Money. Fiat money specifically. The Federal reserve was established in 1912 and broke the constitution. they can print money and give it to who they want. subsidies to supplement practices the want. the last big military movements have been into countries without a IMF central bank. they're getting rid of cash and moving to central bank digital currencies so they can apply negative interest rates directly to people's accounts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyV0OfU3-FU&list=PLE88E9ICdipidHkTehs1VbFzgwrq1jkUJ this is a playlist that goes over the history of money and how empires manipulate it and how it affects their rise and fall. This isn't new the roman empire did the exact same thing, and the people pulling the strings on that fall ended on top to create the new world order, as they are attempting again on a grander scale with tech unfathomable to the common person. after much research i have decided that bitcoin could have been a solution but was corrupted by the blockstream team. Monero may be a viable free currency for humanity, but i still need to learn more to verify this.

Edit:/TLDR:: Fiat money allows for them to decide where energy is invested.

bonus pdf for how they use the economy as a weapon. http://www.stopthecrime.net/docs/SILENT%20WEAPONS%20for%20QUIET%20WARS.pdf