In its essence, the ongoing war in Ukraine is about resetting the global arrangements of the world. Sure, the war is about the Russian invasion and it has caused untold human suffering, but what we see is only the proverbial tip of the iceberg. Underneath the surface is a lethal confrontation between two competing world visions: Western capitalist globalism vs. Eastern nationalist socialism. For now, Ukraine is the battleground, but the stakes are global.
The Western vision started at the end of WWII and continued thereafter when the winning powers set up the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization and other regional blocs. Later, Europe began the process of unification and NATO was set up to defend the West. The intention of the founding leaders was honorable: to safeguard and promote freedom and democracy. However, as the French philosopher Blaise Pascal once said, ‘the road to hell is paved with good intentions.’
From the outset the Western intention was global and in time acquired the name of New World Order. However, it favored from the start the rich countries and the strong corporations. With the passage of time, nation states and governments began to lose their prerogatives and international companies began to control the world’s economy. As long as America defended the West against brutal and godless communism, the system worked. Once the communist bloc disintegrated, the rush toward globalization became a savage race. While rich people and corporations got richer, increasingly more people and some entire countries began to struggle causing social confusion and polarization.
The US media, for example, mentions these days the ‘One Percent’ of the population that owns most of everything and controls the society. The American political system still works, but average folks struggle under financial debts. At a global level the situation is a lot worse. In his book Superclass (Ferrar, Straus and Giraux, New York, 2008) David Rothkopf writes that the world is controlled by several thousand greedy billionaires that have everything and yet, they want even more. The globalists are backed by the American government and the apologists of globalization have their own view of an earthly paradise. They claim that ‘In the future, people will own nothing and everybody will be happy!’ Really? Who will be in charge? And what does the average American stand to gain?
During the Soviet times, Moscow was supposed to bring communism as a ‘worker’s paradise’ to the planet. Did we reverse roles and instead of communism we now push for globalization?
Regarding the current war in Ukraine, we should assist the suffering people, but what is the final purpose of the war effort? For most Americans the appeal is humanitarian. For the global elite the end game means huge resources and more profits. And if Ukraine is added to the globalist portfolio, maybe Russia will be next.
The Russian Federation under Putin does not like such a perspective and the Russian society is thoroughly split. The young educated generation is attracted by the lure of the West. The oligarchs are divided. They would accept the new order if the West would let them keep the loot. The Russian majority is caught by surprise. Many Russians have returned to the old Christian religion and values, but they do not like Putin’s authoritarian rule. Russia of today, and especially the Orthodox Church, also rejects some aspects of the behavior of the West. They deplore its chaotic liberties, licentious behavior, lack of morality and anti-Christian trends. The Western and Eastern visions are now colliding in Ukraine, but that may be just a way station toward resetting the entire planet. Behind Russia is China, a nationalist-socialist country with its own plan and vision of the world: another vision; another future clash.
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Nicholas DIMA
Posted by Newsmax
Saturday, April 9, 2022
