It is very important to watch how the chess pieces are moving, but we have to remember that this game is rigged. Creating a bipolar or even tripolar world might suit the needs of the puppeteers very well.

I recall reading an article a long time ago which argued that the presence of the USSR kept the US in check and vice versa. It went on to argue that having a counterbalance provided some measure of deterrence from having the U.S. rampaging around the world, which it immediately seized on once it became the “lonely superpower.” It also forwarded the point that economically, the financial oligarchy had to limit its usurious lust of robbing the average folks, because there was an “alternative model,” albeit Soviet-style communism, for whatever that’s worth. Consequently, real wages were far higher, and the gap between rich and poor was not as wide. Although one can attribute many reasons for these things, I think the general point is, a monopoly in any one thing is always bad – be it finance, politics, economics, military, etc.