did not invade Iran, then people. would choose not to trade with it. anymore. People would choose to not buy. US Treasuries. Why? For the longest. time, this system worked fine.

But then, in February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. Yeah. That. wasn't the issue. The issue was the. American response. The American response was to sanction. Russia, and we moved Russia from the. Swift global payment system. It also. ordered the Europeans to freeze over 200. billion dollars. in Russian assets. And this is a problem.

because the very basis for having the US. dollar. as the global reserve currency is that. it would remain politically neutral. It It The Americans guaranteed seamless. and politically neutral. international exchange. So, if this trend continues, right? If you don't do anything about. Russia, Russia will take over Ukraine. And Russia then would build an alliance.

with China and Iran. If you look at. these three countries on a map, Russia, China, and Iran, this is the entire. Asian continent. And then what they can. do is this. They can say, "Okay, the United States is a bully. They force us to play by their rules. They get very angry if we don't play by. their rules. So, let's not play with the. United States anymore. Let's just trade. amongst ourselves.".

And then what they can do is they can. build a. Eurasian railway system connecting. Russia, Iran, and China together. And then what this would do is negate. American sea power because it's American. ships that patrol and protect. the oceans. And then what happen is the world, Europe, Middle East, Africa, India, East. Asia would look at this trading block.

and think to themselves, "Wow, these. guys, the Russians, and Iranians, and. Chinese, they use gold. as their medium of exchange. Gold is valuable. The Americans, on the other hand, use US. dollars. as the medium of exchange, which is not. valuable. So, am am I better off with. the American system or this new BRICS. system?

What's BRICS? It's an acronym. It stands. for Brazil, Russia, India, uh South Africa, China. So, am I right. in thinking because Iran, Russia, and. China were colluding, it threatened US. dominance, which is driven by the world. using the dollar as the primary currency. for trading? That's correct. Okay. So, they felt they needed to invade because. then they can control more of the Middle. East. Right. So, by attacking Iran, certain things happened. Okay? The first.

thing that happened is that. China is now cut off. from Middle East energy. China. receives anywhere between 50 to 60% of. its energy needs. from the Middle East. Not just Iran, but. also Qatar and Saudi Arabia. A lot of people say that China today, it's reliant on renewables, solar, wind. And that's true to a certain. extent. Remember that China, it is an.

industrial powerhouse. So, it needs. energy from everywhere and. everyone. So, the fact that China is losing all this. energy from the Middle East presents. China with a long-term strategic. vulnerability. Okay, that's the first thing that. happens. Second thing that happens is that Europe. is now in trouble because remember, because of the of Russia's invasion of. Ukraine, Russian energy was sanctioned. And so, Europe relied more on.

Middle E- on the Middle East for its. energy needs, especially Qatar. And now, Europe has lost all of this. oil. So, you and then you have Japan and. South Korea, these two powerful East. Asia economies are also reliant on the. Middle East for its. energy. So, now question is. if you're not getting your energy from. the Middle East, where can you get your. energy from? And there's only two. answers. Either Russia.

or the United States. Russia is at war. And what's happening. is the Ukrainian drones are attacking. Russian oil refineries and export hubs. So, the world in the short-term have has. no choice but to look to America for its. energy needs. And what did Trump do recently? He took. over He took over Venezuela. Which has the world's. greatest. oil reserves.

He's threatening Canada. He's. threatening Greenland, Mexico, Columbia. If Trump controls the entire. Western Hemisphere, the entire world has to beg Trump for. energy and resources. And this saves. both the US dollar. as well as American empire. So, as part. of your prediction in in 2024, I believe. it was, you said that the US would lose. this war, right?

Why did you predict that the US will. lose this war with Iran? Because. the the American society does not does. not have the political will. Does not have the manufac- manufacturing. capacity. Does not have the risk tolerance to. fight this war in. Iran. Basically, America wants to fight this. war as cheaply as easily and as quickly. as possible. Right? So, Trump Trump really thought.

that, you know, if I sent my airplanes. to strike Iran and kill the Ayatollah, they would just surrender. That was like. literally his plan going into this war. He paid no attention to the culture. He. paid no attention to the history of the. Iranian people. He had absolutely no. respect for. for the nation. And when you do that, when you disrespect your opponent, when. you underestimate your opponent, when. you yourself are not willing to commit. to the fight, you're going to lose.

So, is Iran's game just a tool to stall. as long as they possibly can? How they, you know, cuz he's taking out. the leaders. And then do you also think. that Trump thought that just if I just. bomb the leader, then everything will. sort of regenerate itself and we'll be. fine? What was the sort of fundamental. misunderstanding? There's a lot of. confusion as to how this war started. Even today, no one actually knows how. this war started. But, I think that Trump, given his.

personality, he was convinced. that if he killed the leadership of. Iran, then they would have no choice but to. surrender. And his proof of concept was, of course, on January 3rd of this year, Delta Force went into Venezuela, kidnapped Maduro, and they just completely surrendered. So, in Trump's mind, he wanted to replay. this the Venezuela scenario.

And he. didn't realize that Iran is. fundamentally different from Venezuela. The short answer is. he is a reality TV star. He thinks in. terms of optics. He doesn't think in. terms of like geopolitical strategy. The. long answer is that the American. military has become a very corrupt and. insular institution. that is trying to generate as much. commercial funding as possible in order. to fund the military-industrial complex.

Did he think that he was going to bomb. Iran, the people would rise up, they. would elect a new government, and that. would. be that, and then he could control Iran? That's exactly what he thought. So, what. I want to do now is go to the map. >> Okay. All right? And I'll show you what. he got wrong. >> Okay. All right. So, this is a map of. the Middle East. And the first thing to notice about this. map. is the topography.

What does that mean? How many mountains. you have. So, this is What's really. interesting is that the topography. between Iraq and Iran are completely. different. And this is important because to In. 2003, the Americans invaded Iraq, and they won. the war in about 2 weeks. And the reason. why they won the war is Americans. practiced something called shock and. awe.

The idea of shock and awe. is that. it is a military strategy that believes. that if you cut off the head of the. snake, the snake will die. The. decapitation strike. And so, what they did was they went into. Baghdad, seized Baghdad, and the. regime collapsed, and the war was over.

And they were able to do this because of. the topography. If you look at a map of Iraq, it's all. flat, it's all desert. Meaning that you can just fly in your. planes, cut off the head of the snake, and the. war is over. There's absolutely no way. you can defend against air strikes. because you're entirely a desert.

Now, let's go to let's look at the. topography of I of Iran. And Iran is all. mountainous. In fact, you can make the argument that. Iran is a fortress. Okay? And so. the first thing is. that. Iran can choose to fight a war of. attrition. What's a war of attrition? A.

war of attrition is a game of uncle. What's that? Right. A game of uncle is. where. uh we don't have enough power to destroy. each other. So we what we try to do is. we try to create pain points, leverage. points. to force you to submit, to cry uncle. Right? So because Iran is too large. and has 92 million people, it's. impossible.

for the Americans and Israelis to. destroy Iran. So what they try to do. instead is. bomb enough targets so that they. recognize that resistance resistance is. futile and they surrender. Okay? That's the extent of the strategy. But again, the problem with this is that. one, Iran is much too big. Number two is. that it is a mountain fortress, which. means that you can hide your weapons and.

your military. inside mountains. Right? Which allows you to conduct a. guerrilla warfare strategy against your. opponent. And this is exactly what Iran is doing. right now, where their underground. missile bases are hidden inside. the mountains and then they're able to. strike targets throughout. the Middle East. Primarily American. bases, but also energy installations. that are key to the American petrodollar.

system. And so, it's a game of uncle where the. Americans are trying to create as much. damage as possible in every nation and. Iran's response is trying to destroy as. much of of the global economy as. possible to force the world to pressure. America to call the war off. So, that's. the situation we are facing right now. Second thing that Trump got got wrong. is how vulnerable the global economy is. Because.

the Iranians can control something. called the Strait of Hormuz. Okay? And as you can see. on this map, the Strait of Hormuz is a. very. very narrow. piece. of land. It's only about 33 km across. You can actually swim. across the Strait of Hormuz. Okay? And what's important is. that the GCC. export 20%. of the world's energy. The GCC The Gulf.

Cooperative Council. Okay? So, the Gulf. Cooperative Council are certain nations. in the Middle Middle East that align. politically. So, they include Qatar, Saudi Arabia, uh the UAE, Oman, Iran, Kuwait. They've been exporting. energy. But not just energy, but also a lot of. byproducts of of energy production. including fertilizer. to the world, primarily.

East Asia. and India. In return, they've been getting. um. food. back. So, most people don't don't don't. appreciate this, but the GCC actually. imports 89% of its. food needs. The the reason why is that. they become so rich these past few. decades. that the populations have um blown up. And as a result, they have to feed the population, but.

they don't have agricultural resources. They also don't have water resources. And so, they have two major. vulnerabilities, which is food and. water. And they have a lot of these. other these desalination plants around. the area. And so, >> What's a desalination plant? >> Okay. So, a desalination plant takes salt. water from the seas, and then through an. electrochemical process, turns it into. portable water that people can use uh.

for drinking purposes and for. agricultural purposes. >> Okay. Right? So, as you can see, the entire. area. it is extremely vulnerable. to drone and missile attacks from Iran. So, that's the second thing that Iran. has done, which Trump did not expect. He. didn't expect that the Iranians would. close off the Strait of. Hormuz. And how the Iranians were able. to close off the Strait of Hormuz was. just by threatening to attack any ships.

that wanted to cross it. The reason why. is that the ships depend on maritime. insurance in order to operate. But if there's a risk, a very high risk. of being destroyed, then um. you will not be able to get insurance. Okay. So, it's not that the Iranians. have said to these ships, "You can't. cross." It's just that the insurers. refused to allow these ships to cross. because it's too dangerous. And Trump didn't Do you think they'd. consider this before they started. bombing Iran? That Iran would have some.

leverage in shutting down such a. critical. piece of uh water for, you know, shipping fertilizer, energy, etc. You. think that they would have known this. Right, so that's what a lot of people. say, that Trump's stupid, that Trump is. hot-headed, that he was misled by the. Israelis. And there's good evidence to support. this. But I want to show you something. Okay, it's it's called the.

National Defense Strategy. All right? And so this is. a document that was published by the. Department Department of War. And in it, it explains. what the American strategy to maintain. global dominance is. And in the introduction, what it says is. that. for too long, America has been bullied. by the war world. America is a nation.

that protects the world. Yet Europe, East Asia, takes advantage. of American generosity. The Europeans don't pay for their. defense. And so they put all this money into. welfare, into a pension system. The Chinese. have been giving America a bad trade. deal. The Chinese steal American. technology and then use it to make. products that they sell back to the. Americans. So,

the Americans have been have been. getting a really bad deal. for decades. And President Donald Trump, he's going to change that by doing four. things. All right? The National Defense Strategy. calls for a four-point. program. to put America first. The first thing that. um America's going to do, it's going to. secure. the Western Hemisphere. Why? Because the Western Hemisphere.

belongs to the United States. When you. say the Western Hemisphere, what do you. mean? What What region is that? Is that. Canada there as well and So if you look. at a map, we can divide we can divide. the map into the Eastern Hemisphere, okay, and the Western Hemisphere. Okay, so everything over here. Everything, including Greenland, including Canada, including Mexico. Every part of this. area belongs to United States. Therefore, you cannot trade with any of.

these countries. without American permission or paying a. tribute to the Americans. And that this is why. that the Americans have parked 1/3 of. their naval assets in the Caribbean. today. It's to It's to tell the Chinese and the. Russians. back off. You want to come here, you either pay a tribute. or you'll be attacked. Okay, so that's the first.

point of this strategy. The Western. Hemisphere belongs to America. Something. that they call the Don Monroe Doctrine. Okay, which is Trump's corollary to the. Monroe Doctrine. Okay, so that's point one. Point two is that America wants to. reimagine its relationship with its. allies. Basically, NATO needs to pay for its own. defense. NATO needs to go fight Russia in.

Ukraine. America will provide support. It'll provide weapons and financing, but NATO needs to do more work. And in these Asia, South Korea and Japan. need to do better job of keeping China. in check. Okay, that's point two. Point three is specific to China. And the idea is United States does not. want to destroy China.

The States does not want to humiliate. China, but China needs to be put in its place. China needs to respect the power. and the reach of the United States. And. how. the United States is going to do this. is by strangling China economically. Right? So, you look at at a map of. China, most of its trade goes through something. called the Strait of Malacca.

And the Strait of Malacca is most. important maritime choke point in the. world. All America has to do is park. naval carriers inside the Strait of. Malacca, and China will lose 90% of its. energy exports. But if they park them. there, China could still go through, no? No, because you have to go for the. Strait of Strait of Malacca. So, America. has something called the First Island. Chain. Okay? And the First Island Chain. prevents China from reaching the Pacific. Ocean. The First Island Chain includes.

South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, the. Philippines, and Malaysia. That blocks. China from reaching out into into. Pacific. Mhm. So, in order for it to. access trade, it has to go through the. Strait of Malacca. And for the Strait of Malacca, it can. access. uh India, Africa, and the. um Middle East. Okay. Right? And so, by positioning naval carriers. inside the Strait of Malacca, it creates. a blockade, and China would have to pay.

a toll in order to access. um the Strait of Malacca. And the fourth one? And the fourth one. is to. um rejuvenate, reinvigorate. Am- America's defense manufacturing. sector. So, supercharge the US defense. industrial base. That's exactly correct. Yes. All right? So, what this means is. that the Pentagon, a few weeks ago went. to Detroit and talked to Ford and.

General Motors and said, "You know what? Because of this war in Iran, we might. need you to stop making cars and start. making more munitions and drones." How. do you know they said that? It's They. published it. They published it, yes. Really? Yes. So, the United States went to Forbes and. GM and said, "We might need you to start. making weapons with your factories.". Yes, and they're happy doing this. because profit margins are much greater. for weapons than for for cars. This is. the Pentagon, so you can charge them as. you can charge them as much as you want. and they'll pay for it. Whereas, you.

make cars, it's for the consumer market. and they may not buy your cars. Mhm. Right? So, so you're like Ford or. General Motors, the best. deal in the world is to go make weapons. for the Pentagon to fight these wars in. the East that could go on for forever. So, so so we're in a situation where. okay, look, if you read the news, if you. talk to a lot of people, Trump's an. idiot and this war in Iran makes no. sense at all. But, then if you just read the National.

Defense Strategy that is on the. Department of War website and anyone can. go there and download for free and read. themselves, it's a very clear road map. of what America needs to do in order to. maintain imperial hegemony. And so, let's let's let's just summarize the. major points. The first major point is. to maintain control over the Western. Hemisphere and create a fortress. America. Which is why he invaded. Venezuela and he said he's going to. invade Cuba. Exactly. And also.

Greenland. Look at all the countries. that he's named over the past year. Greenland, Canada, Mexico, Venezuela, Cuba, Colombia, Nicaragua, Honduras. It's all. the Western Hemisphere. Right? And they're all together. Second. point is to create divide and rule. around the world. So, imagine a. situation where in Europe, NATO fight. Russia in Ukraine.

In East Asia, China fight South Korea. and Japan. In the Middle East, Iran fights. the GCC allied with Israel. What does America do? America can now. sell sell everyone weapons and resources. and finance it. This would be back to. World War II. But it makes them weaker. as well, generally. That's the point. Yeah. Right? And then what happened is. that $42. that. that America has in debt, it would.

disappear. Because it would be absorbed. by the world. Right? So, you can say. look, Trump's an idiot, but if you. actually look at a map and how America. wants this map this world map to play. out, it makes perfect sense. Hm. So, the war is going well for Trump. The war is going very well for Trump. Really? Yes. But you said in your prediction that he. would lose the war. What is. >> What's your definition of lose the war?

Losing a war means that America would. send ground troops, Iran would survive. the ground invasion, and this would be so politically. damaging that. chaos breaks out in the United States, and the US ground invasion is forced to. retreat, and the United States is forced. to retreat from the Middle East. And you. still think that's going to happen? >> I still think that's going to happen. So, you think the United States is going. to put ground troops in, Iran are going to resist, and then chaos.

is going to break out in the United. States? Yes. Okay. So, let me explain to you why. ground troops have to be sent. I mean, all right. Okay. So, in phase one of this war, which started. February 28th, and which lasted for. about 6 weeks, the intention was to. decapitate the regime. And you do that. by striking Tehran, and you do that by. striking the military bases and. installations throughout. Iran. It's It's what the Americans call. shock and awe.

And the point is to force Iranians to. call uncle. But that's not what happened. To To give. up. To give up, basically. Because what the Iranians did was they. responded by attacking US bases. throughout the GCC. They closed off. the Strait of. Hormuz, and they rallied their people, okay? So, rather than surrender, the Iranians.

basically doubled down. Okay, that's. phase two of the war. Now we've gone to phase three of the. war, where Trump. has basically decided that decapitation. does not work. And so, what Trump's going to do is he's. going to impose a naval blockade. on Iran's naval blockade. Right? And so, the question then is. if Trump understands that decapitation. does not work,

then using game theory, What's game. theory? Game theory is the belief that. all the world is governed by rules and. incentives. And when you understand the rules and. incentives, you can predict how people. behave. These people will always behave. according to their best interests. So, in geopolitics, the nation-states are individual. players. And each nation-state is trying to use.

its resources. and um its advantages in order to. pressure other nation-states. to obey it. Okay? So, Trump recognizes that the Iranians can. close off the Strait of Hormuz, but not. only that, but the Iranians can also use. the Strait of Hormuz to finance the war. Meaning that now they're forcing ships. to pay a toll, about $2 million, in. order to cross in order to cross it.

And so, this is a huge advantage for the. Iranians. And so, Trump has said, "No, I'm going to blockade your blockade, negating Iran's advantage of the Strait. of Hormuz." So, if you think about it, again using game theory, I want to. discuss what the Americans will do in. order to force. uh the Iranians to capitulate. Okay? So, I would say there's a three-. point strategy. The first strategy is economic.

strangulation. You basically destroy the state's. capacity to finance the war. And there are two ways that Iran is. financing the war so far. The first is using oil exports, right? 90% of Iran's oil goes to China. And um this is Kharg Island. Okay? This this little spot here is. Kharg Island. This is where. Iran will export 90% of its oil. overseas. That's the first.

mechanism. Second mechanism mechanism is. the Strait of Hormuz, where the Iranians. now can collect tolls. Right? So, what you have to do is you. have to eliminate both of these finance. mechanisms. You can close off both. with an oil blockade, okay? So, that's strategy one. Strategy two. is. you need. to create as much chaos within Iran as.

possible. You want to turn this fortress. into a prison. And the way you do that. is by storing up ethnic tensions in the. country. So, if you look at a map. uh ethnic map of Iran, what you will. discover is that the Persian people. are primarily in this area, in the. middle of the country. But, you go to the borderlands, okay? The border areas, it's primarily ethnic.

minorities. And there are two ethnic. minorities. in the country that have always been. problematic for the government. The first. problematic people are the called. Baluchis, here. Uh in. south. east. uh Iran, by the Pakistani border. They. have a history of insurgency against the. government, okay? Second people that have been problematic. are the Kurds,

who are primarily in the. uh northwest of the country. So, if you are the US government, if you. are the military, your strategy is to establish. forward operating bases. in these areas. A forward operating base. is. uh a spearhead of the military, where you insert ground troops to hold. an area Okay, so you.

>> in order to resupply, in or- in order to. push further into the territory. Okay, so a forward operating base would be the. US putting troops into the the northwest. and the southeast, and then using that as a way to uh move. forward into Iran? No, you don't want to. move forward into Iran because it's too. large. You don't have enough forces to. move into Iraq. What you want to do is. this. You want to establish forward. operating bases in these areas in order.

to arm. and train. ethnic insurgents. Okay. That you can. also finance as well. And you do this because you want to turn. them into cannon fodder. You force You have to force a response. from the Iranian military. Right? So, if. they come in with the army in order to. quell. these rebellions, that's great because. now you can use your air power to. decimate the Iranian military. Your plan.

right now is the Iranian Iranian. military is hiding inside mountains. And so, you want to force them out in. the open. And so, you want to create as many. points of tension in the country as. possible to force the Iranian military. to respond. Right? Does that make sense? Uh-huh. Okay. And now, your third strategy. is to strangle the capital, Tehran. Because that's the That's where the. political elite are. It's a city of 10.

million people. And the way you strangle Tehran is you. deny them three things. You deny them. water, electricity, and food. So, you attack power plants. You attack. reservoirs. You attack railways that bring. um food into the capital. And when you do that, these nine These. 10 million people in Iran. will now oppose the government and.

demand a political settlement. Because if they need food, uh water, electricity to survive. Right? Is there a government? Right now, there's a debate as to the. true extent. of leadership in Iran. Cuz Trump's. recent interviews, he's saying he's he's. claiming that the the leadership in Iran. are fighting themselves, but then he's. also saying in other interviews that. there's They don't even know who they're. dealing with. Exactly. Iran has a very.

unusual political system in that it's a. theocracy. It's a religious government, it's run by clerics, called the mullahs, in theory. And then there's a parallel system, the. state apparatus, that actually takes. care of day-to-day bureaucracy. Okay, and that's secular. Uh the mullahs control the morality of. the country, they also control foreign. affairs. So, basically, uh this is. important because Iran has two parallel.

military structures. You have the. military, but you also have. the IRGC. The IRGC are only loyal to the mullahs, which is the religious part. >> Exactly. All right? So, you have this. divide in the in the country where the. IRGC see this as a religious war, as a. crusade to kill the Great Satan, and. they want to fight to the death. And the. Great Satan is The Great Satan is the. American Empire. Okay. Uh which is the. source of the misery that Iranians have.

been suffering for the past few decades. And the IRGC, not only do they see. America as the Great Satan, but they. also see this as a global conflict. because they have proxies that support. their beliefs, including here in. Lebanon, Hezbollah, including here in. Yemen, the Houthis, and of course in. Palestine, Hamas. Okay, and and before. Syria was also part of their axis of.

resistance. But Syria has been toppled. by the Americans and and Israelis. So, the IRGC see this as a religious crusade. that is global in nature. The political. leadership in Tehran. sees it completely different. They see. this as a classic primary between. America and Iran, and they want to reach. a political settlement as soon as. possible. And so, in other words, these. ceasefire negotiations, it's really all. for show.

Because, at the end of the day, even if. the Americans gave the Iranians. everything they wanted, the IRGC still controls. um the battlefield, and they would not. um surrender or or seek peace terms. lightly. Another problem in this. situation is the IRGC practices only. called the Mosaic strategy. Mosaic. The idea of the Mosaic strategy is, okay, you know the Americans the most.

effective military ever in human. history. You know that they practice. shock and awe, decapitation. So, how do you respond to that? You. respond to that using decentralization. 31 provinces. in the country with where own command. and control that is localized. So, basically, they have 31 different armies. that have their own leadership. >> That's correct, okay? And when you do. this, it's a fight to the finish. Why. did they do that? They did it because. the Americans possess the most.

sophisticated surveillance technology in. the world, meaning they can. easily identify the leadership, and they. can easily track you down and kill you. So, the only way around that is to. decentralize the leadership and spread. it around the country so that the. Americans cannot kill the everyone. How. does the central government orchestrate. 31 different armies in Iran? How does it. get a message out to them? I heard Peter. Hegseth make a a comment in one of the. interviews saying that it takes some.

time for the pigeons to get out to the. armies. And what he was saying, basically, is that. um when the ceasefire was called and. there were still some um missiles. flying, he was basically saying that's. just because it takes a long time to. tell the 31 different armies to stop. The reality is that, given the Mosaic. strategy, there's actually no way to. coordinate these 31 different military. operations. Because. the Mojahedin was meant to the was meant.

to fight to the bitter end. You do not. stop until you completely control the. Middle East and the Americans have been. forced out of the Middle East. and Israel has been humbled. Okay. So, let's go into the specifics of. what the Mojahedin is. The idea is that. they have an eschatology. Okay? So, eschatology is an. understanding of how the world should be. and how we move towards this world.

And for the Iranians, their eschatology is that Iran, in order. to reach its true potential, needs to be. master. of the Muslim world. It needs to displace Saudi Arabia. Because Saudi Arabia is too aligned with. the United States, which is the Great. Satan. Mecca and Medina are under the. influence of the Great Satan. Because why are there US military bases. in Saudi Arabia?

So, this war, from their perspective, is. a great opportunity to overthrow the. corrupt leadership of Saudi Arabia, but. not only Saudi Arabia, but the entire. GCC. Overthrow the corrupt governments of the. entire Muslim world. And install governments that. put. God, Allah, first. So, they're they're not going to quit. Iran. This war, once it starts,

can only to World War III. That's a strong statement to make. As a. probability, Okay. what probability. would you assign to that claim? I would put it pretty high, anywhere. between 80 to 90% probability. >> So that's certainty. Basically certainty, yes. Explain to me. how that happens. Okay. So, we need to. step back and appreciate. um. that there's a global dynamic going on. Mhm. Okay? And we need to appreciate.

the grand strategy of the different. players involved. Mhm. Right? So, what I. what I'm going to do is this. I'm going to explain. to you how each nation. sees itself in the world. Mhm. Okay? And. to you and to that, I'm going to use a. chess set, okay? Okay. All right. This. is the king. This is the political system. of the United States, which is a. democracy. And there are certain strengths and.

weaknesses to a democracy. Democracy is. vibrant. It's creative. It's flexible. But its ultimate weakness is. polarization, where today. um the different political factions. refuse to get along, and this may bring. up the civil war, okay? Mhm. So, the way. you defeat the United States is not to. conquer it. You can never conquer the. United States. The way to defeat the. United States is to force it into a. civil war, which then kills the king. To get its.

people to rise up against the. leadership. No, you want the Democrats. and Republicans to form different. factions and fight a civil war. Okay. You you want to create some political. polarization and different elite. factions to take up arms against each. other, okay? Okay. So, this is the. political system, okay? A democracy. Now, let's look at the queen. What's the. queen? The queen is what I refer to as the. grand strategy. of the United States. How the United. States can maintain its control over the.

entire world. And the grand strategy. it's already outlined in the national. defense strategy, right? Let's create. fortress America. and then. create chaos throughout the entire world. so that we can sell everyone weapons and. resources. Okay, that's a grand. strategy, all right? All right. Now, what is a grand. strategy? You need You need to implement. this grand strategy. So, you need attack. vectors. All right, the attack vectors. are the rook, the bishop, and the knight. All right,

so let's go over the three major attack. vectors of the United States. They are, first of all, America's technological supremacy. So, these are the basically the tools that. they use to attack others. Exactly. In. order to achieve the grand strategy. All. right, so air supremacy, right? Which is the planes and the stuff like. that. Then you have. the. US dollar. Right? Because the US dollar. allows you to finance everything. And. everyone wants the um.

uh US dollar, okay? Mhm. So, that is the. second attack vector. Now, the third. attack vector is propaganda. Meaning the United States controls the. world's most powerful media, including. New York Times, CNN. And as such, they. can control the narrative of the world. Okay? So, these are the three major. attack vectors. Now, they use the pawns. Now, pawns are. weapons that they can sacrifice in order. to achieve the grand strategy. And in the case of the United States,

the pawn are the allies. Mhm. Meaning. I hate to say this, but the UK, um Europe, South Korea, and Japan. Okay? And also, the entire. Western Hemisphere. This is the. Ameri- the Americans, okay? The people. who are most opposed to this grand.

strategy of Americans are the Russians. So, let's go over to the Russian system. In the Russian system, the king of the political system is an. autocracy. And an autocracy is good because it. allows for coordination. It allows for. decisiveness. It allows for. um resolve. Long-term thinking. Exactly, right? That's Putin. What's bad is. if this guy dies,

there's a succession crisis. Right? So, basically, once you topple. the. autocrat, then the system itself. breaks down. Okay, so that's the Russian. system, right? For the Russians, the grand strategy is. something called the Third Rome. strategy. The Third Rome strategy? >> Yes. Okay. So, the people in Russia. believe that they are the true. successors to the Roman Empire. And. previously, there were two Romes. There. was the First Rome,

then it moved to Constantinople, and Moscow is destined to the to be the. Third Rome. And what makes Moscow. interesting is that it wants to unite. the entire. Christian world under its leadership. Um. the main philosopher for the Third Rome. strategy is Alexander Dugin, who in 1997. wrote a wrote a book called Foundation. of Geopolitics. And what he said was. this. What he said that if Russia is to. defeat the Americans, it needs to build.

alliances throughout Eurasia. in order to negate American sea power. and air supremacy. All right? So, what are the attack vectors. for Russia? Okay. The first attack vector, the size of the. country makes it almost invincible. So, think about the World War II, Operation. Barbarossa, the Germans went into. Russia with 6 7 million men, and it didn't get very far, okay? So, the terrain is very important. The.

geography is very important. Then you have the Orthodox religion. Which is meant to galvanize believers. into supporting Russia. The third attack vector is artillery. So, Russia has the best land army in the. world. And we we're seeing that play out in. Ukraine where a combination of Russian. artillery and drones it's devastating. Ukrainian military in Ukraine. The pawns.

for Russia are are its soldiers. So, Russia is able to sustain. many, many. casualties in its military. If you actually go and interview Russian. soldiers, they are probably the bravest. soldiers in the world. They are. literally not afraid to die. for what they believe in. Okay? So, this. is the um. Russian third world strategy. You can. see how it conflicts with the Americans. Mhm. Okay?

Now, we go to the Israelis. Jerusalem, the capital. It's a mixed. system, meaning it's both democracy as. well as a theocracy. And. it's good in that the Israelis are very. creative. But, the fundamental weakness is the. division within society. Where Tel Aviv and Jerusalem don't get. along. Okay? So, that is. the political system of Israel. The grand strategy of Israel is called.

the Greater Israel Project. So, the Israelis believe that the entire. Middle East belongs to them from the. Nile. to the Euphrates because that's what it. says in the Bible. This is what God, Yahweh, promised Abraham. So, their intention is to conquer the. entire Middle East, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, even parts of. Turkey. Now, let's look at the attack vectors.

for the the the the Israelis. The first attack vector. is. Mossad. Mossad is the most powerful intelligence. agency in the world in that it is able. to infiltrate. and undermine. given political systems. And Mossad for anyone that doesn't know. is the secret service. Basically, yes. Best spy system. Second. attack vector. for the Israelis.

is the Jewish diaspora. Because Jews do business everywhere. around the world. And Jewish businessmen work very closely. with Mossad. And as such, they have influence in a. lot of places that they shouldn't have. And the um. third. um attack vector. is the Bible. Why? Because if you're Christian. and there are many Christians who. believe this, you believe that the Jews. are God's chosen people.

So, if you look at what's happening in. uh the Middle East, um all this conflict between Israel and. Palestine, a lot of this conflict is. being supported. politically in the United States by a. group of people called Christian. Zionists. And these are Christians. They're not. Jews, they're Christians who believe. that Israel should achieve achieve the. greater Israel project because this is. part of God's plan. And the pawns. for the Israelis.

are basically. everyone else, okay? So, a lot of the hardware underpinning. the global. IT infrastructure. um is being controlled by the Israelis. So, now we go to the fourth player in. this great game, and that's Iran. So, Iran. it is a theocracy. People are not afraid. to die for what they believe in in Iran. But, the weakness is that it can. alienate the majority of the population.

It is only a minority are religious. zealots in Iran. Most people just want to live to live a. decent life. So, they feel that these. mullahs, the IRGC are a threat. to their peace and prosperity, then they. might rise up against the mullahs. Which. is what we've seen over the years, right? Exactly. So, so this is a. political system of the Iranians. Their grand strategy is to unite the. Muslim world under leadership. They have.

three attack vectors, okay? The first. attack vector are their proxies. Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis. Another attack vector. um is their asymmetrical warfare, meaning using drones and missiles to. create as much economic damage as. possible. Mhm. Okay. And the third. attack vector. is their geography or the topog-. topography. They are a fortress, so it's. almost impossible to um in- invade them.

All right? So, that's their Shia. militiamen. These religious zealots who. are not afraid to die. Um essentially, they're all Many of them could be. suicide bombers, okay? And and so, for. them, this is a religious war. Okay. So, now we're seeing how this entire. battlefield unfolds across the world. All right? So, I've mapped out the grand. strategy. of these different nation-states who. will be involved in World War III. Let's look at our present situation,

okay? So, what we have so far is that. the Russians are occupied with their. army in Ukraine. Okay? This is where their infantry, their artillery is based. At the same time, Russia has something. called the shadow fleet. And these are about a thousand. um tankers that evade sanctions around. the world. Okay? And this is essentially. their navy. America is the most powerful military in.

the world. They have the most. sophisticated air supremacy, as well as. control over the sea lanes. And it tries. not to use infantry. uh because that creates civilian. casualties and that pisses everyone off. in America. Okay? These releases. are essentially. a mercenary army aligned with American. Empire, doing the bidding of American. Empire. It's fighting. in against Lebanon as well as Iraq.

The Iranians, they don't have much of an. air force, but they use a lot of drones to. threaten. So, this is where we are so. far. According to the grand strategy, we can predict how they will make their. moves over next few months, over next. few years. America. doesn't really care about this war. in Iraq. Because what America wants to do. is force entire world to become. dependent on American weapons.

and. resources. And you do that in two ways. The first. is you control. the strategic choke points of the world. And they include the Strait of Hormuz, but you also want to control the Strait. of Malacca, over here. Because that blocks off East. Asia. You also want to control the. Panama Canal. You also want to control Greenland. You. also want to control the Strait of uh. Gibraltar. You can see the American Navy. extending outward and occupying all.

these maritime choke points. At the same time, you You to use your. technological supremacy, your air. supremacy, your drones. to destroy the world's critical energy. infrastructure. Already we're seeing oil refineries. being destroyed throughout the world. Oil refineries? Oil refineries, yes. So, you as as America, you're trying to. deplete the world's energy inventory, so. they're forced to beg you.

for to supply energy. Right? And once this market is created, then you can. build infrastructure for Venezuela. You can take over Canada. You can. control Mexico. You can take over take. take over Greenland, okay? The Russians have no choice but to. respond. Because. if the Americans are controlling the. strategic choke points, your shadow fleet. is rendered redundant, useless. So, how do you ship your oil.

around the world? We have two options. I'm just going to build railways to. unite the Eurasian continent, okay? And. I'm I'm I'll transport my oil using. pipelines and railways. The problem with. that is now is now that you're. vulnerable to American air supremacy, drone attacks. So, you have no choice but to arm your. shadow fleet. And now, what's going to. happen is this. continent of oceans between Russian.

shadow. fleet tankers that are trying to. transport oil around the world, and. these American. destroyers were trying to capture or. destroy the shadow tankers. Now, the advantage that. Russia has is that America doesn't have. that much naval assets anymore. It used. to, but not anymore. The other thing is that the world really. needs energy, so you can imagine China. financing.

the militarization of the Russian shadow. fleet. Why would sir, why to the US try. and stop Russian boats? Because um in this. global outlook. there are two nations that could provide. weapons. and resources to the rest of the world. They are Russia and they are America. So, if America is to become dominant, it. needs to blockade Russia. And what you. do that is by seizing. their shadow fleet. That could if this.

were to happen, that would be an act of. war. But it's already happening. What? Really? Yes, it's already happening. Where? Iranian. tankers have been seized by the. Americans. And. tankers are being seized in the. Caribbean as well by the American Navy. Whose tankers? I believe they are Russian tankers. Yes, the United States has indeed been. seizing tankers linked to Russia. A. major escalation occurred earlier this. year on January the 7th, 2026 when the. US military and Coast Guard intercepted.

two sanctioned shadow fleet oil tankers. While one was seized directly in the. Caribbean, the other involved a dramatic. chase that started in the Caribbean and. ended in the North Atlantic. US forces captured the sanctioned tanker. during a pre-dawn raid directly in the. Caribbean Sea. The US military described. it as stateless sanctioned dark fleet. vessel which was engaged in illicit. activities. These seizures are part of operation. Southern Spear, a strict enforcement of.

the US embargo on Venezuelan oil. exports. Both vessels were targeted for. violating US sanctions by transporting. illicit crude oil linked to Venezuela. as well as Iran and Hezbollah. And as you point out, this is an act of. war. So, those were ships that didn't have a. country linked to them directly. That's. why they call shadow fleet tankers. Okay. Yes, but they're essentially. Russian. But they were essentially. shipping oil outside of the United. States the United States wouldn't.

control. Is that kind of. >> That is correct, yes. Okay. >> Yes. So. >> So if the US said, "Listen, this is our. oil get lost." That is correct, yes. Right? So what the US is doing is slowly. expanding its global reach. And what. it's doing that is by signing treaties. with nations that are part of these. choke points. So the Strait of Malacca, which the United States has signed a. military cooperation agreement with. Indonesia. And with the Strait of Gibraltar, uh the. Americans have signed an agreement now. with Morocco. Right? So they are looking for the legal. framework and certification to control.

the world's choke points, which would. bring them directly in conflict with the. Russian shadow fleet. So at some point. you think the way that the war starts is. the US Navy. attacks a Russian boat. So I personally believe that this will. be a drawn-out process. that and there's no real concrete flash. point. Because not only. are Russian shadow flanker shadow. fleet tankers being seized, but remember.

Russian oil farmers are being destroyed. by Ukrainian drones. And the Russians. believe that it is NATO that is. responsible for the sabotage. So what. what what do you think the catalyst. moment is. when this all kicks off? I think we're. already in the catalyst moment. I think. we're we're already in World War III. because. this conflict it's going to expand. outwards. uh into a global conflict and there's. nothing anyone can do to stop this, right? Because again, you have these. different competing visions of how the. world should work and the Russians and.

Americans are already at conflict with. each other. So the next step will be the Russians. come into this war on the side of the. Iranians. You think that's going to. happen? I think that's going to happen. because according to Russian grand. strategy, you have no choice but to save. the Iranians. Because you're trying to promote this. view that the world is split between the. spiritual and the material. The. Americans are the Antichrist. The. Americans support individual hedonism, whereas we Russians, we believe in.

humanity. We believe in goodness. We. believe in community. Right? So, if you. believe if you that is your argument, if. that's your grand strategy, you have a. more obligation, a more imperative to. help the Iranians in their time of need. And in fact, Prime Prime Minister. Araghchi of of Iran has recently visited. Putin in Moscow. Putin Putin personally. received him. and said to Araghchi, "We, the Russian. people, admire your determination, your. resolve um against the Americans." And I.

think that is a. sign that Putin has entered the chat and. that the Russians will start to help the. Iranians as this war progresses. So, let's go back to this map, okay? >> Okay. And the Americans have a. three-pronged strategy. to. strangle. um Iran. The first is to use ground forces to. establish forward operating bases to. incite ethnic violence in the country.

The second is to block all the shipping. moves and cut off Iranian financing. The. third is to strangle Iran and cause the. people to rise up like against the. government, okay? And the Russians So, if things stay the. stay as they are now, America wins. Easily. But, if Russia were to enter the war on. behalf of the Iranians, the first thing. that Russia would do is provide. Iran with reinforcement from the Caspian.

Sea. Right? Because the Americans want. to knock out Iran's capacity to provide. food, water, and electricity to its. people. But, uh through the Caspian Sea, the Russians can support the uh. Iranians. But, not only that, and this. is much more important, if the Russians. were to come in, they could also bring. the Chinese into the war on behalf of. the Iranians. And the Chinese could use. the Belt and Road Initiative, basically. the railway system, to reinforce Tehran. from.

uh the. east. So now you can no longer strangle. Tehran because the Russians and the. Chinese are reinforcing Tehran. Then. what the Russians could do is provide. financing to the Iranians. Basically the. Iranian the Chi- sorry, the Chinese and. the Russians can say to Iranians, "Don't. worry about financing. We will give you. enough uh financing for you to continue. this war for as long as you want, and. we'll use our resources as collateral. for this financing.".

Right? And the third thing, and this is. actually the most important, is that. Russia could put Iran. under its nuclear umbrella. And this would negate the use of. tactical nuclear weapons. Israelis and Americans, if they really. felt under pressure, if they were really put in a corner, they could always choose to use tactical. nuclear weapons. If the Russians were. involved, that negates. that option. Right? So if the Russians get involved.

in this war, they bring in the Chinese, they provide they provide the resources. and the financing to continue this war. for as long as it takes. Mhm. Right? And now the Americans need to expand. this war around the world to try now to. topple the government in Russia. Because the Russians are the main. backers of the Iranians. And you're predicting that Russia will. get involved here. According to the.

grand strategy of Russia, the Russians. have no choice but to get involved. because what will happen is that if you. look at this map, if Iran were to be. conquered by the Americans or the. Israelis, the entire southern flank of. the Russians were now exposed. to possible attack. And that's that's. something that the Russians would never. allow to happen. The sovereign flank, so what this from. underneath? >> Basically, right? Right? But not only that, but the.

Americans already have close relations. with Azerbaijan. And they already have bases in. Turkmenistan as well as Uzbekistan, right? So, you can see how once the. Americans control this area, they can. now attack Russia from the south. But, what's most important is. the issue of global trade, where like a. counter. to America's naval blockade is by. creating a Eurasian trade block that. involves Iran, Russia, and China. You. look at Russia's north-south corridor,

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operating under? I guess one of the. factors here is that. Trump only has what, 3 years left in. power. So, you know, he's presumably going to leave. power at some point soon. So, if you. were around, you might just want to play. it out and hope that there's a different. leadership in place by. by 20, what, be 2030? The political leadership in Iran believe. that they can wait Trump out. So, they're waiting for the midterms, because they believe that in November, the Democrats will win in the midterms, and then they'll impeach Trump.

And basically constrain his capacity to. fight wars. And worst case scenario. Trump will be gone. in 2020 as you point out. There's some problems with this. The. first major problem is the national. defense strategy which we looked at. previously. The national defense strategy, it is a. long-term strategic. framework for how America can control. the world. And so one possibility is that Trump is.

just creating enough chaos for America. to. to transition. When the Democrats come. to power, if they come to power, they. will institutionalize the strategy. And. we know this. as a possibility because in Trump's. first term he changed America's strategy. around the world. And then when Biden came into power he. then institutionalized the strategy. uh via V China. Right? So it was Trump. who launched these.

this terror war against China. And then. Biden comes in power, he. institutionalizes it. Right? So I think World War III, it's a. much more. long-term. uh war of attrition. And I don't think. that this war. um will end anytime soon. You've made a series of new predictions. You've made eight new predictions. >> Okay. And I have them in this box here. Okay. I'll let you review what those.

predictions are. Okay. Um this is one prediction. Okay. Okay. So this is my most controversial. prediction, okay? I predict that there. will be a use of war and Trump will get. a third term. You think Trump will get a third term? Isn't that constitutionally illegal? There are things that are unconventional. and immoral. and wrong and evil and dangerous.

And there's certain things that are. illegal. Trump getting a third term. is not illegal. So, let me explain the loophole. What Trump could do is this, okay? There. There two possibilities. The first. possibility is in 2028, he has his son, Don Jr., run as a president. and he runs as the vice president. And then when Don Jr. wins, if he wins,

then Don Jr. could abdicate. and Trump would be the president. And in the Constitution, if you read the. Constitution very carefully, it doesn't. actually prohibit people from doing. that. It's not been done in the past. And like no sane person. with any morality would do this. But that doesn't stop Trump from from. doing this, okay? That's one. possibility. Another possibility is that. by 2028, America.

is at war with everyone. There's a. national draft. The president now has emergency war. powers. And so, he can actually suspend. the Constitution. and delay the election, which is what. Zelenskyy did in Ukraine. So, these are two different. possibilities. But I think that given. Trump's track record, given his personality, I think he very much.

um wants a third term. And I think that he will do everything. possible to get a third term. He would turn 83 years old. in the same year that he finishes his. second term. This is the man. who eats McDonald's hamburgers. every day. He doesn't really work out. Yet, on the campaign trail, he's able to go to two rallies a day.

And in each rally, there's 50,000. people. And he will talk on and on and. on. Then, at night, when he should he should be. sleeping, he's either on Truth Social. tweeting about the world, or he's. calling up reporters and telling him or. her some confidential that he really. shouldn't be discussing with the media. This is a man who is addicted to.

attention. This is a man who loves the spotlight. He's lived all his life in the. spotlight. For him, death. is. to be ignored. So, given his personality, he would rather die in office. than live. uh peacefully. somewhere else. And of those two. strategies that you named, where he puts. his son in and then becomes president. that way, or you know, there's a war. breaks out, so he has he says he has to.

stay in office. Of those two strategies, which one do you think he's more likely. to deploy? I actually think that, given. his narcissism, he would prefer the first strategy. His. putting his son in? Because because that. shows himself and the world. that America loves him. Okay. And it could also be Jared Kushner. or someone else, right? It doesn't have. to be his son necessarily. Trump does. not trust anyone. Trump has never had a. polit- polit In fact, everyone that's. really worked for Trump has been kind of. screwed over by him. Do you not think.

that if his son decided to run and then. announced that the vice president was. his dad, do you not think that there would be. such a huge backlash in the United. States that his son wouldn't win? Well, I think there's a possibility that. they figure out how to cheat in 2028. Oh, as in actually cheat the election. Right. So, At the poll booth. >> Right. So, let's go into Trump's mind, all right? His.

his psychology. In his mind, he won in 2020. The people voted for him. But the Democrats. stole the election with mail-in ballots. and by rigging the election machines. Okay? He In his mind, he literally. believes that. So, in his mind, he believes that this. is actually his third term, and the. people. and the government, they owe him a. second term, which is what he wants now.

He wants. uh compensation for having the election. stolen from him in 2020. I find it really um really. implausible to think that Trump would. run and would run for a third time. So, again, this is a prediction. >> Yeah. And it is a test of the validity. of my theoretical framework. I was looking at some of the. the constitutions and the laws, and it. says that the 22nd Amendment explicitly.

states, "No person shall be elected to. the office of the president more than. twice.". Some theorists have tried to argue that. since the amendment says elected, a. person might be able to serve a third. time if they were appointed to succeed. to the role. He's not. >> If they were appointed or succeeded to. the role, e.g., by being vice president. first. Legal scholars and the judicial. community. almost universally reject this. The 12th. Amendment requires that anyone serving. as vice president must be eligible to be.

president. Since a two-term president is. ineligible to be elected again, they're. legally barred from being vice. president. So, the point is there's. nothing explicit in the constitution. that bars someone. from having a third term. Mhm. And. there's debate in the legal community. about the spirit. of the 22nd Amendment. It would go to. the Supreme Court, right? >> And the Supreme Court's controlled right. now by the conservatives. Trump Trump. appointed three of the nine justices,

and there's a possibility he gets a. fourth later in the year. So, it's entirely up to the Supreme. Court whether or not he can run. And. again, there's nothing explicit in the. constitution that forbids him from. running. as vice president. Okay. What's your next prediction? The My second prediction is there'll be. a grand bargain between the United. States and China. What does that mean? It means that people expect that the. United States and China will go to war.

at some point over Taiwan. It means A lot of people expect that. China wants to challenge American. hegemony and replace America as the. global superpower. But China does not want to do that. China's probably happy. with America being the world's hegemon, because you have to invest so much of. your resources into fighting these wars. that bankrupt your nation. China China. China doesn't want to fight these wars.

So, what China's going to do is try to. triangulate between Russia. and the United States. This is what. happened during the Cold War, when China. was not actually on the side of the. Soviet Union. China was part of the. non-aligned community. And that's what China's going to strive. for in World War III, where China may. help out Iran, may provide financing for. Russia, but it's also going to strike. deals with the United States as well. Mhm. Okay. So, I think that Trump and President Xi.

are supposed to meet at least three. times, possibly four times. this year. Only this year. The first. will be. in mid-May in Beijing. And I think that they will start a. process. in which China and America come to an. arrangement that benefits both. economically. What does America want? America wants. China to continue to buy US Treasuries. in order to finance the American debt.

What does China want? China wants energy. resources from the Western Hemisphere. and it wants to access the American. market. Mhm. So, there's no reason why. China and America cannot come to an. arrangement that benefits both. And. Trump is very much a transactional. character. And what will that mean for. the world? It means that China is not really part. of World War in a meaningful way. Okay. So, they're going to do a deal.

They'll continue to work together as. friends. But China or will be friends of both. Russia and the United States as Russia. and the United States fight each other. Okay. What's your next prediction? Iran is another forever war and the. United States will institute a national. draft. Iran is another forever war and the. United States will institute a national. draft. So, you think Iran is going to. Iran as a war is going to tumble on for. decades and that the US are going to. draft people which means you're.

obliged to go and fight. Exactly. Okay. So, the logic is this. America doesn't really care. if Iran. is defeated or not. That's not really. part of the American grand strategy. Iran right now is a perfect pretext for. America to expand outwards and establish. maritime choke points around the world. And to force the world to buy American. energy. So, this war in Iran benefits America.

tremendously. So, why not have it go on. for a long, long time? In order to make sure this war goes on. for a long time, you need ground troops. And you need a lot of ground troops. And that's why you need a national. draft. So, what would a national draft look. like in the United States? Everyone. between the age of 18 and 25 has to sign. up to the army. Right. So, most people. don't appreciate this, but America has. always had a draft. But, for the longest. time, it didn't really care.

whether or not you actually signed for. the draft. And starting in December, participation in the draft will be. automatic. Meaning that if you're. between 18 and 24. in America and you're male, you'll be. automatically put into the draft system. From when? I mean, from December. This. year? Yes, that that is correct. Yes. So, between the age of 18 and 25, you. think? And what does that What does that. really mean? Well, I've never not really. experienced that in my lifetime. So, it. means that if you're between the age of. 18 and 24, either gender? No, male. Male, then you have to sign up for the.

army. No, you're already put into a draft. >> Oh, you're already Okay, but you might. be called upon. That's right. It's a. lottery system. Okay. Right. And uh this created a lot of backlash. during the Vietnam era. And so, they sort of toned it down. But, starting in December, they just. passed a law that says that starting in. December, um you will be automatically. registered. for for the They've passed them all. Yes, they have. Well, in theory, Congress first needs to. declare war. Okay, fine.

>> Right? That's the first step. And. Congress has not actually declared war. yet. Okay. So, you think there'll be a. draft and you think this will This war. in Iran is going to trickle on for. a long time. How long? 10, 20 years? Like Afghanistan or I don't see it. stopping. Okay. Yeah. What's next in your prediction box? Okay. Okay, this is pretty bad. The world will. move towards an AI surveillance state. I feel like that's already happening. I think it's pretty obvious. Yeah. What.

does that mean in reality for the. average person? Because you know, we're. seeing some of these big companies like. OpenAI and Anthropic all sort of signing. up to government um military. surveillance projects. What does that mean for the average. person? Right. So, for the average. person, it means two things. It means. digital ID and digital currency. Okay. So, what that what that will allow. is for the government to basically. monitor everything you do online and. control all financial transactions. It. it can basically program. your bank account. So, like, you can't.

buy cigarettes. or you can't buy drugs. Um and this will. allow the government to basically. um categorize everyone and put everyone. into a certain database. to monitor that person. And once you. have once you're able to categorize. everyone, you're allowed then you're you. are able to use AI to predict their. behavior. Isn't this what goes on in. some parts of the This is what goes on. in China. And that's how I know about this. How does it work in China?

Well, in China, we all have digital ID. If you want to access anything in China, you need your digital ID. So, you want. to open a bank account, you have to you. have to use um a digital ID. If you want. to use any uh e-payments, you have to. use digital ID. If you want to use a. phone, you have to use digital ID, okay? So, everyone's part of this national. database. And this this allows government to do is. basically monitor everything you do.

Because basically, depending on how you. buy things, I can then extrapolate to. figure out your behavior. And then I can figure out your thinking. Right? And then I can create incentives. in order to guide. and control your behavior. So, in China, can they see everything that you do? Yes, they can. Messages you send? Everything. Payments. you make? >> Everything. Everything. Everything you do online is being.

recorded. and is being. inputted into the database. to. figure out who you are, what you want, and how to control you. And they think this is progress, by the. way. This is progress because I'm making you. a better person, right? I'm helping you achieve your dream. I'm. I'm helping you lose weight. I'm helping. you avoid drugs. I'm helping you work. harder. Wouldn't you be in trouble if you talk.

against this system? Well, me personally, okay. So, I operate in a. gray area where I do not interact with. the Chinese internet. So, everything I do is in English. It's. meant for consumption in the Western. world. And um I I don't talk to Chinese. reporters. I don't talk to Chinese. social media. I've no Chinese media. presence. And I am not at all influential in. China. And I prefer it that way because.

if I be ever became famous in China, then they would obviously want to. control. me in order to better influence other. people. Huh. What's your next prediction? Israel will achieve the greater Israel. project. So, you think Israel are going. to conquer the Middle East? Israel has essentially already conquered. the Middle East. The only force in their. way right now is America. So, once America leaves the Middle East,

which I expect to happen, then Israel. will absorb CENTCOM, which is the um. Central Command, the American military. bases in the Middle East, and they will. achieve the greater Israel project. There's no other power in in Middle East. that can withstand the might and power. of Israel. And do you have a timeline for this? The moment America quits this war. against Iran, the moment that America. leaves. the Middle East, Israel will achieve the greater Israel.

project. And what's really interesting. right now is that Israel's trying to. drag this war out for as long as. possible because they see this war as a. way to destroy all its major enemies in. the um Middle East. You know, they It's really It's already said this. After Iran, Turkey is next. >> Turkey, hm. Turkey is next. This war is already. destroying Saudi Arabia and the GCC, right? So, the last opponent is Turkey.

Once Turkey is brought into this war, then. Israel will achieve the greater Israel. project. And the greater Israel project covers. all of this region here from Turkey, Egypt, Yemen, Oman. Is so the greater. Israel project is like this, okay? So, it goes from the Nile in Egypt to the. Euphrates in Iraq. And it covers part of. Turkey, all Syria, all Lebanon, all. Jordan, and parts of Saudi Arabia, which.

also includes Mecca and Medina. What is your next prediction? NATO and Russia will fight for Odessa. Odessa? What's Odessa? So, if you look at the uh Ukraine front. lines, right now Russia is preoccupied. in trying to control. uh the Donbas, which is basically. eastern Ukraine. Why Russia is doing this is that eastern. Ukraine has historically been part of. Russia, therefore most people there. speak Russian and are are ethnically.

Russian. The Donbas is also the agricultural and. industrial heartland. of Ukraine. So, if Russia were to. control east eastern in Ukraine, it. doesn't really need Western Ukraine. And then Western Ukraine would basically. become a rump state. It'd be useless, right? So, the last piece to this puzzle. would be Odessa, which sits on the Black. Sea. The reason why you want Odessa. is that it is the major port.

And once you control Odessa, you. basically block off Ukraine from the. Black Sea. You have complete control. over the Black Sea. The Black Sea is. that the Black Sea? This is the Black. Sea and this is Odessa right here. Yes. Okay, so you're saying that you Russia. will take take Odessa. That's correct. Okay, so they'll control the Black Sea. That's right. But NATO recognizes that. if Odessa falls to the Russians, the war. is over. And Russia will have achieved all its. major strategic objectives. Why is the. war over?

Because Russia doesn't want to continue. on after Odessa. It doesn't need that. of of Ukraine. >> Like what does it get from taking. Odessa? Once they take Odessa, control of. 1/3. of the world's carbohydrates. If Russia willed it, Africa. would starve to death. The Middle East would starve. Why? Because Russia and Ukraine export a lot. of grain to these places. These places.

are not food independent. They rely on. fertilizer. They rely on food imports. Okay. And Russia's using the the Black. Sea here to export. Exactly. Okay. What is your next prediction? This is. the last one. Please be good. Okay. I was hoping for an optimistic. one. But East Asia breaks out into. conflict. Okay, what do you mean by that? Okay. So, we've talked a lot about the Middle. East and we've talked briefly about.

Europe, okay? So, now let's go into. East Asia. And I think there are three major. sources of friction. and conflict in East Asia and these. could be potentially major flash points. The first flash point is of course over. Taiwan. Cuz China believes that Taiwan. is part. of its territory and so it wants to take.

over. uh Taiwan. The problem with this is The. problem with this is that. the recently Prime Minister Sanae. Takaichi of Japan has said. that Taiwan is core to Japanese. strategic interests. What she means. by this is that. Japan. has no resources. It's a manufacturing. power. that depends on resources from overseas. If China were to take over Taiwan, it. can now block Japan from accessing the.

Strait of Malacca. And that's a policy that Japan cannot. permit. So Japan would fight. to ensure that Taiwan and China were. never to unify. Would they actually? Because China is so. strong, right? Can they just knock Japan. straight out? Japan has no choice but to. fight because again if China and Taiwan. were to unify peacefully Japan would be.

cut off from the entirety of Southeast. Asia. And Japan relies on Southeast Asia. historically for resources. Why would it be cut off from Southeast. Asia? Can't it just. go go down here to through the. Philippines? There's a lot of resources around the. South China Sea. Okay. Right. Oil, minerals, all of that. Yeah. >> Um. so. if China and Taiwan were to uh unify.

basically uh Japan would feel a bit. threatened. And your prediction is that there will. be some kind of conflict in this region. Yeah, so so that's the first flashpoint, okay? Taiwan. There's another. flashpoint, which is Strait of Malacca, right? Because again, America wants to. control the Strait of Malacca, but China. recognizes that the Strait of Malacca is. key to its economic survival. And so. there's a lot conflict over the Strait. of Malacca, okay? That's flashpoint. number two.

The third flashpoint, which I think. would be the most surprising. but actually will be the most. uh pressing. is North Korea. Okay? So, let's just use game theory. We are. the leader, supreme leader of North. Korea. It is a dictatorship. Everyone worships. me. It is is a cult personality. But we're poor. And the rest of the world is in. conflict, right? Europe is fighting with. Russia, the Middle East is in flames,

America's distracted trying to control. the world to the best of its ability, Japan and China are fighting over the. South China Sea. If you are North Korea. now. is the best opportunity to create as. much havoc in the world as possible. There's absolutely nothing they and I. can do to stop you. You are the brawler in high school that. no one pays attention to because all the. big boys are fighting each other. You.

can come in and dominate the school now. Who would they be dominating? They could. dominate South Korea. Because if you just look at uh a. population map of South Korea. most of South Korean population is. located in Seoul, and Seoul is about. about 20 minutes artillery. from North Korea. So, in 20 minutes. uh North Korea could rain artillery onto. Seoul and like basically they flatten. their whole city. Why wouldn't you extort the South.

Koreans? Because the South Koreans are. going to shoot back. With what? Do they not have military? They're being protected by the Americans. right now, and Americans are busy. transporting artillery and weapon. systems, including the THAAD system, over to the Middle East. It's called THAAD. T H A A D. It used to be in South Korea to protect. against North Korea, and now it's over. in the Middle East. So, Americans are cannibalizing both. South Korea and Japan in order to.

maintain this war in the Middle East. Now's the time. Why not? It's free money. It's like. taking candy from a baby. But South Korea have their own military, though. How do you defend against artillery. strikes? Uh I don't know. You don't. But but they they they they would fire. back, right? You'd get they'd get. themselves into a pretty ugly war. South. Korea have a have a big military. Well, my people are poor. They're not afraid. to die. In fact, I've sent thousands of.

them to go to Ukraine to fight for the. Russians, and. they fight to the death. Because they're poor, and if they don't. fight to the death, if they're allowed. to be taken prisoner, I'll kill their. families back at home. South Koreans are rich. They are used to democracy. They use. individual rights. So, if I threaten to blow your city up, you're telling me you won't bribe me not. to do so? Isn't Isn't the fastest, quickest way is.

to bribe me not to cause trouble for. you? Okay, so you think they're going to. bribe them? Extortion. This is. extortion. I don't need to destroy South. Korea. All I need to do is is basically. threaten the South Koreans, and they'll just like. bribe me not to do anything. So, what does all of this stuff mean for. the average person? You know, people listening right now, they're just normal people. A lot of. them. Not all of them, but a lot of them. are just normal people getting on with. their lives and they care about their. families, their their jobs, their. futures. What does. What what message have you got for them?

In this new world, we will need leaders. We will need average people. who are able to bring hope. to the to people around them. Who are able to tell their neighbors, their friends, we have to come together. as a community. and become a family if we are to. survive. That's what the world needs.

in the future. It will need. um entrepreneurial leaders. It will need visionaries. It will need. prophets. Those who will most thrive are. those who make an effort. to reach out, knock on the door. of your neighbors and say, "Listen, there's a blackout. And. there's probably no water. But, don't fear because if we come together. as a community, if we go and knock on everyone's doors,

then everyone in this apartment. building, and there will be 100 of us, we just sit down. and have a meeting and just discuss. what's happening, one of us. will come up with a solution. And one of us will help everyone else. figure out how. to find water or how to. build a better society. And we know this. because historically this has always. been true. When empires collapse, infrastructure collapses. Which empire. do you think is collapsing? The United.

States empire? Uh the United States empire is. collapsing, yes. And who is taking its place? No one can. take the place of American empire. So, we live in a unipolar moment. And the. closest historical analogy to today is. something called the Bronze Age. collapse. The Bronze Bronze Age. >> The Bronze Age collapse. This happened. um about over 3,000 years ago. And what happened during the Bronze Age. collapse is that. you have these established kingdoms.

throughout the Middle East and Europe. You have Mycenaean uh Greece. You had. the Hittite uh Empire in Anatolia, which. is present-day Turkey. You had uh the. Mesopotamian. Empire and the Egyptians. Um and one by one. they collapsed. The reason why was that. a perfect storm of calamities came at. the same time. There were earthquakes. There were famines. There was a climate. crisis. There were wars. There were. civil wars. There were revolutions. And.

so you have this massive surge of. refugees, called the Sea Peoples, flowing from north and. uh West Europe and sweeping the entire. sweeping food to the entire entire. Middle East. And the reason why is they. were hungry. They didn't have any food. to eat. So they organized into. um you know, these large pirate armies. and they overwhelmed. uh entire civilizations. And so we're see we will see a version. of this dynamic play out in the world.

where in the future. our concern won't be. wars. Our concern will be these millions. of refugees who want to flood into our. societies because they're hungry. And they're going to come from Africa. They're going to come from the Middle. East. They'll probably come from South. America as well. So I saw your show with Steve Keen, by. the way. Steve Keen? Yeah. It was a great show,

right? He talked about this where look. the world depends on fertilizer. Mhm. And there's 8 billion people in the. world. Without fertilizers, the world. can only sustain. at most two billion people. Well, what what are the six billion. people going to do? Just starve to. death? No, they're they're going to. migrate. And they're going to want food. And it's. going to create a huge. global crisis throughout the world. I mean, one might argue that with the. rise of things like AI and robotics, the.

cost of production is going to drop and. there's going to be more, you know, Elon. talks about the age of abundance. and all these kinds of things. But you. have to grow food out of the ground. And you are using fertilizer to maximize. the land's capacity to grow food. So you. don't have fertilizer, you can have as. many robots as you want. They don't have. to eat food, we have to eat food. So what is your um you talked about. hopefulness? Right. Are you hopeful? I'm very hopeful. What are you hopeful. for?

I believe that humans are first and. foremost creative and resilient. And our abilities have become dormant. because we've become too complacent. Western lifestyle have made us um. extremely lazy and fat. And but the moment we're presented with. crisis, the moment that we find our families in. danger, we're able to come together as a people.

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Professor, what's the most important. thing we haven't talked about that we. should have talked about? So, let's talk about the nature of. reality. To explain the nature of reality, um I'm going to explain Plato's allegory. of the cave, which he talked about in his book, The. Republic. Right, exactly. This book. Yes, The. Republic, okay? One of the masterpieces. of Greek civilization as well as Western. civilization. All right. So, this is how. Plato. explains the nature of reality.

And so, he uses a metaphor called the. cave. So, I want you to imagine a dark. cavern. that is huge. Mhm. And in this cavern, there are. hundreds of people. lined up together. And. they're all sitting in a row, and this goes on for, you know, miles. and miles, just thousands of people. And they are chained. to the ground.

And they're next or shackled, so they. can't actually move. And all they can do is stare in front of. them at a giant wall that's empty. Okay? Now, behind these people, and again, they. can't they can't see behind them, right? Is a great fire. Along the alongside this fire are. people, okay? We don't know who they. are. They they'll never explain who. these people are. They take puppets,

and they project these puppets off the. fire onto. the wall. And. when people see. the shadows, they think that this is reality. And as such, they begin to create. narratives. to explain this reality. They create. language. They give shadows names. They explain where these shadows come. from. They create religion.

Then these people decide to specialize. So some people who are priests who. explain this new religion. There are. some people who are poets that talk. about the beauty of the shadows. And then you have teachers who teach. about the shadows to children. And then over time, what happens is that. these people. fall in love. with this reality.

So that they are addicted to it. So if anyone comes along and says, "Hey. guys, why don't you look behind you and. see it's all just a farce?". These people will be so angry that they. kill this person. All right? So I'm not sure if you've. ever watched a Korean drama. Have you. Have you watched a Korean TV drama? Not. really, no. >> All right. So unfortunately, I have. And. these things go on for like thousands of. hours. Mhm. And the first first 10 hours, you're.

disgusted. by the plot. Uh because it makes no sense. But by. sometime by by the 20th hour, you can't. stop watching it. >> Mhm. All right? The same situation here. where it's a it's a silly television. drama. It's all fake. But once people. watch too much of it, they want it to be true. Okay? And that's the nature of reality. that we live in. All right? So, certain. things to remember is. that what creates this reality.

are not. the people in charge. What creates this. reality is our imagination. Okay. So, the first thing to appreciate is. that. everything is a hallucination. And this is something that. neuroscientists have confirmed. So, what. we're going to do is we're going to take. Plato's allegory of the cave, the. framework, and then apply it to our reality to. understand how it's created. Okay? So,

in the first layer, you need a power, a. force, to put people in chains, right? And this is what we call the. military-industrial complex of America. as well as the empire. So, going back to this example, it's the. layer that puts the people into chains. But now, the second step is you need. people to create the reality, to direct. people's attention, to create the game. And this. these people are the financial elite,

the Bank of International Settlements. based in Basel. So, what do they do? These people are the ones who set the. the exchange currency rates. And they. also allow for seamless. financial transactions, the Swift. system, basically. Then, Wall Street. and the City of London were the. financiers. And then you have the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve system. Because the. Federal Reserve are the people who print. money.

Okay. Now, once you create the rules of the game, you need to create the game itself, which is the global economy. Right? Global economy. And obviously, this is a pretty vast. system that encompasses everything, okay? Now, you have to explain to people how. the global economy works. You cannot tell people, "Oh, really, there are these secret people working on. the scenes that are projecting shadows.

onto a wall.". So, what you do is you create. multilateral organizations that pretend. to. control the global economy, and they are. the World Bank, United Nations, WTO. You make people believe that this is all. being controlled impartially for our. benefit. Now, you have to convince people that. the system. is legitimate. That what you're actually seeing the. shadows on the wall, they're real. And.

that's why you need. the media. That's why you need. culture such as Hollywood, movies. basically. And you need. education, school system. Okay? These are the people who who are. all prisoners who have become leaders of. the prisoners and who are. helping them understand the shadows on. the wall. So, am I in the media? Yes, you are. Am I? Yes. So, am I What. am I doing? What Am I one of the people. in the fire controlling the narrative? Is that what Yes. Yes. But how But I I'm.

not owned by anybody. That's what you think. Oh, really? Yes. And who who am I owned by? Ultimately, it's the people who control. the fire that are in charge, right? So, ultimately, it's these people, the. second layer. Okay. >> The game masters, the financial elite. that control everything. And the. financial elite then are like the World. Bank, you said. No. No. The financial. elite are these private bankers. Okay, so are the private bankers controlling. me? Cuz you said I was in the media. Do you.

want to make money? Yeah. Then they're controlling you. Okay. Right? How are they controlling me? Because. they control the creation of money. And so, now that you have the media, the schools, and the cultural systems. helping people understand the shadows on. the wall, these shadows now. become internalized. And they dictate. the. values and norms of people, what they. believe to be good and bad.

They dictate habits and customs, how you. live your life. And they dictate the legal system, who's. punished. for what. Okay? And this becomes a top. edifice. And what's amazing about the system. is that in our minds, okay? In our. minds, we believe that the system is, first of all, the complete opposite. Where where the foundation is actually. the laws, the habits, and the values.

When in fact, in reality, these are just figments of our. imagination. Okay? That's point one. Point two is that this is a very very. delicate structure. So, if anyone. doesn't cooperate, okay? Then this is this edifice collapses. It's because it's a very very delicate. system, okay? And the third thing, and this is the. most important to understand the world. that we live in, as this system becomes much more wobbly, meaning that young people don't really. believe in the shadows anymore. Young. people grow up and says, "Hmm, are these.

shadows really real? They don't feel. real to me.". The system needs to become much more. authoritarian. It needs to force people to believe what. they refuse to believe. Because. everyone in the system is incentivized. to ensure this edifice is stable. Do you. think this is somewhat linked to what's. going on with independent media? Exactly. Because independent media are. asking a lot of questions about the way. society functions. Exactly. And that's.

why we're seeing governments becoming. very worried about independent media. Because if you have people in the. population saying, "These These shadows. are fake.". This creates a ripple effect. It causes. uh people to start questioning the. shadows on the wall. You can't have. that. So, that's why it's important to. have censorship. That's why it's. important to deplatform people. That's. why you have woke politics, DEI. This is. a enforcement mechanism. Yeah, I mean, it is pretty hard, you. know, it's pretty It's not easy being a.

uh an independent podcaster if you have. a big platform cuz. you're not always the most loved by the. mainstream media. And they'll figure out. how to eventually But, I think that's I. think that's very human, actually. I. think I think the incentives are quite. understandable from a human perspective. Look, if you look at the system, no. one's really in charge, and no one's a villain. They just grow up in the system. >> And everyone's protecting their. incentives. Exactly. That's kind of what. I mean. I'm like, yeah, I have human. nature is to protect one's incentives,

and you know, the media didn't like Mark. Zuckerberg and Facebook because 80% of. 70, 80% of ad revenue went to Google and. Facebook. So, they had a bit of a war. So, I kind of get it. People are trying. to protect what's theirs. And disruption causes people to, I. guess, panic a little bit, but makes. sense. But, the problem is. that. over time, more and more young people. are going to grow up and say, "I don't. see shadows. I'm pretty sure we're being lied to.".

In which case, this presents an. opportunity to overthrow the system and. create a new system. And this is why AI is important. But, we we we currently believe this. one. We currently believe in this. structure. It's almost It's really. difficult, I think, for the average. person listening now to accept the fact. that they have believed a bunch of. fundamental ideas and stories that. everything they care about is sat upon. But, I mean, you only if you read the. book Sapiens and understood that humans.

got here because we had a remarkable. ability to believe in stories that maybe. the orangutan could not believe. It. couldn't believe in money and. governments, and religions, and all. these kinds of things. It makes perfect. sense that yeah, there's really. foundational stories we are accepting, and that's what's brought us here today. That's what keeps me from running out on. the street without our clothes on, or. doing other illicit activities, is I'm. held in place by a set of stories um. that I've accepted, and they are stacked. one upon the other to make me believe. that everything I'm saying and accepting.

is. valid. But. you know, I guess the question becomes, am I okay with this reality? And what's stopping us from creating our. own reality that benefits everyone? Is. that possible? Well, in theory, it's possible, but as. you point out, there's certain people. who are happy with the system and want. to maintain the system. And that's why. we're going to war around the world, because it's not just a war between. different nation-states. It's also a war.

for the fundamental nature of reality. You have the bankers. versus the tech bros, right? That's what. we're seeing in the world right now. Where for the longest time, Wall Street. has controlled America, but now with the. with the Trump revolution, you have. Palantir. You have people like Larry Ellison, Peter Thiel, uh Sam Altman, who want to create. Operation Stargate, which gives them complete control over.

people's imagination. You cannot get over that. Okay. And. that thing will come down eventually, because that is just. the fundamental fact of human history. Everything, no matter how stable it. seems in the beginning, it all comes. crashing down eventually. Eventually. Eventually. >> Cyclically. Cyclically. Yes. Um Ray Dalio talks about the cycles. through history, and how so or they are,

and how frequent they are. Is there a. frequency to the rise and fall of these. I guess perceived realities or empires. as he as he calls it. Yeah, so they say. empires last about 20 years. And so we are now in the twilight of the. American empire. And what we know is that when empires. decline, it's always for the same reasons. And. um. it's always because of too much debt, too much corruption,

too much inequality. And we're seeing. that in America today. And the other. thing that we know is you can't actually. stop the decline of empires. So Oswald. Spengler, who is a German theoretician, he argues that. we are human beings and we have natural. life cycles because we're organisms. Well, societies are the same way where. empires, they will be born, they'll. rise, and they'll die. And it's And it's. a good thing because that's what allows.

for constant human innovation. Do you. think that will happen in my lifetime? I'm 30 years old, 33 years old. It may happen in everyone's lifetime. It. may happen next 5 to 10 years. We are We. are seeing. >> Do you think that's going to happen in. the next 5 to 10 years? I think there's. a very strong possibility that the. American empire will collapse in the. next 5 to 10 years because it is. overstretched, it's in too much debt, and it is really angering the entire. world. It's basically unifying the. entire world against it right now. And. if. >> that is to be the case, what would you.

give me as advice as a 33-year-old? What. What action should I be thinking about. taking now based on what you know about. history to make sure that, you know, it's not too bad for my myself? I guess. I'm asking this question in light of you. predicting that there might be a. collapse of the sort of Western or the. American empire. And in such a scenario, I was wondering. what what what it would look like to be. an American. And is there a a solution or course of. behavior one should take in such a. scenario? But what I guess that's the.

key question which is if the US empire. does collapse, how does American life. change or Western life change? Okay. So, one theory that's very important to. understand. is something called hermetic philosophy. And hermetic philosophy is what. underpins. um Plato's allegory of the cave. Mhm. And hermetic philosophy comes from. Egypt. And it has certain principles, but its. main principle is that reality is. energy, is vibrations. Okay, so we think.

of it as material, but material is a. consequence of energy. Mhm. Right? So, what this means is that. reality is consciousness itself. Mhm. So, our thoughts are what's real. Our bodies. are just vehicles to expre- to. experience the world around us, but. they're not real. When we die, our souls. return to the source, and we come back. again. And we're here primarily in order.

to experience things we cannot. experience in the spiritual world, because in the spiritual world it's not. material. Mhm. So, what's really important is to appreciate. that. every one of us is part of the source. And so, if we think about the totality. of things, we can only become. despondent. We can only give up hope. But if we think about how individually. we can become a better person,

and how we can impact the people around. us, then that becomes reflected. onto the reality itself. Because we're just part of God itself. Right? So, the idea is as above, so. below. As below, so above. Meaning that we are. each and every one of us fractals of. God. Mhm. So, we choose to be a good. person, this. makes the world a better place. We. choose to be a bad person, it also makes. the world a worse place. So, it's not.

really about how can I stop these wars. from happening, because you cannot. It's. not really about where can I put my. money to make generate more income, because that because that's not going to. happen. It's really about. how do I. live my life. to the fullest. How do I become a much more creative. individual that brings goodness to the. people around me? If you do that, you're changing the. world. everyday for the better.

That's a nice message. That's a very nice message. And I agree. And I It's really. interesting. I've spoken to a couple of. physicists now who say similar things. regarding. about consciousness, and it really has. stuck with me. A lot of things people. say, you know, sometimes because I I. learn so much doing this that I forget. them. But this idea that um. that we're all part of the same. consciousness, and that I think someone. said to me, a physicist said to me that. um. it's almost like consciousness divided. into lots of little pieces so that.

>> That's right. Fractals. Fractals. So, that it yeah, it could it could. experience the world or view the world. >> Exactly. And I found that to be a really. compelling idea. Weirdly, I was thinking. about this the other day. I was in a. European country, and I was I was. driving in a taxi, and I looked out the. window, and you had all of these like. tourists. just stood at the edge of the water, all. just like looking up and looking around. And I just for a second thought of it. thought of them as like little peach. pieces of consciousness exploring the. world, cuz they were like looking up and. looking around and looking at mountains. and looking at the ocean and looking at. the floor. And it it dawned on me for a. second that that might just be.

consciousness. is manifestation for sort of I guess. exploration. It's which is a really interesting idea. I don't necessarily know what it means, but it does create a little lot of. empathy. >> So, so one one area that you might want. to explore is the Kabbalah. So, what. How's this What What's this Kabbalah. thing? Right. It's called It's what they. call the Tree of Life. And in the Tree. of Life, it's it's It's what I'm trying. to say is that it's a certain dynamic in. the world that governs all human. affairs. And this dynamic is. thesis, antithesis, synthesis.

So, God is the will to bestow, creates. Adam Kadmon, who is the will to receive. Adam Kadmon has to abandon God. This. This destroys the world, but eventually, because the world is destroyed, Adam. Kadmon and his and his descendants, us, recognize the folly of our ways and beg. God for forgiveness, and this will. redeem the world, repair the world. And if you think about it, okay? This is. what underpins a lot of actions.

that is happening in the Middle East. Where Israelis are doing what they're. doing because they're trying to force. the hand of God. Meaning that, okay, if Israel is committing all these. atrocities in the Middle East, it's. creating all these wars, eventually the. world will have to punish Israel the the. Israelis. Right? There'll be war between the world. and Israel. And Israel will be humbled. But once. Israel is humbled, everyone.

in Israel recognize the folly. of his or her arrogance, hubris, and then will beg God for forgiveness. And once that phenomenon happens, when. all people in Israel, at the same time, beg God for deliverance and for. forgiveness, the world will end. And will return to paradise. That's literally what they believe.

We're going to have to stop there, Professor. Um we have a closing. tradition where the last guest leaves a. question for the next guest, not knowing. who they're leaving it for. And the question left for you is, who. will you miss the most and why? Well, I will miss my wife the most. because I met my wife about 10 years ago. and this was a time in my life when I. had and when I had I had hit rock. bottom. Um I went to Yale and so I have a very.

um elevated sense of myself and my. abilities. And so I went into the world. thinking that I would conquer it. And after decades of failure, um I. basically became very depressed. Failure? Yes, I meaning I didn't have a job, meaning I didn't have much income, meaning I didn't have much hope in my. life. And so I was working as a teacher. and in formal acquaintance, I met my. wife.

And. I think that it was because. I became so depressed that my heart. I begged for relief. I begged God, even. though I don't believe in God, for salvation and redemption. And my wife. came as an angel. And what she did that no one else did. before was she loved me unconditionally. She was kind to me. She.

told me. to believe in myself. And she proved it. by making the ultimate sacrifice and. having a child with me. Right? It's one thing to for someone to. say, "I believe in you. I love you." But. it's another thing to have a child with. that person. And so that changed me. totally. And I I said to myself, "I. can't despair anymore. I have to work. hard. I have to provide for my family.".

And at this time I was thinking that. maybe I could help Chinese students. go. to Yale. Like, you know, in China uh. consulting is a huge business where if. you help package your kid and you get. into Yale, you get about a million. dollars. That's a lot of money, right? And she told me, "You can't do that. You. have to be true to yourself and you have. to be true to our son. Set a good example for him." And so, what happened was that I got a job as a. high school teacher.

And then I started to make these YouTube. videos. And then it blew up online. And this was not something that we. expected. This is not something that we. planned for. It just happened. organically. So, it was my wife just just by saying, "I love you" to me and I knew it to be. true because we had a child together, we. started a family together. By loving me. unconditionally, by being kind to me, it. changed me forever. And that's what empowered me to want to. share myself with other people as well.

And so, I don't know how I will ever. thank my wife. I'm I'm forever grateful. for her. And I don't I don't Before I. didn't really mind leaving this world, but I don't want to leave this world. anymore because I don't want to separate. from her. Could you have expected that you'd have. the success you've had online? You've. got to what to almost 2.5 million. subscribers on YouTube alone. Um getting millions and millions and. millions of views on your videos. I mean, some of your videos have almost. 10 million views on on various channels.

that you've been on. You've only made 146 of these videos. And your your channel has grown. immensely. Could could you have. imagined? I did. You did imagine? Yes. You thought. it would go like this? Um not this big, but I imagined, you. know, I I would find people who believe. in what I was doing and would be. inspired by what I was doing. And I knew. this because. when I met my wife and I fell in love.

for the first time. We love each other. uh. unconditionally. My imagination start to open up. I could. see and feel things that were not. available to me before. And it was as though I became much more. connected to the source. I became much. more connected to the universe. The. universe was giving me insights. as to how to proceed. And so. I had one day an inspiration. Let me.

start our YouTube channel. Let me make. stupid predictions and see where where. it goes. Because if I'm right, then then. I would be. pretty famous. If I'm wrong, then I'm an. idiot. But what gave me the courage to imagine. all this was again the love of my wife. So that's why I say kindness and love. So I did imagine this, but not to the. extent that um.

you know, my YouTube channel has blown. up. You've only been doing it about a year. I I don't think I've ever seen someone. get two two and a half million. subscribers in a year. Especially making a geo- geopolitics and. uh. It's mainly geopolitics, isn't it? And. history videos. In a year, that's crazy. But I will tell you this. It has not changed me. Because. being with my wife, having a family, I know my mission is to share myself.

with others. So. I could easily. um create a media education company like. Jordan Peterson um and start my own. university. I don't want to do that. I. want to share myself with others. I want. to constantly learn. I want to. constantly ask questions. I want to be. open-minded. I want to be brave. for my wife and my family. And so yes, I did succeed. And I think I.

thank the universe for letting me. succeed. And I thank most of all the. fact that I succeeded at age and at time. when I can focus on a mission and ignore. the fame, the wealth, the status. Are you happy? I'm very happy with my family because. it's my wife and my children who bring. me tremendous happiness. in the world. The The YouTube channel, if they close it down tomorrow,

and they might, I wouldn't be at all. uh unhappy because I can just go and. create more videos. Uh what matters is. the source of my creativity, which is my. the love I have for my family. That is beautiful. Really beautiful. I mean, it's it's. really self-evident the value you're. giving to people because the amount of. people that showed up in my comment. section and and demanded that you come. here was staggering. In fact, that's. actually how I I learned about you was I. just saw your name so much in the.

comment section. So I was like, "Who's. this guy?" And I went on YouTube and. looked around and then I found these. videos and then I got served them. because I clicked on them and then I got. went down the rabbit hole like everyone. >> Did they just want you? Yeah. I am a. polarizing figure. Oh, it's probably. because. >> some people really love me, but some. people also really really hate me. >> It Listen, I have I sit here with people. really regardless of. of of that stuff and I think that's. important and quite rare. So I you know, I've sat with Kamala Harris or Ivanka. Trump or Gavin Newsom or Michelle Obama,

you know, and for me it's really about. the pursuit of truth rather than being. captured too much by. you know, Right. >> all the blocks that we have on the. table. So um. thank you for doing what you do because. you're demystifying and you're you're. giving a perspective to the world. And I. think one of the things you you do that. really has compelled people is you. you're able to um. break things down in visual ways that. allow people like me who aren't the best. when it comes to. books and textbooks and weren't. necessarily very good in school to.

understand concepts in a simpler way and. really to bring them to life in ways. that make them actionable and relevant. to our lives. And so long may you carry. on doing that. And that's the essential. message that I hope people understand. like everyone has the capacity to learn. the truth for himself or herself. It's. only a question of desire and will. Thank you. Thank you. YouTube have this. new crazy algorithm where they know. exactly what video you would like to. watch next based on AI and all of your. viewing behavior. And the algorithm says.

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