ROGER BOYD—Japan may also be harbinger of what is to become of South Korea with its own population decline and turn to neoliberalism after the 1997 Asia Financial Crisis, and a pointer to the fundamental weakness of the US position in Asia with respect to China. We are now seeing reports such as this below, with an average of only 0.68 children being born for each South Korean woman (far below the Japanese level of 1.2); the natural replacement rate at which the population remains stable is 2.1. As with Japan, given the brutal Chinese competition and its already high GDP per capita of US$33,000 at market interest rates and US$59,000 at purchasing power parity, there is a very restricted ability for the nation to offset working-age population decline with increases in GDP per capita. Even more than Japan, South Korean industry is concentrated in areas wide open to Chinese competition, such as car manufacturing (Hyundai and Kia), electric batteries (LG Energy, Samsung SDI and SK On), steel (POSCO), and electronics (Samsung, LG, SK Hynix). Its car industry, with its exports predominantly dependent on the now protected US market (although exposed in Canada, Australia and the UK) may have a better chance of withstanding Chinese competition; it no longer sells cars in China.
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THOMAS BALISTRIERI—Contrary to popular belief, the members of the Eistatzgruppen were NOT sadists. The S.S. made a point of weeding out sadists, those that enjoy killing. Himmler influenced the S.S., Gestapo and Eisatzgruppen that they were simply ‘doing their duty’ and had an opportunity to become a part of history, part of a 2000 year Nazi reign!
Thus, Himmler turned around the psychology of what the soldiers experienced, from, “I did horrible things to people’ to ‘What horrible things I had to watch in pursuance of my duties, and that tasks weighs upon my shoulders.’” (Arendt, Eichmann, 1963).
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A. MARTYANOV—America’s so-called creative class due to it being degenerate has no mental tools for “reflection”. This is a bunch of spoiled ass-holes brainwashed with propaganda and having no tools to even comprehend what agenda they push and what they stand for.
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MAIN EDITORS—Phil Andrew, a former FBI agent and head of the Pax Group security consulting firm, said protection at such events are made up of “three rings of security,” with the first being the Secret Service agents who can physically shield an individual, a second team working the perimeters of an event, and a third focused on the exterior areas.
While the first two rings are pretty much entirely Secret Service responsibility, local law enforcement can be used for the third, as it was with the building the shooter climbed.
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MIKE WHITNEY—The issue, of course, could have been resolved long ago if Washington had acted in good faith, but Washington has not acted in good faith. In fact, Washington is still determined to inflict a “strategic defeat” on Russia in order to implement its “pivot to Asia” strategy to ensure its future as the world’s only unchallenged superpower. These goals cannot be achieved without escalation, confrontation and a full-blown war. The NATO summit is merely a prelude to a broader and more violent conflict between the nuclear superpowers.
The question we should be asking ourselves is whether NATO can actually win a war with Russia. Can it? The answer is “No”, it cannot.