The endless war: who will foot the bill?
The debate over dividing up assets and military bases after the conflict: who gets the US and UK assets in Europe? An analysis of a war that never truly ends.
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Dividing the spoils or more conflict?
When people talk about a postwar scenario, the first awkward question that comes up is: what happens to US and UK assets in Europe? Military bases, tech companies, investment funds. The idea of a forced liquidation hangs over the debate, but it collides with the reality of an interdependent global system.
The military-industrial lobby will not simply let the lights go out. War is far too profitable a business to actually end. The destruction of assets sustains the economic order, and swapping it for another war is the preferred plan B. Someone put it clearly: when one war ends, they will start us another.
Some argue the deep state already has the script written. The rotation between Von der Leyen, Biden, Sánchez or Feijóo is cosmetic. Real power moves in the shadows, deciding who gets what. But others point out that empires collapse under the weight of their own economies: the USSR had endless resources and went bankrupt through bad accounting. Without management, no spoils are worth anything.
At its core, the debate reflects the anxiety of a world that does not know how to manage peace. While some fantasize about dividing up the spoils, others point out that war never ends: it transforms. And in that transformation, small savers always lose out.
When people talk about a postwar scenario, the first awkward question that comes up is: what happens to US and UK assets in Europe? Military bases, tech companies, investment funds. The idea of a forced liquidation hangs over the debate, but it collides with the reality of an interdependent global system.
The military-industrial lobby will not simply let the lights go out. War is far too profitable a business to actually end. The destruction of assets sustains the economic order, and swapping it for another war is the preferred plan B. Someone put it clearly: when one war ends, they will start us another.
Some argue the deep state already has the script written. The rotation between Von der Leyen, Biden, Sánchez or Feijóo is cosmetic. Real power moves in the shadows, deciding who gets what. But others point out that empires collapse under the weight of their own economies: the USSR had endless resources and went bankrupt through bad accounting. Without management, no spoils are worth anything.
At its core, the debate reflects the anxiety of a world that does not know how to manage peace. While some fantasize about dividing up the spoils, others point out that war never ends: it transforms. And in that transformation, small savers always lose out.
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