Gold is Cheap
Published: 15.02.2026
Neckpiece: Cardboard Crown, 2015
Gold with platinum staples
Photo by: Dirk Eisel
Part of: Museum of Arts and Design New York
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

We are living in a strange and unsettling moment, a period of historical upheaval. It would be foolish to see Donald Trump as the sole cause of these disruptions: he is only the catalyst. Economists and historians such as Yanis Varoufakis or Quinn Slobodian are warning us that we are entering an even darker and more brutal phase of capitalism. An unprecedented alliance between the right and far-right in Europe has also enabled the passage of the Omnibus law, which risks profoundly undermining environmental protection and human rights.
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