The Tractor Gap: Cognitive Dissonance and the End of Empire

The Praetorian Guard and the Spectacle of Violence To understand why the United States is experiencing what Jeffrey Sachs calls a "temper tantrum" on the global stage, we must look beyond standard geopolitical theories and examine the structural role the U.S. has played for Western capital. John Stockwell, a former CIA officer turned critic, offered a haunting metaphor that cuts through decades of…