https://washingtonspectator.org/project-russia-reveals-putins-playbook/
created by leoyvr on 02/02/2025 at 20:07 UTC
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Comment by leoyvr at 02/02/2025 at 20:08 UTC*
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The capture of the presidency by Putin through his proxies Donald Trump and Elon Musk presents a unique opportunity to accelerate destabilization. On January 20, 2025, **we will face a barrage of chaotic assaults including potential US debt default, damaging new tariffs, mass firings of federal employees, and catastrophic budget cuts. Their primary target, the dollar, will be assaulted from every angle.**
Once dollar destabilization is underway, there is no way to guess where it might take us. But we know that the Kremlin sees this as an opportunity to establish a kind of “supranational autocracy.” Another way to describe it might be as a “monarchy” at a global scale, where Putin is effectively “King of the World.”
This vision of Putin as the “Prince-Monk” is, of course, aspirational. Russia is weak in many ways, and needs to square its global ambitions with geopolitical facts. Xi Jinping is backing Russia’s efforts to the hilt, at least as long as he believes China can benefit from this global reordering. Elon Musk appears to be Putin’s point person in the United States, and is doing everything he can to accelerate destabilization. **We can envision the resulting autocracy as one led by Putin, Xi, Musk, and a handful of their trusted henchmen.**
“We believe that a new phase is coming in the development of human society. **All will collapse—both Europe and America, and the U.S. dollar.** It’s a matter of time. By the way, if the dollar collapses, after that crashes the old world order.”
— Yuri Shalyganov (an author of Project Russia)
Comment by Mission-Ad-8536 at 02/02/2025 at 21:56 UTC
35 upvotes, 5 direct replies
Every day we inch closer and closer to WW3
Comment by whitebread13 at 03/02/2025 at 02:32 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Sounds like some Protocols of the Elders of Zion type conspiracy.
Comment by wildnaresh at 03/02/2025 at 07:33 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
This is not food for thought this is junk food for thought, bogus b*******
Comment by dangerousbob at 03/02/2025 at 03:26 UTC
6 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Ok so like
Russia is in the middle of a disastrous war, annihilating its own currency and has killed a million people.
The US is more of an anchor than you think. It’s bad and this will be a long 4 years but we will get through it.
Comment by acids_1986 at 03/02/2025 at 06:01 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
The fuck is spiritual warfare?
Comment by Jj-woodsy at 03/02/2025 at 13:22 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Yeah, I don’t think Xi would be too happy letting Putin be king of the world.
Comment by Lingotes at 03/02/2025 at 04:11 UTC*
1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
The dollar we know is dead.
All this economic warfare, IMO, is all a load of bullshit to unpeg the USD-as-reserve and enable devaluation of the USD and bring back manufacturing to America, with the goal of avoid China overtaking the US. That’s why I also think some perceived obstacles to immediate industrialization (unions, government) are being removed. While at it, your 35+ trillion debt suddenly becomes a lot more manageable, doesn’t it? What Trump is doing is so absolutely unhinged it reeks of script.
It’s going to massively fuck over a lot of people, including China, who owns a large part of US debt. I think the US will give up Taiwan as reparation for this and avoid WW3. We will see.
There’s also other shenanigans going on, such as market manipulation, obviously the religious/zealot MAGA wing attacking minorities, immigrants and others. Of course, the rich will become richer in some way or another.
That’s why Putin is adding fuel to the fire. He must be so damn happy.
If this plan doesn’t work, America is super fucked. You’ll be left with a rotting economy and no domestic industry, and a shit ton of enemies.
Am I insane here? I went deeeeep into the rabbit hole today. Lol
Comment by renoits06 at 02/02/2025 at 23:38 UTC
-12 upvotes, 5 direct replies
One of the things that pisses me off the most about the left is their constant shitting on the US military. Do they not realize that they are the only chance of saving the US from a complete dictator take over?
I know they are supposed to be a-political, but if the left isn't breaking bread with our military, they are less likely to take initiative in times like these.