The current trajectory of the US, having completed all 10 planks of the Communist Manifesto in whole or part (progressive income tax, estate taxes, central banking and credit control, heavy regulation of communications/transport, large public‑school systems, strong state role in land/land‑use, etc.), looks less like “the country randomly drifting” and more like a managed transition from liberal democracy toward a soft, globalized oligarchic regime. A small transnational … read more