Geopolitics 2026: The World is Burning. The Powerful are Playing. And the Good Will Win.

David Falken

Mr. Gottwald, Trump says: The world is not a global community — it’s an arena. Two downed US fighter jets, a destroyed AWACS worth 700 million dollars, Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz. Europe watches. What goes through your mind?

Mathias Gottwald

First and foremost: grief. Because I have friends who are affected by this. People who know people who live there. Who have to die — just like in the First, like in the Second World War — only because two idiots can’t agree on a signature. And then comes clarity: none of this happens by accident. This is a large, orchestrated game. What is being transported in state media has little to do with reality. It’s about something much deeper. And to everyone reading this: brace yourselves. What we’re seeing now is nothing compared to what’s coming.

David Falken

What is this deeper game — in your assessment?

Mathias Gottwald

It’s about a global financial reset. In my personal conviction, Trump is deliberately weakening the dollar and intentionally driving the Western economy into the wall — and at the same time he has declared himself the crypto nation of this world. On one side he lets the whole thing go down the drain, on the other he builds a golden bridge. That’s not coincidence. That’s choreography. And Trump is just one protagonist among very, very many. What people don’t understand: every one of these protagonists standing in the window are puppets. Nobody gets into the live show without being controlled by someone. It has always been that way. I hope that will change in the future.

David Falken

Is this the greatest wealth transfer in the history of humanity — from the old financial world to the new?

Mathias Gottwald

Every great revolution — steam engine, electricity, internet — has caused a massive wealth transfer. Those who were initially considered critics were often the ones who profited the most afterward. The system-conformists have historically said goodbye. Am I looking forward to a new financial world? One hundred percent. A fully digital one? Absolutely not. What I wish for is a fifty-fifty constellation: haptic and digital. That would be the golden age of rebalance.

David Falken

What do you recommend for personal positioning in this reset?

Mathias Gottwald

Diversification. A bit of crypto, a bit of stocks, a bit of precious metals, a bit of land, a bit of cash. The magic five. If I don’t have play money and can’t afford losses, I need to be so diversified that I definitely don’t lose — even if a lot breaks down. And in which currencies? Dollar and euro wouldn’t be my personal recommendation right now. But that’s just my subjective opinion.

David Falken

Power is shifting from West to East. Georgia sits at this intersection. What makes this country so special?

Mathias Gottwald

Georgia is a country that wants to become the Switzerland of the Eurasian continent — neutral, free, independent. I’ve met ministers who told me point-blank: we don’t want conflict with anyone. People who experienced war not so long ago know what that means. That’s the problem in the West: it’s simply been too long. And whoever today loudly advocates for war from leadership positions only shows how far they’ve strayed from basic human reason.

David Falken

Do you have a personal red line?

Mathias Gottwald

It was crossed long ago. I believe it was already crossed when I was born. Because in our world it’s normal that on one side people own hundreds of billions and on the other side children die every second. Withdraw from the system? That would mean I’ve given up. And as long as I am the needle in the system — the small, penetrating point — I have hope that change is still possible.

David Falken

What is your vision for a new world order — not the one of the powerful, but yours?

Mathias Gottwald

Love. Love. And love again. And for that, I build networks and systems within my means. Some are smaller, some larger. Some are visible, some you don’t even notice — but they’re there. I believe that if we live the right values, we have every opportunity to experience a golden future. If we don’t, a digital dictatorship will be the result. Digitalization is pure gold for every person. Only too much gold in one hand gives too much power over too many people.

David Falken

Is democracy still real — or a well-staged show?

Mathias Gottwald

There’s a quote that sums it all up: if democracy really worked, it would have been abolished long ago. We have never lived in a real democracy. Never. If there was ever a time that came close to democracy, it was always after the greatest dramas. And then the world starts over again. The danger of digitalization is that those who have control over the technology and program their values into it thereby gain power over everything.

David Falken

What would be a system that truly works for people, in your view?

Mathias Gottwald

A balance of everything and everyone. This world cannot function without Mother Nature. Mother Nature cannot live in harmony without animals. We cannot exist without both. And technology cannot exist if there is no nature, no animals, no people. That is precisely the tipping point. Is there a universal recipe? I don’t think so. Because everything changes every day. We must adapt daily, resonate with the frequency. As long as we do that, we stay connected.

David Falken

China, Russia, the West — who is the most honest actor?

Mathias Gottwald

I see it differently than most. Russia, China, and the West are doing exactly the same thing. They all have a digital currency — the digital euro, the digital yuan, all are ready. They all have surveillance technologies. They all export weapons. The only difference is the packaging. And I say this clearly: the reason Africa is still the way it is lies in the colonial exploitation by the West, which continues to this day. The West talks about values — and means: whoever is for us wins. Whoever is against us gets eliminated.

David Falken

Is this the real fracture — not East vs. West, but Old vs. New?

Mathias Gottwald

Exactly. Old vs. New. And yes, I’m for it. The East speaks for Latin America, for Africa, for all those countries. The Global South is predominantly on the other side — and for good reason. By 2030, the West will no longer be number one. Maybe number two, maybe three. And honestly, I think that’s right. Not because I hate the West — I’m a child of this society and grateful for my opportunities. But I’m ashamed of where those opportunities come from.

David Falken

You say every visionary who became dangerous to the system was eliminated. How do you protect yourself?

Mathias Gottwald

You can’t protect yourself. And honestly, I don’t even want to. I don’t care. I was never born, I will never die — because I always am. I came with nothing, I leave with nothing. The only thing I take with me are the experiences I’ve gathered here. And who would I be not to fill those with what I stand for?

David Falken

What’s coming in the next 3 years — in your assessment?

Mathias Gottwald

If this continues as it is now: a form of darkness I can barely describe in words. Not darkness in the sense of a bad week. But darkness in the sense of: I fought for my life again today and made it through one day. What happens during a blackout of 12, 24, 48, 72 hours? What does 14 days without electricity or internet set us back to? These aren’t fantasy scenarios — these are mathematically calculable risks. And in my personal assessment, we are experiencing a politically constructed energy crisis: at 160 dollar oil prices we had 1.30 euros at the gas station. Today we’re at 100 dollars and paying over 2 euros. Whoever doesn’t question that, I wish them a smooth ride down.

David Falken

What do you recommend for concrete preparation?

Mathias Gottwald

Common sense. My grandparents were children of the Second World War. They knew what it means when you have nothing to eat for 14 days. They were shot at because they tried to steal potatoes from the field. The only thing I wholeheartedly recommend to everyone: connect with people who think and act like you. That is the most precious asset. That is the only thing that helps when nothing else remains. Not the piece of butter. Not the toilet paper. The person standing to your left or right or in front of or behind you.

David Falken

Is PLHH your safety net for the collapse?

Mathias Gottwald

Yes. Otherwise there would be no reason for me to do this. I haven’t been doing this for just two years — we’ve been proactively working on it since 2018, 2019. And when people understand it and get on board, it’s not a safety net. It’s a new structure. Its own world. That is freedom and independence. Lived reality in harmony with everything that is.

David Falken

The BRICS nations are building a parallel financial system. Is this the end of the petrodollar?

Mathias Gottwald

Yes. Period. What does that mean for the West? That we will become the East we laughed at for decades. No longer number one. The only reason the West lives in prosperity is its colonial way of thinking and acting, which it never stopped practicing. By 2030, this model will no longer exist as we know it. And we in the West will be the ones who suffer the most — because we’ve lived at a standard that for most people on this planet is a dream.

David Falken

What do you recommend to every person today — concretely, immediately?

Mathias Gottwald

Clean up your inner temple.

David Falken

You speak of darkness and at the same time you believe in the good. How do you hold both simultaneously?

Mathias Gottwald

Because I’ve come from the shadows. I’ve experienced all the highs and all the lows in my life. I’ve dealt with people who do the most abhorrent things imaginable. And many of them wear suits. You will never see light if you haven’t come from the shadows. And that’s me. Because I know how dark, how dirty, how deeply corrupted our society really is — and we’re not just talking about the big stage, but the village, the district, the state, everywhere — precisely because of that I also know what I’m doing. And in that regard, I’m a total positive optimist.

David Falken

Do you believe the good will win?

Mathias Gottwald

Yes. The people who walk the path of pain because they don’t conform to society’s narrative. Those who choose the path of resistance. Those who choose the path of discomfort. Those who question the masses. They will be the ones who shine in the end. And then I hope that precisely these people carry love and forgiveness within them — and extend their hand to everyone as if nothing had ever happened. Because only the now counts. From the past we have learned. In the now we act. With that we shape the future.

David Falken

Your final message — to the powerful, to the sleepers, and to the needles in the system?

Mathias Gottwald

To those who are like me: thank you, from the bottom of my heart. For what you do. I know how difficult, how hard, how painful, how uncomfortable it is to want to do the right thing. Chapeau. You are the reason there will be a future. And to everyone else — to all who shape, control, and keep this system running: as long as I implement things, as long as I can plant my seeds in others, they will face resistance. Because every seed becomes a new resister. And there will be more and more. And thus the positive force also grows.

David Falken

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