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Musical Chairs
There’s a new book out that helps explain the behavior of liberals since Trump’s surprise election in 2016. Virtue Hoarders, by Catherine Liu, examines the professional managerial class (PMC), which is predominated by liberals, and finds that they are shameless … Continue reading
Posted in feral elite, neoliberalism, propaganda
Tagged Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, neoliberalism, PMC, virtue hoarding
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How-to manual
George Orwell’s 1984 wasn’t supposed to be a how-to manual, yet here we are. The corporate media coverage of the US proxy war against Russia in Ukraine demonstrates the extent to which government and media have merged to become a … Continue reading
Alienation
Terence McKenna well describes the costs of being an apostate. “The cost of sanity in this society, is a certain level of alienation” And once you get past the propaganda it’s alienation-city because we live in a mean country where … Continue reading
Posted in anti-imperialism, propaganda
Tagged neoconservative foreign policies, neoliberalism, propaganda, Russia
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Me, myself and I
Identity politics is the perfect embodiment of neoliberalism. Arch-neoliberal Margaret Thatcher articulated it when she proclaimed that “there is no society, only individuals…” Moreover, identity politics is designed to divide and rule. They’re not even being subtle about it. In … Continue reading
Posted in anti-imperialism, neoconservatives, neoliberalism, propaganda
Tagged Donald Trump, identity politics, neocons, neoliberalism, Russia, Russia-gate
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We’ve got to stop there
The US corporate media more and more resembles the Soviet media. The censorship, propaganda and conformity are startling. For example, when Professor Jeffery Sachs observed that it was probably the US that sabotaged the Nordstream pipelines, the Bloomberg host interrupted … Continue reading
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Tagged Donald Trump, propaganda, Russia, Russia-gate
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The March of Folly
I’ve come to believe that our leaders are insane. What the latest developments on and off the battlefield make undoubtedly clear is that the US and NATO are willing to use Ukraine for as long as it takes to achieve … Continue reading
Posted in anti-imperialism, feral elite, neoconservatives, propaganda
Tagged C Wright Mills, crackpot realism, deep state, Donald Trump, Russia, Ukraine
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The Jackpot
Author William Gibson came up with the formulation of a massive societal die-off that he called the “Jackpot” in his novel the Peripheral. Gibson is also famous for his quote–“The Future is Already Here, it’s Just Not Very Evenly Distributed.” … Continue reading
Waiting for the Flood
The US corporate media have transformed into empire cheerleaders, abandoning any pretext of being a Forth Estate holding power accountable. This dynamic took hold after 9/11 and the War on Terror era but the US proxy-war against Russia in Ukraine … Continue reading
Posted in anti-imperialism, deep state, neoconservatives, propaganda
Tagged deep state, Donald Trump, propaganda, Russia, Russia-gate, Ukraine
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Democracy also dies in the daylight
On Thursday night, Joe Biden gave a speech in Philadelphia about how Donald Trump supporters are violent extremists, and then claimed once again that election fraud is impossible, and that anyone who disagrees is a violent threat to democracy. It … Continue reading
Posted in deep state, feral elite, propaganda
Tagged billionaires, Donald Trump, propaganda, Russia-gate, Wall Street
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Public Diplomacy
The US doesn’t do diplomacy. Diplomacy is seen as a sign of weakness. Understanding your enemy is viewed as treasonous. Moreover, American foreign policy relies on force, either economic or military to achieve its aims. Because of this reality much … Continue reading
Posted in anti-imperialism, deep state, neoconservatives, propaganda
Tagged China, deep state, Donald Trump, propaganda, Russia, Russia-gate
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