WWKMD?, Episode 17: Oil, Empires, and the Unstoppable Logic of Capital

This episode walks you through Marx’s lens on Venezuela and Iran, showing how oil, control, and global circulation turn political dramas into systemic outcomes. It’s less about individual villains and more about a system that needs to expand and secure resources.

We connect production and circulation — who owns the oil, who moves it, and why that makes conflict almost inevitable under capitalism. Short, sharp, and surprisingly relevant.