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They told you neoliberalism was just economics. They never told you how Wall Street, Israel, and Silicon Valley rewired the global order in plain sight.

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Episode 3: Israel, Wall Street, and the Rise of Global Capital

Neoliberalism didn’t spread by accident. It hitched a ride on empire. And no project symbolized that fusion of ideology, finance, and geopolitics more than the rise of Israel. (1/12)

The postwar consensus died in the 1970s. Vietnam had cracked American confidence. Oil shocks wrecked the economy. But behind the scenes, capital was regrouping. (2/12)

Milton Friedman gave Wall Street the script. But the geopolitical machinery needed a staging ground. That’s where Israel came in. A beachhead for American finance in the Middle East. (3/12)

Israel wasn’t just a military ally. It was a neoliberal lab. Deregulated early. Privatized rapidly. Built its tech sector through U.S. venture capital and military subsidies. (4/12)

Wall Street poured in. So did defense contractors. So did Ivy League think tanks. The result wasn’t just a new regional ally. It was a forward operating base for global capital. (5/12)

At the same time, Washington turned its back on Bretton Woods. Nixon closed the gold window. The dollar became a weapon, not a stabilizer. Finance was cut loose. (6/12)

The Rothschild myth isn’t just myth. European banking dynasties had long been embedded in Israeli financial institutions. Their networks helped normalize the flow of Western capital. (7/12)

This wasn’t conspiracy. It was coordination. Global elites needed a deregulated node between Europe, Asia, and the petrodollar system. Israel filled that role. (8/12)

Meanwhile, New York and London became twin capitals of speculation. Tel Aviv followed close behind. The real economy shrank. Finance, war, and surveillance took center stage. (9/12)

Israel became the model: tech-heavy, military-integrated, security-obsessed, and perfectly synchronized with Silicon Valley and Wall Street. (10/12)

Neoliberalism wasn’t just an economic doctrine. It was a geopolitical strategy. Israel proved you could control a region through capital, not just boots on the ground. (11/12)

This was the global order that replaced Bretton Woods. Not peace through stability, but profit through managed chaos. And the market always came first. (12/12)