A crocodile lurking just below the water’s surface, eyes fixed and waiting, blending into its surroundings.

The Long Reckoning

For twenty-five years the world dodged every reckoning, each crisis smothered in money-printing and wishful thinking. But debts do not vanish; they metastasize. Now the bill has arrived, and it will be collected not in dollars but in lives, futures, and illusions. The only question worth asking is: who among us pays first?
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Too Late? Says Who
Hope delays action and sugarcoats the rot. Acceptance is better—then squeeze the bottle of life until it crumples in your hands….
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Abandoned classroom with broken desks, peeling paint, and debris scattered across the floor in dim, cold light from barred windows.
The Dragon Bubble
In 2000, the West rolled out a velvet carpet for China’s entry into the WTO, convinced trade would tame the dragon….
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Hypocrite Khan

Oh, shocking! One of the haloed saints who scolds the unwashed masses about saving the planet turns out to be…

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