The Empire’s New ClothesThe old colonialists would be proud. Once upon a time, imperialism required grand spectacles—gunboats, coups, and puppet dictators giving teary-eyed speeches about “democracy.” Today, it’s much simpler. A few well-placed investment firms, a government that works as their muscle, and a compliant media that sells it as “national security.” No troops, no... Continue Reading →

There’s a certain thrill in watching an empire stumble. The mighty United States, which spent the last seventy-five years dictating the terms of global trade, war, and governance, is finally losing its grip. The arrogance of unipolarity—the belief that Washington could bomb and sanction its way to eternal dominance—is unraveling.The headlines write themselves: China refuses... Continue Reading →

The Trump regime, never one to miss an opportunity to gut the social fabric, has taken its first step in what can only be described as a full-scale economic assault on the U.S. working class. By a razor-thin 217-215 vote, the House of Representatives passed a budget plan that paves the way for devastating cuts... Continue Reading →

There’s a cruel poetry to it. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, once paraded through the halls of power as the poster boy of Western democracy, now cuts the figure of a man abandoned mid-sentence. His latest visit to the White House wasn’t just a diplomatic formality gone sour — it was a public humiliation.Gone was the warm embrace... Continue Reading →

Talk of “government waste” has become a ritual chant from billionaires and their media mouthpieces. From Donald Trump’s guttural growl to Elon Musk’s snide tweets, we are told that the state is a bloated carcass sucking the lifeblood from society. The solution? Slash social spending, deregulate, and let the benevolent market work its magic. This... Continue Reading →

When we talk about Google, we’re not talking about a plucky start-up that “changed the world” with a better search engine. We’re talking about an arm of the U.S. empire—a tool of surveillance, war, and repression wrapped in the language of innovation.The story we’ve been sold—two nerdy Stanford grads, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, tinkering... Continue Reading →

I. The Technofascist Moment: Repression in Real TimeWhen Israel launched its brutal assault on Gaza in 2024, the bombs didn’t just fall from the sky—they were accompanied by a digital crackdown that stretched across continents. In the United States, students protesting the slaughter were arrested, suspended, and expelled. Organizers had their bank accounts frozen, their... Continue Reading →

Donald Trump is getting ready to meet Vladimir Putin in Saudi Arabia. The press will call it a “historic peace summit” aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. But we should know better by now. Every time the U.S. talks about peace, it means war by other means.This meeting isn’t about Ukraine. It’s about China.Trump,... Continue Reading →

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a story he’d like you to believe. It’s a familiar one—scrappy outsider, truth-teller, champion of the people taking on corrupt institutions. The kind of tale America’s ruling class loves to tell about itself.But peel back the carefully curated image, and what you find isn’t some rogue hero fighting for the... Continue Reading →

This article is part of Technofascism, Inc., an ongoing investigation into the corporate warlords, oil magnates, and tech monopolists who have seized control of Trump’s second-term cabinet. These loyal servants of capital are forging a new system where state power and corporate greed merge seamlessly—a regime built to defend wealth at home and sustain U.S.... Continue Reading →