Un-Diplomatic

Un-Diplomatic

The Nation Needs You To Die

Why the expansion of surplus labor necessitates the renaissance of empire and the end of the nation-state.

Un-Diplomatic
Aug 05, 2026
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A statue of a roman soldier in front of a castle
Photo by Caio Fernandes on Unsplash

We’re living through an era in which three things are happening at once: Imperialist geopolitical practices are proliferating, the working class is becoming a lumpenproletariat,1 and the nation-state is losing legitimacy and coherence.

I think these trends are causally linked, leading to a provisional hypothesis: Expand…

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