Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone
“They are building a UFC arena on the White House lawn, / because the world has gone insane, / and there are chatbots in our skulls, / and our eyes have been crossed out with black ink. / They are building a UFC arena on the White House lawn / so the president can watch men fight in a cage / while the Paramount Plus audience watches military recruitment ads that are marketed to teenagers / and a podcast plutocrat interviews men with bloody hands / as shame-soaked survivors sleep on the sidewalk in Washington DC, / as Cuban parents light a candle and skip another meal, / as Lebanese medics die in double-tap airstrikes, / as billionaires cackle about stripping all human knowledge / and selling it back to us as a subscription service, / as we shovel fistfuls of mood stabilizers down our gullets / to keep us functional enough to turn the gears of industry …” (05/27/26)
https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2026/05/27/they-are-building-a-ufc-arena-on-the-white-house-lawn/