Donald Trump is withdrawing the US from UN bodies, tearing up climate change treaties, and attacking multilateral orgs -- just like the presidents before him. Imperialism is bipartisan in Washington.
They are bi-polar and bi-partisan for they are ruling parties for transnational capitalism.
Imperialism is the underbelly of capitalism.
“Bourgeois democracy, although a great historical advance in comparison with medievalism, always remains, and under capitalism is bound to remain, restricted, truncated, false and hypocritical, a paradise for the rich and a snare and deception for the exploited, for the poor.”
Empires never care about anything but power. Anything getting in their way will be crushed, and constraining laws will be ignored. The American Empire is like any other: completely psychopathic. Anyone who becomes president will be sure act in a befittingly psychopathic manner or they will be eliminated forthwith by the CIA.
US foreign policy has always been fucked. Examples go back to the Monroe Doctrine (the 5th US President) era.
Cordell Hull, the US Secretary of State under FDR who developed the UN to prevent wars would be sorrily grieved at what the US foreign policy has become, though maybe not being an attorney, former judge and politician the longest serving secretary of state of all time.
The UN is toothless. I think it should be shut down. It is also MIA. Talk is cheap. It needs to grow some balls and follow its mandate.The Security Council can be over ridden if a substantial number of members in the General Assembly vote so. Stand up for the people of the world! Otherwise it is criminally negligent.There's not a snowballs chance in hell that WW3 can be stopped anyway.
The point of this article is: "Trump himself is not the sole problem; he is a symptom of the deep structural rot." I. e. deep structural rot in the US system.
Do you find it normal that lobbying and bribes in Congress and Senate are legalized? To name one of the most shocking facts.
UN could function just fine if there was no bribing and threatening by US, UK and other Western countries. Security Council would also do great, if the US didn't obstruct the decisions with its veto all the time!
My point: Why are you calling for shuting down UN? Do something about your country's system which is obviously one of the biggest problems on the planet! (If you are from Britain, this also applies to UK deep structures, eg. House of Lords clandestine implementing orders from London City, "security" structures secretly medling in foreign affairs all the time, etc.)
"Imperialism is bipartisan in Washington.". Exactly, as is genocidal Zionism. No wage slave in the west should lend an ounce of support to either party ever again.
From Serfs to Debtors: Are We Living a Modern Feudalism?
In medieval Europe, feudalism was a system where peasants worked the land for lords in exchange for protection. They had no real freedom, no ownership, and no path to upward mobility. Fast forward to today, and while the castles are gone, the power dynamics remain eerily familiar—especially in the United States.
Under modern capitalism, particularly in the U.S., the working class is caught in a cycle of wage dependency, crushing debt, and systemic inequality. Millions work full-time yet can’t afford basic needs like healthcare, housing, or education. Sound familiar?
🔹 Healthcare: In feudal times, illness meant death unless you were noble. Today, it means bankruptcy unless you’re insured—and even then, you're not safe, the astronomic costs of healthcare in the USA is cause of bankruptcy for many. The U.S. remains the only wealthy nation without universal healthcare.
🔹 Education: In the Middle Ages, education was for the elite.
Now, it’s technically available to all—but college tuition is so inflated that it traps students in decades of debt: the crushing weight of student debt in America isn't just financial—it's systemic. With tuition costs soaring and interest rates engineered for profit, millions of students are forced into borrowing at levels that resemble economic servitude. Monthly payments often feel less like repayment and more like ransom, as compounding interest traps borrowers in a cycle that delays homeownership, family planning, and financial independence. It's not education—it's exploitation, limiting their freedom and future.
🔹 Housing: Serfs lived on land they didn’t own. Today, rising rents and stagnant wages are pushing working families into homelessness, while real estate becomes a playground for the wealthy.
🔹 Labor: Then, you worked the land. Now, you work the clock. But the outcome is the same: wealth flows upward, while the majority struggle to survive.
This isn’t just an economic issue—it’s a political choice. A bipartisan government that can send billions abroad without hesitation refuses to guarantee its own citizens the right to live with dignity.
The result? A society where the working class is overworked, undereducated, and increasingly disposable and getting very sick due to the overprocessed food poisoning that we eat.
We don’t need to return to the past to see feudalism. We just need to look around.
There isn't yet a resistance party as there was during the anti-slavery period, but it will form. Next time around I hope we punish the perpetrators and do not let their memory forever live so fondly in the hearts and minds of ruthless people.
Ben, I think it is time to forget the Political Personalities and Parties in the Western World, because they all sold their souls to the same organization that purchased the media, penetrated academia and absorbed the various governments. With Geopolitics and Geoeconomics the need is to focus on the larger world issues. One example is the connection between the ongoing military actions, their financing and the goals of the parties. Another is the development of the alliances being formed that will be affected by these Geo actions and possible outcomes. IMO, We need a voice that can clarify the probabilities of economies and security arrangements.
From what I can see, Ben is focusing on US audience, and he is doing the right thing - if US citizens are not able to understand that Dem vs Rep is a psyop, how are they supposed to understand connections between military actions? And why are we supposed to focus on military actions if so many clandestine operations are going on (color revolutions, terrorist acts, etc.)?
Let Ben do his excellent work, and follow other channels with the topics you are interested in - to name a few:
Ben! Please explain why the US is going through this death wish rampage. Is it a childish tantrum because it can't have its way..... acts of pure lunacy? RSVP PDQ. The hodgepodge melodrama appears to have no end.
Yes, that sums it up, and the classroom Bully will try to fight the entire school to cover up the fact he is being expelled from school. Nobody needs USA anymore, nobody wants to fund their debt (extravagant consumption) and always be bullied.
They are bi-polar and bi-partisan for they are ruling parties for transnational capitalism.
Imperialism is the underbelly of capitalism.
“Bourgeois democracy, although a great historical advance in comparison with medievalism, always remains, and under capitalism is bound to remain, restricted, truncated, false and hypocritical, a paradise for the rich and a snare and deception for the exploited, for the poor.”
----- Vladimir Lenin
Empires never care about anything but power. Anything getting in their way will be crushed, and constraining laws will be ignored. The American Empire is like any other: completely psychopathic. Anyone who becomes president will be sure act in a befittingly psychopathic manner or they will be eliminated forthwith by the CIA.
US foreign policy has always been fucked. Examples go back to the Monroe Doctrine (the 5th US President) era.
Cordell Hull, the US Secretary of State under FDR who developed the UN to prevent wars would be sorrily grieved at what the US foreign policy has become, though maybe not being an attorney, former judge and politician the longest serving secretary of state of all time.
Ben Norton, thank you for reminding us of law. Are we not all guilty?
'If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character.
If there is beauty in the character, there will be harmony in the home.
If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nations.
When there is order in the nations, there will peace in the world."
Nice ideals, but I seriously doubt that it will ever happen.
Why, Zachary?
I second that question!
1) Any idea where those ideals, as you call them, came from?
2) So criminals commit despicable crimes and so called decent people sit and say o well, shit happens?
I believe you accurately describe the sorry situation here.
So here we are. When rather than self-victimize, with a little effort we could stop mass murders.
The UN is toothless. I think it should be shut down. It is also MIA. Talk is cheap. It needs to grow some balls and follow its mandate.The Security Council can be over ridden if a substantial number of members in the General Assembly vote so. Stand up for the people of the world! Otherwise it is criminally negligent.There's not a snowballs chance in hell that WW3 can be stopped anyway.
The point of this article is: "Trump himself is not the sole problem; he is a symptom of the deep structural rot." I. e. deep structural rot in the US system.
Do you find it normal that lobbying and bribes in Congress and Senate are legalized? To name one of the most shocking facts.
UN could function just fine if there was no bribing and threatening by US, UK and other Western countries. Security Council would also do great, if the US didn't obstruct the decisions with its veto all the time!
My point: Why are you calling for shuting down UN? Do something about your country's system which is obviously one of the biggest problems on the planet! (If you are from Britain, this also applies to UK deep structures, eg. House of Lords clandestine implementing orders from London City, "security" structures secretly medling in foreign affairs all the time, etc.)
"Imperialism is bipartisan in Washington.". Exactly, as is genocidal Zionism. No wage slave in the west should lend an ounce of support to either party ever again.
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From Serfs to Debtors: Are We Living a Modern Feudalism?
In medieval Europe, feudalism was a system where peasants worked the land for lords in exchange for protection. They had no real freedom, no ownership, and no path to upward mobility. Fast forward to today, and while the castles are gone, the power dynamics remain eerily familiar—especially in the United States.
Under modern capitalism, particularly in the U.S., the working class is caught in a cycle of wage dependency, crushing debt, and systemic inequality. Millions work full-time yet can’t afford basic needs like healthcare, housing, or education. Sound familiar?
🔹 Healthcare: In feudal times, illness meant death unless you were noble. Today, it means bankruptcy unless you’re insured—and even then, you're not safe, the astronomic costs of healthcare in the USA is cause of bankruptcy for many. The U.S. remains the only wealthy nation without universal healthcare.
🔹 Education: In the Middle Ages, education was for the elite.
Now, it’s technically available to all—but college tuition is so inflated that it traps students in decades of debt: the crushing weight of student debt in America isn't just financial—it's systemic. With tuition costs soaring and interest rates engineered for profit, millions of students are forced into borrowing at levels that resemble economic servitude. Monthly payments often feel less like repayment and more like ransom, as compounding interest traps borrowers in a cycle that delays homeownership, family planning, and financial independence. It's not education—it's exploitation, limiting their freedom and future.
🔹 Housing: Serfs lived on land they didn’t own. Today, rising rents and stagnant wages are pushing working families into homelessness, while real estate becomes a playground for the wealthy.
🔹 Labor: Then, you worked the land. Now, you work the clock. But the outcome is the same: wealth flows upward, while the majority struggle to survive.
This isn’t just an economic issue—it’s a political choice. A bipartisan government that can send billions abroad without hesitation refuses to guarantee its own citizens the right to live with dignity.
The result? A society where the working class is overworked, undereducated, and increasingly disposable and getting very sick due to the overprocessed food poisoning that we eat.
We don’t need to return to the past to see feudalism. We just need to look around.
There isn't yet a resistance party as there was during the anti-slavery period, but it will form. Next time around I hope we punish the perpetrators and do not let their memory forever live so fondly in the hearts and minds of ruthless people.
We in the US don't want them either.
Ben, I think it is time to forget the Political Personalities and Parties in the Western World, because they all sold their souls to the same organization that purchased the media, penetrated academia and absorbed the various governments. With Geopolitics and Geoeconomics the need is to focus on the larger world issues. One example is the connection between the ongoing military actions, their financing and the goals of the parties. Another is the development of the alliances being formed that will be affected by these Geo actions and possible outcomes. IMO, We need a voice that can clarify the probabilities of economies and security arrangements.
From what I can see, Ben is focusing on US audience, and he is doing the right thing - if US citizens are not able to understand that Dem vs Rep is a psyop, how are they supposed to understand connections between military actions? And why are we supposed to focus on military actions if so many clandestine operations are going on (color revolutions, terrorist acts, etc.)?
Let Ben do his excellent work, and follow other channels with the topics you are interested in - to name a few:
Scott Ritter: https://substack.com/@realscottritter
Brian Berletic: https://www.youtube.com/@TheNewAtlas or https://rumble.com/c/TheNewAtlas
Kevork Almassian: https://www.youtube.com/@SyrianaAnalysis or https://rumble.com/user/syrianaanalysis
Alexander McKay and Kit Klarenberg (Decline and Fall): https://substack.com/@dandf
Matthew Ehret and Gordon McCormick (Breaking History on Badlands), eg.: https://rumble.com/v6wm1z2-breaking-history-ep-107-from-napoleon-to-nato-manufactured-wars-and-monetar.html
https://substack.com/@mpcandeloro/note/p-169504876?r=zvhi
Ben! Please explain why the US is going through this death wish rampage. Is it a childish tantrum because it can't have its way..... acts of pure lunacy? RSVP PDQ. The hodgepodge melodrama appears to have no end.
Actually here is the answer, the most important video you will ever watch: https://youtu.be/5v_Udefxqyk?t=820
Yes, that sums it up, and the classroom Bully will try to fight the entire school to cover up the fact he is being expelled from school. Nobody needs USA anymore, nobody wants to fund their debt (extravagant consumption) and always be bullied.