Author Archives: camelotkidd
Think Globally, Act Locally
Air pollution horribly afflicts our western valley in the winter. For the past month, we’ve had the dubious distinction of having the worst air in the nation. Hurray! But, this situation is also fraught with possibilities for change–the hacking, coughing, … Continue reading
Modalities of Control
Why are American’s so docile in the face of persistent unemployment, record levels of foreclosure and a banana republic system of inequality? One word–Debt. “Workers who are unable to meet their debts, who are victimized by constantly rising interest rates … Continue reading
Dollarocracy
A friend asked me a great question the other day: Is neo-feudalism just fascism? According to the 1983 American Heritage Dictionary, fascism is: “A system of government that exercises a dictatorship of the extreme right, typically through the merging of … Continue reading
Not a Serf
Neo-feudalism is on the march in the United States. The US Government has been largely captured by the financial industry, and is operating against the rest of us. This business/government alliance is the 1% that Occupy Wall Street railed against. If you … Continue reading
Red Queen’s Race
Here at CK, I’m always thinking about our present dilemma. How did we come to an arrangement between neo-conservatives and neo-liberals to enact neo-feudalism? Lewis Carroll well described our present milieu years ago in his unequaled–Through The Looking Glass. “Well, … Continue reading
A clean get away
Anyone who says “crime doesn’t pay” hasn’t been paying attention to the behavior of the American elite in the 21st century. Historians of the future, when the study this era, will marvel at the rampant criminality and official impunity, that … Continue reading
The Antidote
In the United States we have a breathtaking system of propaganda that is directly enabling our descent into neo-feudalism. This propaganda, disseminated by the dominant corporate media, is astonishingly effective in its depiction and framing of economic issues. And this … Continue reading
It’s What’s for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Neo-feudalism that is. We have mentioned neo-feudalism here at Camelotkidd enough that I think an explanation is in order. Let’s start with feudalism. My New Oxford American Dictionary, defines feudalism as: “Historically the dominant social system in medieval Europe, in … Continue reading
Bowling Alone for Columbine
The world hasn’t ended yet, it just sometimes feels like it has. In reading about the terrible massacre in Newtown Connecticut, and the responses to it by various political actors, it struck me that the gun culture in this country … Continue reading
Too Big to Jail
I swear to God, if anyone tells me that we are a “country of laws,” I’m going to punch them in the face! Glen Greenwald has more on our two tiered system of justice. Much more. Yves Smith at Naked … Continue reading
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