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I hope everyone here in the US had a great turkey day with family and friends. Enjoy it!!  🙂

Just watched a really solid breakdown on what’s happening with the petrodollar, and honestly, it explains a lot about why the world feels like it’s shifting so fast. For 50 years, every country had to use USD to buy oil – that’s what kept the dollar dominant. But now Saudi Arabia, China, India, and the whole BRICS group are moving away from it.

This video walks through how the petrodollar started, why it kept the U.S. on top, and what it means now that countries are ditching it. Inflation, energy prices, interest rates… all of it ties back to this shift.

If you want a clearer picture of the “reset” everyone keeps talking about, this one is worth watching. 

I follow Andrew Bustamante, and in this video he explains why regular people are stressed about the economy while the rich don’t seem worried at all. When things go bad, normal folks get crushed, and the wealthy use the chaos to buy even more and come out ahead. I’m not saying he’s right about everything, but it really makes you think. The middle class are getting squeezed from every direction, and the people at the top are playing a totally different game.

He also breaks down how the rich aren’t worried about a collapse because they’ve got assets that hold value when things get rough. For regular people like us, our prepping stuff is our assets. Our food storage, tools, gear, skills, and supplies, that’s what gives us stability when the system gets shaky.

Good video overall. Makes you look at things differently.

If you don’t follow Redacted I encourage you to do so. Just watched this interview about Derek Broze’s new film Liberation 2030, and it really stuck with me. He digs into that whole “you will own nothing and be happy” idea and shows how it ties into digital IDs, surveillance, and more control over regular people’s lives. Whether you agree with every detail or not, it’s hard to ignore how fast things are moving toward less privacy and more tracking.

What I liked is that he doesn’t stop at doom and gloom. He talks about “exit and build” – getting less dependent on their systems and more focused on ours: land, food, tools, skills, local community, and parallel ways of living that don’t rely so much on banks, big tech, or constant monitoring.

For me, it’s a reminder that awareness isn’t enough. We can’t just watch videos and say, “Wow, that’s scary.” We need to be proactive, slowly shifting our lives toward more independence, stronger communities, and real-world resilience instead of just hoping the system fixes itself.

Just finished the latest Prepper News update, and honestly, it’s not sounding like “peace” at all.

He’s saying these peace talks between Ukraine, Russia, and the West look more like a stall tactic than a real deal. Russia isn’t giving up territory, NATO isn’t backing off, and Ukraine’s still pushing for things Russia will never agree to. Basically, a dead end.

Meanwhile, tensions are heating up in other places like Taiwan and South America, which makes it feel less like winding down… and more like the conflict is shifting, not stopping.

His takeaway: Don’t assume this is over. When the headlines sound calm, that’s usually when big moves happen behind the scenes.

What do you think? Real progress, or just smoke and mirrors?