Post: So at this point in the trade war, you might be asking yourself, why did the US want to pick a fight with China in the first place ? And the truth is is not about fair trade like Trump says. It's about survival and is not going to stop here. US generals are even predicting outright war this year. To understand why this is all happening, you have to understand globalization, which is a process where the countries around the world become more and more connected and integrated as communication and travel become easier. Since World War Two ended and the Cold War began in the nineteen fifties, globalization has taken a very specific form. The imperial systems at the British built were never fully dismantled, they just changed hands. The U. S. Adapted to the changing times. The idea, as J. D. Vance laid out recently, was this, The idea of globalization was that rich countries would move further up the value chain while the poor countries made the simpler things. The expectation has been that third world countries would always sell their natural resources and labor for cheap, or the West profited off of them. Basically neo - colonialism, the same effects as colonialism, but updated for the twentieth century. That's why the West created institutions like the INTe International Monetary Fund or the World Bank, which controlled the development of the rural countries to make sure that they're in line with Western plans. And that's why the U. S. Stage military coups all over the world, and any country that wanted to seize control of their own resources. And this expectation is rooted in the same kind of Orientalist thinking that has defined much of Western thought for the past three, a hundred years. But surprise, things haven't worked out that way. Turns out that the geographies that do the manufacturing get awfully good at the designing of things as they got better at the lower end of the value chain. They also started catching up on the higher end. We were squeezed from both ends. You see, the problem with China isn't that they have an authoritarian government, or that they're being aggressive towards Taiwan, or even that they're communist. The issue is that China, a formerly poor country, the Third world, had decided to step out of line from his designated place in the world order and challenged the United States. China has played the global capitalist game that the U. S. Has started, and they're actually winning. They lead the world, and solar E AI and other advanced technologies are the primary trading partner. Or for most of the world. China's digital finance systems is challenging the dominance of the US dollar. The tariffs are creating new alliances between China, South Korea, Japan, with Latin America, and even with the EU, and they're even becoming The moral leader of the world by standing with Palestine. And when we look at everything the U. S. Is doing right now, the mineral deal in Ukraine, wanting to control Greenland, the two tariffs on the whole world, the demonization of immigrants, or even the renewed violence, and Palestine, we have to view it all within this larger context. This isn't a trade war. This is a war for control over global finance. For who is at the top of the global world order. And the fight isn't over. But you might want to start brushing up on your mandarin. The best thing that we can do right now is the bow and together. Brace for this change. Organized to resist and propose real alternatives. If you want to learn how, check out the latest issue of the Consciousness and Dispatch where we're discussing that and a lot more. You can sign up for free through the link in our bio. And if you've been liking my videos, it's also a great way to support our work for as little as two dollars a month. Share. Believe inspire blacks be.

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