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From Brinkmanship to Bloodlines: How US-China Tensions Echo 1914 and Why Your DNA Carries History’s Weight

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Adrian Monck
Apr 24, 2025
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  • As US-China tariff wars escalate to ‘embargo’ levels, worrying parallels to pre-WW1 diplomatic failures emerge—with Admiral Stavridis warning “we’ve never been closer to actual shooting war.”

  • Why Trump’s tariff logic falls apart at home—the 37 US states that would collapse under their own protectionist medicine (and why Kentucky will never face Ch…

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