U.S. strikes Venezuela and captures Maduro - Trump says "we're going to run the country for now."

When a President Says "We're Going to Run the Country"—What Does Sociology Reveal?

The U.S. military capture of Nicolás Maduro isn't just breaking news. It's the culmination of decades of hemispheric power dynamics, oil politics, and the strategic deployment of "narco-state" narratives that strip nations of sovereignty in plain sight.

This isn't a story about one leader's downfall or another's impulsivity. It's about structures—the institutional machinery that made this moment not only possible but, in retrospect, almost inevitable.

Why did sanctions designed to pressure a regime instead devastate ordinary citizens? How does labelling a country a "narco-state" bypass the need for a formal declaration of war? And who stands to profit from the "reconstruction" that follows?

This sociological analysis cuts through the headlines to expose the deeper architecture: the enduring logic of the Monroe Doctrine, the global political economy of oil, the electoral calculations driving foreign policy from Florida, and the troubling fusion of warfare, policing, and humanitarianism that defines 21st-century intervention.

If you want to understand not just what happened, but why the world works this way—and what alternatives might exist—this is essential reading.

Download the full analysis and see the crisis through a sociological lens.