{"id":138647,"date":"2022-10-12T10:42:37","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T14:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=138647"},"modified":"2022-10-12T10:43:39","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T14:43:39","slug":"mystery-babylon-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=138647","title":{"rendered":"

\u201cMystery Babylon\u201d Revealed<\/b>

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In the battle for the \u2018Global South\u2019, an ancient evil rears its head<\/h1>\n

Modern Western powers are alarmed at the prospect of losing influence over countries regaining their historic power<\/h3>\n

By Dr. Mathew Maavak, a Malaysian expert on risk foresight and governance.<\/p>\n

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There has been much chatter of late about an alleged Russian-Chinese plot to take over an artificial geopolitical construct called the Global South. These allegations are consistently churned out, with increasing alarm, by the ruling class in the antipodal Global North.<\/p>\n

Frantic headlines such as\u00a0\u201cPutin and Xi\u2019s Bet on the Global South\u201d<\/em>\u00a0(WSJ<\/a>);\u00a0\u201cChina and Russia’s Lies Are Winning Over the Global South\u201d<\/em>\u00a0(Bloomberg<\/a>); and\u00a0\u201cHow Russia is trying to win over the global south\u201d<\/em>\u00a0(The Economist<\/a>) from the mainstream Western media have only served to reinforce this apparent planetary dichotomy.\u00a0Politico<\/a>\u00a0declared that the\u00a0\u201cWest must seize on the Global South\u2019s state of unease,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0presumably before the unwashed citizens of this bloc become enslaved in some Sino-Russian geopolitical gulag. If this isn\u2019t a case of\u00a0neoliberal racism<\/a>\u00a0pumped up on neo-colonial steroids, pray tell me what is?<\/p>\n

Furthermore, as a geopolitical observer living in the so-called Global South, I am not aware of any such\u00a0\u201cunease\u201d<\/em>\u00a0in Southeast Asia. If such anxieties do exist, it will be limited to an influential class who were insinuated into the levers of power by Western governments and their manifold agencies. My recent opinion piece on the\u00a0British Commonwealth<\/a>\u00a0and its abiding neo-colonial machinations provide a backdrop to how this racket works.<\/p>\n

Nearly all the grandiose treatises on this hemispheric divide are written by pundits from the Global North. Installed puppets in the Global South, who are congenitally incapable of original thought, merely exist to parrot these fantasies \u2014 conveyed through the subtle neo-colonial worldview of a Western-led\u00a0Responsibility to Protect (R2P)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The plan seems to be easy: subject the world to a daily dose of alarmism until nations surrender their sovereignty to an emerging supranational order. The pervasive\u00a0\u201ccoronapsychosis\u201d<\/em>\u00a0we just witnessed is just a steppingstone towards this end. Sound policies that may ringfence nations during the current\u00a0VUCA<\/a>\u00a0(volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity) era are routinely suppressed by\u00a0\u201cexperts\u201d<\/em>\u00a0from the Global North and their agitprop jesters down South. It is a lucrative plan. The global sustainable development sector is worth\u00a0$20 trillion per year<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 representing nearly one third of the global GDP \u2013 and the South represents a green field that can be pillaged by profiteers from the North. Couched, of course, under the banner of\u00a0humane philanthropy<\/a>!<\/p>\n

A geographic construct?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Take a look at the\u00a0map<\/a>\u00a0of the Global North-South divide today. It is a stark reminder of a legacy divide between modern-era colonisers (i.e., from 1500 AD) and the colonised. Russia too was a\u00a0colonising power<\/a>\u00a0right up to either 1917 or 1991 \u2013 depending on one\u2019s historical bias \u2013 and was therefore placed within the Global North. Its actions since the breakup of the USSR however have not conformed to the rules of the new and improvised\u00a0Great Game<\/a>. Instead of spoliating its own citizens and the Global South, Moscow seems more concerned with NATO\u2019s encroachment on its doorsteps.<\/p>\n

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World map showing a traditional definition of the North\u2013South divide (red countries in this map are grouped as “Global South”, blue countries as “Global North”). \u00a9\u00a0 Wikipedia<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

There are also a few geographic incongruities in the Global North construct as it includes nations such as Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand. This anomaly can \u2013 on rare occasions \u2013 lead to brief diplomatic flare-ups. The former prime minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, once warned that Australia could become the poor\u00a0\u201cwhite trash of Asia\u201d,<\/em>\u00a0leaving Western pundits to conduct endless damage control exercises since the alleged outburst was recorded. It was\u00a0Samuel P. Huntington<\/a>\u00a0who situated Lee\u2019s polemic within the context of who gets to become the United States\u2019 sheriff in Southeast Asia. (Relentless Australian\u00a0police brutality<\/a>, wrought by an incurably mass\u00a0\u201ccoronapsychosis,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0seems to have vindicated Lee).<\/p>\n

Former US President George W. Bush settled matters over the choice of sheriff by picking\u00a0Canberra<\/a>\u00a0in 2003. Around the same time, the Australian and New Zealand governments began accelerating an indigenized\u00a0Morgenthau Plan<\/a>\u00a0(that was originally intended for post-WWII Germany) by systematically dismantling their\u00a0manufacturing capabilities<\/a>. If the reader needs a little shock here, consider the fact that there were millionaire enclaves, a mere 90-minute drive from Brisbane, that still\u00a0lacked<\/a>\u00a0basic ADSL or fibre optic connections in 2017!<\/p>\n

The Global North maintains a rigid pecking order that pre-empts any risk of technological challenges from its peripheries. To paraphrase\u00a0Tolkien<\/a>, there can only be one signet ring\u00a0\u201cto rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

That sums up the globalist plan but who wields that ring today?<\/p>\n

Russian President Vladimir Putin coincidentally hinted at this\u00a0darkness<\/a>\u00a0during a treaty signing ceremony over the incorporation of four new regions to Russia. Putin referenced the\u00a0\u201cdictatorship of the Western elites\u201d<\/em>\u00a0which targeted \u201call societies,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0including the\u00a0\u201ccitizens of Western countries themselves.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0This dictatorship entailed a\u00a0\u201crenunciation of traditional values\u201d<\/em>\u00a0that amounted to\u00a0\u201cpure satanism.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0He even quoted the Bible, specifically\u00a0Matthew 7:16\u00a0<\/a>which begins with\u00a0\u201cYe shall know them by their fruits\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

But is there a biblical or historical basis to Putin\u2019s tirade?<\/p>\n

Fruits of a satanic tree?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Long before the North-South divide was dreamt up, there existed a real East-West bipolarity in the ancient global order. The East was primarily dominated by India and China, with both civilizations consistently cornering up to\u00a0half of the global GDP<\/a>\u00a0until the late 1600s \u2013 the era of Western colonialism.<\/p>\n

It isn\u2019t unreasonable to treat Western colonialism as a revival of the ancient Roman empire. And for good reasons too. As Rome imposed its rule, its norms and its gods on conquered realms two millennia ago, its\u00a0gold<\/a>\u00a0was however haemorrhaging to ancient India in exchange for spices, muslin and silk. It is quite telling that Roman learning, technology and military hardware hardly interested the Indians, only its gold. When\u00a0Christianity<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Judaism<\/a>\u00a0faced persecution in Rome, its adherents found refuge in the Indian subcontinent.<\/p>\n

Faced with such recalcitrant centres of power, the seeds of a unified Western-led global order were sown, ultimately growing into a predatory colonial tree. European trade guilds began to don the cloak of mystery fraternities which promised enlightenment to its initiates. The Western nobility, which profited immensely from these guilds, ensured that their mystery mumbo-jumbo would co-exist with organised Catholicism.<\/p>\n

The contradictions however were too great to be reconciled. Europe and its churches were eventually plunged into the Dark Ages. It only emerged out of a millennia of obscurantism when the German house of\u00a0Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gl\u00fccksburg<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Saxon duchies<\/a>\u00a0began a new monarchical hierarchy in Europe. The Protestant Reformation acted as an irritant but not an impediment. The Saxon duchies later birthed the German house of\u00a0Saxe-Coburg and Gotha<\/a>\u00a0which was conveniently renamed Windsor in the United Kingdom in 1917. The\u00a0cuckolded genealogies<\/a>\u00a0of these dynasties are as legitimate as the mumbo-jumbo mysteries which bound them.<\/p>\n

The Catholic-Protestant-Orthodox divides gradually mattered less and less to European monarchs who patronised their respective national churches. Casualties of religious wars were generally restricted to the rabble, much like today.<\/p>\n

As colonialism, in particular\u00a0Pax Britannica<\/em><\/a>, reared its head, the concept of the global policeman was born. Giddy scientific rationalism also began to take root. Divinity, as defined by the Gospels, was viciously attacked. As\u00a0Karl Marx<\/a>\u00a0declared:\u00a0\u201cMy object in life is to dethrone God and destroy capitalism.”<\/em><\/p>\n

The offshoots of these contradictions continue to confuse, divide, and conquer societies. In the West, gender dysphoria has reached a point of no return. Men can supposedly\u00a0give birth<\/a>\u00a0and breastfeed children. Children are incessantly subjected to Drag Queen shows in schools. Mentioning the colour white is like stepping onto a landmine. This new\u00a0\u201cscience\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 promoted by elitist Western institutions no less \u2013 should be called\u00a0\u201cwokology\u201d<\/em>\u00a0for want of a better catch-all term.<\/p>\n

Social divisions are festering worldwide at a pace that is unprecedented in history. The North-South divide is just a sideshow in the scheme of things. Relentless wealth fractionation is leading to a\u00a0dystopian promise<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0\u201cyou\u2019ll own nothing and you\u2019ll be happy\u201d<\/em>\u00a0by 2030. If this isn\u2019t a contradiction of the highest magnitude, pray tell me what is? Besides, isn\u2019t the total loss of ownership tantamount to slavery?<\/p>\n

There are no historical precedents to the epoch we are entering. However, there is a biblical mention of an entity of poisonous fruits which Putin had referenced in his speech. In the book of\u00a0Revelations,<\/a>\u00a0this entity is called\u00a0\u201cMystery Babylon\u201d<\/em>\u00a0and it deceives all nations through rapacious mercantilism, colonialism, slavery and deception. As well as\u00a0\u201csorceries\u201d<\/em>\u00a0which in the original Greek spells out as\u00a0\u201cpharmakeia.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Now, does that sound familiar?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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