Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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As American hegemony transforms into something that will be determined by “the forces of historical contingency,” how can regular people fight back against the increasingly violent Empire?

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(0:00) Intro
(3:28) Gaza is the capstone of GWOT
(10:10) Israel’s success
(14:53) Israel’s permanent war state
(18:35) What will U.S. decline look like?
(27:10) Exploiting false narratives
(31:53) Italian dockworkers
(34:28) The collapse of the Left
(36:41) Gaza breaking relationship with Democrats
(38:56) Outro