Guest Post by Nick Giambruno
“The only winning move is not to play.”
That’s a famous line from WarGames, a movie about a young computer whiz named David who hacks into a US military supercomputer designed to simulate nuclear war scenarios.
David initially believes he’s playing a computer game, but his actions inadvertently prompt the supercomputer to prepare for a real nuclear war.
As the situation escalates, with the world on the brink of a nuclear apocalypse, it becomes clear that there is no strategic advantage in nuclear war; any exchange of nuclear weapons would lead to mutual destruction, known as Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD).
MAD is not just something out of Hollywood; it’s a real concept that is relevant today.
Consider this.
Several credible studies and simulations have shown that a nuclear war between Russia and the US could kill more than 90 million people in the first couple of hours of conflict.
Over 5 billion people could starve to death in the following months.
Historically, the incomprehensible destruction nuclear war would bring to all sides has prevented direct military conflict between the world’s largest powers since World War 2.
MAD is why World War 3 will probably not be like the previous world wars.
Total war between the world’s largest powers that reshuffled the international order defined the previous world wars.
However, with the advent of nuclear weapons, total war between the largest powers today—Russia, China, and the US—means a nuclear Armageddon where there are no winners and only losers.
That could still happen despite nobody wanting it, but it’s not the most likely outcome.
World War 3 is unlikely to be a direct kinetic war between the US, Russia, and China.
Instead, the conflict will play out on different levels—proxy wars, economic wars, financial wars, cyber wars, biological wars, deniable sabotage, and information wars.
In that sense, World War 3 is already well underway, even though most don’t recognize it.
Here’s the bottom line.
Russia, China, and their allies want to change the US-led world order that has been in place since the end of World War 2.
The conflict is playing out on a level that is below the threshold of direct kinetic warfare because that could invite a nuclear Armageddon.
Nonetheless, it is a conflict between the biggest global powers to determine the world order—like the previous World Wars.
It’s important to remember that world orders are nothing new.
World orders are how the big global powers have set the rules of the game for centuries. They are simply the architecture for international political relations between countries.
On a smaller scale, it’s similar to when the most powerful criminal groups in a given city—like mafias and street gangs—come together and agree on how to divide their activities and neighborhoods among themselves.
Sooner or later, though, these agreements always break down. Then, there is a violent power struggle until the criminal groups reach a new agreement reflecting the new power balance.
A similar dynamic is at play with the most powerful countries and world orders.
Conflicts among the most powerful countries typically lead to a breakdown and restructuring in the world order.
Here is a brief overview of some of the most recent world orders.
You can think of them as epochs or distinctive historical periods reflecting the shifting power balance among global players.
Peace of Westphalia (1648 to 1803): This agreement ended the Thirty Years’ War and set the framework for international relations in Europe for over two centuries by preserving the balance of power among major European powers. It brought together the Holy Roman Empire, Spain, France, Sweden, the Dutch Republic, and various German territories. This world order largely lasted until the outbreak of the Napoleonic Wars, which led to the need for a new international arrangement among the big powers.
Congress of Vienna (1814 to 1914): The military defeat of French Emperor Napoleon I led to this world order. It enshrined the British as the dominant global power. The Congress of Vienna formed the basis for European international politics until the outbreak of World War 1 in 1914.
Treaty of Versailles (1919 to 1939): The victors of World War 1 created this world order, which featured institutions like the League of Nations. It broke down after Germany, Italy, and Japan tried to overturn it and make their own world order during World War 2.
The Current US-Led World Order (1945 to Today): The Allies crafted the current world order in the aftermath of World War 2 with the US as the leader. It features institutions like the United Nations, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund—all located in the US. The current world order has been largely unipolar, with the US exercising significant influence over international policies and decision making.
Today, it’s evident global power is shifting as the current US-led world order is breaking down at an accelerating pace as World War 3 unfolds.
Changes to the world order are historical events with enormous investment implications.
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Are these the same “credible” studies and simulations which showed that another hypothetical threat “could” kill untold millions? Would you need to do studies to know that dropping radioactive nukes might result in uncountable deaths? Weren’t Hiroshima and Nagasaki all the evidence needed?
All studies and simulations aside, the fact there are still estimates tells me just how real the whole thing is.
It’s time, again, to recall the progression of late events in Ayn Rand’s novel “Atlas Shrugged”. The theme of the novel is the importance of reason. The novel illustrates the consequences of the mind’s absence, i.e., when men do not bear to think.
The world is presently at a point comparable to that in the novel when the protagonist, John Galt, who has potential knowledge that would rescue mankind from an ongoing economic catastrophe has been imprisoned. The novel’s tyrannical government, similar to that of the present day United States government – personified by men who have rejected reason as a means of interpreting reality – is bent on killing Galt if he will not compromise his beliefs in order to stop the impending collapse.
As in the story, the irrational government of today is not just willing but is also compelled to take the final step: annihilation of life and in this case – all life on planet earth. It’s coming with the inevitability of scientific law.
To me, the Western world is currently at the point [in the novel] where they are looking for, and then egging on, someone stupid enough to try to drive the steam engine locomotive through the long uphill tunnel.
The ultimate one will be someone stupid enough to start hot WW3.
That’s right.
I’m a John Galt!
Dig a hole in the ground
Line it with gold
You will make it through
Armo geddin
And with massive profit
Of course they could just blow up a bunch of shit and say “it was nukes” and the people who swallowed from “The Maine” to “Covid” will accept it as the word of God hisself.
Yep, it does seem that is the drill even lately. All we have to do is examine Oct 7th in detail to see it still works.
SO,, you’re claiming that the car trunk full of Israeli babies’ heads is less than 100% accurate?
Cooking a war needs a lot of ingredients. Some from stock, others fresh. But, they already started. Following their old protocols.
Yeah, we are seeing a lot of predictive programming fer sure.
The death cult has squeezed everything out of the USA empire and now sets it’s sights on Russia and China as new empires to squeeze dry over the next few hundred years with all the misery and agony that involves.
Nick demonstrates either being uninformed or willing disregard for the truth as he neglects to mention the kosher parasites that set up the WEF, IMF, UN etc … therefore his article gets a thumbs down from me.