China is hemmed in by its coast, which is surrounded by a ring of US allies. China has more areas that are good for human habitation but it's warmer than Russia. The Vietnamese have always been a potential poison pill if the Chinese have swallowed would destroy their entire southern corridor. They fought a war after the US pulled out in the 70s and didn't get a lot of...
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Stagflation. Fuel Prices. Shortages. Political Turmoil. War in Europe. Roe V. Wade. Crypto Collapse. Counter-counter culture. Most years have one or two seminal, defining events that set the societal zeitgeist, but in 2022 so many events vied for attention that most people had to take time not only to revaluate what it means for the future, but also simply how to filter out the signal from the noise. Tonight we dive into the year, starting with the Ukrainian conflict, and ending with what might be emerging as an escalating one in Mexico, but in between cover the economic and cultural shakeups that continue to leave shockwaves into 2023.