Martin Armstrong

Martin Armstrong (b. 1949) is an investment advisor and pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence.

Quotes

• Once Rome conquered Carthage, Macedonia and Corinth, it no longer had an external enemy. So consequently, they turned inward, groups formed fighting amongst each other. That lack of unity basically tore it apart. That's what we are seeing. Once Communism fell and the Cold War ended there was no longer an external enemy. So you have these neocons, including Kallas that turned their hatred of Communism into ethnic hatred of Russians. They forgave the Germans for Hitler but they don't forgive the Russians for Stalin. I think it's largely from the standpoint that they can't sleep at night unless there is an external enemy. I mean, Russia is no longer Communist. They've adopted capitalism. So is China. So, what is the actual issue? It's no longer what it used to be with Khruschev, 'We will bury you' - the idea that communism was better than capitalism. All that's gone. So what is the actual um issue? They have to say, "Oh, Russia wants to invade Europe." Why? They won't ever explain that. Europe doesn't have anything. When Japan invaded Manchuria, it was to get assets, natural resources. Europe doesn't have anything of value. It has to buy energy from uh Russia. We're not talking about gold. I mean, what do you get? So it's, you know, the other way around. Russia is the richest country in the world from a natural resource perspective. It's why Hitler wanted it. Napoleon. So it's more beneficial for Europe to say Russia wants to invade us, so we have to go out after that. But it's more profitable for Europe than it is the other way around." [1]