CIVIL WAR #2 | CLASS WARFARE AND THE RISE OF THE OLIGARCHY IN AMERICA | METAMORPHOSIS
America stands on a precipice. From the outside, it may still appear as the land of opportunity, freedom, and democracy. But underneath that polished façade lies a brewing storm that echoes the tensions that preceded the first Civil War. Only this time, it's not North vs. South. It's the ultra-wealthy elite vs. the working-class majority. It's the oligarchy tightening its grip while the rest struggle to breathe.
In this powerful live stream, we will peel back the layers of today’s civil war—not one of bullets (yet), but of economics, policies, and propaganda. We call it Civil War No. 2: Class Warfare and the Rise of the Oligarchy in America, and we invite you to join us as we break down the system that’s been rigged against us—especially against Black America.
From Plantation to Paycheck: A Legacy of Economic Exploitation
America’s history is steeped in class warfare. The foundations of this country were built on the backs of enslaved Africans who produced wealth they were never allowed to enjoy. Even after emancipation, Black Americans were locked out of generational wealth through redlining, discriminatory labor practices, unequal education, and violent suppression of self-sufficient communities like Tulsa’s Black Wall Street.
While slavery was once the overt engine of oligarchic wealth, it has been replaced by a more subtle yet equally devastating system: wage slavery, debt peonage, and mass incarceration.
The Illusion of Inclusion: Black Faces in High Places
One of the most cunning tricks of the modern oligarchy is the illusion of representation. A handful of Black politicians, CEOs, entertainers, and influencers are paraded as proof that the system is fair. But these token successes serve more as shields for the establishment than bridges for the masses.
Barack Obama’s presidency, for example, inspired millions—but Wall Street made more gains than Black households during his tenure. The gap between rich and poor widened. Student debt soared. And the police killings of unarmed Black citizens persisted with near impunity.
Representation does not equal liberation.
Economic Apartheid in Real Time
Today, we are living under an economic apartheid. The top 1% of Americans now control more wealth than the entire bottom 90%. While billionaires saw their fortunes increase by trillions during the pandemic, everyday people were losing jobs, homes, and health care. Corporations were bailed out. Citizens were given crumbs.
The oligarchy doesn’t need physical chains to dominate—it uses policy. It uses debt. It uses inflation. It uses digital surveillance. And through a corporate-controlled media apparatus, it convinces the masses to blame one another rather than the architects of the system.
This is not capitalism. This is corporate feudalism dressed in red, white, and blue.
Global Distraction, Domestic Collapse
While America focuses on endless wars, foreign aid packages, and regime change across the globe, its own infrastructure is decaying. Schools are underfunded. Cities are poisoned. The homeless crisis has become a humanitarian disaster. Health care remains a privilege, not a right.
Meanwhile, military spending continues to soar, feeding the very oligarchs who profit from war. The sons and daughters of working-class families, disproportionately Black and Brown, are sent to fight battles for corporate interests in places they’ve never heard of.
And what do they return to? A country that often offers broken promises, broken systems, and broken dreams.
Surveillance Capitalism and the Digital Plantation
In today’s world, the digital space has become the new plantation. Social media platforms profit from our attention, our culture, and our data—while offering little to no ownership or equity in return. Algorithms push division. Truth is filtered. Dissent is shadow-banned. We are fed the illusion of freedom while being studied, manipulated, and monetized.
And the new bosses? Tech oligarchs who shape elections, influence legislation, and even dictate what knowledge is permissible. We’ve entered the age of surveillance capitalism, where your every move can be tracked, marketed, and controlled.
The New Jim Crow: The Carceral State and Economic Control
Let’s not forget the role of the prison industrial complex in this class war. With over 2 million people behind bars—disproportionately Black—the U.S. remains the world’s largest jailer. Prisons have become a modern-day economic engine, feeding corporations with cheap labor and states with federal dollars.
This is no accident. It is a deliberate policy of containment and control. The War on Drugs, the school-to-prison pipeline, and broken-windows policing have all contributed to a system where poverty is criminalized, and Blackness is punished.
Where Do We Go From Here?
If this is indeed the second civil war, the battlefield is not just in the streets—it’s in our minds, our wallets, and our communities.
We must recognize the intersections of race and class—how the oligarchy has weaponized both to maintain control. We must build alternative systems: community banking, cooperative economics, homeschooling networks, independent media, and grassroots political movements that are immune to corporate capture.
This livestream is more than a discussion. It’s a call to consciousness. We are not powerless—but we must be clear-eyed about the enemy. It is not the poor white man struggling in Appalachia, nor the immigrant fleeing climate collapse. It is the system that keeps all of us in competition while the top collects the spoils.
Join Us. Speak Up. Stand Firm.
We invite you to engage with us as we dive deep into these realities and what they mean for the future of America—and more specifically, for the future of Black America. This is Civil War No. 2. The enemy is organized. We must be too.
Because if we don’t define this moment, it will surely define us.
