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(en) Canada, Collectif Emma Goldman - The World in the Age of Predators: Chronicle of Organized Chaos (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]
Date
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:53:59 +0300
The Shahran oil depot in Tehran, on the night of Saturday, March 7 to
Sunday, March 8. (Screenshot X) ---- The veneer of civilization is
cracking. From the invasion of Ukraine in 2022 to the spiral of events
that have upended the geopolitical balance of power in the Middle East
since October 7, 2023, and including the skirmishes on the borders of
Afghanistan and Pakistan, the world is ablaze. Far from being a mere
accident, we are experiencing a true historical turning point:
international law is giving way to the "age of predators."
When War Becomes Profitable
For decades, we lived under the regime of deterrence. In the aftermath
of the Second World War, the nuclear threat made the cost of any
large-scale attack prohibitive. Defense prevailed over offense. But as
Giuliano da Empoli points out in "The Hour of the Predators,"
technological evolution has turned the game upside down.
Today, the economic balance of war has collapsed. To shoot down a
homemade drone launched from southern Lebanon, Israel sometimes has to
deploy a Patriot missile costing three million dollars. When the cost of
attack is negligible compared to that of defense, the world becomes an
open hunting ground for those who have nothing left to lose and
everything to gain.
The Rise of Autocrats and "Conquistadors"
In this devastated landscape, a new political fauna is emerging. The
47th American president has placed himself at the head of a motley crew:
unashamed autocrats, tech conquistadors, reactionaries, and conspiracy
theorists. For these players, chaos is no longer the weapon of rebels or
the oppressed; it has become the hallmark of the dominant class.
In an environment where the legitimacy of power is precarious, inaction
is a death sentence, as Da Empoli reminds us. Those who do not act
suffer the consequences of change to their disadvantage. Consequently,
brutal action becomes the only currency. The independence of
institutions, the rights of minorities, or international repercussions?
These concepts have become obsolete. In the age of predators, these
safeguards have lost all value. This return to a form of political
savagery is, according to Da Empoli, nothing more than a brutal
historical "return to normal."
The Digital Free-for-All
This predation is not limited to physical battlefields; it saturates the
mental space. Public debate has transformed into a free-for-all where
the only rules are those dictated by the algorithms of the platforms.
"While the mobilization of prejudices has always been the lifeblood of
political struggle, social media has allowed it to take on an industrial
dimension: identifying hot topics, the fault lines that divide public
opinion; pushing the most extreme positions on each of these fronts and
pitting them against each other; projecting the confrontation onto the
entire public in order to further inflame the atmosphere." (Da Empoli,
2025, p. 93) The aim is no longer to enlighten minds, but to paralyze them.
The Cult of Results and the End of Reason
In this chaotic world, knowledge has become the enemy of action. To
reflect is to slow down; to understand is to hesitate. What matters is
the bold decision that captures the public imagination and paralyzes the
adversary.
But in concrete terms, the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz will lead to
a surge in the price of oil, which will further impoverish the working
classes through widespread inflation. Meanwhile, the chaos is enriching
the arms industry, which is massively diverting public resources that
should be invested in healthcare, education, and the fight against the
climate emergency.
"Only the result matters," as Javier Milei so aptly puts it: "What's the
difference between a madman and a genius? Success." (Da Empoli, 2025, p.
82) In the arena of predators, the winner is right, regardless of the
wreckage they leave behind.
The world is no longer governed; it devours itself.
Bibliography:
DA EMPOLI, Giuliano. The Hour of the Predators. Paris: Gallimard, 2025.
by Emma Goldman Collective
http://ucl-saguenay.blogspot.com/2026/03/le-monde-lheure-des-predateurs.html
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