Introduction: The “Cycle” Is Not a Conspiracy—It’s a Business Model
For those who see every crisis as an isolated event—one president, one enemy, one war at a time—the world appears as a chaotic series of accidents and moral battles. But history, as well as recent headlines, reveals a pattern: a repeating cycle where global elites profit from both destruction and reconstruction, while ordinary people are left with the cost, the trauma, and the illusion that their sacrifices serve a greater good.
From Bastiat to the whose holding the Executive Office: When Plunder Becomes Policy
The 19th-century French economist Frédéric Bastiat warned us:
“When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.”
This is not just a metaphor; it’s a playbook. Over the past century, a network of international bankers, war profiteers, and political operatives have created a system in which war is not a last resort—it’s a lucrative business and a policy tool.
The Engine: International Banking and the War Machine
Since the early 1900s, financial dynasties—the Rothschilds, Rockefellers, Morgans, Warburgs, and their modern Wall Street heirs—have quietly controlled the levers of power behind most global conflicts:
- Debt as a Weapon: Wars are funded by loans, creating government debt and perpetual interest payments. Central banks (Federal Reserve, Bank of England, IMF, World Bank) profit no matter who wins or loses.
- Military-Industrial Complex: Arms manufacturers, logistics firms, and “security” contractors profit from every bomb dropped and bullet fired—regardless of the cause.
- Legalized Plunder: The laws, policies, and international agreements created to “prevent war” (League of Nations, United Nations, Bretton Woods, NATO) are often co-opted to institutionalize control—giving the plunderers a permanent seat at the table.
Israel: The Empire’s Lily Pad and “Fortress”
Far from being merely a spiritual or biblical ally, the modern state of Israel was, in the words of then-Senator Joe Biden:
“If there were not an Israel, we’d have to invent one to make sure our interests were preserved in the region.”
(Joe Biden, 2013)
Israel functions as:
- A Forward Operating Base: Strategically located to project military power, gather intelligence, and disrupt any regional alliances that threaten Western (read: banking and oil) interests.
- A Legal/Political Shield: American support for Israel, codified in law and enforced by powerful lobbies (AIPAC, ADL, etc.), is used to justify intervention, regime change, and the permanent presence of US forces.
- A Profitable Client: Israel receives more US foreign aid than any other country, much of which is recycled into arms deals, surveillance technology, and security contracts that benefit US (and global) corporations and banks.
The “Business Model” of Destructive Capitalism
This isn’t mere theory—it’s a proven business cycle:
A. Manufacture Crisis
- Propaganda (media, think tanks, political rhetoric) builds the case for intervention: “weapons of mass destruction,” “protecting democracy,” “preventing genocide.”
- False flags, “color revolutions,” and manufactured consent are used to whip up public support.
B. Profit from Destruction
- War contracts, reconstruction loans, currency manipulations, and insurance payouts funnel billions to insiders.
- Ordinary people, soldiers, and civilians are the ones who pay—with blood, taxes, lost freedoms, and moral injury.
C. Rebuild for Profit
- After destruction, the same elite interests secure lucrative “reconstruction” deals, rewrite constitutions, and impose economic systems favorable to international banking and multinational corporations.
- “Nation-building” serves as a smokescreen for asset stripping, privatization, and permanent dependency.
D. Legalize the Racket
- Over time, this system is written into law—wars without congressional approval, emergency powers, suspension of rights, permanent surveillance, and the normalization of a security state.
Israel: The Permanent Exception
Israel’s position in this cycle is unique. It is always the exception—exempt from nuclear non-proliferation (undeclared nuclear arsenal), shielded from criticism by political and religious lobbies, and continuously justified as a “moral imperative” despite its use as a tool for empire.
Meanwhile, as Bastiat warned, a moral code has been constructed that glorifies the system:
- Patriotism is equated with support for endless war.
- Skepticism is denounced as “anti-Semitism” or “un-American.”
- The Constitution is invoked selectively, only when it serves the interests of those in power.
Business as Usual: The Racket Rolls On
Every new crisis—Ukraine, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Afghanistan—is another turn of the wheel. War is a racket, as Smedley Butler said, and the biggest beneficiaries are always the same: international banks, arms manufacturers, surveillance firms, and political dynasties.
The United States, meanwhile, is slowly drained—of wealth, of constitutional liberty, and of moral clarity—while being told it is “defending freedom” and “blessing the world.”
The Real Threat: Systemic Plunder, Not One Nation or Leader
The true threat is not any single country, president, or political party—it is the system of legalized, glorified plunder. As long as Americans remain distracted by team sports politics, emotional appeals, and simplistic narratives, the racket will continue.
Until Americans name the system, demand accountability, and reclaim the constitutional limits on power, war and plunder will remain “business as usual.”
