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Empire, Currency, and the Bodies Left Behind

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Jennifer Julien Gaskin
Dec 22, 2025
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The pattern they don’t teach—and who always pays the price

We are taught that wars are about freedom.

That sanctions are about security.

That intervention is about human rights.

That framing is clean. Comfortable.

And largely untrue.

If you follow the money—more specifically, the currency—a different story emerges. One that is far less flattering, far more vi…

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