If wage slavery is the local prison, geopolitics is the global circus that keeps everyone distracted while power consolidates quietly in the background.
It’s sold as strategy, diplomacy, and national interest.
In reality, it’s mostly a revolving mix of ego, greed, fear, and short-term thinking — scaled up to billions of people.
Nations Don’t Fight. Power Structures Do.
We’re taught to think in terms of countries.
But countries don’t make decisions.
Power does.
Behind every “national conflict” sit:
- oligarchs protecting assets
- corporations securing resources
- arms manufacturers needing demand
- political elites chasing legacy
- financial institutions managing risk and leverage
Ordinary people are never at the table.
They’re on the battlefield, in the factories, or paying the taxes.
Humans Are Reduced to Assets and Liabilities
Geopolitics treats populations the same way corporations treat employees:
- labor pools
- consumer bases
- military resources
- political leverage
Lives become statistics. Cities become bargaining chips. Generations become collateral damage.
Once humans are abstracted into numbers, anything becomes justifiable.
Wars Are Framed as Necessity, Not Choice
Every conflict is wrapped in moral language:
- freedom
- security
- democracy
- defense
- national pride
But underneath the branding, the mechanics are boringly consistent:
- territory
- resources
- influence
- control
The story changes. The incentives don’t.
Proxy Wars: Outsourcing Death
Modern geopolitics rarely involves direct confrontation between major powers.
Instead:
- weapons are supplied
- factions are funded
- tensions are inflamed
- conflicts are prolonged
Other people’s countries become chessboards.
This lets powerful actors advance interests while pretending to stay clean.
Division Is the Operating System
Geopolitics thrives on fragmentation:
- religion vs religion
- ethnicity vs ethnicity
- ideology vs ideology
- nation vs nation
Unity among ordinary humans is dangerous to centralized power.
So differences are amplified, histories are selectively remembered, and grievances are constantly refreshed.
A divided population is manageable.
A united one is not.
The Military–Corporate Feedback Loop
Conflict feeds industry.
Industry funds politics.
Politics manufactures justification for more conflict.
It’s a closed loop:
- war drives spending
- spending drives lobbying
- lobbying drives policy
- policy drives war
Peace is bad for business.
Stability doesn’t generate quarterly returns.
Citizens Pay Twice
First with taxes.
Then with consequences.
- inflation from war spending
- higher energy costs
- disrupted supply chains
- reduced public services
- increased surveillance
People who never voted for conflict absorb its economic shockwaves.
Meanwhile, contractors and financiers do just fine.
Media Turns Complexity into Spectacle
Geopolitics is presented like sports:
- teams to root for
- villains to hate
- heroes to celebrate
Nuance disappears.
Historical context vanishes.
What remains is emotional storytelling that keeps people engaged but uninformed.
Outrage replaces understanding.
Why Nothing Ever Really Gets Solved
Geopolitical systems don’t optimize for resolution.
They optimize for advantage.
A solved conflict removes leverage.
A frozen conflict preserves it.
So, crises linger for decades, occasionally flaring up just enough to justify the next round of spending and control.
The Wage Slavery Connection
Global instability strengthens local dependence.
When the world feels dangerous:
- people cling to jobs
- accept surveillance
- tolerate erosion of rights
- avoid risk
Fear makes compliance feel responsible.
Geopolitics keeps populations psychologically insecure, which makes economic submission easier.
This Isn’t Sophisticated Strategy. It’s Scaled-Up Immaturity
Strip away the rhetoric and geopolitics often boils down to:
- pride
- revenge
- dominance
- insecurity
The same impulses that ruin personal relationships — now equipped with armies and budgets.
That’s why it keeps repeating.
No collective learning. Just larger consequences.
Closing Thought
Geopolitics is what happens when primitive human instincts are given global reach and institutional backing.
It wastes lives, drains resources, destabilizes societies, and keeps ordinary people fighting each other while power quietly entrenches itself.
You don’t have to pick sides in this game.
Real freedom begins when you stop identifying with flags and start identifying with humanity.
Because at the end of every geopolitical struggle, it’s never “nations” that suffer.
It’s people.