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The Dummies’ Guide to Geopolitics
People are talking about NATO expansion and SWIFT?
Welp, here we are. The moratorium on evictions and electricity shut-offs has been lifted. The subvariant of Omicron — no cool name yet, just BA.2 — is 30% more infectious than Omicron. And remind me which state that convoy of rabid truckers has passed through on its way to DC? Oh, and those geniuses in Texas have decided that transgendered children need to be removed from their “child-abusing” parents.
These might be newsworthy items in other times but not today.
Today the Russian army has invaded Ukraine and that is all the news everywhere and all the time. Actually, it’s been practically the only thing The Paper of Record has been screeching about for weeks.
The short answer is Yes.
Because we are there. And suddenly we’re all getting a crash course in geopolitics and global finance.
When I overhear people on street corners discussing why Russia is being allowed to remain in SWIFT I know we’ve slipped into…
