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Do you see a good future for the people of the U.S. in future America? Vince Dhimos, Editor-in-Chief at New Silk Strategies (2016-present) Answered just now The $22 trillion debt sort of militates against a happy future and it is also an indicator of how disastrous US policies in general are. It is the tip of the iceberg. I have always thought that the only chance the US has of becoming a civilized country again is if the dollar loses its status as a world reserve currency. The most likely scenario that would make that happen is if the non-aligned countries like Russia, China, Iran, Turkey, India, Venezuela, and uneasy allies in Europe etc, continue to use euros, yuan, rubles, rupees, etc in their international trade settlements. The less a currency is used in international trade settlements the more value it loses. No one would benefit if the dollar just simply collapsed, but it needs to be less of a hegemon to make the world more stable and secure. The US people would eventually realize that the world is multipolar and that this is the way things need to be. 2. If North Korea wasn't sanctioned how different would life in North Korea be for its everyday citizens? https://www.quora.com/If-North-Korea-wasnt-sanctioned-how-different-would-life-in-North-Korea-be-for-its-everyday-citizens/answer/Vince-Dhimos Vince Dhimos, Editor-in-Chief at New Silk Strategies (2016-present) Answered just now Life would be much better. Sanctions are war without the guns but they do kill. For example, today in Venezuela, there are people who need medical care, and PDVSA was to be their source of payment, but the banks won’t process payments from that company due to Trump’s killer sanctions. These people may die as a result of sanctions, but for the US Establishment and many Americans, US dominance is more important than human life. The story is here in Spanish: Conozca el testimonio de las víctimas del bloqueo de EE.UU. a Venezuela 3. Was the creation of Israel unfair towards the Palestinians? Vince Dhimos, Editor-in-Chief at New Silk Strategies (2016-present) Answered just now No opinion post can answer this because both sides are too angry to answer objectively. What is missing in this debate is details about the Nakba that have been banned from publication for many years. Most of these details can be found in a book by Israeli historian Ilan Pappe. You can obtain this book as a free download: Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine : Ilan Pappe : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive The debate must start by informing the people. 4. https://www.quora.com/Is-Donald-Trump-manipulating-the-stock-market/answer/Vince-Dhimos Is Donald Trump manipulating the stock market? Vince Dhimos Vince Dhimos, Editor-in-Chief at New Silk Strategies (2016-present) Answered just now Deutsche Bank said that the stock market has lost $5 trillion as a result of Trump’s trade war. Would that come under the category of manipulating? 5. https://www.quora.com/How-does-Russia-feel-about-the-Middle-Eastern-countries/answer/Vince-Dhimos How does Russia feel about the Middle Eastern countries? Vince Dhimos, Editor-in-Chief at New Silk Strategies (2016-present) Answered just now Russians love everyone, including the Muslims in the Middle East. But the important thing is how the Middle East feels about Russia. The Arab Youth Poll shows that, whereas young Arabs, just a few years ago, trusted the US more than Russia, have had a change of heart and now, of all the non-Arab countries, they trust Russia the most and the US the very least. This is a trend and it will not stop. 6. https://www.quora.com/Why-do-Russian-people-and-scientists-consider-Ukraine-an-artificial-country-and-the-outskirts-of-their-empire-and-say-that-Ukraine-has-nothing-to-do-with-Kievan-Rus/answer/Vince-Dhimos Why do Russian people and scientists consider Ukraine an artificial country and the outskirts of their empire and say that Ukraine has nothing to do with Kievan Rus? Vince Dhimos, Editor-in-Chief at New Silk Strategies (2016-present) Answered just now Because after 2014, Ukraine became a vassal of the US, with which it shares no culture, values or ethnicity. As a result of this breakaway from the influence of Russians, its Slavic brothers with which it shares 1000 years of history, the IMF has ranked Ukraine as the poorest country in Europe. 7. https://www.quora.com/Do-you-feel-Congressmen-s-children-should-be-required-to-join-the-military-so-that-they-are-more-careful-about-starting-another-war-using-other-peoples-children/answer/Vince-Dhimos Do you feel Congressmen’s children should be required to join the military so that they are more careful about starting another war using other peoples children? Vince Dhimos, Editor-in-Chief at New Silk Strategies (2016-present) Answered just now It would not help a bit. US officials are so eager for wars to please their masters — the arms manufacturers who give them millions in donations, AIPAC (the Israel lobby), the Saudis (due to their petrodollar agreement signed in 1974 between Nixon and King Faisal to prop up the US dollar), the US “Christian” Zionists, and Satan, — that they would sell their children into slavery to keep their jobs. After all, with few exceptions, they have already sold their souls. 8. https://www.quora.com/Why-is-no-one-talking-about-the-fact-that-Russia-did-interfere-with-the-US-election/answer/Vince-Dhimos Why is no one talking about the fact that Russia did interfere with the US election? Vince Dhimos, Editor-in-Chief at New Silk Strategies (2016-present) Answered just now Because if they go too far in this discussion someone will bring up the fact that the foreign lobby AIPAC not only influences US elections, it actually buys the candidates. 9. https://www.quora.com/Do-people-not-want-WORLD-PEACE-and-why-or-why-not/answer/Vince-Dhimos Do people not want WORLD PEACE and why or why not? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yU0JuE1jTk Vince Dhimos, Editor-in-Chief at New Silk Strategies (2016-present) Answered just now Everyone claims to want world peace, but in the US, where all major wars have originated since WW II, Americans believe US dominance is more important than peace. The reason for this is Israel and its pal Saudi. And the back story explaining their undying support for Israel is: 1 - The holocaust. Americans are compassionate to Jews because of their suffering in Hitler's Germany. 2 - AIPAC, the Israeli-American lobby, which controls elections. As you know, many politicians, mostly Democrats, have accused Russia of interfering with the US elections. But there is very little evidence to accuse Russia of this, and besides, US candidates and their partisans in media spend far more effort and money campaigning for their candidates of choice than any foreign government possibly could. On the other hand, Israel openly and blatantly interferes in the US elections and no one complains. How do they do that? AIPAC does this in two ways: they give generous donations to candidates who declare themselves pro-Israel and discredit candidates who refuse to pledge support to Israel or who show sympathy for Palestine. This gives Israel almost complete control of US foreign policy and much of its domestic policy. Saudi Arabia also helps Israel to control the US because that country has a petrodollar agreement with America that obliges it to comply with the Saudi dictatorship. Given that both countries hate and fear Iran, they have had an enormous influence on Trump, who seems to be preparing for a conflict with Iran. 3. "Christian" Zionism. Non-Americans find it odd that there may be a religious sect that exerts such a huge influence on US foreign policy, but the truth is that about 70-80% of American evangelicals and a high percentage of US Catholics (https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/8385/vatican-adviser-says-catholics-must-take-seriously-the-biblical-promises-to-israel) believe that their country should support Israel, and should not care that Israel commits crimes because many of them believe that the Israeli government is guided by God -- even when they violate the Ten Commandments. However, their belief in Israel is not aligned with the Bible. They claim that the resurrected Israel prophesied in Ezekiel 37 is the modern secular state of Israel. However, none of these zealots seem to realize or care that verse 24 of that chapter says that resurrected Israel will be "obedient to God’s decrees." Unfortunately for them, a survey conducted by WIN/Gallup shows that 65% of Israelis do not have any religion. Furthermore, the IDF's constant killing of Palestinian protesters in Gaza, for example, is contrary to the decree in the book of Leviticus in the Jewish Torah, which enjoins Jews to love their neighbours as themselves. Clearly, modern Israel is not the Israel prophesied by Ezekiel! This Zionist belief would seem blasphemous to a true Christian who bases his beliefs on the Bible, but such Christians are scarce among US Evangelicals. However, this religious fanaticism has a major influence on the political life of the country and has for decades led to devastating wars and terrible conflicts. The conflict with Iran is the most recent. Trump’s biggest voting bloc was Evangelicals. Both Vice-President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are Evangelical Christians who believe Israeli policies are driven by the Almighty. Who could oppose them without incurring His wrath? That is the fear that drives US foreign policy. But to paraphrase Churchill, the most fear-inspiring thing is this fear itself. 10. https://www.quora.com/What-are-qualities-do-you-value-in-a-President-of-the-United-States-and-who-do-you-see-those-characteristics-in-today/answer/Vince-Dhimos What are qualities do you value in a President of the United States and who do you see those characteristics in today? Vince Dhimos, Editor-in-Chief at New Silk Strategies (2016-present) Answered 5m ago No offense intended but a question like this can only be asked by a person who believes that the US is a democracy and that the president has a significant amount of power dedicated to the interests of the American people. I had previously posted a list of the agencies and agents that actually control the US government and they do not include the people as a whole: https://www.quora.com/Is-China-a... The fact that Democrat Senator Schumer agrees wholeheartedly with Trump on his so-far disastrous trade war (which, according to Deutsche Bank, has wiped out $5 trillion from the global stock market) is solid evidence that the control comes not from the people and not from the president or other officials but from another source or sources on a higher level. The president’s only role is that of facilitating the pre-conceived policies of the Establishment. Trump, who appears to be for the people, is an ideal facilitator of Establishment diktats. Generally, what I call Trumponomics is a US phenomenon that is neither left nor right but is generally accepted by the US Establishment (which some call the Deep State and pretend that Trump is a target of it, whereas he is perched at the very pinnacle of it and is its most influential enabler. The Mueller probe was a distraction). What is Trumponomics? It is an ultranationalist economic policy that intends to wipe out all competitors using whatever tactics are available, mostly illegal but that is immaterial to the Establishment. It does not take into account the collateral effects on the US economy and is very much harmful to it. It does not consider that any country competing with the US economically is really an ally and Trump has therefore attacked traditional US allies such as Europe. For example, US ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell has pressured Germany to stop buying Russian gas, which is much cheaper than US LNG, and to buy US LNG—complying with this US demand would be suicide for German industry. The US has also insisted that Germany contribute 2% of its GDP to the scam called NATO, even though he had implied in his campaign that he would not support that alliance. I have explained at Quora why NATO is a total scam: https://www.quora.com/Why-hasn-t... From the above we can conclude that whatever positive personality or intellectual attributes the president may have, all of these characteristics can only benefit the Establishment, not the US people, who are therefore vassals of their government. 11. https://www.quora.com/Which-foreign-country-do-Chinese-feel-the-most-affinity-for/answer/Vince-Dhimos Which foreign country do Chinese feel the most affinity for? Vince Dhimos, Editor-in-Chief at New Silk Strategies (2016-present) Answered just now Russia. Xi Jinping has said that Putin is his best friend. 12. https://www.quora.com/How-can-Russia-ever-keep-up-with-China-given-how-Chinese-are-willing-to-sacrifice-more-and-work-harder-Isn-t-that-why-the-border-towns-stand-in-such-stark-contrast/answer/Vince-Dhimos How can Russia ever keep up with China given how Chinese are willing to sacrifice more and work harder? Isn’t that why the border towns stand in such stark contrast? Vince Dhimos, Editor-in-Chief at New Silk Strategies (2016-present) Answered just now This is a question written from a Western standpoint. Russia has no desire or need to keep up with the Jones’s. The US has been working overtime since the 80s to separate these 2 countries and create animosity between them. Much effort is put into propaganda with this aim. Even social media participate in this kind of propaganda. But as long as the US keeps sanctioning Russia and waging a trade war on China, it will all be for nought. 13. https://www.quora.com/Are-Trumps-opposers-starting-to-think-that-he-is-not-as-bad-as-they-thought-or-do-they-still-stick-with-their-initial-opinion/answer/Vince-Dhimos Are Trump's opposers starting to think that he is not as bad as they thought, or do they still stick with their initial opinion? Vince Dhimos, Editor-in-Chief at New Silk Strategies (2016-present) Answered 1m ago Trump’s most unswerving supporters actually believe he was chosen by God. Eg, his press secretary: 'God wanted Trump as president' and Mike Pompeo: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47670717 “God may have sent Donald Trump to save Israel from Iran.” There you have it. If the US declares war on Iran, it would be God’s fault. This article says half of Trump’s voters think God wanted Trump to be president: https://www.washingtonpost.com/p... So these people will not complain a bit even if he buries the US economy. Deutsche Bank says his trade war has cost the global stock market $5 trillion and we know that many US soybean farmers are going out of business as a result of China’s counter-measures. The US Chamber of Commerce has a special page devoted to the billions of dollars lost in different states thanks to the Trump wars: Tariffs are the Wrong Approach But religious zeal always trumps the facts in the US, which is why the US has a ponderous debt load that it will never ever pay down. So the answer to the question is: Trump opponents actually never dreamed he was as bad as this. And their perceptions are not just opinions any more. He has proved them right. 14. https://www.quora.com/Are-there-any-people-in-PRC-who-dislike-their-government/answer/Vince-Dhimos Are there any people in PRC who dislike their government? Vince Dhimos, Editor-in-Chief at New Silk Strategies (2016-present) Answered 1m ago Yes, but unlike in the US, China has a REAL enemy and no one doubts it. They are not likely to give up on the government that gave their GDP an average annualized growth of 9.5% for ten years running. China GDP Annual Growth Rate 15. Feedback from a Zionist (responding to my remarks at #3 above): Jacob Dekel 1h ago Not a single true fact in all of this answer. Old-fashioned “Jews control the world” conspiracy theory pamphlet with no backing. Reply Vince Dhimos Original Author · 1h ago I provided a link to the Chicago Tribune story of the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty. Here is a documentary on AIPAC. There is much more to the story than I recounted: https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/... If you want documentation for anything else that I mentioned, do not hesitate to ask. Jacob Dekel 1h ago Oh, so you have a proof that Jews control the world. Good for you. Vince Dhimos Original Author · 2m ago I think at one time there was some sort of consensus that if you thought Jews control everything that was anti-Semitism. Yes, that would have fit the definition. My theory is that the culprit in all the Israeli mischief is “Christian” Zionism, and that does not make me anti-Christian, because these zealots are not following the Bible, just each others’ rants. Of course, I don’t talk about Jews but I like to quote their writings. I talk about Zionism, and that cannot be HONESTLY equated with anti-Semitism because there are plenty of Jewish groups and individuals that oppose Israel, including Israeli historian Ilan Pappe, author of this free downloadable book: Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine : Ilan Pappe : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive or Gideon Levy, who gave talks like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WdyCo_xOdE Would you say that an Israeli historian and a staff writer for Haaretz are anti-Semitic? If not, you have no right to suggest that I am anti-Semitic because a goodly percentage of what I write on the topic of the Nakba and the crimes of Israel is from Jewish sources. My favourite author during my study of German was Franz Kafka. I LIKE Jewish writers. 16. https://www.quora.com/What-is-your-biggest-fear-regarding-the-United-States-tensions-with-other-countries/answer/Vince-Dhimos What is your biggest fear regarding the United States tensions with other countries? Vince Dhimos, Editor-in-Chief at New Silk Strategies (2016-present) Answered 1m ago Until recently, my biggest fear was that the extreme anti-Russian propaganda from NATO, the Pentagon, the State Department and the pro-war propaganda in the msm would trigger a real nuclear war. However, I now have a fear that matches that, namely, that Trump’s trade wars will trigger a global economic collapse. Stocks Forgo $5 Trillion on Trade Clashes, Deutsche Bank Says 17. https://www.quora.com/Why-are-the-Senate-Republicans-led-by-Mitch-McConnell-blocking-election-security-bills/answer/Vince-Dhimos Why are the Senate Republicans, led by Mitch McConnell, blocking election security bills? Vince Dhimos, Editor-in-Chief at New Silk Strategies (2016-present) Answered just now I am interested in answering this but do not know of any proof that the Russian government had any significant influence on the US elections. If Russian propaganda influenced enough voters to change the election results, then Americans are not fit to govern themselves. Of course, I have shown at Quora that the US government is not significantly influenced by the people anyway: https://www.quora.com/Is-China-a... 19. https://www.quora.com/Why-do-a-record-1-5th-of-Russians-and-whopping-44-of-young-Russians-say-they-would-leave-Russia-if-they-could-Their-preferred-destinations-are-Germany-and-the-United-States-Would-you-leave-if-you-could/answer/Vince-Dhimos Why do a record 1/5th of Russians, and whopping 44% of young Russians, say they would leave Russia if they could? Their preferred destinations are Germany and the United States. Would you leave, if you could? https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/04/04/record-number-of-russians-want-to-emigrate-gallup-a65092 Vince Dhimos, Editor-in-Chief at New Silk Strategies (2016-present) Answered just now 1/5 is 20%. A poll shows that 35% of Americans would expatriate. Survey says: 35 percent of Americans would expatriate When you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail. 19. Why should China buy energy from the US when the US has cut off technology sales to Huawei; doesn't this show that the US is an unreliable trading partner? https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3012315/us-china-trade-war-energy-deal-may-not-be-easy-win-it-appears Vince Dhimos, Editor-in-Chief at New Silk Strategies (2016-present) Answered just now Actually, China has increased its tariff on US LNG from 10 to 25%, and that is essentially the end of what the US hoped would be a big boom for US gas suppliers. China to raise tariff on US LNG to 25% but excludes US crude from list An article in Russian in RIA Novosti (Китай вынес приговор американской газовой отрасли) says that Russia is the big winner here because the new Power of Siberia pipeline is almost finished and when it is up and running, Russia will be able to take up the slack in China. So far China has not imposed restrictions on US crude, but that would be a further thorn in America’s side. China has options: Iran, Venezuela, Russia. 20. Glenn is BAAAAACK! But getting back to the issue you raised, there is a higher percentage of disgruntled Americans in the US than disgruntled Russians in Russia. Let’s not split hairs, the difference is vast. Sorry, Vince. That is bullshit. According to a survey this year by the Russia state statistics agency Rosstat ... (more) Reply Vince Dhimos Original Author · 32m ago Well, then, Glenn, given your unproven theory, it is up to you to explain why a full 35% of Americans polled say they want to expatriate vs only 20% of Russians. I await your explanation. But please watch your language. There are children reading. Besides, doctors tell us that anger shortens our lifespan. Thank you and God bless! PS: here are some stats on US poverty levels for you and other readers that may help you compose an explanation: Poverty USA
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