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The continuous expansion of global capitalism is the result of more than 70 interventionist wars against different developing countries that have been waged in order to achieve beneficial political conditions for its markets, allow the penetration of Western capital, and dominate the extraction of natural resources and the labor force.

Obama remains insistent that the U.S. must lead the rest of the world and that the 21st century should, like the one preceding it, have the U.S. at the helm. But upon hearing him say these words now, one cannot help but feel that he lacks the wherewithal to back them up.

Events in Ukraine following the Orange Revolution were a great disappointment, particularly because of Yanukovich’s rise to power, which is why current events can be seen as a second chance to finish up what Nuland wasn’t able to do in 2004.

"And you know, fuck the EU."

Barack Obama's policy toward Russia during the Ukraine crisis fluctuates between wishful thinking and reality. Even concerning economic aid, Kiev can't expect much.

High-ranking U.S. diplomat Victoria Nuland badmouthed the EU, and it became public. Yet beyond rude sayings, it illustrates the problems with the West’s Ukrainian policy.

The financial system is not the only thing failing, so too is the hegemonic world order. The American ideology of consumer culture is collapsing.