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The Engine of Modern Conflict — Part 4: The Reckoning
From fictitious capital to fascism: how financial capital must turn to violent extraction abroad and digital repression within. The crisis of capitalism unmasked.
Introduction: The Mask Falls in Munich
On February 14th 2026, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stood before the Munich Security Conference and delivered a message that was, in his own words, “a little direct.” To the casual observer, it might have sounded like a routine call for transatlantic unity—a plea for Europe to spend more on defence, to control its borders, and to rediscover pride in “Western civilization.” Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, called it “reassuring.”
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