BILL ASTORE"Gusher Up, Trickle Down, Leads Me to a Sinking Feeling"Extractive capitalism is the economic model for the United States. How long a top-heavy system of extractive capitalism can last before it collapses under the weight of its own greed and waste is an experiment we’re currently conducting. as a leading threat to America when it’s so obviously extractive capitalism that threatens to bury us. Meanwhile, extractive capitalism is protected (and accelerated) by unbridled U.S. militarism as the Pentagon’s budget soars to $1.5 trillion (or higher) in FY2027. A militant extractive system is very good for a few at the expense of a great many.