RIP Henry Kissinger, 100

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You know it's interesting, he may be one of the most impactful people

Nov 30, 2023, 9:38 AM [ in reply to Trivia - where did he gain his US citizenship? ]

ever in terms of the US economy and foreign policy. He is certainly hated by the conspiracy theorists who hate the global cabal. But Kissinger started with teaching detente diplomacy. Balancing power and interests to achieve peace. It was an interesting concept, and the way he viewed geopolitics shaped how geopolitics evolved. Shaped by a knowledge of world history, and warfare, and nationalism of 100 different flavors, he saw the utility in balancing interests, power, and authority among nations to keep the peace.

But the economic impact of what he (indirectly) accomplished is perhaps a bigger legacy. By keeping Europe at peace, the US was late to the tabel buying into his philosophy where Europe took to it far more eagerly. But his policies allowed for the creation of the global economic system which we thrive on today. I have no doubt about that. Xi knows this, Biden knows this, and the conspiracy theorists know this.

So many republicans today are running around hating on the globalist, global trade, the elites, and the global cabal...the Bilderberg people who meet regularly. What most republicans today do not know is it was Republicans (SEVERAL) who actually started the system republicans today claim to hate, and it was republicans who pushed it on the American people and the world. And it all started with Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger. They laid the foundation and Reagan ran with that foundation. And it has largely been the reason the planet has had relative peace over the past 40-50 years (atomic bomb is the other bif reason). Less humans on Earth have died as a result of warfare in the past 40 years (as a percentage of the total human population) than at any time in recorded, or estimated human history.

This system that runs like a well-oiled machine in good times, can only be tested by two things. Global war, or a global pandemic. Either can throw the system out of kilter, and the pandemic has done exactly that. But as much as conservatives hate Kissinger today, he and Nixon and Reagan were the three biggest players in establishing the system conservatives claim to hate today. Irony knows no bounds. Liberals have a long history of looking inward, to social issues, among the domestic population and voters, whereas republicans and conservatives have a long history of looking outward. The general consensus is republicans have a better grasp of foreign policy and foreign relations and military affairs, and that's true. Which is why the recent conservative/republican hatred of the global economic order is so dangerous. This isolationist/populist ideology brought forth by Trump is very dangerous to the system that we fail to appreciate that has brought so much peace, stability, and prosperity. This isn't your father's republican party today.

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RIP Henry Kissinger, 100

He actually outlived his diplomacy.***

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France looks bigger than Germany in that pic

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You know it's interesting, he may be one of the most impactful people

RIP, gone too soon

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