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The Market is the Master
There is a vague sense of a new order growing up around us. Sometimes there’s a brief glimpse of it. Sometimes late at night there’s a whisper of it on the wind. I’m referring to neofeudalism–a confluence of neoliberalism and neoconservatism … Continue reading
Terror Theatre
That didn’t take long. Almost on cue we get another terrorist attack in Paris by gunmen claiming to be al-Qaeda. In the US, the reaction was predictable, with liberals being demonized for encouraging terrorism through their political correctness. Left largely unmentioned … Continue reading
Public Diplomacy
Neoliberalism and neoconservatism are not an accident of history. They are the ideological components of a sophisticated and largely successful counterattack on the New Deal, that commenced within seconds of the signing of the progressive legislation by President Franklin D. … Continue reading
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Tagged Cold War, FDR, New Deal, propaganda, public diplomacy, Reagan, Robert Parry
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The Stovepipe
The United States tortured prisoners for exploitation and propaganda purposes with the goal to connect al-Qa’ida with Saddam. We used this false information, obtained through torture, to justify the invasion of Iraq. “…the details in the Senate report concerning the abuse … Continue reading
Apple Pie
No thoughtful observer of American history can be surprised at the Senate report detailing the torture carried out by the CIA in the aftermath of 9/11. The revelation of torture should be seen as the logical outcome of economic and … Continue reading
A Milo Minderbinder Moment
Neoconservatives have a lock on American foreign policy with an intellectual conformity among analysts, commentators and government policy makers that is breathtaking. This has happened, I believe, because neoconservatism represents the strong state necessary for neoliberal economic policies to be implemented … Continue reading
My Hate is Pure
Every time I calm down, there’s another reminder of the damage that neoliberalism has wrought. Once again, rather than reading about this in the New York Times or Washington Post, this has to be pointed out and emphasized by William Black, … Continue reading
It’s Their World
I think I’ve come up with a working definition/differentiation between neoliberalism and neoconservatism. Neoliberalism refers to the economic policies the United States pursues, specifically: free enterprise–state subsidized private power with no infringement on managerial prerogatives. Neoliberalism is not, contrary to what … Continue reading
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Tagged deep state, greedy/ideology, neoconservatism, neoliberalism, Philip Mirowski
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Free Enterprise
In the United States the term free enterprise has been used as a key component of an organized propaganda program to concentrate corporate wealth and power. Political scientist, Alex Carey wrote that the “20th century has been characterized by 3 developments of … Continue reading
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Tagged Alec Carey, banana republic, big lie, Bill Black, free enterprise, Gresham's Dynamic, Lewis Powell, looting, Noam Chomsky, Powell memo, propaganda
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Epistemic Closure
Democratic supporters of President Obama love to point and snicker at Fox News watching conservatives who refuse to entertain any ideas that challenge their right-wing world view. But, supporters of Barack Obama are just as prone to epistemic closure as conservatives. They … Continue reading
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Tagged Affordable Care Act, Counterpunch, epistemic closure, Fox News, Jon Gruber, Leo Struass, Walter Lippmann
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