{"id":10586,"date":"2020-10-19T22:57:28","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T22:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=10586"},"modified":"2021-07-22T23:18:51","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T23:18:51","slug":"robert-stark-talks-to-matt-forney-about-the-caucasus-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=10586","title":{"rendered":"Robert Stark talks to Matt Forney about the Caucasus Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Caucasus-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10587 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Caucasus-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"358\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Caucasus-.jpg 510w, https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Caucasus--300x285.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Robert Stark talks to Matt Forney about the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Caucasus\">Caucasus region <\/a> and trends for the 2020s. Matt Forney is an author, journalist and founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/terrorhousepress.com\/\">Terror House Press<\/a>, whose mission is to publish outsider literary fiction, literary nonfiction, and cultural criticism\/analysis. You can also follow Terror House publishing on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/terrorhousemag\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/terrorhousemag\/\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Topics:<\/p>\n<p>Matt&#8217;s travels to the Caucasus region, living in Georgia for two years, and visiting Armenia<br \/>\nGeorgia as an underrated gem, with an affordable but high standard of living, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/articles\/georgia-digital-visa\">hub for digital nomads <\/a><br \/>\nGeographic locations and mountainous natural beauty<br \/>\nArchitecture and urban layout of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tbilisi\">Tbilisi, Georgia<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yerevan\">Yerevan, Armenia<\/a><br \/>\nThe anti-corruption <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rose_Revolution\">Rose Revolution<\/a> in Georgia<br \/>\nThe region&#8217;s culture, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Xenia\">Xenia<\/a> hospitality culture, crossroad of Europe and the Middle East, and creeping westernization<br \/>\nThe region&#8217;s cuisine, which is somewhat bland, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unz.com\/akarlin\/10-ways-russia-better-than-usa\/\">but Georgian was the most exotic in Soviet Russia<\/a><br \/>\nMatt&#8217;s travels to Albania and misconceptions about that nation<br \/>\nThe historic background leading up to the ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020_Nagorno-Karabakh_conflict\">Nagorno-Karabakh conflict<\/a><br \/>\nThe conflict&#8217;s geo-political alliances and implications<br \/>\nObservations of social trends of the past two decades and speculation about the near future<br \/>\nHow technology and social developments are leading to greater social atomization<br \/>\nThe pandemic&#8217;s destruction of small businesses, gig economy, and overall end of normal employment<br \/>\nWhy Matt has reservations about the UBI (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6hXMHppozWI\">Martin Goldberg: What Happens If You Get DELETED?<\/a>)<br \/>\nThe corporate gentrification of the internet<br \/>\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/m\/mancession.asp\">Mancession of the 2008 crash<\/a>\u00a0vs. the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wef\/status\/1312195840493064193\">current Shecession<\/a>, and implications on gender relations<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unz.com\/isteve\/jpmorgan-puts-30b-toward-fixing-bankings-systemic-racism\/\">JPMorgan Chase extending billions in loans to minority homebuyers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/spectator.us\/yelp-anti-racist-behavior-social-credit\/\">Yelp\u2019s anti-racist social credit nightmare<\/a>, and overall unsustainability of woke neoliberalism<br \/>\nMatt&#8217;s prediction that Trump will win re-election and populism will align more with the GOP<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/terrorhousepress.com\/coming-soon\/\">Terror House Press&#8217; upcoming books<\/a>, including Matt Pegan&#8217;s Dragon Day<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10586-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Matt-Forney-Caucasus.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Matt-Forney-Caucasus.mp3\">https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Matt-Forney-Caucasus.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Matt-Forney-Caucasus.mp3\">Click Here<\/a>\u00a0to download!<\/p>\n<p>Checkout Robert Stark\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Artrstark\/\">Facebook page<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Starktruthradio\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/robertstarkart77\/\">Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0 <a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC0alUlSiilKhbtvty3Rjn3g\">Stark Truth TV<\/a>, and novel <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/robert-stark\/the-journey-to-vapor-island\/paperback\/product-23394618.html\">Journey to Vapor Island<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"75RF3EG8CMWVE\" \/><br \/>\n<input title=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" alt=\"Donate\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Robert Stark talks to Matt Forney about the Caucasus region and trends for the 2020s. Matt Forney is an author, journalist and founder of Terror House Press, whose mission is to publish outsider literary fiction, literary nonfiction, and cultural criticism\/analysis. 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