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TRUMP AND THE NEW WORLD AXIS
And Just Like That, the Price of Eggs Rose and Democracy Fell
The United States is steps away from following a worldwide pattern as a new world axis emerges.
This is a repost of something I wrote on Substack in December after the election. I decided to repost it here because of today's (Feb 28, 2025) fiasco in the White House between Trump, Vance, and Ukrainian president Zelensky. As too often happens with stuff I write, it’s coming true.
Some minor details may already be slightly outdated, but the the overall point remains: The U.S. is ripe for joining a new axis of world authoritarian powers.
There are lots of footnotes. If you prefer reading footnotes in context, you’re best served reading the original post here.
And Just Like That, the Price of Eggs Rose and Democracy Fell
To state what may be obvious to some of you, we are in the twilight of democracy. But it didn’t start with the price of eggs. It’s been a long oligarchical process that, believe it or not, is not only about the United States. The United States isn’t even at the forefront of it all.
