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Comrades Nixon and Brar have charming chat…”So, if you understand we’re in a global economic crisis, and the imperialists have no way out other than war, they need to expand for territories and markets.
Of course, that means their targets are the countries that have broken free. It’s the sovereign countries that are being the most demonized and the most targeted.
On the one hand, there’s that need to grab those territories and get hold of those markets and raw materials, and all the rest of it, to try to reset profitability. Getting their hands on the wealth of those countries would be a huge reset for the crisis-ridden global capitalist economies.
But then there’s also the need to destroy men and materials on an industrial scale. Accumulated wealth must be destroyed so that demand can start to come back into the economy and people start to need things again.
The combination of needing to rebuild and getting an injection of somebody else’s wealth to address the massive deficits, the debts, and the general crisis of overproduction in the global capitalist economy is really imperative.
So war and imperialism inevitably go together. There is no second way to escape this constant cycle of global warfare without getting rid of imperialism. And that means, ultimately, without getting rid of capitalism. Imperialism is just capitalism at its global monopoly stage.
It’s not something about people being mean in foreign affairs. It’s not a policy that you can change. It’s an imperative at a certain level of development of the productive forces.
A small national market is simply not big enough to absorb the output of these huge monopoly concerns. They need global markets, and even those start to become not big enough, because that’s the way capital works.
It doesn’t work according to a human logic. It works according to the logic of capital itself—the logic of capital accumulation and concentration. That creates its own laws and imperatives that the capitalist, the owners of capital, the owners of these monopoly corporations, the owners of the hedge funds and banks, have to follow in order to continue to run this system.
They have to think for their capital and as their capital.
So the war machine is an inevitable part of it. The crisis is getting worse right in front of us. We know this. We see the signs of impending economic collapse in so many directions: the massive indebtedness of countries, of corporations, of people.”………………..
Comrade Berletic https://journal-neo.su/2026/07/16/the-ukraine-war-is-a-us-war-on-russia/
No Chit Comrade? But of course the obvious is worth a description…
Entirely irrelevant to Our Times, no doubt…. Thanks to “Uncle” Alfred777… (at Locals)
The Capture of Emperor Valerian (260 CE)
The capture of Valerian by the Persian king Shapur I in 260 CE is one of the most shocking events in Roman history—the only time a reigning Roman emperor was taken prisoner by a foreign power.⚔️ Background: Rome vs. Persia
During the 3rd century, the Roman Empire was under severe pressure from internal instability and external threats. In the east, the powerful Sasanian Empire, led by Shapur I, was expanding aggressively.Valerian personally led a massive Roman army eastward to confront the Persians near the city of Edessa (modern-day Şanlıurfa in Turkey).
🛡️ The Battle and Capture
In 260 CE, the Roman army suffered from:A devastating plague weakening the troops
Supply shortages
Tactical disadvantages
Valerian attempted negotiations with Shapur I, but instead was seized—either during talks or after a decisive defeat (sources differ). The result: the Roman emperor was taken captive alive.⛓️ Valerian’s Fate
Accounts of his treatment vary:Roman sources (hostile to Persia) claim Valerian was humiliated—used as a human footstool by Shapur and later killed brutally.
Persian sources and reliefs (like those at Naqsh-e Rustam) present the event as a dignified submission, showing Valerian kneeling before the victorious king.
The truth is uncertain, but he never returned to Rome and died in captivity.🌍 Historical Impact
It was a massive humiliation for Rome.
It intensified the Crisis of the Third Century, a period of chaos and fragmentation.
Valerian’s son, Gallienus, ruled alone afterward and struggled to stabilize the empire.🏛️ Why It Still Matters
The capture symbolized:The vulnerability of Rome at its weakest point
The rising power of the Sasanian Persians
A rare reversal in the long Roman tradition of dominance over rivals
It remains one of the most dramatic turning points in ancient imperial history.…………….
Some fella made a funny picture…has nothing to do with The Great Man, naturally…nicht wahr?
