Everyone Is Right

The global system is breaking — and it’s not the first time. In this gripping new episode of Big Picture Mind, Robb Smith unpacks what he calls a "Terminal Crisis"—a rare moment in history when the prevailing financial hegemon (today, the United States) loses its grip on a system that is demanding reconfiguration. It’s the fourth such rupture in 700 years, following the Genoese-Iberian empire (1627), the Dutch United Provinces (1781), and the British Empire (1931). And now, in 2025, it’s America’s turn. What happens next? We enter a period of global economic anarchy—a high-stakes reordering of capital, power, and institutions. Robb traces how the system always adapts, pushing forward into a new "cycle of accumulation" that includes: - wider geographic integration, - more complex economic coordination, - expanded populations and markets, and - institutional upgrades that solve for the contradictions of the previous cycle. In this urgent and far-reaching conversation, you'll learn: - Why the U.S.–China riv