War Profiteers Thrive as 'Geopolitical Turmoil' Markets Genocide
According to the Financial Times, investors are snapping up defense and energy stocks as a 'hedging' strategy against 'geopolitical turmoil.' (How euphemistic.) This isn't just shrewd business; it's the financialization of human suffering. While populations face instability, displacement, and death, Lockheed Martin's stock climbs, and fossil fuel giants find renewed vigor, fueled by the very
conflicts they often indirectly profit from. This 'turmoil' isn't accidental, nor is it new. It's a cyclical windfall for those who build the bombs and control the oil. We might ask, who benefits from perpetual conflict? Not the civilian populations, certainly. This market reaction simply solidifies the grim truth: for some, every bombing campaign, every invasion, every 'humanitarian crisis' is a
ticker symbol flashing green. The next time a lawmaker votes for another aid package to a country like Israel, which received over $3.8 billion from the US in 2023, funding its military, one might wonder if they're protecting 'democratic values' or just ensuring a robust return on investment for their campaign donors tied to defense contractors. One might also wonder if the surge in 'geopolitical
turmoil' isn't just coincidental timing.