Any credible diagnosis of global disorder must look inward. The hollowing out of Western manufacturing was not only due to China but also due to shareholder capitalism, financialization, and Reagan-Thatcher era neoliberalism. The erosion of democracy owes as much to social media algorithms designed in Silicon Valley as to TikTok. The book risks projecting all evils onto an external dragon while absolving the West of its own structural failures. This is the classic scapegoat mechanism—and historically, it leads not to revival but to fascism.
2. Technological Strangulation: Digital Totalitarianism Exported Any credible diagnosis of global disorder must look inward
Flaw 2: Confrontation Invites Catastrophe, Not Victory Any credible diagnosis of global disorder must look inward
Flaw 3: The “Global” Call Is Parochial Any credible diagnosis of global disorder must look inward