The Opium Wars: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=70956
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-crime-of-the-century-tv-review-2021
What would America have been like without slavery? https://www.takimag.com/article/alternative-america/
Peter Zeihan on the geo-politics of Latin America, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVrNWPltr6g
Covid deaths in 2021: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101932/coronavirus-covid19-cases-and-deaths-number-us-americans/
COVID-19 continues to be a leading cause of death in the U.S. in June 2021
