@tzimmer_history I found "Assault on the State" an insightful read. This attack on modern governance is not concerned with the functioning of the state, stability, or anything else. For those who profit from this personal regime, it still pays off. The loss of reality can become apparent, as in Putin's war in Ukraine, but the money-making continues, and destruction and misery are socialized. https://www.wiley.com/en-us/The+Assault+on+the+State%3A+How+the+Global+Attack+on+Modern+Government+Endangers+Our+Future-p-9781509563166