The Global Theater of Guns and Narcotics - Governments as Masters of the Game

The arms and drug trades are not deviations from state order—they are integral to it. They fund covert wars, manipulate economies, and control populations. Governments have mastered the art of playing both arsonist and firefighter. They create the crisis, then swoop in with the solution.

To understand the modern world, one must accept this Machiavellian reality: the true cartel wears a flag. The ultimate drug lords sit in parliaments and boardrooms. The real traffickers hold diplomatic passports.

Welcome to the empire of sanctioned crime.