The ultimate platitude that describes capitalism.

Capitalism is the democracy of delusion for the powerful, and the illusion of democracy for everyone else.

How's that for a platitude?

Had some issues with the blog template.

You may have noticed some black and white backgrounds, along with some black and white texts, all being messed up.

Anyways, I reverted back to an older and simpler format. We'll see if that works.

Can people finally concede that Israel is the ultimate settler/colonial expression of American Exceptionalism?

https://mondoweiss.net/2026/02/the-new-era-of-israeli-expansionism-and-the-war-economy-that-fuels-it/

... the war economy provides growth, foreign currency earnings, and political insulation. This creates a structural incentive for permanent mobilization: war sustains demand, shields the government from accountability, and reinforces a worldview in which force is treated as the primary currency of international relations. 

In this configuration, military aggression and territorial expansionism are the mechanisms through which the Israeli economy now seeks to reproduce itself. As a result, Israel’s governing coalition rests on permanent securitization. The war economy has become the organizing principle of political survival and regime insurance.