Author Archives: camelotkidd

The Weathervane

Posted on August 15, 2016 by camelotkidd

Thomas Friedman often serves as the weathervane for elite opinion. Friedman’s article, where he urges Hillary to double down on neoliberal dogma in order to thwart the evil Donald, reminds us that after all that’s happened in the 2016 … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals | Tagged Acela corridor, clueless elite, de-industrialization, Donald Trump, economic insecurity, feral elite, flathead, globalization, labor strife, matt taibbi, myth of meritocracy, NAFTA, neoconservative, neoliberal, New Deal, NY Times, Rolling Stone, so-called free trade, strongman, Thomas Friedman | Leave a comment

The political/economy of empire

Posted on August 8, 2016 by camelotkidd

While it’s useful to focus on what we can all do to make things better, going local will only go so far. Entering a presidential election between two deeply unpopular candidates, we are faced with problems that require a national … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives | Tagged 2016 presidential election, Afghanistan, Al-Qaida, American benevolence, Barak Obama, China, Cold War 2.0, Consortium News, Democrats are the party of war, Donald Trump, foreign policy, Hillary Clinton, invasion of Iraq, isolationism, Libya, NATO, neoconservative, political/economy of empire, Putin, regime change, Robert Parry, Russia, SL Tribune, Syria, war on terror, washington post | Leave a comment

Because Markets

Posted on July 22, 2016 by camelotkidd

Neoliberals believe that a market society is the natural and inexorable state of humankind, where Americans are not citizens so much as consumers. However, neoliberals recognize that this state of affairs will not arise naturally and must be constructed through … Continue reading →

Posted in neoliberals | Tagged ACA, Affordable Care Act, flock of diseased chickens, fracking, global warming, inequality, judo, Lambert, local economy, market as a religion, Naked Capitalism, neoliberal, Obamacare, President Obama, progressive community/mass movement, Salt March, seize the market, shop till you drop, toxic algae, TPP, TTIP | Leave a comment

Live, Love, Laugh

Posted on July 20, 2016 by camelotkidd

My friends ask me how I stay happy knowing the things I write about. That’s easy. No matter how bad things are, people go on with their lives, they laugh, make love and carry on the best they can. … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals | Tagged 9/11 Report, baked in, extreme sports, France, Milton Friedman, modern conservative movement, mountain biking, neoconservative foreign policies, neoliberal economic policies, neoliberalism, Nice, overtaken by events, progressive community/mass movement, shit show, skiing, skydiving, Turkey | Leave a comment

There Are Alternatives

Posted on July 7, 2016 by camelotkidd

Neoliberalism is like a religious cult, with dogma to be upheld, apostates to cast out, and fervent belief in place of critical thinking. Margaret Thatcher well articulated the inflexibility of neoliberalism when she insisted that–“there is no alternative.” The … Continue reading →

Posted in neoliberals | Tagged alternatives, Brexit, Donald Trump, European Union, Greg Palast, invasion of Iraq, invasion of Libya, Marine Le Pen, Middle East, NATO, neoliberalism, Nigel Farage, precarious economic situation, spite vote | Leave a comment

The Lesser Evil

Posted on June 25, 2016 by camelotkidd

Readers have accused me of being a Trump supporter. I’m not a supporter, but I do believe that he’s the lesser evil in a matchup against Hillary Clinton. I know, hear me out. The media has once again done … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals | Tagged banana republic, deep state, Donald Trump, free trade, Hillary Clinton, immigration, neo-conservatives, neoliberal | Leave a comment

The Greater Evil

Posted on June 25, 2016 by camelotkidd

Readers accuse me of being a Trump supporter. I’m not a supporter, I’m just making the case that Hillary Clinton is the greater evil. I know, hear me out. The conventional wisdom is that Hillary is a progressive, like … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals | Tagged Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, neoconservative, neoliberal | Leave a comment

Job Interview

Posted on June 20, 2016 by camelotkidd

The 51 State Department officials who signed a memo urging the Obama administration to bomb Syria must be applying for a position in the future Hillary Clinton administration. Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has made it known that she favors … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives | Tagged Barak Obama, Bashar al-Assad, Consortium News, Donald Trump, gang of 51, Hillary Clinton, invasion of Iraq, John Kerry, neo-conservatives, neoconservative agenda, NY Times, regime change, Robert Parry, State Department, Sunni terrorists, Syria, The Center for Citizens Initiative (CCI), threat of nuclear war, war crime | Leave a comment

Human Capital

Posted on June 12, 2016 by camelotkidd

Neoliberalism reduces us all to market participants. To neoliberals we’re not citizens, just human capital. There’s a great article at Salon, by Anis Shivani, that provides a glimpse into this poorly understood ruling ideology. “Neoliberalism believes that markets are self-sufficient unto … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Anis Shivani, Bernie Sanders, divide and rule, Donald Trump, free speech, Hillary Clinton, human capital, identity politics, Margaret Thatcher, market apostate, multiculturalism, neoconservatives, neoliberalism, Salon, Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, working-class | 1 Comment

God’s been drinking

Posted on June 5, 2016 by camelotkidd

So much evil in this world is projected as good. Some of the best writer/propagandists have taken on this task of conflating the Satanic with the sacred. Take Max Weber, who depicted God’s divine intentions throughout the Industrial Revolution … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Christianity, Fredrick von Hayek, Garden of Eden, IMF, Industrial Revolution, Jesus Christ, Ludwig von Mises, max weber, Milton Friedman, neo-liberalism, projection, protestant work ethic, Road to Serfdom, the enclosure acts, Thomas Friedman, welfare state | Leave a comment