Tag: New World Order

Welp, Maybe I Called It

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner


I was just being rhetorical when I suggested that ding-dong Trump might pull the United States out of NATO and align with Russia. Now, given that Musk agrees with this nightmare….maybe it’s actually going to happen?

I still don’t know if any Americans would care. NATO and the UN are largely abstract concepts to Americans obsessed with the price of eggs, so… lulz? Maybe Trump really could do as I fear and do an “Axis of Evil” with the United States, Russia, Turkey and Hungary being members.

Then what. Then what would happen?

There might be some protests, but not enough to change Trump — or Musk’s — mind. So, lulz? It continue to think that the next five years could be some of the most dramatic years since at least the end of WW2, if you factor in the issue of the Singularity rushing towards us at a fast clip.

If Trump Destroyed The Post-WW2 Liberal Order, Would Any Americans Care?

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

It is increasingly clear that we may be but one Truth Social post away from completely re-aligning the global order by trying to form some alliance with Russia. The specifics are up in the air, but I could totally see him taking “America First” to its logical conclusion by ending American involvement in NATO and forming some sort of new military alliance between the United States, Russia, Turkey and Hungary.

And that, as they say, would be that.

Given the absolute power Trump has over the Republican Party, I suspect within hours of the announcement the talking points would be distributed and everyone would fall into line. This, especially if Trump pitched it as a way to cut the military budget significantly so he could cut takes even more for plutocrats.

I do sense that the United States is growing just a wee bit more unstable than it used to be just months (weeks?) ago. Not a lot, but Trump flipping out on the president of Ukraine in the Oval Office recently may be seen as a watershed in our long national MAGA nightmare.

It reminded a lot of people that, “Hey, is Trump a Russian spy?” And, yet, I have my doubts that even if my nightmare scenario came to be that anything of note would happen. MAGA would tow the line while the already pointless Democratic leadership would just wince and grit its teeth, not actually doing anything worthwhile.

So, I do think it’s at least possible that by the time Trump is Moscow in May to celebrate the end of WW2 that, lulz, we may be living in a totally different geopolitical world than we do now.

My Hot Take On Biden’s ‘New World Order’


by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

Let’s take a walk down memory lane, shall we? Around the time of the first Iraq War, then Secretary of State James Baker was supposed to give a speech were he articulated a “new world order” in the context of the post-Cold War world. Then, for some reason, he mysteriously canceled the speech.

Don’t get excited.

Would you believe that just because he did that, a generation or more of conspiracy theorists have thrown every possible bonkers idea at the notion of a “New World Order.” The theory is that this is some sinister concept involving the UN, black helicopters and (your kooky idea here.)

Flash forward and Biden made a reasonable and off-handed comment about the current world situation where he mentioned a new world order. Now, every MAGA New Right cocksucker worth their weight in Comet Pizza wants us to believe we’re all going to be forced to wear the Mark of the Beast soon.

Guys, we’re living in a fucking New World Order, RIGHT NOW — it’s called the post WW2 New World Order. And, if things get bad enough and we have a WW3, whatever the world looks like will, in fact, be a New World Order.

So, calm down. Smoke a cigar, make a pretty girl laugh. Have a drink and relax –you have nothing to worry about when it comes to a New World Order. It’s happened before and it will happen again.