Religion and skin color are not good predictors to be part of a secret society that is entreched in every county (also no need for skin color there, what has that to do with it). Billionaires on the other hand...
I already responded, but I wanted to add that I really like your blog post and I think you should keep being curious and read and write. I'm looking forward to reading more thoughts from you. I don't have an account there but maybe you keep posting here?
There is way more in preparation than just tariffs. The Anti‑Coercion Instrument allows restrictions not just on goods trade (quotas, import/export bans) but also on services, foreign direct investment, and financial market access.
There are three possible models built around what is fundamental (meaning it exists on its own and is not derived from something else) involving matter and consciousness.
matter is fundamental, consciousness arises from complexity of matter (in a brain)
matter and consciousness are both fundamental and exist side by side. Maybe something like a soul that is extra to the material body
only consciousness is fundamental matter in the reality of an observer comes into existance by being experienced.
In the double slit experiment, a beam of light or tiny particles like electrons is fired at a wall that has two very narrow slits next to each other. When only one slit is open, the particles make a single bright band on a screen behind the wall, like throwing sand through one slot.
When both slits are open, instead of just two bright bands, a whole pattern of many bright and dark stripes appears, which is what waves make when they overlap and interfere.
The strange part is that even if the particles are sent one at a time, they still slowly build up the same stripe pattern, as if each particle behaves like a wave going through both slits at once. But if a detector is used to check which slit each particle goes through, the stripe pattern disappears and the particles act like little bullets, showing that observing them changes the outcome.
If the president objects, the matter goes before Congress, which can decide with a two-thirds vote to permanently remove the president and install the vice president.
I think it's a good idea for closed source stuff, but the disadvantages of it are greater than its usefulness when an app can be easily compiled for the distro.
They are more on the exploiting side of religion.