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► The Divine Comedy (The Inferno, The Purgatorio, and The Paradiso) by Dante Alighieri: https://amzn.to/3NZSkzt
► Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy: https://amzn.to/3ZQfsmy
► Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins: https://amzn.to/4kskgs4

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The British Empire never truly vanished—it evolved. What began with naval supremacy and institutions like the Bank of England transformed into a global financial system that outlived formal colonial rule. Military conquest gave way to legal codes, offshore banking, and soft power embedded in international finance.

This video explores the argument that today’s offshore financial centers—many rooted in former British territories—form the backbone of a modern, covert empire. From the Caribbean to Hong Kong, these jurisdictions protect and recycle global capital, enabling vast flows of wealth across borders. The result is a system that rewards short-term financial dominance while concentrating power and deepening inequality in the West itself.

At the center of the discussion is “over-financialization”—an economy driven less by production and more by speculative accumulation. While this model delivers geopolitical strength in the short run, it corrodes civic life over time, fostering inequality, political capture, and moral exhaustion. Empires, the speaker argues, often fall victim to their own success. What once secured dominance may now be destabilizing the very societies it enriched.

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