The "sovereignty parade" is just a reaction to globalism. The main attack of globalists on the world is the covid "pandemic" artificially caused by the laboratory virus. It was an act of biological warfare by the globalists against humanity. The attack ended in failure. Globalists gnash their teeth with anger and an unfulfilled thirst for world domination.
As for closing borders and refusing to trade, all this resembles such a term from psychoanalysis as "anal malice", only at the state level (when a child refuses to poop out of spite, which transforms into such a form of behavior in an adult). And only Russia is open to any cooperation in trade. This is if we consider the events in the format of the reaction of individual "child" countries (to close borders and restrict trade - "out of spite, do not poop") to the actions of globalist "parents" (an attempt to establish world domination - "demand submission").
Of course, for residents of all these countries, including Russia, it is important to exist at the household level, and not all these games of politicians. Therefore, we are enjoying the fruits of their activities in the form of constantly rising prices for literally everything. Alas, this is the era of the collapse of capitalism. We're just unlucky to be living in this time of change.
You talk of globalists as the "parents" who are attempting to gain power, and nations as "children" who are responding by closing borders. But this results in a strange hierarchy in which some human organizations (globalist institutions) are more mature than other human organizations (nation states). Both are just groups of people making decisions based upon incentives. Neither is inherently more rational nor more parental.
The part about Russia being open to co-operation is worth looking at. Open to whom and on what terms? Because from what I see, every major power is claiming to be open and at the same time building their exclusive systems. China says it is open as it creates mBridge. The US claims to be in favor of free trade and at the same time imposes tariffs. Russia says that it's cooperative while being locked out of SWIFT. Everyone is "open" to deals that benefit them and closed to deals that don't.
I fully understand the concept of countries seeking sovereignty and the desire to create only their own products from their own raw materials and provide services without relying on external assistance. Unfortunately, this concept has two sides to it: on the one hand, yes, it strengthens the domestic currency and makes the country independent. But on the other hand, the country becomes too closed and unwilling to import cheap goods that are superior to inferior domestic ones. I believe that any country should allow everyone the opportunity to leave at any time and provide a full range of choices for citizens, even foreign ones.
I think you're right but at the same time maybe missing something. You say countries should allow people to leave at any time and allow them a full range of choices. Yes. Absolutely. But what does that actually mean in practice? And if I can walk away as soon as things get bad, anytime, why would I ever invest in fix-ups? Why would I stick it out through the hard part? I'd just bounce to where is doing better at that moment. Which sounds great as far as I am personally concerned. But it means the place I left gets worse because everyone with options left.
This is already happening. Brain drain is real. The smart people leave. The connected people leave. The people with money leave. And the country that's left behind don't have anybody to fix it. So it gets worse. So more people leave. It's a spiral. The cheap foreign goods thing is more of a mess. Yeah domestic products may be inferior. But if all purchase foreign, then the domestic industry dies. Then you're totally dependent on the foreign supplier. And the second, there's a war or trade dispute or a pandemic or whatever, you're screwed. No domestic capacity. No alternatives. Just hope the foreign country continues to sell you.
There are no skills that are not taxable, and there is no way for you to live under the rule of a government and earn money without having to pay taxes unless you find a loophole, but if you are found using a loophole and not paying your taxes even when you are making money, you will face legal consequences for doing so, and you will not be able to defend yourself because the court will say that you are wrong, and you deserve to be punished.
There is basically no way for us to avoid being controlled by the government, or allowing them to peek into everything we do or have, whether it's our personal life or financial, they know everything, and they have control over everything. Ever wondered why governments have been against Bitcoin since the beginning? Some of them have now accepted it, but that doesn't mean they like it, it's only because they know they can't compete with all the people that are interested in it, so they had to accept it, but they are doing their best to control Bitcoin users and their activities as much as possible.
Yeah they tax everything. But you're talking about money and I'm talking about something else. Maybe I wasn't clear before. The skill is what generates the income. And there's a gap between those two things, and it's more important than people actually realize. Example. Someone that can only do one specific job that requires a license and a degree and an employer. That person is fully exposed to the system. Whatever they do gets exposed somewhere. They're taxed, tracked, categorized. You're describing that person and you're right about their situation.
But someone who can do problems in six different industries, who can freelance or consult or build or teach or write depending on what's needed. That person is more difficult to pin down. Not because they're hiding. Because they're moving. The system is extremely good to control static things. It's bad at controlling things that shape change.
And look I'm saying here that this is not easy, it's not something that most people can do. I'm saying the possibility exists and it's different to what you're describing.
About Bitcoin. You said governments accepted it because it was too much interest for them to compete with. I believe that's backwards actually. They accepted it because that if they banned it, they would show they're scared. And they can't afford to be afraid of something their own citizens are using. So instead they do this thing where they regulate the edges and they pretend that's the same as controlling the center.
Whatever a country has in excess and is needed by others near it, they will make sure to control its supply. Nowadays every consumer good is made of materials which are sourced from multiple countries, but there is not alternative to this unless every country is self-reliant, which is very tough to attain.
Nobody can actually become independent, they are always under the control of someone or the country.
Still develop your own skills because that will determine your possibility of making money and continue the grind.
This is the truth nobody wants to say out loud. Complete independence does not exist. Even the most powerful countries are dependent on others for something. Rare materials. Energy. Markets to sell to. The entire system is a web of dependencies and everyone is pretending that they can escape it.
Think about it this way. A worker in a factory is at the mercy of the factory owner. The supply chain controls the factory owner. The supply chain is controlled by the governments and shipping companies. The governments are controlled by the need for resources that they do not have. Everyone is in a state of dependency. But the traps are varying sizes.
The person who has skills has a smaller trap. They can switch factories. Switch industries. Switch countries if needed. The dependency is still there but the leash is longer.
