Authored by Mathew Crawford via 'Rounding The Earth' Substack,

Where the 'wars' intersect...

"No matter what political reasons are given for the war, the underlying reason is always economic."

- A. J. P. Taylor

This is the work of many hundreds of people, distilled and organized in a way that hopefully brings the Bigger Picture to light - at least insofar as we all can research and interpret it better. Apologies to those participating whose work is not included in the scores of links provided.

So far as I can tell, everyone has this story wrong. Many people put together some frame of the puzzle just fine, but this can be a dangerous distraction, so I'd like to take a shot at sorting it out. After all, it's only human extinction on the line.

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