We’re excited to share
the latest episode of Promethean Overviews. In this installment, Mike
Steger examines the rise of a modern confederacy—a system built through
globalization that hollowed out American cities, dismantled
manufacturing, and replaced production with dependency and control.
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In this episode, Mike Steger lays out the case that the United States is living under a modern confederacy
— a system created by globalization that dismantled American
manufacturing, hollowed out cities, and replaced productive work with
dependency, disorder, and control. Today’s political unrest is not
accidental. It is the predictable outcome of decades of economic policy
designed to benefit financial elites while stripping the working class
of real opportunity.
Placing modern urban decay within a long
historical arc, Steger traces this system from ancient empires through
the British financial order and the American Civil War. He contrasts
globalization’s plantation-style economy with the American System of
Hamilton, Washington, and Lincoln, and argues that President Trump’s
manufacturing and trade policies represent a direct challenge to the
global order that engineered America’s decline.
Watch the full
episode to understand how this modern confederacy was built, who it
serves, and why rebuilding American industry is the only path to
restoring national sovereignty, shared wealth, and a unified nation.
⏱️ Chapters
00:00 The Rise of a Modern Confederacy
01:16 Sanctuary Cities and Globalist Power
01:50 What Globalization Did to Our Cities
03:55 Who the Globalists Really Are
07:52 The Modern Plantation Economy
11:17 The Only Cure: Industrial Growth
16:24 Rebuilding Civilization
18:19 Time to Build