In a new major report, the World Bank conceded that its decades-long war on industrial policy was wrong, saying its old advice “has not aged well — it has the practical value of a floppy disk today.”
But this is not an intellectual awakening.
The World Bank's doctrine shifted because the means through which Western nations can maintain their dominance shifted — not because economists suddenly discovered new evidence.
The world’s wealthiest nations are now pursuing industrial policy so openly that it can no longer be denied to the rest of the world.
When the geopolitical winds shift, so does the ideology of institutions where wealthy nations' interests are deeply entrenched.
🚨 The Supreme Court reversed a $1B copyright verdict, holding that Internet Service Providers aren’t liable for user piracy based solely on knowledge of infringement.
🚨 WALMART’S AI PRICE SYSTEM JUST ACTIVATED — DIGITAL PRICES CAN CHANGE IN SECONDS WHILE YOU SHOP AND A CUSTOMER CAUGHT IT ON CAMERA
America’s biggest retailers are quietly replacing paper tags with digital screens.
Prices are no longer fixed.
They can change in seconds.
• Grab it at one price
• Walk to checkout
• It’s already higher
This unlocks dynamic pricing inside stores.
• Demand spikes → price jumps
• Inventory drops → price adjusts
• Algorithms decide what you pay in real time
Not tomorrow.
Not next week.
Right now.
When prices can change in seconds… are you even buying anything anymore, or just paying whatever the system decides you owe?
Only 27% of Americans agree with Trump's war on Iran, but on TV one expert after another comes on the news to support the war.
Turns out most of these experts are from a few think-tanks.
And most of these think-tanks get funding from the military industrial complex.
Breaking News: Israel said it planned to expand the territory it controls in Lebanon, suggesting it might remain there beyond the fighting. https://t.co/wAMIyxNdRO
* Start war
* Give 5 different reasons for war
* 80% disapproval
* Immediately blow up little girls school surrendering all moral high ground
* Kill leadership which is immediately replaced by more radical leadership
* Declare victory
* Have no contingency plan for closing the straits of Hormuz
* Have no clear victory conditions
* Gas prices skyrocket
* Economy craters
* Service members killed, taxes wasted, bases blown up, no material gain for the American public
* Continue declaring victory
Worst war ever conducted