War: The Great Reset’s Accelerator
Ultimately, the conglomeration of elite-backed services, partnerships, and initiatives I describe in this investigation claim to provide critical innovation or assistance to Ukraine during a time of crisis; however, they are instead collectively facilitating prospects for surveillance and control over everyday life while eroding possibilities for governmental and individual independence. Such technological developments I also discuss, in tandem with political arrangements centering a wartime merger of the public and private sectors, are prime for the political class, who want to use such developments to forge governance infrastructures conducive to their dictations.
Such chaotic ongoings in Ukraine are a microcosm of the larger geopolitical moment, where the world’s elite are moving to advance anti-democratic public-private partnerships’ prevalence and status in civil society. While advocates frame such public-private initiatives and cooperations as holistic and innovative, they undermine (what’s left of) today’s system of Westphalian national sovereignty by doling out critical infrastructure to unaccountable institutions, NGOs, and corporations that prioritize the interests of the power elite. As a result, previous democratic processes in sovereign nations are eroded in favor of global governance, which Unlimited Hangout contributor Iain Davis
describes as a system where a global public private partnership “creates policy initiatives at the global level, which then cascade down to people in every nation.”
Ultimately, these efforts are steamrolling ahead with little room for accountability or public debate: even if Ukrainians want to continue fighting an increasingly gruesome conflict, they have no real say over the myriad of wartime initiatives, largely sprung by international elite groups, that are being rammed through as the conflict deepens. Indeed, although many elite organizations “assisting” Ukraine insist that they’re fighting for democracy, Zelensky has
consolidated Ukraine’s TV outlets and dissolved rival political parties in efforts towards a “
unified information policy,” uprooting possible challenges to power. In other words, the current moment leaves Ukrainian society vulnerable and perfectly pliable to be molded to suit elite agendas, including those of the Great Reset.
Importantly, the Fourth Industrial Revolution’s roll-out in Ukraine forces speculation as to whether ongoing hostilities are about geopolitical struggles as we traditionally have understood them, facilitating initiatives crucial to the Great Reset, or a combination of the two. While genuine animosities between the world’s nation-states exist, track records ultimately show that countries are in general agreement, or have otherwise been bound into agreement, on the implementation of many of the measures I’ve highlighted in this piece. This remains true despite the measures’ potential to supersede the world’s current power structures in critical ways, threatening to create a world dominated by top-down public-private initiatives that limit national and individual sovereignty and dignity alike. The elites center “equity” and even “justness” in their initiatives, but their “just” world is one where those governed have
equally little say over the state of world events and little room for escape.
The exact state of today’s geopolitical fault lines remains up to debate, but one thing is certain: Ukraine will not be the only country impacted by the policies and initiatives I’ve described. Rather, what is rolled out in Ukraine is likely coming for everyone. With respect to CBDCs, for example, Ukraine’ is certainly not alone in its efforts: according to the
Atlantic Council’s CBDC tracker, 114 countries — which represent over 95 percent of the world’s GDP — are currently exploring CBDC prospects, whereas only 35 countries were doing so in 2020. Adding to the chaos, recent bank meltdowns, including the dubious shuttering of
Silicon Valley Bank, suggest that long-term financial system instabilities may well provide a perfect moment (or, perhaps more accurately, an excuse) for widespread CBDC roll-outs.
For now, war continues with no end in sight, leaving Ukrainian civilians as cannon fodder while worsening living standards elsewhere, creating a general state of desperation amongst the world’s population as prices for basic goods continue to spike and peace remains a non-starter. The moment provides a perfect opportunity for those behind the Great Reset to experiment with their desired initiatives, technologies, and governmental structures and spread them around the globe.