Thread by @wmhuo168

How did one casino oligarch resurrect Netanyahu and hijack U.S. foreign policy? This isn’t just about Adelson. It’s about the neoliberal machine that lets billionaires rule across borders.

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Netanyahu was politically finished in the early 2000s. No power. No base. No future. Then Sheldon Adelson arrived with billions and an agenda. (1/12)

Adelson wasn’t funding democracy. He was installing a proxy. His goal wasn’t peace or stability. It was domination. He saw in Bibi a man who could deliver that. (2/12)

So he created Israel Hayom, a free newspaper with unlimited funding. It didn’t need ads or readers. It needed to make Netanyahu king. It did. (3/12)

The paper quickly crushed competitors. It became the most-read in Israel by brute force. Not because it was good. Because it was everywhere. (4/12)

Bibi’s rivals couldn’t compete. The media ecosystem collapsed around him. One oligarch, one politician, one outcome. That’s how neoliberalism works. (5/12)

But Adelson wasn’t just reshaping Israel. He exported the model. He became the biggest donor in U.S. Republican politics. Bought influence. Funded Trump. Backed every pro-Israel hawk in D.C. (6/12)

Adelson didn’t lobby the system. He replaced it. Foreign policy became an extension of one billionaire’s worldview. It aligned perfectly with Bibi’s needs. (7/12)

This wasn’t “shared values.” It was shared donors. Shared interests. Shared networks of control. Neoliberalism removed the borders. Oligarchs like Adelson filled the vacuum. (8/12)

That’s how Netanyahu went from a regional actor to a power broker in Washington. Not through merit. Through money. Through the global donor class that now runs both states. (9/12)

The result: America’s policy isn’t guided by strategy or morality. It’s guided by who paid for the last election and who controls the narrative. That’s not foreign influence. That’s neoliberal infrastructure. (10/12)

Adelson was the template. Many others followed. Democracy became a commodity. Sovereignty became negotiable. Oligarchs became the architects of the West. (11/12)

This is why the West looks like Israel’s lapdog. Because under neoliberalism, whoever funds the state captures the state. And Adelson already bought two. (12/12)

PS:
The CCP and Adelson both knew. Macau filled his war chest. He used it to capture Israel, buy the GOP, and bend U.S. policy to Bibi’s needs.

Coming soon: the thread that connects Chinese casinos to American obedience.