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Who is it good for?
My liberal friends and family are exited about the Biden administration’s domestic policies: the $1400 checks; the assistance to children; potential infrastructure spending; and progressive cabinet picks. The liberal corporate media, exemplified by the New York Times, probably has something … Continue reading
Invisible Government
Walter Lippmann, Edward Bernays and the other social scientists who made up the Creel Commission developed the techniques of advertising, public relations and propaganda. These men manipulated the American public into World War I at the behest of US and … Continue reading
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Tagged Creel Commission, Edward Bernays, propaganda, Walter Lippmann
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On a path towards radicalization
I’ve always been fascinated by understanding how our world really works. Not the bedtime stories told by our parents, teachers and corporate media talking-heads but the real events that shape our world. It’s why I try to read everything I … Continue reading
Posted in deep state, feral elite, neoliberalism, propaganda
Tagged Biden, corporate media, neoliberalism, propaganda
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Go Die
The Texas black-out debacle is providing as pure an expression of neoliberalism that I’ve seen. The two simple rules of neoliberalism are Rule #1: Because markets. Rule #2: Go die! As Texas battles a severe snowstorm and mass power outages, Tim Boyd, … Continue reading
Posted in feral elite, neoliberalism
Tagged Arne Duncan, Betsy DeVos, deregulation, neoliberalism, Texas
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Of the erosion of international norms of war and the Western commitment to them
For the last five years we’ve been bombarded by story after story of Trump being a secret Russian agent directed personally by Vladimir Putin, while the Russians are portrayed as being particularly villainous. Why, dear reader, do you think that … Continue reading
Posted in deep state, neoconservatives
Tagged George Orwell, Joe Biden, neocons, Operation Timber Sycamore, propaganda, Russia-gate, Syria
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Hedge Fund Nation
It has become apparent that we are ruled by economic sociopaths, more commonly known as hedge funds. This dynamic has not gone unnoticed. A new survey suggests the GameStop saga has become a very real lightning rod for anti–Wall Street sentiment. In … Continue reading
Posted in feral elite, neoliberalism, Uncategorized
Tagged Chris Arnade, GameStop, matt taibbi, Michael Hudson, Wall Street
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Friends and Family
There was a meme a few years back during the Obama administration where liberals were encouraged to relate how they had lost a family member to Fox News propaganda. During the Trump administration the narrative managers flipped the script, with … Continue reading
Posted in neoliberalism, propaganda, Uncategorized
Tagged Donald Trump, George Orwell, neoliberalism, new york times, propaganda, Russia-gate
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Desert Solitaire
I had to get away from the pomp and ceremony of the inauguration and take a break in the desert. Back next week with some things to say about the incoming administration.
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Amnesia
I’ve come to realize that Gore Vidal seriously underestimated the amnesia of the American public. Especially New York Times reading, MSNBC watching, liberals, who’ve come to resemble “Moonies” handing out literature at the airport. To them I say–you can’t accuse … Continue reading
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