I never fail to be amazed at why outsiders wish to meddle in Russian Ukrainian matters.

And as for Taiwan - China it was the Chinese who invaded in 1949. If China wants their people on Taiwan back they should repatriate them but then they would have to do the same with the Chinese living in every other country in the world.

Who are these "smarter than you " people? Source is everything.

Nothing here surprised me and should not be new to anyone. We have had at least 2 years to think about Covid and many years about others. China, Taiwan, crypto, libertarians will make no difference in my life.

The question for me is how is my life going to change? Trump and Biden can go at each other throats but my life will not change. Govt policies affect us is an overstatement. We are worker bees, pawns in the game, we will be played. Thinking we have a say beyond our one vote, is living in a la la land. Unless we own industries and large wealth, our lives are meant for working all life and wait for meager retirement for the remaining short life in it. For the last 30 years, many presidents came and went, nobody's policies changed my life for the better. That should be true about most. We keep reading too much political news and give too much weight. News online, in print and in TV are all dominated with political coverage like our lives depend on it every day.

The only thing that changed my life was the technology. Govts, corporates will not change and improve for themselves, not do they want us to change. Govt wants us to work, go around and spend and corporations want to continue to payroll. That's why both corporations are so afraid for worker shortage, remote work because their traditional revenues will fall. They want the slaves to continue going as they have been. If anyone can upgrade and free us, it is the technology.

You covered a lot of ground on this post and I agree with much of what you stated.
I think that Omicron will wind up infecting most of the globabl population but kill very few. What it will provide is an incubator for other variants that may or may not be more lethal and possibly equally contagious, so anybody's best guess how it plays out but I expect Covid will be much like the Cold and the Flu as we move forward, always with us and something that will need to constantly be addressed.

American Libertarianism is more about Oligarchy, Crony Capitalism and Elitism in my opinion but I identify as a Lefty Libertarian which most people will knee jerk respond to by telling me there is no such thing, so let's go with Anarchistic Socialist or Socially responsible Freedom lover. Regardless, there is definitely a shift towards more Elitist Control over the world governments and that's never a good thing.

Putin senses weakness abroad and feels he needs to show strength at home to maintain is strong man image, since Ukraine is half Russian and half UKrainian after all the old Soviet purges, a civil war is inevitable. I expect a war that will drag on for a year or two before the Ukranian border is redrawn along Russian and UKranian population distributions.

China has it's 100 years of shame plan in full swing and recovering Taiwan before the end of this decade is critical for the Chinese leadership to maintain authority and respect. They have to do this or they will lose face and that's never acceptable in China. I'd expect more sabre rattling but not all out invasion, unless Biden has a heart attack or stroke and Harris takes the reins with Trumpites continuing to forment insurrection. If the USA appears weak or in turmoil then that would speed up the plan of bringing Taiwan home and of course there is also South Korea that needs to be made into a vassal state for China again as well.

A reset of the global currencies is overdue, debt based finance must implode by the very nature of how the currency is brought into being as a debt instrument, crypto currencies are the logical next step forward. I don't see this as a good thing because I believe that the crypto currencies will be consolidated under the control of the global banking cartels and governments will fall in line with the idea because it will give them access to the financial dealings of the population, control the money and I care not who sits on the throne.

Climate Change will continue to grow as a concern for the population but not for the Elites, this ties in with the global currency reset, the military expansionism and the pandemic, so expect more Blah, Blah, Blah. Make the move towards greener living on a personal level, that's the best a person can do in my opinion and it's what I have done in my life.

I agree with you that things could go very badly in a very short period of time, much like dominoes that tumble out of control because one key dominoe toppled and the rest gained momentum and followed suit. Democracy must be maintained and strengthened, even if it is the democracy that we have now with so much influence peddling that is now considered just the way business gets done. Expanding democracy as an ideal to strive for around the world is equally important and I hope that can be achieved. Taking swift and fair action to bring to justice the people who would seek to undermine democracy is critical, if the kid gloves don't come off very soon then it will all be too little, too late.
just my humble opinions

What does he have against Tether specifically? There are numerous stable coins...

Good point, many libertarians are moronic twisted people like Rand Paul