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[ POISONED GROWTH ] ↓ Short-term gains through neoliberal globalization (“Drinking poison to quench thirst”) ↓ [ SYSTEMIC CRISIS ] Financial meltdowns • Mass layoffs • Supply chain shocks • Social unrest ↓ [ REGENERATION LOOP ] Capital restructures • Outsourcing 2.0 • New tech bubbles • Debt expansion (Hydra grows back multiple heads) ↓ [ STATE/NATIONALISM BACKSTOP ] Governments deploy force & bailouts • Nationalist narratives absorb anger • Borders tighten • Social surveillance expands ↓ [ LEGITIMACY REBOOT ] Crisis is framed as external threat • Public rallies around the flag • New normal established ↓ [ RETURN TO POISONED GROWTH ] Neoliberal machine restarts — now leaner, faster, more extractive (The cycle repeats) 📝 Key Idea Nationalism & state power aren’t contradictions to neoliberalism — they’re emergency tools. Each crisis is a “patch update” rather than a system change. The Hydra metaphor: cut off one head (bubble, war, scandal), new heads