Fantastic catch-up - Thank you both.

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Dee Smith seems knowledgeable and the video is worth watching but (like nearly all political commentators) he doesn't want to address the elephant in the room ie. the disproportionate power and influence of the IMF, BIS, the western Central Banks and agents such as Soros. For instance, do they really have an agenda to implement a global digital currency (that they alone issue and control I.e. not Bitcoin) ?Without addressing these core issues, political commentary is rather superficial.

If Covid 19 was human made, that's one thing. But it is dangerous to push a narrative that it could have been prevented. I also disagree that globalism was liberal. It was authoritarian and consolidated power in the elites. It created fixed economic relationships that are imploding (Euro).

I'm just pleased the cue ball has made a reappearance. I think its Raoul's secret code -- when its on the table the Dollar Index is going to rally.

The volume of information in this interview is astounding! Top Notch, Real Vision!

Eclectic book collection too - including the Kama Sutra!...That one is for an adults only Real Vision edition?

I sincerely hope we don't go down the road of "reparations from" or "cancelling debt of" China. Quick way to war.....

Really interesting conversation thanks you.

The virus kills China’s Silk Road, is a perfect scapegoat for the financial collapse, and digitalization of everything, enhances police control, possibly introduces vaccination with a nano-chip, bans cash… The act of Batman seems terribly convenient for some. Also, terrorism, WMD, Assad, chemical attacks, Skripal, the Russians… every manufactured mass hysteria has been a scam.

The big problem is that Liberalism today has become Socialism and Crony Capitalism. We to return to Liberalism!

Great interview - thank you! On the point about EU sharing of medical supplies: I think Dee's assessment is incorrect. There is tremendous cooperation within the EU - see link below as one example. I know the UK is not in the EU PPE scheme due to a 'clerical error' on the UK side (the UK apparently forgot to join before the deadline - basically the country is being driven by Brexiteer zealots). https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/news/eu-create-strategic-stockpile-medical-equipment-fight-against-coronavirus I know EU disharmony is a narrative that taps a rich vein of interest in the anglo-saxon press, but the narrative is tired and over-played somewhat. Also the same disharmony could easily be applied to the US or other supranational blocs around the globe. Within the UK, despite shortages of PPE and delays to imports of the same, local suppliers are being stone-walled by NHS trusts due to a combination of gross incompetence and stiffing bureaucracy. We have a situation where UK PPE suppliers find it easier to sell to nations in the EU, the middle east and the US than to sell domestically to the NHS.

What sort of narratives is Dee Smith anticipating?

Great interview but i do find it interesting how a Internet fake news story (Ecuador reference) can perpetuate to the major news outlets and then make it here.

So if the supply chain shifts from China to North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, ...) does this mean that consumer demand in China will decrease and will increase in North Africa? What are the effects in China?

Good macro view. Thanks

What is going on ? with different point of view: https://londonreal.tv/the-coronavirus-conspiracy-how-covid-19-will-seize-your-rights-destroy-our-economy-david-icke/

Thanks for bringing back Dee, a practical minded visionary. Yes new paradigm is probably right but it's more than just technology, politics, business. It's a process and all the points raised right on but when added up the sum is a fundamentally different civilization. Looking at all the point values won't explain it. I think Dee dropped a very important clue - we will have more respect for nature.

Fascinating, provocative interview regarding the big picture. We have clearly entered a chaotic social, cultural, political and economic transitional period--a period that Strauss/Howe called a Fourth Turning. I recently reread their book "The Fourth Turning" written in 1997. It is amazingly prescient about the period which we are currently in. Yet, while their theory of 80-year saeculum (lifetime) cycles based on generational change has some credibility, it does seem simplistic. There are clearly reoccurring cycles within American history and different generations do respond to such changes differently, forming a consistent pattern, but there is clearly more in play. I just completed the book "The Storm before the Calm" by George Friedman that was published this year. He identifies two types of basic cycles in American History: Institutional Cycles (which redefine the relationship between the federal government and the rest of American society) that last about 80 years, and Socioeconomic Cycles that last about 50 years. What he identifies as unique about the 2020s is that, for the first time in our history, both of these cycles are reaching points of crisis at essentially the same time. He therefore opines that the 2020s will be one of the most difficult periods in American History. He does observe that, like past cyclical crises, we will survive this crisis and thrive, but this crisis will be a process with significant chaos, and it will be resolved through significant changes in our society, our economy, and our institutions. It is not clear yet, as Dee Smith observed, what these changes will be, but we need to be very aware of these changes as they unfold. They will affect our finances, our investments, our families and our life styles. (Using RealVision's search feature, it appears that the last time RealVision interviewed George Friedman was in 2015; perhaps, it would be timely to interview him again.)

This interview is a bit underwhelming I must say. Raoul, you know Kyle Bass is much more knowledgeable on geopolitics and implications to the economy. Would love you see you interview Kyle to get his latest thoughts.

What a privilege to be able to listen to really smart people in the comfort of one's home. This one with Mr. Smith was a standout as well.

Spectacular interview! Excellent perspectives throughout and a powerful wrap-up in the final minutes.

This was great! Thank you! Wonderful to hear some deep thinkers reflect on the present and future.

GREAT INTERVIEW MR PAL!!

I really liked this interview... I think it will be hard but we have a large young population, and with this group and with all the new technology we are developing, will really help transform things. Not with out pain.

Great conversation - thanks, gentlemen.

Covid-19 is a sledge-hammer to an old system that was already fragmenting, most notably through the weakening of institutions and their inability to keep pace with environmental and technological change. I am fairly certain that the new paradigm, rather than being built around institutions, will be based on software and autonomous transactions. The piece that is missing is how to beneficially govern and regulate those transactions in a way that adapts to what people want and need as environments and circumstances change and evolve. As long as we remain stuck in the conceptual box of the Wealth of Nations, the old is bound to drag on, no matter how broken things get.

Always a pleasure to hear and listen to Mr. Smith. We need to have Mr. Smith on more often. Thanks. DLS