April 8—Over the recent period, and increasingly since Xi Jinping’s trip to Moscow, Western media have finally been caused to notice the motion underway globally away from the dollar—and the freakouts are beginning to roll. This process has undoubtedly sped up following Russia’s special military operation into Ukraine and the ensuing sanctions and other forms of financial warfare against Russia from Western governments. Now, as has been increasingly reported, trade in national currencies is on the rise, new lending institutions have been envisioned, and alternative currencies are being discussed. The dollar-denominated trans-Atlantic financial system is seen as unreliable and disingenuous, and can turn on you at any moment as a form of financial warfare.