Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Chapters:
0:00 – Intro
1:16 – The Dollar’s Foundation
2:08 – Rising Borrowing Costs
3:16 – Oil Outside the Dollar
4:12 – Military Bases as Global Stopwatches
5:20 – Deterrence vs. Aftermath
6:16 – The Intelligence and Defense Gap
7:45 – The Conventional Deterrence Breakdown
8:54 – Japan and Korea Go Nuclear
10:04 – Strategic Blockades
11:00 – The End of the 5th Fleet
12:18 – Energy Unpredictability and the Grocery Bill
13:16 – Pay Stubs and Global Orders
14:40 – Aegean and South China Sea Standoffs
15:53 – Return to the Older Pattern of Territory
16:54 – Cyber Opening Moves and Redrawn Maps
18:22 – Losing Returns on 70 Years of Investment
19:42 – Control of the Tech Supply Chain
21:06 – The Price of Leaving