-
Recent Posts
Categories
Archives
Meta
Author Archives: camelotkidd
The Consensus
Most liberals take their cues from the New York Times, which provides the narrative for the American empire. Indeed, the Gray Lady’s chief role is to enforce accepted US imperial diktats and neoliberal orthodoxy. Oligarchic imperialism is our dominant state … Continue reading
Figurehead
It turns out that the president of the US is not that powerful when it comes to dealing with the deep state. The deep state can be thought of as a permanent, entrenched bureaucracy representing the military/industrial/complex, the alphabet intelligence … Continue reading
The Unknowing
I’ve come to realize that most Americans don’t want to know about the problems that confront our country nor the actors that are responsible. Moreover, they prefer fairy tales, relayed by their tribal corporate media source, that depict their hero … Continue reading
Posted in feral elite, neoconservatives, propaganda
Tagged Donald Trump, feral elite, George W. Bush, narrative, neocons
Leave a comment
The Damage Done
I despise Donald Trump but the thought of a Biden victory makes me want to gargle anti-freeze. Mostly because of Russia-gate but the whole brunch thing really grates on my nerves too. With Russia-gate, liberals have been in a hysterical … Continue reading
Posted in neoliberalism, propaganda
Tagged deep state, Donald Trump, resistance, Russia-gate
Leave a comment
Decorum
I’ve decided that what really bothers liberals about Trump is his lack of decorum. They claim that oh, no, it’s his policies that they object to but I’m certain that if Biden is elected and continues the very same policies … Continue reading
Posted in feral elite
Tagged conspiracy theory, deplorables, Donald Trump, feral elite
Leave a comment
Narrative Management
The last four years of Russia-gate, the fairy-tale collection of made up connections between Donald Trump and Russia, has been one long process of narrative management. All the “cool kids” (meaning the elite-corporate media stenographers) settled on a narrative that … Continue reading
Posted in feral elite, propaganda
Tagged deep state, new york times, Operation Mockingbird, propaganda, Russia-gate
Leave a comment
Missed Opportunity
What’s fucked is that after the Wall Street crash of 2008, (an event that should have discredited our all-American brand of financial capitalism for a generation), the bi-partisan Washington Consensus sabotaged any effort to re-leash our financial oligarchy. The obscene … Continue reading
Posted in feral elite, propaganda
Tagged Covid-19, Donald Trump, FDR, New Deal, Obama-care, wall street crash
Leave a comment
Lies on top of lies
For the last 40 years we’ve been told lies on top of lies and we can’t process them anymore without losing our minds. Indeed, what we witnessed the other night at the presidential debate is evidence that America is suffering … Continue reading
Posted in feral elite, propaganda
Tagged Democrats, Donald Trump, neoconservatism, neoliberalism, presidential debates, Republicans
Leave a comment
Discontents
Rick Perlstein’s new book Reaganland chronicles the cultural discontents roiling America during the tumultuous administration of Jimmy Carter (1977 to 1981) that led to the election of Ronald Reagan and the end of the New Deal consensus. Perlstein describes the … Continue reading