I can’t believe I’m only now coming across James Corbett’s lecture summary for the 2017 Open Mind Conference
“Well I think we’re living through an era that looks remarkably similar in a number of ways [to] an era one century ago when we were in the period of a build-up to World War I. And some of the defining features of that era …”
“See parallels with the new rising power that is threatening the ruling power of our Age: the American Empire …”
“Ultimately, WWI was an engineered conflict…”
“China’s rise has been shepherded along by certain banking and financial interests. And the conflict itself takes on a new light. What does it mean when both sides of this conflict are being engineered and shaped by the same forces?”
“One thing that’s important to keep in mind is that WWI looked nothing like anything anyone had ever experienced before…”
and, finally,
“What would happen if they had a war and no one came?”
The full lecture is here:
