Top 5 Marxoid CIA talk show guest, she's right, no this war is not caused by Netanyahuism or whatever the fuck Bernie Sanders and Tucker Carlson tell you, people are going to blame Israel for the invasion of Vietnam at this rate. Worship of US military capabilities is widespread on the US left, while simultaneously imagining some kind of libertarian gun movement fused with the DSA will make up for a lack of militancy in preparation for the collapse. Look abroad to look within, it's where the stuff comes from now

https://radicaldesai.substack.com/p/the-end-of-the-capitalist-west

Dear Friends,

Apologies for a rather short post. Have had a rather long day but had to put this out. Pascal Lottaz invited me on to his excellent channel and presented me with his usual very thoughtful questions, all aimed at understanding the current war on Iran in its longer historical context.

Please watch the full video here and see Pascal’s useful description below.

The illegal attack on Iran—as many illegal wars before—is not a bug but a system feature. One, however, that is doomed to self-destruct its host. It is the inevitable outcome of the rent-seeking and society corrupting logic of the capitalist system the West is built around. The expansionary and often genocidal logic embedded in the core of the US empire drives entire classes within the West toward the ruthless application of force. But in a multipolar world this approach finds its ultimate—and eventually tragic—end. Today I'm discussing the Iran war with Professor Radhika Desai (‪@RadDesai‬) from Manitoba University. One of the world's leading Political Geoconomists, Professor Desai explains the system inherent aspects of the war.

if you read this far IOU an explanation of what's wrong with Michael Hudson et al, I feel Redsails' take on his stuff is unnecessarily rushed