Doug Casey's Take

Picking up from Episode 11, Doug explains what a hot war with China might look like. -Where the flashpoint between China and US might be -Armenia and Azerbaijan conflict could expand -US commitment to protect Taiwan -Why China is not Communist -The limitations of aircraft carriers and other 70year old technologies. -The problems with symmetrical warfare. How future war will be asymmetrical and how that is deeply costly to the US. How the “5th column” might be part of any future conflict with China. The US government has 100 separate definitions for terrorism New War making technologies - Drones, hypersonic weapons, nanobots, If nukes are used, how Doug thinks they’ll be deployed Three types of armies: Mercenary Army Slave Army Militia How internal conflict might drive the US into war Early warnings that war might be on the horizon

Doug Casey successfully predicted the likelihood of an unconventional attack on the United States just months before the attacks on 9/11 “An attack will soon come from outside American borders, in the form of war.

But it won’t be declared war in the conventional sense with ballistic missiles.

When the attack comes, it will be delivered through a much cheaper, reliable and unexpected form such as a car bomb, boat or plane.”

In this episode, Doug looks to the future of war and, in particular, the risk of war with China.

The Thucydides Trap (dilemma) is a term coined by American political scientist Graham T.

Allison to describe an apparent tendency towards war when an emerging power threatens to displace an existing great power as the international hegemon.

It was coined and is primarily used to describe a potential conflict between the United States and the People's Republic of China.

Five types of warfare:

Hot War

Electronic War

Economic War

Biological War

Psychological War

Plus Doug Answers a question from a viewer: "What does the future geopolitical competition between the EU, China, Russia, and the US look like 20-50 years from now?

KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov's warning to America (1984) https://youtu.be/IQPsKvG6WMI

Doug Casey responds to the lockdown hysteria sweeping the globe and why it’s getting worse.

We discuss some of the strictest lockdowns in the world, how citizens and government officials are responding to them, and how individuals can conduct themselves ethically.

Also… Let’s define “stupid” and why the lockdowns meet that definition.

Public health policies seem to trump rights and all other national priorities.

What that means for our future

Does Doug have a problem with authority? Do you?

Are the lockdown policies designed to divide us?

Economic pain and the “Greater Depression” are still yet to come

What Doug would do if he saw the Ohio woman being arrested (link below)

Links: Melbourne lockdown rules: https://www.theguardian.com/australia...

Ohio mother arrested for not wearing mask outdoors: https://twitter.com/MythinformedMKE/s...

UK rolls out contract tracing app: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-5...

Doug Casey has made a fortune investing in gold and gold stocks over the decades, but he believes owning gold today is more important than ever.

In this episode: Doug’s personal experience buying gold and gold stocks over the decades.

The US debt is unpayable and inflation is the only way out

How bonds are a “triple threat”

We’re now in the 3rd leg of the gold bull market that started in 2001

Warren Buffet’s investment in gold mining

A signal that professional money managers are taking an interest in gold mining companies for the first time

Why the nature of the gold mining business can lead to explosive moves in stock prices

Doug’s 9Ps to successful resource investing

Three recommended books:

How to profit from the coming devaluation: https://www.amazon.com/How-You-Profit...

EB Tucker’s Why Gold Why Now: https://www.amazon.com/Why-Gold-Now-A...

Speculator (Doug’s novel): https://www.amazon.com/Speculator-Hig...

Doug Casey responds to the news about the prosecution of individuals trying to defend themselves from attack.

Have we lost our right to defend ourselves?

Did we ever really have that right?

Also… The dramatic shift in both attitudes and laws toward gun ownership In ancient times the difference between a slave and a citizen was that slaves could not be armed.

Slaves had no right to defend themselves.

What the domestication of pigs has to do with the erosion of personal freedom

Why prosecutors have taken an aggressive stance against people acting in self-defense and what it means for the future.

And much more

Doug Casey gives his take on why America will break apart and how exactly it might unfold.

As always, Doug puts this in the context of history discussing the past nation-state breakups from the violent breakup of Yugoslavia to the peaceful “Velvet Divorce” of Czechoslovakia, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and balkanization.

Doug explains what the definition of a civil war is and why the American “Civil War” wasn’t one.

How cultural and economic differences led to the war.

The differences between red and blue are greater today than those between north and south in that era.

On what lines the US might fragment.

How Politics is Poison. And much more.

Doug Casey gives his take on Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the political battle to fill her seat and explains what he would do right now if he were President.

- The time Doug had dinner with RBG and her “very pleasant” husband

- Why the Supreme Court matters

- RBG’s Identity Politics “Hobby Horse”

-The two ways a judge interprets the constitution… either “it says what it says” or it’s a “living document”.

- The three crimes outlined in the constitution

- Doug’s take on Roe V. Wade

- What’s wrong with the people who seek office

- Why a General is likely to be elected president in 2024

- How the lockdowns are as big a catalyst as the JFK assassination

- What Doug would do if he were President of the United States right now

In this video, Doug Casey explains why capital controls are coming to the united states.

He explains why countries use them, his personal experience, and what individuals might do to prepare.

In this video, Doug Casey talks about where to find freedom and opportunity in today's chaotic world.

Doug says we should look beyond national borders in the pursuit of freedom, opportunity, adventure and to hedge our bets.

Doug Casey discusses how character makes a man and shapes the future of a country.

What that means for the United States in 2020 and beyond.