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Why the U.S. Will Invade Venezuela in the Next Couple of Years
Because empires thrive on energy and resources, not cooperation
The U.S. empire (it is no longer a democracy if it ever was) consumes 20 million barrels of oil a day and its satellite, the E.U. another 18 million. Without energy there is no economy, no money, no wealth, no power.
The industrialized West, led by self-proclaimed rules-based-order advocates, is about to take a huge economic hit and the warmongers-in-charge think they are rich enough to weather it. All wars have costs and this fight for the remaining oil resources in the world is going to have the greatest cost.
The oligarchs and the Dr. Strangeloves running the show know it won’t be them who will bear that cost. It is going to be you.
They think that their wealth and hold on power can withstand a broken supply chain and a bad winter in Europe. At the very least the discomfort of Europeans is preferable to losing their dominance in the world thus their access to cheap energy and minerals.
They think the war in Ukraine is proving them correct. They have humiliated Putin’s Army with little disruption to their consumption-driven lifestyles so they can surely scare the Chinese and the Indians too with the help of the Australians, the…
