Bry Willis argues Yanis Varoufakis position that the West, particularly America, has transitioned into a state of "technofeudalism" and is losing ground to China's technologically advanced authoritarian system. The author contends that America's post-WWII economic strategies, including the dollar's dominance, ultimately paved the way for China's rise in "cloud capital" and surveillance technology. Western attempts to counter this, like banning Chinese tech, are portrayed as panicked and ineffective. The piece concludes that both the West and the Global South face a future where they are subservient to either American or Chinese technological dominance, while Europe is already a vassal state.https://philosophics.blog/2025/04/12/clouds-crowns-and-clowns/