CRIB 10-19-26: Riots Spread to Eight Countries; Middle East News Lockdown; Russia & Ukraine Striking Hard; & Errata
The economy runs on energy. Starve the world of energy, and the economy begins to shrink. That makes people jittery, and when they get nervous enough they act out. Welcome to the second-order effects of TrumpBibi's war of choice against Iran.
Source: Peak Prosperity
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DW NOTE
The Strait of Hormuz has been effectively shut for over a week — 2 vessels on October 11 versus the usual 85 per day — and riots have now spread to eight countries. Martenson calls this "second-order effects." It's first-order: you close the energy artery, populations run out of fuel and food, governments lose control. The sequence was published in every supply chain textbook written since 1973.