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The period under Stalin had its very serious moments of political control. But some of the legislation in play at the moment in the US is becoming frightening as well. De Santis and the like, feeble-minded Biden and his grovelling antisemitism plans (yes, an election on its way; the motivations of media owners; big spending sponsors; the big three investment houses, and on). The total acceptance across both parties and well publicised support for the disgraceful apartheid in Palestine, a further indication of the real control of the US political climate is now being seen clearly as similar to the conditions that existed during the Stalin and Hitler eras and which could be on their way. That's the way it all started before WWII.

Personal freedoms are the first casualty and no one seems to be concerned as so many police operations become almost an arm of the military, weapon based crime now a daily occurrence and state wide legislators are able to pass restrictive laws on their people like never before. Covid laws, the most recent example.

Internationally, one more large country has joined BRICS. Saudi Arabla, once a close associate of the US in the dirty and cruel war against Yemen. A very big trader.

The US dollar as the international trading currency is losing its supporters, a factor that will change life in the US like nothing else can. Never see it mentioned, anywhere.

So, for the often sanctioned and bullied countries, it is clearly the start of "payback"

Projecting military power to every corner of the earth and using American capital and markets and sanctions to force global economic integration on its own terms, is the theme of Chalmers Johnson's book, "Blowback".

It is on its way and with the US political climate and the so very obvious Israeli controlled US government, it will now be at a much faster pace.

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