Supposedly it is China that represents a 'primary systemic threat' to the US.  While reading [The United States is not preparing to go to war against China. The United States is preparing Australia to go to war against China.](https://johnmenadue.com/committee-for-the-republic-salon-18-january-2023-anzus-leading-us-to-war-against-china/) by John Menadue, I found this very interesting bit.  Menadue's concern is that Australia will be used as [the Ukraine](https://peakd.com/hive-174122/@ecoinstant/world-ending-war-update) of this new conflict.  And since he is Australian he doesn't really like that idea.


![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/ecoinstant/23tSz3PjgWfdSHmaB5FA4L7RPdZhLz411rx9tfC2hBqvwZ3Y29AdDvrcBmu6sz9mrc5YQ.png)

But the interesting point, to me thousands of kilometers away, is how this links into what I have been tracking through [Zoltan Poszar](https://plus2.credit-suisse.com/shorturlpdf.html?v=5h1o-8SW-V&t=-6f9o9gxfcir9ldit6fbbldzzx) and [Alasdair Macleod](https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/tale-two-worlds) and [Pepe Escobar](https://thecradle.co/article-view/17447/everybody-wants-to-hop-on-the-brics-express), something that has been hard to spot through all the distractions.

The dollar is going to get some competition ([R5+](https://infobrics.org/post/37155/))and its not even clear yet what part Bitcoin is going to play.  So far, I am with @edicted, I think crypto is supporting the dollar since almost all of the stablecoins are denominated in dollars. But that doesn't have to be the way this all goes down, new stablecoins are easy to create (its trust that is rare, not the tech).  

There is a lot to do and build, but imagine that instead of two political parties in your (and most) countries, there are two 'halves' of the world economy.  The West, and the rest.  Oh just that the rest is like 80% of the worlds population and 55% of the world's economy.    


![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/ecoinstant/23wXNdG985czwUWKMPD5bCb7B9qEMrfsB1jqAXM69a62bzi8WcmUex4ZHyxc5R62AuiXP.png)

You all know [I am long EM](https://peakd.com/hive-174122/@ecoinstant/what-about-the-money-can-you-see-what-is-happening-yet), but that is not the full story either.  We each have to build the world as well.  This could go in 100 million different ways, [based on the choices we make](https://peakd.com/life/@ecoinstant/the-world-is-not-ending-its-changing).  But I want to come out and ask this question:

>What evidence do you have that the US are the good guys?

Its just the way we have always felt.

I found this Pomp Interview in my drafts, let's insert it here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23y4Kp8mNSI


Here is David B Collum (of Collum's [Year in Review](https://peakprosperity.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2022-Year-in-Review-The-Long-Road-To-Ukraine-Part-1.pdf) fame), at this point he still doesn't have enough info to connect all the dots about FTX, [you can read a compelling possible spiderweb explanation here](https://roundingtheearth.substack.com/p/a-grand-unified-theory-of-the-ftx).  Read that if you want to be convinced that the west isn't the good guys.

And as always, make sure to [be a good guy in your own life](https://peakd.com/menofcrypto/@ecoinstant/interested).  This means following your gut, your interests, your conscience. Choices matter so choose carefully.

Just for example, look at what this guy did:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LvaX748pVI

 Seems like a pretty fun hobby and makes me want to do something like that around here, we already have a space ready for a pond.  

So let's look at this in context - the grass lot is there, its the main system.  There is a problem, they say, the grass needs fertilizer, it has pests, weeds are attacking it.  This is a systemic threat to your grass!

But as soon as you reject the frame of mind, grass being under threat does not threaten me because I am not that big a fan of grass.  Grass should understand its place in the ecosystems.  Back off grass we want a bit less of you.

## A real metaphor

Now the above is not just a metaphor, its real.  Watch the youtube video again, look at the pretty birds.  This is a valid way to move geometrically through spacetime in response to these issues, not for or against either this group or that group, just right through those questions with morality, strength and promise.  

This isn't the only way.  How specific do you need me to be?  You must use your God-given human equipment to design your own path through this mess.  Wake up and play 10D chess with us.  

With the risk of derailing my own article, I want to reference back to a video from my [Firewood-powered Shitpost](https://peakd.com/hive-174122/@ecoinstant/grab-bag-shit-post-planting-trees-and-refining-the-firewood), the history of firewood powered vehicles.  

https://youtu.be/RoRI4S4K6ec

It may or may not surprise you, but the proliferation of firewood powered vehicles occurred primarily in war times, when every bit of gasoline was needed for the war effort.  These are related trends!  Firewood is one thing you can grow right now, in fact if you stop mowing your lawn you'd probably start growing firewood without effort pretty soon, depending on where you live.  

## Firewood is energy freedom, historically speaking. 

The funny part is, we might still be too early.  The crisis isn't even here yet, just building, visible upon the horizon.  Thoroughly demoralized, with most community structures crumbling, they think we will collapse into despair.  

They count on you and me being ineffectual and afraid.  

Its not about nations anymore.  Its about the very nature of freedom, likely for the next 80-100 years.  Look around you, this is the context out of which we must build a new world.


![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/ecoinstant/23t8Cb16WiAMPaPHZBh8tdrXW5Wpm8rnirUUqq99wkqzg7ScW3XCj3iu9KfRttGmyVtiY.png)
[Source: Wondrium Daily](https://www.wondriumdaily.com/the-myth-of-enuma-elish/)

Making a pond or powering your vehicle with firewood are not the only ways to move forward.  The important part is that they represent transformative change.  In the case of the pond, think of the mind bending concept that with a few weekends of work you could so make such a difference to so much life.  That is our divine gift.  Not just ponds.  Transformational Change.  

Here's a video my mom sent me:

https://youtu.be/tKbHqxI7VFA

Its up to you what you do with your time and energy.  Everyone makes a choice, and down to the level of what we think about, and thus attract into our lives.  I decided long ago that no amount of status or salary was worth giving up my personal mission.  Most of my success was achieved through radical cost cutting - eliminating the root of the excuse behind why so many stay within the system.  

https://twitter.com/iluminatibot/status/1622592406397890560

It seems that the populations in the West are more depressed, anxious and suicidal now than ever before in history.  Now I want to wrap back around to the beginning - to an Australia who, originally maneuvering to guarantee the protection of Australia by the US, sold out their sovereignty to an empire.  Australia now fights for the Empire at the whim of non-Australians.  

There is only one way out, we need to make the choice.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dp-5YAQ4VM

I am so excited that the more I look, the more I see people around the world using and having used natural systems to 'change their stars'.  And for sure, these will be important nodes in the future of humanity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRPP4Ilpxso

## How do you feel about war with China, Bob?
## I'm growing more squash than ever, Mike.

I'm not a radical.  In my opinion, its getting pretty radical to not grow some food and firewood, if you think about it.

## Freedom and Friendship