Our Balkanized, Imperial Present—and Future
he elections of the past week surprised no one, and for good reason. The main issue driving voters, as many predicted, was inflation, brought on by the undeclared war the United States has been fighting with Iran for the past year and a half. That the deciding factor in midterm elections was an unpopular war fought on behalf of a reckless, foreign client-state, is symptomatic of the United States in 2026. For years now, our domestic political scene has been dominated by combatants in areas of the globe where the United States seeks to exercise hegemony. The conflicts between Israelis and…
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