Trump got Xi's "secret garden" tour, Bessent cornered the City of London, and the Senate revolted in his favor. Across this week's shows, one frame keeps surfacing: the American System is back, and the empire is out of moves.
As globalization collapses, America faces a deeper crisis of culture, identity, and purpose. Mike explores Poe’s “Descent into the Maelstrom,” the rebuilding of American industry, the conflict with Iran, and the spiritual foundations needed to revive the nation.
No class this Memorial Day weekend. A short note on the origins of the holiday, a thank you to our supporters, and a look at next Saturday — Bruce Director returns.
Join us for Promethean Action's weekly class as Tony Papert hosts a deep dive into William McKinley's presidency with guest speaker Bob Ingraham. Discover how McKinley, with his strong advocacy for high protective tariffs, significantly boosted American manufacturing, technology, and wages while driving down prices. Understand the historical context and the revolutionary impacts of McKinley's economic policies on America's industrial growth, framed by comparisons to contemporary tariffs and economic debates. Learn about McKinley's unwavering focus on labor and middle-class upliftment, juxtaposed against the interests of Wall Street and corporate leaders of his time.
00:00 Introduction and Overview
00:34 William McKinley and Tariffs
06:04 McKinley's Tariff Battles
21:19 Impact of McKinley's Policies
34:32 McKinley's Commitment to Labor
49:53 McKinley's Legacy and Final Thoughts
No class this Memorial Day weekend. A short note on the origins of the holiday, a thank you to our supporters, and a look at next Saturday — Bruce Director returns.
The centuries-long fight over tuning, the British- and Wall Street-funded "American sound" that hollowed out our culture, and why the renaissance Trump is unleashing has to start with classical music.
The flood of information is making you a worse citizen. Bruce Director on Kepler's New Astronomy — how a 17th-century astronomer broke the empire's two-cage dogma of perfect circles and uniform motion, and what that fight has to do with 2026.
Eisenhower warned about the military-industrial complex. He should have warned about the financial-military-industrial complex. Will Wertz on the Basel cartel that killed Bretton Woods, drafted the EU, and is still gunning for Trump.
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