William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 5hThe old U.S. “left vs. right” paradigm obscures the real contradiction. The decisive divide is between those defending the existing capitalist order and those fighting to transcend it. It’s not left vs. right. It’s the past vs. the future—and which class controls that future. 030
William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 8hCapital won't surrender quietly. As imperial decline deepens, the ruling class will intensify exploitation, repression and war to preserve its power. We have no guarantee of a better future. Organize, educate and build now—or bear the escalating cost of capital's crisis. #ClassWar 042
William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 30/09/2026American liberation is inextricably linked to Palestinian freedom. The same imperial system that denies Palestinians self-determination constrains working people here. Palestinian liberation is our struggle too—bound up with our emancipation from the dictatorship of capital. 43210
William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Netanyahu’s own incompetence may have done what decades of resistance could not: expose the Zionist settler-colonial project so brutally that he accelerated its global delegitimization—and inadvertently did humanity a favor. #ZionismInCrisis 0102
William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Iran Has DESTROYED U.S. Bases in the Gulf (w/ John Mearsheimer)youtube.comIran Has DESTROYED U.S. Bases in the Gulf (w/ John Mearsheimer)YouTube video by The Chris Hedges YouTube Channel 030
William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Even the American people want a multipolar world. 040
William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 30/09/2026As U.S. hegemony contracts, capital retreats behind walls of finance, sanctions, militarism and repression. Each move protects ruling-class power in the short term while accelerating systemic decline. Empire becomes trapped defending the very order consuming it. #ImperialDecline 083
William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Why should anyone praise or respect you for publicly saying stupid shit? If you put your ignorance on display, you don’t get a participation trophy. You get criticism, scorn, and rejection. Public stupidity deserves public consequences. #Accountability 050
William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Sanctions are capitalist imperialism’s polite word for economic warfare. Washington doesn’t bomb every worker, child, and family—it brutalizes them through deprivation, shortages, poverty, and isolation, then calls the suffering “pressure.” Collective punishment is a crime against humanity. 0103
William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The U.S. empire definitely won’t come rushing to Europe’s rescue if European NATO provokes a war with Russia. Washington will defend its own imperial interests—not die for Europe’s ruling classes. Europe is discovering the hard way that NATO’s “collective defense” has always had conditions. 051
William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Why Democracy Now sucksyoutube.comWhy Democracy Now sucksYouTube video by The Grayzone 010
Reposted by William MurphyCaitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Saying You Listen To AI Music Is Like Saying You Have An AI Girlfriend "When you’re talking about human interaction, which is what art is at its very nature, it absolutely does matter if there’s someone on the other end of it." www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/saying-you...caitlinjohnst.oneSaying You Listen To AI Music Is Like Saying You Have An AI GirlfriendVideo reading by Tim Foley: 27328
William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 29/09/2026China’s socialist transformation since 1949 is undeniable material history: mass literacy, longer lives, industrialization, infrastructure, and hundreds of millions lifted from poverty. A Marxist examines material reality—not bourgeois propaganda. #Marxism 062
William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Colonialism is not a “civilizing mission.” It is organized domination: the seizure of land, extraction of wealth, exploitation of labor, and destruction of sovereignty. Strip away the propaganda, and you find the same thing: genocide dressed up as civilization. #Decolonization 0126
William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The U.S. was built through Indigenous dispossession, slavery, conquest, and the expropriation of labor. In 2026, capitalism is reaching another extreme. Our task is to organize workers to dismantle the dictatorship of capital and build a world beyond imperial domination. 060
William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Fuck the Israeli settler-colonial project in Palestine and the U.S. empire. Both are systems of domination, theft and oppression that must be dismantled so humanity can move toward liberation, justice, and lasting peace. #FreePalestine #FreeAmerica 54617
William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Voting and “elections” do not make a democracy. Under capitalism, you can vote every few years while capital controls the economy and the state. Democracy is measured by material power: who owns, who decides, and whether society actually serves and uplifts the people. #Democracy 042
Reposted by William MurphyRichard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026There is no such thing as taxpayers’ money youtu.be/4AyhV70BDwE?... Anyone who claims the government spends taxpayers' money is talking total nonsense. The problem is that almost all our politicians do.youtu.beThere is no such thing as taxpayers’ moneyYouTube video by Richard J Murphy 415474
Reposted by William MurphyProfessor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 27/09/2026#WolffBites: Trump hits Europe with tariffs and demands for tribute (investments in US). Euro leaders cave plus provide bases for thousands of US bombing raids on Iran since February 2026. Slavish Euro leaders serve US masters. www.nato.int/en/news-and-...nato.intA conversation on NATO’s Futurewith Secretary General Mark Rutte and US Permanent Representative to NATO Ambassador Matthew G. Whitaker, hosted by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs | Des Moines, Iowa 1165
Reposted by William MurphyCaitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Empire psychosis keeps us in a constant state of distraction and escapism, always scrambling to avoid the here and now like we’re trying to climb out of our own skins. www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/empire-psy...caitlinjohnst.oneEmpire PsychosisVideo reading by Tim Foley: 37741
William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Most Americans and Westerners have a cartoon understanding of history, socialism, and communism. They’re taught capitalism is the natural endpoint of history, rather than a historically specific mode of production that emerged, developed, and will ultimately be superseded. #Marxism 062
Reposted by William MurphyRichard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Interest rates: what are you really paying for? youtu.be/COPLlwEY2AE?... The idea that anyone has a right to earn interest just because they have more money than they need makes no economic sense. So, what does?youtu.beInterest rates: what are you really paying for?YouTube video by Richard J Murphy 36124
Reposted by William MurphyThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026NBC: “Eight U.S. Marines were injured two weeks ago when an Iranian cruise missile attacked the ship they were operating on in the Strait of Hormuz, according to three U.S. officials…”nbcnews.comU.S. Marines injured in recent Iranian attackThe previously unreported attack occurred Sept. 14 when Iran struck a ship U.S. forces were on in the Strait of Hormuz, sources say. 831675774
William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Why the West Can’t Make Peace | Prof. Richard Sakwayoutube.comWhy the West Can’t Make Peace | Prof. Richard SakwaYouTube video by Neutrality Studies 110
William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Einar Tangen: How Trump Achieved Nothing at the Trump-Xi Summit | GEH W/ Radhika Desaiyoutube.comEinar Tangen: How Trump Achieved Nothing at the Trump-Xi Summit | GEH W/ Radhika DesaiYouTube video by Radhika Desai - Geopolitical Economist 000
William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The U.S. empire is struggling against historical change. It can deploy armies, sanctions, tariffs and financial coercion—but it cannot command the material forces reshaping the world. History doesn't ask an empire for permission to end. #Multipolarity 052
William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 26/09/2026AI THROUGH MARX'S EYES (w/Richard Wolff)youtube.comAI THROUGH MARX'S EYES (w/Richard Wolff)YouTube video by The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow 000
Reposted by William MurphyRichard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026What is a market, and when can markets work? youtu.be/aEE6JfZSgOA?... The left rarely supports markets, but they have a role in any economy - knowing when is the issue, and that's what this video is about.youtu.beWhat is a market, and when can markets work?YouTube video by Richard J Murphy 06030
Reposted by William MurphyProfessor Richard D. Wolff @profwolff.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Wolff Responds: "Different Kinds of Socialism" dated September 26, 2026 democracyatwork.substack.com/p/wolff-resp...democracyatwork.substack.comWolff Responds: "Different Kinds of Socialism" dated September 26, 2026In this week’s Wolff Responds, Professor Richard D. 0188
William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Left vs. right asks where you stand within the existing order. Marxism asks whether that order itself is historically obsolete. Communism isn't simply “far left.” It is the struggle to move beyond capitalism—from class society toward a classless future. #Communism 132
William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Western mainstream media isn't independent journalism. It is the propaganda apparatus of a capitalist ruling class—deciding what gets reported, what gets buried, and which lies become “common sense.” The news doesn't just reflect power. It helps reproduce it. #Propaganda 053
William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The Romans largely failed to recognize their empire’s structural decline. Even as invasions, economic disruption, and political fragmentation mounted, elites clung to myths of Rome’s eternal strength. Declining systems often look most stable to those living inside them.youtube.comDid the Romans Know their Empire was Declining?YouTube video by toldinstone 051
William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 25/09/2026U.S. political representatives do not represent the American people. They operate within a system captured by capital, where wealth buys access, shapes policy, and sets the boundaries of what government will do. The people "vote"; capital sets the real terms. #DictatorshipOfCapital 0105
William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Westerners who knowingly support, finance, arm, facilitate, or politically shield Israel’s settler-colonial project cannot hide behind passive spectatorship. Individuals are responsible for their actions—and where those actions materially contribute to genocide, accountability must follow. #Genocide 021
William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Americans have been taught to fear Marxism for generations. Most have never read Marx. Seriously: the Communist Manifesto is only a few dozen pages. Read the source before accepting the propaganda. I explain why it still matters:futuredude.substack.comRead the Communist ManifestoWhy every American should spend a few hours reading the revolutionary document they were taught to fear 0196
William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Netanyahu’s UN Speech Just Backfired on Israelyoutube.comNetanyahu’s UN Speech That Exposed Israel's True Final PlanYouTube video by 51-49 with James Li 040
William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The American Revolution overthrew British rule, not class rule. Its propertied leaders defended slavery, racial hierarchy, dispossession and private property. Capitalism inherited that contradiction: liberty for all in principle, concentrated power and property in practice. #ClassStruggle 052
William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 25/09/2026How Did It Get This Bad?youtube.comHow Did It Get This Bad?YouTube video by Second Thought 010
William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Capitalism’s contradictions are exposed, yet millions at the empire’s core still consent to it. Exposure isn’t enough. The hour demands organization: turn anger into class consciousness, consciousness into collective power—and make the ruling class fear the force of a united working class. #ClassWar 054
William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 24/09/2026In 2026, the organized, intentional destruction of homes, communities, schools, hospitals, food systems, and education is not “war damage.” It is the destruction of human life’s material conditions. Systematic attacks on civilians are crimes against humanity under capitalism. #CrimeAgainstHumanity 055
William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 24/09/2026In an era of housing precarity and mass homelessness, destroying homes and entire communities is not merely “property damage.” Shelter is a basic human necessity. Deliberately destroying it is an assault on human life and social existence—a legitimate crime against humanity. 0116