A Spectacle Of The Macabre In New York
A Spectacle Of The Macabre In New York Nate Bear What’s unfolding in New York is a show of breath-taking degeneracy, a depraved spectacle exposing the illegitimate imperial order and the institutions on which it is built. At the UN general assembly meeting, world leaders, included wanted war criminals, have been getting up on stage, one after the other, and bragging about genocide, war crimes and mass slaughter. Liberal leaders, complicit in the delinquency of empire despite their professed humanitarian credentials, have excused or downplayed those crimes, while others have celebrated facilitating them. First there was Trump, who began by threatening an apocalypse on Iran , moved on to flaunting the illegal blockade of Cuba before triumphantly mocking Venezuela over the US theft of its oil, declaring that “to the victor belong the spoils.” In a little over half an hour, during which he also demanded the ICC be disbanded, Trump succinctly outlined why the US is the largest terror...