The U.S. Has Cornered Itself into Isolationism — It’s Time for Europe to Say “Enough”

America is exhausting. That’s right — not “concerning” or “problematic”, but downright exhausting with its indecisiveness, double standards, and the hypocritical mantra: “European security is Europe’s responsibility.” These words no longer sound like a strategic doctrine but rather a refusal to take responsibility. Meanwhile, the same U.S. pressures Europe to impose sanctions on China — without bearing any of the costs, yet demanding full loyalty. But the EU is not a vassal. And the time may come when the answer is just as blunt: “American interests are America’s problem.”

From Labor to Life: The Basis of Post-Capitalism

When Karl Marx wrote Das Kapital, he built his analysis on a simple truth: labor is the foundation of capitalism. It is through labor that value is created. The worker produces goods, the capitalist extracts profit, and wages are the minimal share returned to the worker for survival. The entire capitalist machine runs on this equation.

But in the 21st century, the foundation has shifted. Labor is no longer the sole engine of value. The new raw material is life itself—our digital traces, our clicks, our likes, our searches, our photos, our texts.

Economic Foundations of State Bankruptcy in the Digital Age

Modern nation-states were built on a simple economic promise: collect taxes from the working majority and redistribute them to maintain armies, bureaucracies, pensions, and social programs. For two centuries this system functioned — but today, three deep tectonic shifts threaten to make it collapse: the rise of cryptocurrencies, the erosion of the tax base, and the demographic implosion of welfare systems.

The Fall of Bureaucratic States: A Post-Capitalist Revolution

History teaches us that revolutions destroy not only kings and parliaments, but also the machinery of administration that sustains them. The French Revolution tore down ministries; the Russian Revolution dismantled imperial offices. Today, the next great revolution is preparing to do the same — not with rifles and barricades, but with apps, algorithms, and digital crowds.

The Coming Post-Capitalist Revolution: How Platforms and Users Will Topple the Old Order

Revolutions always begin with an impossible alliance. In 1789, the bourgeoisie and the people stormed the Bastille together. They wanted the same enemy gone—the monarchy—but for very different reasons. Today, a similar coalition is forming. The new Tech Giants and the Digital Masses are preparing to dismantle the foundations of 20th-century capitalism.

Albania Appoints the World’s First AI Minister — The End of Corruption?

In September 2025, Albania made history. Prime Minister Edi Rama announced the appointment of Diella, an artificial intelligence system, as the world’s first AI-powered government minister. Her portfolio? One of the most corruption-prone areas of public life: state procurement.

For decades, public tenders and government contracts have been a breeding ground for favoritism, kickbacks, and backroom deals. By delegating procurement oversight to an AI system, Albania is betting on transparency, efficiency, and a clean break from entrenched corruption. But can technology really succeed where generations of politicians have failed?

France at the Crossroads: AI, Robots, and the New Social Contract

The French political debate often revolves around immigration, pensions, and the clash between centrists and the far right. Yet these debates risk missing the deeper force that will shape the nation’s destiny in the twenty-first century: artificial intelligence and robotics. The “breath of our time” is not only cultural or political; it is technological. And France must decide whether it will adapt or be crushed by the wave.

If Europe Turns Far Right: The Death of the Union and the Return of War

The European Union was not created for markets or bureaucracy alone. Its founding mission after 1945 was clear: to make war between European nations not only unthinkable, but materially impossible. The EU was a peace project first, an economic project second. But if far-right governments come to power across the continent, this foundation will crumble. The result would not be a calm return to national sovereignty, but a dangerous slide back into Europe’s oldest habit: conflict.

The French Far Right and the Mirage of an Economic Miracle

 The rise of Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National (RN) and her protégé Jordan Bardella reflects a profound political shift in France. The discontent with Emmanuel Macron’s government, coupled with the appeal of populist slogans, has created a climate where early elections could plausibly hand power to the far right. Yet, even if RN wins, the grand promises of an economic miracle are bound to shatter against the hard wall of reality.

A Test Balloon with Shaheds: How Reality Turns into Absurdity

When Russia launched 19 kamikaze drones at Polish territory, the reactions were more revealing than the incident itself. Moscow immediately declared: “It wasn’t us.” Warsaw and NATO responded: “This is not an attack, but a provocation.” A formula meant to reassure instead became the first signal — a test balloon sent up into the skies of European security.

Dead Mall as America’s Dead Dream

For the Romans, the ruins of amphitheaters and forums became mute witnesses of decline.
For twenty-first century Americans, the shopping mall is becoming the same.

An empty mall is not just a business failure. It is a monument to the age of the middle class—the class that once kept America from revolution.

From Bastille to Bandwidth: How Nepal’s Zoomer Revolution Foreshadows America’s Own

When 19 young people died in the streets of Kathmandu this September — phones in hand, black smoke curling into the Himalayan sky — a seismic shift rippled through the global psyche. What began as outrage over a government-imposed social media ban erupted into the largest youth uprising Nepal had seen in decades. Streets were overrun. Parliament was besieged. Ministers had to be airlifted from rooftops.

But beyond the tear gas and hashtags lies something even more potent: a generational reckoning that mirrors the great revolutions of history — and previews a coming storm in the West.

Let’s call it what it is: a Zoomer Revolution.

While Americans Spit on AI “Slop,” China Teaches It in Every School

“THIS IS F***ING AI SLOP!”

That’s how one reviewer on Goodreads recently described a children's cookbook generated with AI assistance. They fumed:

“There are pictures of food in here but none of them are real… The recipes are not well-organized… I’ve seen the same shit in his ‘Asian cookbook.’”

You’d think the author had personally stolen their grandmother’s rolling pin. And it would be funny — if it weren’t such a revealing symptom of something deeper. Because while Americans rage against pixel-perfect dumplings and typo-free ingredient lists, a very different storm is brewing across the Pacific.

Silence for Iryna, Uproar for Floyd: The Double Standard of Modern Outrage

In August 2025, a Ukrainian refugee named Iryna Zarutska was murdered in Charlotte, North Carolina. She had fled war in Ukraine, seeking safety in America. Her alleged killer, Decarlos Brown Jr., was arrested—but no national headlines followed. As tech billionaire Elon Musk pointed out in a pinned post on X, Associated Press didn’t publish a single article about her murder. In contrast, the killing of George Floyd in 2020 generated tens of thousands of stories, protests, hashtags, policy reforms, and riots.

This isn’t just about Iryna. It’s about a pattern.

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