"America First" rolls off the tongue like apple pie and baseball. It sounds wholesome, protective, prioritizing. But if you're keeping score at home, the results don't match the marketing.
When angry crowds dragged Marie Antoinette out of Versailles in 1789, it wasn't because the monarchy suddenly stopped working. It was because people finally understood who the monarchy was actually working for, and it wasn't them.
Back then it was castles. Today, the moat isn't limited to natural resources or a strong military—it's data, algorithms, and trillion-dollar platforms. The moat around the castle isn't there to protect America from threats. It's there to protect the power that keeps the money flowing upward, and the people under control.
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