New Discourses Sustainability and the One Belt One Road Initiative | Michael O'Fallon
Dec 3, 2025
Michael O'Fallon, a featured speaker critical of contemporary sustainability policies, delves into the intertwining of global politics, corporate practices, and religion. He argues that initiatives like the Belt and Road empower China while weakening Western nations. O'Fallon contrasts degrowth policies with American liberty, addressing how identity conflicts and urban destabilization create societal fractures. He warns against a shift to tech-driven governance reminiscent of China’s model, advocating for the defense of personal freedoms in the face of coercive sustainability mandates.
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West Pushed Toward Degrowth
- Michael O'Fallon argues Western elites are pushing a deliberate 'degrowth' model framed as sustainability and net-zero policy.
- He claims this shifts the West from an economy of abundance to planned scarcity, weakening its global position.
China Ascends As West Contracts
- O'Fallon contrasts Western contraction with China's expansion under Belt and Road, saying China ascends while the West 'degrows'.
- He frames policy choices, tariffs, and weakened dollar as evidence of strategic decline versus China's growth.
Intellectual Roots Of The Agenda
- He traces intellectual roots to Herbert Marcuse and the Club of Rome's Limits to Growth, linking them to modern sustainability agendas.
- O'Fallon interprets population and resource discourse as driving policies that reduce growth and promote social engineering.
