This is a good opportunity to emphasize a key point that is often missed. In the research and discussion outline yesterday, about Joe Biden’s EPA publishing new regulations for the auto industry, we dove deep into the background of what actually creates the issue. {GO DEEP}
The issue that should concern everyone is not the Joe Biden administration and their ideology around climate change, or the EPA, or even the viability of EVs themselves. The issue that should draw the biggest concern is how the regulation originates; what is the impetus; who are the beneficiaries?
The regulation itself did not originate in the EPA, nor was it created from an origination process amid climate ideologues in the administration. Everything starts with BlackRock positioning their assets. From that empirical point, all political activity then takes place, which includes the regulations to support the BlackRock objective.
A massive, multinational investment firm is in control of political outcomes in the USA. That should be the emphasis, not necessarily the regulation that flows as an outcome of that control, and certainly not the debate over whether EVs are a viable alternative to combustion engines.
BlackRock, and the control agents of finance, banking and investment, would like nothing more than to see Congress have debates about climate change, the viability of EVs as an alternative to combustion engines, the nuances of power grid generation from alternative energy sources, the scale of energy need as estimated and debated for the next two decades, etc.
All these points of debate become useful political policy issues that divide and contrast. Sure, Congress would love to hold hearings about EV viability, U.S. grid compliance, the need for subsidized charging stations, etcetera, etcetera. Because what is not discussed in this debate is where the subject matter comes from.
BlackRock positions their money to benefit from policy. BlackRock, like others, then manipulate the policymakers to support their position. We The People end up in a debate over EVs, while the BlackRock executives dance merrily into cocktail hour, discuss the latest climb in their value, and debate which politician should get a cut of the proceeds.
Nowhere in the political process on Capitol Hill does anyone ask, “How did the BlackRock investment group know to support Chinese EV plants in Mexico?”
The obvious fire of corporatism/fascism is ignored while the politicians, and us, debate the ramifications of the smoke, EVs.
Democrats would love to debate EVs and say the Republicans are planet killers. Republicans would love to debate EVs and say the Democrats are taking away your freedom.
Meanwhile, corporations are running the U.S. government…. and people are oblivious.
The elected political representatives are dancing tools, useful for the purposes of distracting the American people, and funded by the corporations who need them to continue the distractions.
In a very similar fashion to how laws are written by K-Street corporations and sold by lobbyists, so too are regulations originated by outside groups and then pushed into the administration. The politicians and/or bureaucrats in the administration then benefit financially from implementing the regulation.
The issue with Joe Biden’s EPA mandate for EV use is not an issue over which form of energy development is more useful for the passenger transportation needs of American consumers. The issue with Joe Biden’s EPA mandate is that BlackRock originated it.
Once you elevate to the level of root cause, then you start to ask, “What else is BlackRock originating?”
2022 – NEW YORK, March 24 (Reuters) – BlackRock Inc’s (BLK.N) chief executive, Larry Fink, said on Thursday that the Russia-Ukraine war could end up accelerating digital currencies as a tool to settle international transactions, as the conflict upends the globalization drive of the last three decades.
In a letter to the shareholders of the world’s largest asset manager, Fink said the war will push countries to reassess currency dependencies, and that BlackRock was studying digital currencies and stablecoins due to increased client interest.
“A global digital payment system, thoughtfully designed, can enhance the settlement of international transactions while reducing the risk of money laundering and corruption”, he said.
Russia enters Ukraine Feb 24, 2022. Less than 4 weeks later, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink is outlining a dollar-based central bank digital trade currency.
Huh. Imagine that.
Everything else is chaff and countermeasures.
This is my world, as I worked inside large asset management firms in mid-to-senior level roles. I love Sundance and this site, but I wonder if too much credit is going to these firms. I would bet they are actually a tool of another vessel actually pulling the strings. Just look at the market cap today…. BLK is a $125 billion entity, while a firm like Blackstone is about 40% larger. They never get mentioned here, because they are more in the private markets. I’m supposed to believe that BlackRock is calling the shots, while trillion dollar valuation tech firms are just getting bullied by our government? It doesn’t add up to me, but I fully admit I could be missing the larger picture. I could have biases, as I just don’t think people leading these firms are that bright. Admittedly, Fink is a different breed than most. They literally started as a mortgage bond manager in the late 80s and have grown to the level of today. As mentioned earlier, mostly by acquisition…. but don’t forget the BlackRock Solutions division that gives them unreal access to overall market positioning and trends. There are no real Chinese walls in this business.
For clarification, while BLK may have a 125B market cap they control over $9 trillion in assets under management (AUM).
Which suggests considerable potential for shapeshifting markets and whatnot.
Exactly. Just yesterday, in regards to Texas pulling 8.5 billion from Blackrock due to their attacks on oil and gas, Blackrock responded by saying they have 120 billion invested in Texas oil and gas. Ummm, no, their CLIENTS have 120 billion, Blackrock is pushing EV’s, contrary to their clients interests. THATS ILLEGAL!
While I am not particularly au fait with finance and asset management, you are saying something that I’ve always felt….the corporations and entities that we are focusing on, are tools of something higher up in the food chain, whether it’s the WEF, Blackrock, etc. While I agree that Fink is certainly a different breed, I still believe that he is ‘following orders/ of some entity higher up. The question is….what (or who) is it???
Fink is a leftist, he’s going to be evil, they all are.
The global bankers.
Blackstone (majority shareholders are BlackRock and Vanguard) own Ancestry DNA, Biolabs, Build-to-rent apartment complexes, storage facilities, and all sorts of office and residential property – all in multiple countries.
Blackstone are definitely doing the dirty work of positioning their assets to affect society, big time.
Fink used to be in Blackstone before BlackRock (if I understand correctly).
Add in the secretive Vanguard and you have a modern-day Axis of Evil…. controlling many trillions plus the priceless value of politicians and governments.
Great post, I worked in the industry, two. You’re correct, they’re NOT that smart. But when you control trillions, you don’t have to be. That’s why Zuckerberg can spend a half billion to steal an election without blinking, or Larry Fink can buy congress and Biden to eliminate gas vehicles with BS regulations they profit from. I hate ‘em. Fink should be in jail, so should Zuckerberg.
“The real menace of our republic is this invisible government which like a giant octopus sprawls its slimy length over city, state and nation. Like the octopus of real life, it operates under cover of a self created screen….At the head of this octopus are the Rockefeller Standard Oil interests and a small group of powerful banking houses generally referred to as international bankers. The little coterie of powerful international bankers virtually run the United States government for their own selfish purposes. They practically control both political parties.”–New York City Mayor John F. Hylan, 1922
You would think that they would want stable customers, but the difference is that while they once dabbled in Hitler/Sanger Eugenics, they have now adopted the updated WEF version. It is a Hacienda Feudalism that requires Depopulation. Hence poison vaxxes, burning cities and endless wars.
It’s a Death Cult from the pit of hell.
But Almighty God says “No.” And I agree with Him.
Psalm 105:37
So the Lord led his people out from Egypt.
They took with them valuable silver and gold things.
Nobody among the Israelite people was too weak to go.
Hallelujah!
Some suggest we should start with the following questions:
Why would BlackRock and the other Big Global Financiers push societal shifts toward collapse of the same Western economies that made them rich?
Short-term profit sabotaging long-term prosperity of the West?
Do the leaders of these entities really believe that civilization is existentially threatened by CO2? That they have a moral duty to push energy use down and force EVs on the West, crippling the West to “save the planet”?
If they believe that they have a moral obligation to decimate economies “to save the planet”, why are they are not pushing the East to commit economic suicide like this? The same East that now feeds the world’s economies with its industrial power – i.e., that feeds the globalists like BlackRock?
Interesting, no?
OK, alternatively, could their moves be related to the rise of the overwhelming global industrial powerhouse in the East supplanting the West which was already in unstoppable decline?
Moves that are “helping” the West toward an end state of sunken vassal under a totalitarian “multi-polar governance” as the new global “business model” fed by the Eastern industrial powerhouse?
Everything happening right now points to a single convergence state in the future – what do you see?
BlackRock and the other totalitarians want Stability. Corporate-led communism gives them stability of markets.
But stability will not lead to the market and societal revolution they so desire.
Gates, Schwab, etc, want depopulation. A good societal collapse will lead to old fashioned starvation, and predatory gangs. (New Orleans stadium during the floods). The replacement society has already been labeled” Build Back Better. (For our safety, of course)
‘They’ will be kings of the world, but we’ll still have elections…just to maintain the illusion of democracy.
The view presented by ~Y? seems to be that all – including the globalists – are being driven by the inexorable tectonic shift underway in global power balance:
Deindustrializing West down, industrial East up.
And that the globalists – including BlackRock – are now taking part in steering the shift to their benefit.
By this they are scoring short term $ and long term position in the coming NWO.
Don’t make the mistake of limiting your view to the globalists and their trillions. You miss the larger long game if you do that.
Where are the power resources for the bitcoin miners? EVs charge on the grid. What impact does that have on the grid? On bitcoin miners? Which private companies (non utilities) own power substations? Are they powering bit coin miners?
There will not be enough power generation for the Hoi polloi to drive electrics or heat their homes without nuclear, coal and oil.
Found in the bin…. 🙁
For what it’s worth, Powell stated yesterday that digital currency is a “long, long ways off”.
An associated issue – how do these people reconcile the headlong rush into AI and the huge implied energy requirements?
Needs saying. If you attack me or anyone here, every time we offer an additional point, or deviate at all from Sundance, you’re immediately jumped on by the Sundance worshipping sycophants here. Just stop that. There’s room for more than one viewpoint.
I get your point and have come to look at it as adversarial training adjunct to the physical and psychological training I’m taking to harden myself for the coming real life battles where death will tug at my elbow daily.
In comparison, being ‘attacked’ on an internet forum is pretty mild, no?
The goal is to remain calm, on mission and think clearly when being attacked and respond dispassionately and without hesitation. That’s a difficult goal for a peace-loving person who generally has loved fellow humans throughout life. However, peace historically doesn’t last without struggle so here we are.
Best wishes and no worries about disagreements regarding subject matter from this quarter. Contrary opinions are part and parcel with life. Tone does matter. Ask oneself, what is the goal with offering a disagreeing opinion? What am I trying to accomplish?
ETA, an old phrase came to mind…. Am I trying to inform or inflame? Thanks Dad, the old guy I used to ‘debate’ when young.
Needs saying, but it’s not going to win me any friends here.
There’s something really creepy happening in the CTH blogs. Every time I, or anyone else, offers an additional viewpoint, or deviates in the slightest from Sundance’s posts, you’re immediately jumped on by a bunch of sycophantic Sundance worshipers as a heretic. Same thing happens with Trump. No offense, Sundance. These are the kinds of people neither Trump, nor Sundance, would ever hire, as they’ve outsourced their brain, they’re “yes men”.
Here’s an example. After reading this article, I mention how I’m happy to see the EV scam collapse, and I’m immediately jumped all over educating me on what Sundances point really was, Blackrock’s control. But the two points aren’t mutually exclusive. Besides, I’ve been making Sundance’s point of “follow the money” to clients for forty years, I’ll be damned if I’ll be lectured about my fealty to Sundance, or anyone else.
I don’t believe I’ve ever disagreed with a Sundance post. Information is supposed to stimulate thought, not box it in, right? I’m not here to worship Sundance, Trump, or anyone. I’m here because of truth. Give others a little latitude in voicing their opinions, as most can peacefully co exist with Sundance’s, including mine.
I love CTH. But I don’t love intellectual laziness in anyone.
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I think sometimes people forget – this is a conversation – so approach any ‘attacks’ that way, as continuance of a conversation, ask the responder questions, do the give and take, create the room where all of us readers, and commenters, the space to learn something new instead of falling back on the assumption that comments are attacks, approach them as honest inquiries and get them to interact?
Just an idea, it’s never personal, everyone is on edge these days and we can only approach things from our personal vantage points so if we can approach interaction as just that, a conversation, maybe the ‘attackers’ will learn something new even while the occasional tag team goes about doing their thing?
Agreed. Someone else asked, “are there bots here trying to sow divisions amongst Treepers”? I think there are, I’ve seen a few. But some ARE attacks. I was called a never Trumper for questioning Trumps McCarthy endorsement.
But most people here are thoughtful and kind.
Has it occurred to anyone that psyop and counterintelligence operators are working reader comment threads?
Throwing all kinds of nonsense into the threads while collecting intel?
Yes. But nonsense and hive mind retribution have a different flavor.
Not really.
The most effective IW cannot be distinguished as such.
We are immersed in IW now.
George, I could not agree with you more.
I love Almost everything about our host, and the majority of commenters. There is a group of sycophantic responders, and several brilliant thinkers. I chose to ignore the “yes men” types, and always listen to the deep critical thinkers.
Kudos to Reg, Dutch, Betsy!!!!! Love you
Since I’ve been here, almost since inception, I also feel a bit protective of the site. When the hive like comments become more frequent, I perceive something intellectually unhealthy occurring.
I know who the usual culprits are when it comes to the attacks.
How would you define the difference between a conversation/discussion and a debate?
I visit here to learn, discuss, offer experience from a long life, plus support those who appear to need an internet hug.
Perhaps some view this as a courtroom to argue cases in, IDK. Adversarial conversation? Winning the argument?
IDK, perhaps my life experience is biased, living and working where violence settled arguments on a routine basis. It was a lot more common in decades past but is still around. Where I used to live it was often said every conversation was ten seconds to a fist or gun fight. Plenty of us have the scars to prove it.
Perhaps argument and adversity and conflict go hand in hand with politics and any discussion surrounding culture and society. At the end of the day though, we’re all humans with indefinite and, at the same time finite, lives and God given free will.
If things continue on the current path, perhaps we’ll get another lesson regarding life like WW2 provided. More money for the bankers? Is that the point? Bankers make money from conflict, whether on the personal or national level?
I considered that when writing out the check for my most recent lawyer retainer the other day. Quite.a significant sum for a poor guy to wage war on the bankers, but I’m doing it.
God be with patriots in whatever choices they make.
Like you, it is in our approach. I come here to learn, and to share from personal experience and to ask questions; others come here as a safe haven – which it is- but, as others also note there are the trolls, paid or simply for fun and most definitely IC types from many nations so games aplently.
Arguments can be good if there is a point to it, and those often help us, whether simply reading and watching, we get ideas for how to hone our own debate skills because we all have loved ones who have been so hypnotized to believe anything finding any means to crack the hard shell they are encased in, sometimes arguments, with a point, bring answers we would never have thought of.
It’s the personal attacks against posters, and there never is a rhyme or reason for the attacks against the person making a post – to me those are the ones I think are the real trolls, they keep people from entering conversation at a minimum but at max they actually run people off and away from participating in the conversation.
Defining the difference – there needs to be a point, an attempt to understand not only the other person but why oneself holds a certain view or approach. We learn not only from others but also why we came up with a particular viewpoint – and it is in those moments our lives are changed.
I’ve seen and been around those type of ‘conversations’, even made a citizens arrest once which stopped a murder, so yeah, I get it. But, we have to respect the site, the guidelines, and find a way to share. It’s not just bankers that make money from conflict, they are simply the clearing house taking their cut regardless of which way the winds blow. I’m in that retainer moment too, and also quite a significant sum and outcome completely unknown, all for cleaning up a mess I had nothing to do with but am also the only person in a position to do something about it – and find that conversation has been a lifesaver throughout this past decade.
I think that is also what the leader of this site does, he listens, and has conversation, and then things come together at the right time and we all inch forward toward a solution to not only the national mess, but the personal ones we are in because of the big ugly.
I’ve lost too many people through death, and the rest simply because they refuse to talk to me because I like Trump, and still believe we must find a way to fix that mess. Otherwise it’s true, nation divided, nation dead.
Concur.
I have had the same experience. Questioning the hive mind at CTH will deliver reprisals instead of discussion.
Calling it a hive mind sure doesn’t invite discussion.
If I may….
Honest question.
If it is specifically stated that the topic of the thread is not about Ev’s and a poster persists in talking about EV’s then what are others supposed to think?
That’s not attacking you but a simple observation of what occurred.
Thank you for proving my point, precisely.
And thank you sir for answering my query by not answering.
Is it really too much to ask for posters to
stay on topic? To follow the site rules for having a productive and meaningful conversation?
Very serious question:
Is this a form of cognitive dissonance that when we find our freedom to be more of an illusion than we thought that it is too horrible to contemplate? Is it much the same way some of our folks revert into the D vs R because the Uniparty concept is too much to handle? Too tough to look at?
The big reveal of the last two days of corporations inside our government running it is stunning why would anyone wish to stray off that topic unless they can;t handle it?
Adding another one to my list.
I agree GJ. I believe Sundance has frequently pointed out the role a lack of critical thinking has played in the decline of our society. I sincerely doubt he is advocating we all use critical thinking EXCEPT when reading his posts.
I hope you are not just now figuring this out! Our government has been corrupt/illegitimate since the “Civil” War at least! If the nonsense during the Covid “epidemic didn’t convince you I’m afraid nothing anyone says will.
As we’ve learned recently they don’t want to stop corruption and money laundering. they just want to be the ones who control it.
And they’ll pay themselves massive bonuses leaving nothing to the shareholders.
I remember a time when phones were all hard wire things. During that time, one company held a lock on all the phone service so prices for a phone line were high and features like caller ID or call waiting were either not available or very expensive. Then Congress did one of the few beneficial actions they have taken in the last 150 years, they broke up ma bell. Almost over night, prices for phone service fell and all kinds of features were implemented at reasonable rates. Too bad Congress can’t/won’t do that to the “too big to fail” hedge funds like BlackRock.
Look again … ma bell is now called AT&T, which reaches overseas far beyond anything ma-bell ever owned.
The money was not in the services but the Infrastructure.
I hear you, Sundance. MAGA
There is an equally major concern that has to also be considered …. for this capitalization of foreign EV Plants to pay off and the associated EPA regulations… NAFTA has be fully re-instated and the abandoned TPP resurrected to be enacted.
There is more at stake than EV Automobiles with these two agreements being put in place.
It is all about rigging the market (monopoly) with kickbacks.
Joey Bribes took Xi’s money, and when Joey Bribes is bought, HE STAYS BOUGHT.
He has integrity.
“BlackRock First” vs “America First”
But, companies like BlackRock are very tied to “[the unquestioned supremacy of …] The American Dollar.™” They derive their power and influence from this. But, as the USA continues to demonstrate its fiscal irresponsibility and arrogance, rational businessmen in “the rest of” the world are dealing them out of the game.
And, in the long run, this will actually be a very good thing.
Globalists like BlackRock derive their power from whatever they can exploit, they are nothing more than 100% amoral greed.
That’s how we know that they don’t care about planetary CO2 levels or anything else used as a false pretext for forcing EVs.
Only the real motives:
Short term profit from US govt forcing EVs, and
Long term profit from the exploiting the coming NWO of US/EU turned into vassals by EVs and the rest of the economy-crushing machinations, under the new industrial and tech power driving the global economy.
It does not matter which “currency” is used by the Big 5 financial institutions to derive their definition of wealth.
The BIG 5 DEFINE the value and NOT the governments… high, in the middle or low.
Weakness or strength of any currency you name is irrelevant because Governments, including China Inc., Russia and non-G7, are now willingly subject to this phenomenon.
That is the reason it is irrelevant at this point who sits in the White House. The BIG 5 will make their money … they just have more control when it’s not President Trump.
Black Rock, etc. have successfully brainwashed the people to think of their retirement vehicle as strictly a tax deferment mechanism. The People don’t see it so much as a wealth creator to the point of true personal financial freedom that it can be.
My best friend died a mid level millionaire during Covid after a long, hard, work life and was still relatively young, in his 60’s, and looking forward to some comfortable retirement years. He had lived a very frugal life since young and built his business to be that ‘wealth creator’ for his retirement. All that work, all that wealth building and sacrifice, for what?
I made a different choice and won’t die a millionaire, though I certainly could have. I decided to not let money rule me as a goal in life. Now I’m working on giving away, with the help of my lawyer, what I do have.
I liquidated all my investments in the financial industry over a decade ago. Bye, bye. Now it’s all in tangible, defensible assets, including significant assets to defend the other assets with deadly force if necessary or in time of war.
Why humans continue to buy bombs bullets and bioweapons for their oppressors I have no idea. Free will though. They can certainly brag about their profits to me, and often do. Such is life.
But we are all on edge because whether we want to admit it or not the freight train of history is bearing down the tracks and we are parked in the railroad crossing. That subconscious dread tends to permeate everything we say and do. It is human nature to deny threats we think we can’t do anything about until it is right on top of us.
Did Scotus 2010 decision CITIZENS UNITED, start this attack on our Society?
Since that gave Corptns unfettered influence.
That being said…. does that mean a Corptn such as BR….can be deemed Treasonous??
The issue with the forced EVs in the US is that they are part of the climate change canard that is being used to sink the US/EU axis toward becoming a vassal under totalitarian “multi-polar global governance”.
The non-US/EU poles including CHINA are not succumbing to this canard, are they?
As the US/EU commit suicide, China and the others in BRICS+ are STRENGTHENING their energy based industrial economies. Think about it.
As the US/EU climate canard brainwashing continues:
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/restricting-freedoms-may-be-necessary-fight-climate-change-german-ethics-council
Larry Fink’s eternal residence will be in hell.
Meanwhile:
Fossil fuel firms could be tried in US for homicide over climate-related deaths, experts say
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/21/fossil-fuel-companies-homicide-climate-deaths-lawsuit
ITS ALL STAGED BS