The Politics of Power Explainer Hub
How states, corporations, and ideology battle for control
Across history, three forces have always wrestled for dominance. Armies and rulers, merchants and financiers, priests and moral guardians. The names change — emperors become presidents, guilds become corporations, religion gives way to ideology — but the struggle remains the same: who really rules society?
At WokePolitics.com, we’ve spent years mapping this conflict across 200+ articles. Our system draws on history, theory, and modern politics — influenced by thinkers like David Priestland and John Mearsheimer — but sharpened into something new: a framework for making sense of today’s world.
- Merchants: corporations and financial elites, richer than nations, rewriting rules to suit themselves.
- Warriors: presidents, ministers, and generals, trying — and often failing — to defend the nation-state.
- The New Church: ideology, once religious, now “woke,” enforcing morality through media, schools, and HR.
This hub is your guide. Here, you’ll see how merchants bought influence, how warriors lost independence, how ideology turned into theatre — and why modern politics makes sense only when you see the hidden power game behind it.
⚫ The Framework
The big picture you need before diving deeper.
Merchants, Warriors, and the New Church Explained
How three forces — corporations, states, and ideology — fight for dominance in today’s world. The essential starting point for understanding modern politics.
🟡 The State & Geopolitics
How governments and leaders struggle to hold their ground.
- Offensive Realism Explained – Why States Always Push for Power
- Nationalism Explained – Sovereignty vs Globalism
- Anti-Western Coalition Explained – The New Global Alignments
- Illiberalism Explained – How Left and Right Both Threaten Freedom
🟡 Ideology & the New Church
How woke ideas replaced traditional authority.
- Woke Politics Explained – From Theory to Power
- Collectivism vs Individualism Explained – The Hidden Fault Line
- Conservatism vs Wokeism – A Clash of Worldviews
- Universal Jurisdiction Explained – When Law Replaces Politics
🟡 Power Shifts & Leaders
The rise (and weakness) of today’s “warrior” class.
- The Return of the Strong Political Leader Explained
- Neoconservatism vs Trumpism Explained – The Right’s Civil War
- Trumpism vs Neoconservatism vs Neoliberalism Explained
- Why Realism, Conservatism, and Nationalism Still Matter – Explained
The Politics of Power Explainer Hub is your map to understanding how states, corporations, and ideologies battle for control — and why today’s culture wars are really about power.
👉 For the economic side of the story, visit The Power of Business & Corporations Explainer Hub.
👉 Or explore the Woke Politics Explainer Series for the cultural roots.
