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Salvator Clemente's avatar

Thank you, professor, for clarifying the economic/political situation of the U.S. and its global servants. Between wars and climate disasters, it almost seems like karma.

Unfortunately for The People, the wealthy can build their secure hideaways with the profits from their war machine dividends while the war-displaced huddle at unwelcoming borders.

Nowhere is the division of wealth more evident than here in New York City. Nowhere the pain of oppression more apparent than Gaza. Yet still no Revolution. But of course, without real leadership, nothing will change for the better.

Biden alone admires his profile, while Trump screams in the wings for his chance at vengeance.

Hold your hat, bro, here we go. Empire in decline…

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Edward Dodson's avatar

What is so troubling is that those who rise to roles of leadership in almost every society continue to pursue the age-old imperialist strategies of territorial expansion and resource monopoly. These have always led to war, massive killing and destruction. We do need measures to allow for an equitable distribution of income and wealth. One has to wonder whether an even more fundamental problem is how the planet has been carved up into sovereign-claiming nation-states.

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