Economic Divide

The United States claims to champion free speech and expression as pillars of democracy, yet the proposed TikTok ban raises questions about selective restrictions. The United States says the hallmarks of a democracy include free speech and free expression. That is enshrined in the country's constitution. But if that is now up for restrictions and exemptions based on whom it impacts, then its notion of democracy is flawed. And if it undermines not only democracy but Americans themselves: then that should be stopped. But not in the case where the Israeli regime is involved. That is the story of the TikTok ban in the US.

Technology has been at the forefront of man's evolution, and it has come a long way. Artificial intelligence is the latest to have opened the door for human advancement. That is a welcome story. But there are countries which try to prevent that advancement, so they can be on top of the race. Such is the story between China and the US, especially when it comes to China's latest breakthrough in AI search platform, DeepSeek.

Supremacy over the world comes with a cost, like the financial support of groups, figures, and media. Sovereignty and independence are not in the interest of Western powers like the US. These include regime change plans and creating instability under the guise of humanitarian assistance, like USAID.

Battlefield is where wars are fought, but the reasons behind a war is not always clear. One thing remains constant, and that is that every war has an economic interest behind it. Syria may be the battlefield for control of energy corridors, involving many foreign players. This episode of Economic Divide looks at how Syria may play a key role in energy corridors.

A series of events culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi regime in 1979. That would be a very simple and premature description of the birth of the Islamic Republic of Iran, for it was much more than that. Removing a puppet regime of the US in West Asia, which had been installed to do Washington and the West's bidding. The Islamic Republic is elevating people's status economically and educationally, creating and producing while under the harshest sanctions ever on a country and while becoming a military and nuclear power at the same time... This is the evolution of an independent country.

Current events indicate that the world system has changed from unipolar to multipolar. In this new system, Iran and Russia have signed a partnership agreement to be allies in a new world order, help defeat US and Western hegemony, and repel sanctions. This edition of Economic Divide looks at the significance and future of this agreement.

Record oil sales, like those of its neighbor, the US. At the same time, record immigration, expanded government spending, and green ambitions should be factors for economic growth. Yet, increased federal debt, govt. Spending and deteriorating living standards, which included significant levels of poverty, inflation, violent crime rates, and high cost of living, plague Canada. On top of that, the threat leveled by its top trading partner of it becoming another US state sounds like a perfect storm brewing. What was PM Trudeau's outgoing economic legacy, and what is its future?

Throughout the decades, many nations' industrial output has given way to China's manufacturing output. US manufacturers continue to go bankrupt, yet fail to cede to outside bidders due to national security, even if it hurt them financially. Meanwhile, outdated technology will claim more manufacturers in the US as the US scrambles to increase manufacturers' productivity and bottom line. This episode of Economic Divide examines the above in the context of Nippon Steel's takeover of US Steel and the Biden administration's rejection of it.

Threatening to take the sovereignty of another nation is one of the mainstays of the US. It can attempt to do that since it's backed by the power of the world's largest military. However, exerting power and making enemies will come with consequences at a cost to the US and even its allies.

West Asia region thrown into chaos. Military adventurism to steal land from Muslim countries and create discord. The Israeli regime's aggression continues. The exploitation of a crisis in Syria may have short-term results, but it will work against the Israeli regime if Syria works towards stability. Meanwhile, another war front can only mean economic deterioration for Israelis themselves at the behest of military manufacturers.