The "liberal" Empire is Dying. Finally. | Dr. Andrey Ivanov

The end of US hegemony is also the last the last nail in the coffin of naive libearlism. Not the eloquent philosophies of Mill, Locke, or Tocqueville, but what 80 years of Hollywood bastardization made out to be the "fight for freedom". Today I speak with Andrey Ivanov, a strategy consultant in New Zealand and Podcast host. Andrey's Links: Business Games: https://www.business-games.ai Business Games on X: https://x.com/BusinessGamesAI Some episodes: https://www.business-games.ai/home-te... https://www.business-games.ai/propaga... https://www.business-games.ai/ny-time... Neutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com (Opt in for Academic Section from your profile settings: https://pascallottaz.substack.com/s/a...) Merch: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth... Donation: https://neutralitystudies.com/donate Timestamps: 00:00:00 Introduction and guest intro 00:00:21 Soviet roots and political shift 00:05:56 Market failure after 2008 00:14:18 Academic incentives and dogma 00:20:03 Ukraine framing and public belief 00:27:06 Media rewrites and war narratives 00:40:08 System logic behind US power 00:47:48 Rationality class and the state 01:00:00 Where to follow Andrey