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 is 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 head?

Mathias Gottwald

First of all: grief. Because I have friends who are affected by this. People who know people who live there. Who have to die — like in the First, like in the Second World War — just because some two idiots can't agree on a signature. And then comes clarity: None of this happens by chance. This is a big, orchestrated game. What is conveyed in the state media has little to do with reality. It's about something that is so much deeper. And to everyone reading this: Bundle up warm. 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 consciously driving the western economy against the wall — and at the same time he has declared himself the crypto nation of this world. On one hand he lets all that shit run down the drain, on the other he builds a golden bridge. That's not coincidence. That's choreography. And Trump is just one protagonist of many, many. What people don't understand: Every one of these protagonists standing in that window are marionettes. No one gets on the live show without being controlled by someone. It's always been that way. I hope that will be different in the future.

David Falken

Is this the biggest wealth transfer in human history — from the old financial world to the new?

Mathias Gottwald

Every major revolution — steam engine, electricity, internet — has caused a massive wealth transfer. Those who were initially considered critics were often afterwards the ones who profited maximally from it. The system-conformists have historically said goodbye. Am I looking forward to a new financial world? One hundred percent. To 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 real estate, a bit of cash. The magical five. If I don't have play money and can't afford losses, I have to be positioned 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 lies at this interface. 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 clearly: We don't want a fight 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 ago. And whoever is loudly pro-war in leadership positions today only shows how far they have moved away from basic human reason.

David Falken

Do you have a personal red line?

Mathias Gottwald

It's been crossed long ago. I believe it was already crossed when I was born. Because it's normal in our world that in one world people possess 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 there's still change.

David Falken

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

Mathias Gottwald

Love. Love. And again love. And for that I build networks and systems within my possibilities. Some are smaller, some bigger. Some you see, some you don't even notice — but they're there. I believe that if we live the right values, we have every possibility to experience a golden future. If we don't do that, a digital dictatorship will be the result. Digitization is pure gold for every human being. 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 summarizes everything: 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 a democracy, it was always after the greatest dramas. And then the world starts over again. The danger of digitization is that those who have control over the technology and program their values into it thereby get power over everything.

David Falken

What would be a system for you that really works for people?

Mathias Gottwald

A balance of everything and everyone. This world cannot function without Mother Nature. Mother Nature cannot live in harmony without the animals. We cannot exist without both. And technology cannot exist if there is no nature, no animals, no humans. That's exactly the tipping point. Is there a universal recipe? I don't think so. Because everything changes every day. We have to 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 do exactly the same thing. All have a digital currency — the digital Euro, the digital Yuan, all are finished. All have surveillance technologies. All export weapons. The difference is only the packaging. And I say clearly: The reason why Africa is still as it is lies in the colonial exploitation of 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 that the actual break — not East against West, but Old against New?

Mathias Gottwald

Exactly. Old against New. And yes, I'm for it. The East speaks for Latin America, for Africa, for all these countries. The global South stands majoritarily on the other side — and for good reason. By 2030 the West will no longer be number 1. Maybe number 2, maybe 3. And honestly I think that's right. Not because I hate the West — I am a child of this society and grateful for my opportunities. But I'm ashamed of where these 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 want to either. 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 experiential values I've collected here. And who would I be not to fill these 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 currently does: A form of darkness that I can barely describe with 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 sets us back 14 days without electricity or internet? These aren't fantasy scenarios — these are mathematically calculable risks. And in my assessment we're experiencing a politically constructed energy crisis: At 160 dollar oil price we had 1.30 euros at the gas station. Today we're at 100 dollars and pay over 2 euros. Whoever doesn't question that, I wish them a good slide.

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 recommend to everyone from the bottom of my heart: Connect with people who think and act like you. That's the most precious commodity. That's the only thing that helps you when nothing else is available. Not the piece of butter. Not the toilet paper. The person who stands to your left or right or in front or behind you.

David Falken

Is PLHH your safety net for the collapse?

Mathias Gottwald

Yes. Otherwise it wouldn't make sense why I do this. I haven't been doing this for just two years — we've been working proactively on this since 2018, 2019. And if people understand it and get involved, then it's not a safety net. That's a new structure. A world of its own. That's freedom and independence. Lived reality in harmony with everything that is.

David Falken

The BRICS states 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 become the East that we've been smiling at for decades. No longer number 1. The only reason why the West lives in prosperity is its colonial thinking and acting, which it never stopped practicing. By 2030 this model will no longer exist in this way. And we in the West will be those who suffer most from it — because we've lived in a standard that is a dream for most people of this world.

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 believe in the good. How do you hold both simultaneously?

Mathias Gottwald

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

David Falken

Do you believe the good will win?

Mathias Gottwald

Yes. The people who take 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 inconvenience. Those who question the masses. Those will be the ones who shine in the end. And then I hope that exactly these people carry love and forgiveness within themselves — 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: Many, many heartfelt thanks. For what you do. I know how difficult, how hard, how painful, how inconvenient it is to want to do the right thing. Chapeau. You are the reason why there will be a future. And for everyone else — for everyone who shapes, controls and keeps this system running: As long as I implement things, as long as I can continue to plant my seed in others, they will have to fight with resistance. Because every seed becomes a new resister. And there are always more. And thus the positive force also grows.

David Falken

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