Episode 44: How Racist Doctrines Fuel Today’s Robotic Wars And What We Can Do

When 1800s Ideology Meets 21st-Century Killbots Operation Southern Spear • Neomonroeism • AI • Military • Environmentalism We connect the Monroe Doctrine’s racist roots to today’s “hybrid fleet” of AI boats and drones aimed at Venezuela, showing how old imperial logic is driving new autonomous warfare. We argue for North–South solidarity, demilitarized tech, and budgets that fund care over killbots. • Operation Southern Spear as testbed for AI maritime warfare • Monroeism and Jim Cro...