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William Murphy

@futuredude.bsky.social

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Official Bluesky account for @futuredude. Ex–U.S. empire insider turned Marxist analyst. I’ve seen how capital rules and how resistance is crushed. Now I write to expose—and to fight. #Truth #Censored

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · Aug 29

For three decades, I worked inside multinational projects across Eastern Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia—often tied to the machinery of U.S. imperial power. What I saw convinced me: no “reform” can sanitize a system built on exploitation. 🧵⬇️

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 8h

Michael Hudson: Why Trump's Tariffs Can't Revive American Industry

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 9h

Massive Market CORRECTION Incoming - Valuations Soar as AI Investments Trigger Financial Crash

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 12h

Whoa! Sure is.

William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 13h

The NEXT Global Freakout Is Coming – Don’t Fall For It!

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 13h

Blacklisted in China but Data Protected: what a Dichotomy

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 13h

Tomahawks & Refinery Strikes: US Escalates its Proxy War on Russia

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 13h

China Rare Earth Minerals Ban Just Changed EVERYTHING!

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 13h

Upcoming “No Kings” Rally Is A LIE For The Establishment! w/ Mel K.

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 14h

Why You’ve Been Misled About “Israeli Hostages” and “Palestinian Prisoners”

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 14h

Capitalism is not a meritocracy; it’s a hierarchy of exploitation. Inequality isn’t a flaw—it’s the fuel. Promotions, raises, and “success” come from mastering extortion, not excellence. The most brutal climb; the rest are ground into rungs.

William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 15h

Trump Accuses Megadonor Miriam Adelson of ANTISEMITISM! NBC Tells the TRUTH About Border Crossings!

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Comrade Jingle Pants ☭🔻#Revolution @cptjinglepants.bsky.social · 17h

To break this down to the effective system events:

- When a company loses money for any reason, the taxpayer picks up some (or all) of that loss because... "reasons".

- When a company makes money, it goes to the private company only, even if they got reimbursements on losses from taxpayers.

William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 1d

Under the capitalism economic mode of production, corporate losses are socialized while corporate gains are privatized.

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 15h

Blood, Steel, and Empire: The Truth About the U.S. Navy

How 250 Years of the U.S. Navy Enforced Capitalist Imperialism and Exploited Humanity

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 18h

The irony is that reality TV is pretty far from day-to-day reality.

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 1d

DR CONGO: DRC women artisanal miners face exploitation as unions seek better working conditions www.industriall-union.org/drc-women-ar...

DRC women artisanal miners face exploitation as unions seek better working conditions

On 7 October, in the noon of a blazing sun, women miners stand in nearly knee-high mud pools processing cobalt from nearby pits at Mutoshi, Kolwezi, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)’s Lua...

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 19h

While you scroll, they’re digging. Zuckerberg, Thiel, Altman, Hoffman—they’re buying underground bunkers, private farms, and off-grid systems. The question isn’t what they’re afraid of, it’s what they built that we’re about to live through.

The Billionaire Bunker Boom: How the Tech Elite Built the Collapse They’re Now Hiding From

When the builders of our digital world start digging bunkers, it’s not foresight—it’s confession. The tech elite are preparing for a collapse they themselves engineered, and the rest of us are left to

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 1d

Exports to the US = ~1.5% of China's GDP. China’s trade surplus with the U.S. = ~$359.9 billion.

China's net trade with the USA = ~1.02% China’s GDP.

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 1d

There’s a lot of serious coping to happen yet, when reality seeps in …

Did you know …China’s exports to the U.S. in 2024 = ~$525.65 billion. China’s GDP in 2024 = ~US$35.9 trillion (PPP - IMF)). 🧵⬇️

William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 1d

Legal doesn't equal liberated. Many “legal” systems in Europe still police, control, and exploit sex workers. True freedom means autonomy, labor rights, and ending the structural conditions that make survival a crime.

William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 1d

Why Sex Work Is Still Criminalized

It’s not about morality. Never was.

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 1d

China’s rare earth export restrictions aren’t about trade wars—they’re strategic. The US emptied stockpiles in Ukraine & West Asia. Beijing now hits the one thing Washington can’t quickly replenish: its weapons supply. That the media ignores this speaks volumes.

🚨 Shocking U.S. Defeat: China's Rare Earth Checkmate Is NOT What Media Pretends.

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 1d

China’s rare earth export limits aren’t trade squabbles—they’re a strategic chokehold. The U.S. relies on these metals for jets, missiles, EVs & tech; China controls 90% of processing. Until the Pentagon stops circling China, Beijing won’t loosen its grip.

Rare Earth Elements and TACOs

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 1d

Israel’s crimes in Gaza aren’t war—they’re monstrous: bulldozed cemeteries, exhumed bodies, stolen organs. This is state terror against the living and the dead. #GazaUnderAttack #Necropolitics #WarCrimes

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 1d

Nazism reinvented as Zionism is a masterclass in Fascism.

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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 1d

Under the capitalism economic mode of production, corporate losses are socialized while corporate gains are privatized.

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