The Hormuz Hypothesis – What If the U.S. Navy Isn’t in a Hurry to Reopen the Strait?
By Captain John Konrad (Opinion) – The Strait of Hormuz is twenty-one miles wide. Two shipping channels, each two miles across, separated by a two-mile buffer. There is no alternative....
Fascinating. There are several dots mentioned in the article, that are goo additions, others that require further scrutiny.
A fractured oil price .....
I don't think it is a bad thing per sé. I think it is only correct to apply the real costs to where they should fall. An if countries cannot hold up their own trousers by a belt, but in addition need suspenders as well .... I would argue that Frank's observation in Once upon a Time in the West hols true:
If countries can only survive thanks to subvention by piggy banking on producers, perhaps those countries are in dire need of a sea change [ mare-chaussee?] in their priorities.
I refer back to this post on global money. I think it is worth considering. Why? Because, as the above article points out: one global price is detrimental. It is basically, the Colonial extraction system.
In terms of money, two factors:
The Goldstandard was one such mechanism. Centralization of insurance is another, by taking stakes into each others companies.
Think the model: Staple Street has a stake in Black Rock an Vanguard. Black Rock has a stake in Vanguard an Staple Street. Vanguard has a stake in both Staple street and Black Rock. A nice circle jerk. Insurance is no different. This way, policy can be influenced under the guise of shareholder value / benefit.
When companies globally do the same thing, it usually means: there is no actual competition. Not a real marketplace. No real freedom to contract and take risks.
To break that stranglehold, now here is where 5 chess does come in. In essence, whatever the globalist say, do the opposite. A bit like with that Jim Cramer guy ....