Robert Stark talks to Matt Forney about the Caucasus region, including the ongoing war between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as trends for the 2020s. 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. Topics include Matt’s personal connection to the region, the areas affordable but high standard of living, its role as a hub for digital nomads, the anti-corruption Rose Revolution in Georgia, the historic background of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, how technology and the pandemic are leading to greater social atomization, why Matt has reservations about the UBI, the corporate gentrification of the internet, the gender differences of the 2008 and 2020 recessions, and Matt’s prediction that Trump will win re-election.
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