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May 18, 2022Liked by Russell Clark

Once again, let me say that I enjoy this type of macro discussion and the push and pull between labor and capital. Its been a long trip since the 80s and the deindustrialization to the present time. People forget that things can happen slowly in one direction and after many decades start moving in the opposite direction. Your charts and discussion bare that forth and remind us that often who is being politically favored allows for a tipping of the scales in one way or another through their policies. I for one though, welcome the tip back to labor and a resumption of bringing back wealth inequality into a more favorable trend. What a time to be alive and 40 yrs old for me personally to be able to see how this trend plays out over the next 40 yrs.

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Very thought provoking and is aligned with analysis by Lois Vincent Gave of Gavkal. Outline of this can be found at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3npIdLiloY4&ab_channel=FinancialRepressionAuthority

Japan thesis starts at 37:30

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1. What percentage of 'Japanese' cars sold in the US are manufactured by non-unionised workforce in the US? How much Japanese exports are really going to suffer from pro-labour policies in the US?

2. Japan getting close to China will require a grovelling, humiliating, full apology by the Japanese for their actions in China in the 1930s and 1940s, which, hitherto, Japan managed to avoid. There is a lot of bad blood between these neighbours.

3. It makes sense for Japan, and all countries, really, to diversify away from US reserves into gold in a world where the USD has increasingly become a coercive policy tool for the US government. Diversification is always prudent.

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No offense Russell but; there is no pivot. This place has been America's unsinkable aircraft carrier in the pacific since 1951. CIA and DEA playground since, and a Fed backstop. Add into that mix, demographics from having come from Korea and China in the first place (shock horror, indigenous Japanese are more Pacific islander than "East Asian" as we are today) and you get a very convoluted mix.

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Good Morning Russell.

First, there are only two things to understand about Japan and China:

Nanking and Unit 731.

After China takes Taiwan, Japan and Australia will be directly in the cross hairs.

The World is in the process of being turned upside down.

Many Governments are going to Fall, and it is more likely than not,, that the American Government will as well.

It is "Realpolitik", Not any Economics that will be determinative.

The Debt Bubble is Failing, as there is No Way Out of The Debt Bubble, Only Consequences.

As for "Gold" and other "Metals", there will be No Gold Standard.

This definitively explains "Why" in 388 words:

https://www.talentseekscapital.com/uploads/3/4/5/6/34567939/gold.pdf

This explains all you need to know about "China" in 201 Words.

https://www.talentseekscapital.com/uploads/3/4/5/6/34567939/china.pdf

I must admit, I have observed in frustration over a number of years watching you struggle being so Right about many things, yet not being "Rightly" positioned.

Those are 2 entirely different matters.

You have so much on the Ball, Great Critical Thinking, and excellent Capital Connections.

I on the other hand have been stymied because of the old saw "Telling the Truth is a Revolutionary Act in Times of Universal Deception".

But then, I rather have less Capital with Courage and Honor, than be a Super Rich Coward.

As I have said, reach out to Me if you want get "Rightly" Positioned, and reach to the Fullness of Your Potential, which in My Estimation, is still far from where you are.

If not, as always, I wish the very best.

Regards, Carlos.

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