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William Murphy

@futuredude.bsky.social

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Official Bluesky account for @futuredude. Ex–U.S. empire insider turned Marxist analyst. I’ve seen how capital rules and how resistance is crushed. Now I write to expose—and to fight. #Truth #Censored

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · Aug 29

For three decades, I worked inside multinational projects across Eastern Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia—often tied to the machinery of U.S. imperial power. What I saw convinced me: no “reform” can sanitize a system built on exploitation. 🧵⬇️

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 5h

Israel’s crimes in Gaza aren’t war—they’re monstrous: bulldozed cemeteries, exhumed bodies, stolen organs. This is state terror against the living and the dead. #GazaUnderAttack #Necropolitics #WarCrimes

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 6h

Nazism reinvented as Zionism is a masterclass in Fascism.

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 6h

Under the capitalism economic mode of production, corporate losses are socialized while corporate gains are privatized.

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 13h

Peter Slezkine: The Transatlantic Alliance is Outdated

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 17h

The Architecture of Control: How Capital Secures Itself

Capitalism's Invisible Chains: How Surveillance, State Power, and Ideology Conspire to Keep the Working Class in Line

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 1d

How the US Loots the Congo’s Minerals

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 1d

Israel Is ALREADY Breaking The Ceasefire! w/ Ian Carroll

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 1d

Hamas won. They survived Israel’s onslaught, controlled the narrative, and forced a ceasefire on their terms. In the brutal calculus of asymmetric war, that’s a win. #Palestine 🇵🇸

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 1d

Numbers don’t lie: China’s 1.4B people far outsize the U.S.’s 345M, giving it a massive edge in labor, STEM talent, and tech output. Population = power. Trying to compete directly is absolute fantasy.

William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 1d

Legions of Elon Musk fanboys on twitter make one thing clear: America’s future is extremely dim. Late-stage capitalism turned the capitalist into a techno-feudal prophet and his fanboys into an unpaid priesthood.

William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 1d

The Decline Of US Imperialism Is a STRUCTURAL Inevitability | Dr. Warwick Powell

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 1d

Under capitalism, AI isn’t about liberation — it’s the digital enclosure of humanity: our data, creativity, and labor fenced off by corporate landlords, monetized, surveilled, and controlled. The new commons is gone.

The AI Manhattan Project

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 1d

Kidnapped, Ziptied & Detained in Cages: Greg Stoker Released from Israeli Jail

LIVE: Kidnapped, Ziptied & Detained in Cages: Greg Stoker Released from Israeli Jail

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 1d

China's rare earth mineral move aimed at stopping war and promoting peace

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 1d

Globalisation with Multipolar Characteristics: The West is FREAKING OUT | Dr. Warwick Powell

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 1d

Israel's assets buy CBS, install Bari Weiss

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 1d

🇨🇳 China just showed who really controls global trade: rare earths. Producing 70%+ of the world’s supply and refining 90%+, Beijing can choke U.S. military tech — 77% of DoW platforms rely on Chinese minerals. Not a trade spat, a tech & security showdown.

Trump Is FURIOUS: 78% of America’s Military Runs on CHINESE Minerals as China BANS Rare Earth Export

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Professor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 3d

#WolffBites: China leads the world in production and use of electric cars. It is far ahead of the US and EU, with the gap between them and China widening.

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Trends in electric car markets – Global EV Outlook 2025 – Analysis - IEA

Global EV Outlook 2025 - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 1d

Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate of The Grayzone break down a range of polls showing most Americans are turning away from Israel—and explore the implications for the future of US politics.

Americans turn against Israel in record numbers

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 3d

Continuity of Agenda: Trump Commits to Ukraine

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 3d

Did Xi just give Trump a Face Saving Victory?

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 3d

Hard to see class consciousness in America — but that’s by design. 400 years, from the Pilgrims to slavery to systems dividing workers, made it nearly impossible to connect the dots. Doesn’t mean it won’t happen — just that it’ll take seriously hard work. #Solidarity

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 3d

NATO’s “precision warfare” crumbles against Russia’s artillery reality. Moscow built for sustained, industrial-scale war — NATO built for PR optics. The frontlines in Ukraine tell the story mile by bloody mile.

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 3d

Trump calls it “Everlasting Peace,” but it’s really a PR ceasefire. Hostages out, troops pulled back “to an agreed line”—while Gaza stays under siege. Until Palestinians are free and sovereign, there is no peace—only a pause in genocide. #Gaza #Palestine www.bbc.com/news/article...

Trump says Israel and Hamas 'both sign off' on first phase of Gaza peace plan

The US president says the first phase of the deal secures the exchange of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners and the start of an Israeli withdrawal.