The Great Trade Hypothesis
The Great Trade Hypothesis is that most all of Western vitality was traded for one commodity, and a precious one at that, [Thermonuclear Peace]. And you have to honor these people. You have to give the devil its due. They did keep us out of thermonuclear war. Since November of 1952. The trade ended in January of 2025. You can decide that this is a good price to pay or a bad price to pay, but you cannot claim that the trade is continuing. We are back to vitality, and I'm sorry to say that almost certainly we will soon be back to kinetic war. The Great Nap is now over.
- Eric Weinstein, Feb 2025 at ARC in London