The tired narrative that nationalism is some cartoonish evil while globalism rides in on a white horse is a con job that’s been festering since the ashes of World War II.
The creation of bloated, unaccountable institutions like the UN, IMF, and World Bank laid the groundwork for a slick campaign to sell the West on a mirage of “interconnectedness.”
By the 1970s, this morphed into a push to shackle nations to a web of financial and trade dependencies—currency markets, debt instruments, and systems like SWIFT were weaponized to ensure no one could step out of line without economic ruin.
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This was the era when Western factories were gutted, shipped off to exploit cheap labor in developing nations. The U.S. dollar was cut loose from gold in 1971, a move that unshackled fiat currency and unleashed inflation. The IMF rolled out its Special Drawing Rights (SDR) system, a proto-global currency to nudge nations toward a singular financial order. Stagflation choked economies for a decade, proving the system was less about prosperity and more about control.
Enter the World Economic Forum, founded in 1971, and the Club of Rome, peddling apocalyptic climate narratives to justify centralized power. Elites weren’t shy about their endgame—white papers and insider rags like Foreign Affairs openly mused about a one-world economy and government, all under their benevolent thumb. By the 1990s, the mask was off. Their goal: obliterate national sovereignty and herd humanity into a globalist corral.
A damning admission came from Strobe Talbott, Clinton’s Deputy Secretary of State, in a 1992 Time magazine piece: “The century ahead will see nations as we know them become relics; a single global authority will rise… Sovereignty was never the genius idea it’s been made out to be.”
He doubled down, crowing about how the IMF could bully nations into tax policies and the GATT could dictate trade duties, calling these outfits the “embryonic ministries” of a unified world.
Globalists wield trade like a noose, strangling economies into compliance with their homogenized vision. Self-reliance becomes unthinkable. Unilateral tariffs are heresy. Nations producing their own goods? A pipe dream—until, perhaps, 2025, when cracks in this dogma started showing.
The Trump psy-op exposed the globalists’ hysteria, especially in Europe, where elites now pose as plucky “rebels” battling a supposed tyrant. These are the same cultural Marxists and globalist stooges who twist “freedom” into submission and “democracy” into a buzzword for control.
Europe’s slide into authoritarianism—jailing dissenters, censoring speech, arresting populist candidates to rig elections—makes their “land of the free” shtick a grotesque joke. The Economist had the gall to publish a piece in 2025 titled “The Thing About Europe: It’s The Actual Land Of The Free Now.” Tell that to the citizens silenced for wrongthink or the communities buckling under unchecked migration and soaring crime.
Authoritarianism thrives on forced adoration, not just compliance. Globalists don’t just want power; they demand worship. Their new world order isn’t about saving the planet—it’s about making you kneel to their vision.
We all understand how absurd The Economist’s claims are. Their argument boils down to this: If it hurts globalism, it’s a threat to democracy. That’s the tall tale being formulated in the media today.
The Trump Administration supposedly instituting “America First” policies is being called authoritarian by the elites because these things interfere with THEIR agenda, not because Americans are being oppressed.
In many ways the European shift in rhetoric is merely a reflection of the long running globalist strategy: To rewrite nationalists as agents of chaos and paint the internationalists as defenders of order.
In a recent interview with the German news platform Die Zeit Online, EU President Ursula von der Leyen took the disinformation even further with her claim that there “Is no oligarchy in Europe”. In other words, European leaders are innocent victims under attack by the rich and dastardly nationalists. Frankly, this is news to most of us because the EU government has long been considered the very definition of faceless and unaccountable oligarchy. She argues:
“…History is back, and so are geopolitics. And we see that what we had perceived as a world order is becoming a world disorder, triggered not least by the power struggle between China and the United States, but of course also by Putin’s imperialist ambitions. That is why we need another, new European Union that is ready to go out into the big wide world and to play a very active role in shaping this new world order that is coming.”
Notice the attempt to paint Europe as the virtuous bystander caught up in the geopolitical turmoil of the US, China and Russia. No mention of their ongoing roll in fomenting a wider war in Ukraine, their interference with peace negotiations or the fact that globalism has made them dependent on energy imports for their very survival.
The EU President continues:
“The readiness of all 27 Member States to strengthen our common defense industry would have been inconceivable without the developments of recent weeks and months. The same applies to the economy. Everyone wants to emulate our common plan for greater competitiveness, because everyone has understood: We need to stand firm in today’s globalized world…”
The EU has been peddling the idea of a unified European army for some time. It makes sense – In order to erase national boundaries even further in Europe, a singular defense structure would have to be established. They’re simply using the war in Ukraine and America’s economic decoupling as an excuse.
She continues:
“For me, it is crucial that Europe plays a strong role in shaping the new world order that is slowly emerging. And I firmly believe that Europe can do that. Let’s look back at the last decade: the banking crisis, migration crisis, Brexit, pandemic, energy crisis, Russia’s war against Ukraine. All these are serious crises that have really challenged us, but Europe has emerged bigger and stronger from every crisis…”
A “New World Order” — remember when this was a conspiracy theory? So what is Europe’s “New World Order?” Economically, socially, spiritually, culturally, the continent is in a death spiral. No one wants to fight for what Europe is today, including the millions of third world immigrants they’ve invited in. If they do try to institute a centralized military they will have to turn to forced conscription, which means even more tyranny. In terms of the economy she states:
“The West as we knew it no longer exists. The world has become a globe also geopolitically, and today our networks of friendship span the globe… Everyone is clamoring for more trade with Europe—not just for economic gain, but for shared rules and predictability. Europe’s reliability is becoming a prized asset again. This is flattering, but it comes with immense responsibility.”
Let’s cut through the lies. The U.S. accounts for 30-35% of global consumer spending, dwarfing every other market. Europe? Germany, its economic powerhouse, scrapes by with a mere 3% of global consumption, despite being the world’s third-largest economy. Europe couldn’t plug the gap if the U.S. decoupled or crashed—Europe would implode right alongside it.
Then von der Leyen pivots to scapegoating:
“We mustn’t underestimate the orchestrated polarization from outside. Russia and other autocratic states are meddling via social media, amplifying extreme views to divide our open societies… But Europe has an edge—our inequalities are less stark, thanks to our social market economy and distributed power.”
Blaming Russia for the millions of Europeans rejecting globalist multiculturalism is laughable. Her Marxist-tinged claim that populism is some foreign-engineered mirage ignores the real fight: Europeans aren’t chasing economic equality—they’re battling to preserve their cultural identity, which globalism is hell-bent on erasing.
“Europe remains a peace project. No bros or oligarchs call the shots here. We don’t invade neighbors or punish them… Controversial debates thrive at our universities. These values prove Europe is more than a union—it’s our home.”
This is peak delusion. The EU is a textbook oligarchy, unaccountable and obsessed with crushing individualism. Dissent is stifled unless it’s safely contained within academic echo chambers where self-censorship reigns. The more globalism tightens its grip, the less freedom survives.
This is their rough draft for the propaganda to come—a clumsy narrative that’s still taking shape. The core lie is that national sovereignty threatens “democracy,” not freedom, but their warped version of democracy: elite rule dressed up as the greater good, vague and undefinable.
The globalist narrative—peddled by the likes of von der Leyen and their media mouthpieces—is a desperate, half-baked lie to demonize nationalism while sanctifying their centralized utopia.
It’s a lie built on blaming external boogeymen like Russia or “fascist America” for Europe’s rebellion against cultural erasure, while ignoring the EU’s own oligarchic stranglehold. They dress up their power grab as “democracy,” but it’s just elitist rule cloaked in vague platitudes about the greater good.
Europe’s spiraling into economic stagnation, cultural decay, and authoritarian censorship, yet they’re told it’s the “land of the free.” Ordinary Europeans, craving a return to Western roots, are trapped in this dystopian theater, gaslit into believing America or populists are the enemy.
The truth is, globalism’s death grip is the real threat, and it’s up to those who still value sovereignty—here, in the U.S., or anywhere—to fight back before the West is lost for good.
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Great description of our plight. It feels like we are the poor passengers on German Wings Flight 9525 watching on in horror as Fond of Lying and the rest of her ilk have seized the controls and locked us out of the cockpit while they fly our economies and societies in a death dive into the ground.
Excellent piece, as always.
Curious sidebar: Until your artistic rendition of Ursula, I never realized how mush she resembles Hillary in appearance and demeanor. Must be something in the 'water' these Elitists drink, eh?