William de Berg

In 2000, Russia was flat on its back after the fall of the Soviet Union and the rape of its economy by Western-backed oligarchs, while China was still emerging from decades of impoverishment created by disastrous communist economic policies. Western companies were pervading each nation, and unrest funded by Western intelligence agencies was popping up all around them.

But by 2020 China was the leading trading partner to over 80% of the world and at the forefront of most technological fields, while Russia and China were both fielding advanced military technologies such as hypersonic tactical missiles and super-cavitating torpedoes that are still but a gleam in the eye of the West.

How did it happen? For one, Russia and China have been led by strong, visionary leaders with a mission to reverse over a hundred years of humiliation at the hands of Western powers. Second, these nations are blessed with outstanding educational systems, turning out large numbers of savvy high school and college graduates fluent in English and knowledgeable about Western technology and ideas. Third, by being gifted and, in some cases, having stolen Western advanced technologies, Russia and China quickly caught up and surpassed the West in military and other fields.

Fourth, their export-driven economies created low governmental debt and high foreign reserves, allowing for rapid economic growth and innovation. Fifth, China and Russia merged together their historical alliances, commensurate economic strengths, and valuable resources to lead and dominate over a third of the world’s population in the form of the Eurasian axis. Finally, as all of this transpired, internal disputes and unrest (Chechnya in Russia; Xinjiang in China) were systematically eliminated while traditional social values were defended.

Fast forward to 2023, where it is now the West that is in disarray and lagging economically and militarily, as evidenced by the disastrous backfire of anti-Russian and anti-Chinese sanctions and the shocking failures of NATO’s “wunderwaffen” in Ukraine (e.g., the “Bradley Cemetery” in Zaporozhye) [1]. Depleted of most of its arsenal, NATO can no longer threaten or even match Russia’s military, and the Chinese—who have won almost every wargame exercise in the Western Pacific over the past decade or more [2]—are almost dismissive of the United States’ military. The West, which has dominated the geopolitical arena for over three centuries, is now facing the same dire situation the Russians and Chinese faced in the latter part of the 20^th Century. But can it claw its way back?

If one compares the ingredients used to fuel the rise of Russia and China in the 21^st Century to the situation in the West today, the prognosis is not good. For one, the aging, corrupted, and in some cases even demented leaders of the West cannot begin to match the strength and purposiveness of current Russian and Chinese Presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. Meanwhile, Western educational systems are in decline, especially in the United States where vast swaths of high school graduates do not even possess the rudiments of secondary-school knowledge—only about a quarter of secondary students in the United States are proficient at grade level in math [3]—and where almost no one is fluent in Russian or Mandarin or has lived in or is knowledgeable about those nations. In terms of resources, Europe especially is out of gas (literally) and dependent on increasingly hostile Asia and Africa for key raw materials.

And the high debt loads of Western governments—averaging 90% and 120% of GDP in the European Union and United States, respectively [4]—hamstring their ability to invest in new educational and physical infrastructure. Finally, much of the West is seemingly rejecting the traditional social and cultural values that anchored its historical rise, dispensing with family and faith and even free speech while coercively treating its minions as guinea pigs for depopulation in the form of toxic “pseudo-vaccines” created by a runaway “Big Pharma”. Unlike in China and Russia, societal unrest fueled by untamed migration, open orders, and racial division—actually encouraged by the Western elites—is increasing as riots in France and burgeoning crime in the United States can attest.

As with any illness, the first task of the patient is to acknowledge forthrightly the reality of one’s sickness and weakness and then take remedial steps to overcome it. But the reverse is happening as Western governments and their media collaborators try their best to deplatform, imprison, and silence the voices of those who see through the lies and propaganda to recognize the true rot of their societies. So, don’t expect an “Empire Strikes Back” sequel anytime soon.

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William de Berg is an American scientist and prominent conspiracy/truther fiction author by virtue of his first three political thrillers–Serpent and Savior, White Spiritual Boy, and Divided We Stand. His latest novel–Shield Down—is a science fiction novel centered around a mass extinction event that also highlights the Apollo moon landing conspiracy.

References

[1] https://tass.com/world/1630807

[2] Brose, C. (2020). The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare. Hatchette Books.

[3] https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/highlights/mathematics/2022/

[4] https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/debt-to-gdp-ratio-by-country