> it was always about cheap labour Oh yes. Globalism is not a healthy arrangement. It violates the principle of subsidiary. Global oligarchs are freaking out

> it was always about cheap labour Oh yes. Globalism is not a healthy arrangement. It violates the principle of subsidiary. Global oligarchs are freaking out and hence the frantic uptick in fear mongering. They fear their loss of power. Deflection is key. Stirring up manufactured conflicts among the plebes and bogging people down in bad, self-destructive habits (like drugs and porn) and an endless series of diversions is the classic way you stifle uprisings and pacify the populace. Anyone with a basic understanding of history knows this. The surveillance state and rampant censorship are attempts to neutralize threats (the private sector can skirt constitutional obstacles because, hey, it's private, right?). It is troublesome if you can't use knowledge of history to read the signs in our day. It's one of the reasons we learn history: to understand our present conditions and learn from the past. The merger of state capitalism and state socialism has been under way and crossing a new threshold, now represented by the convenient phrase "the Great Reset".