Oddbean

so-called 'climate policy' is the best expression of this. why go to war with a nation, when you can just convince it's people to give up the thing that makes them strong and powerful in the first place... ie abundant energy production.

Aye, and China is also the most successfull experiment for national control, probably due to the sheer extend of democide since the global clique put the commies in power. Destroying/de-industrializing/de-culturing (propbably not a word 😅) the mostly free west is a deliberate policy to that end as it is more resource consuming to control the populations there compared to China. This is done while pretending the Chinese model is somehow superior, naturally ignoring the fact that the biggest market for Chinese products is the west. A great showcase of controlling both sides while making everyone believe both sides are somehow autonomous.