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The end of neoliberalism?
I’ve been writing for a while about how you can’t run an empire with a neoliberal economy, but the contradictions can be overwhelming. As the late Mark Fisher wrote about neoliberalism –“It’s easier to imagine the end of the world … Continue reading
Freedom
Lambert at Naked Capitalism has a neoliberalism formulation: 1) Because Markets 2) Go die, that has always appealed to me for the conciseness. Let’s tease out some more of the political and social implications of such an explanation. The dominant … Continue reading
Posted in feral elite, neoliberalism
Tagged Democrats, Milton Friedman, neoliberalism, Republicans
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Oligarchy
The US corporate media demonizes foreign oligarchs without looking closer to home. In a nutshell the US has devolved from a republic to an oligarchy. The US oligarchy is made up of people with the same accent, manners, values, and … Continue reading
Posted in deep state, feral elite, propaganda
Tagged deep state, Donald Trump, Michael Hudson, propaganda, Russia, Wall Street
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If the right hand doesn’t get you the left hand will
Isn’t it great that in America we have a robust democracy where each political party represents a clear coalition and is responsive to the will of its voters? Oh, wait. At a Friday event commemorating the 20th anniversary of the President’s Emergency Plan … Continue reading
Sacrifice Zone
Is it just me or are America’s priorities seriously fucked-up? While our feral elite blather on about freedom, democracy, rule based international order, etc., the American people are discovering that they live in a sacrifice zone. On Monday, President Biden, … Continue reading
Posted in feral elite, neofeudalism, neoliberalism
Tagged disaster capitalism, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, neoliberalism
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I’m not crazy and neither are you
The latest revelations have confirmed what I’ve long suspected–I’m not crazy and neither are you. Power is controlling what happens. Real power is controlling what people think about what happens. Our elite do this by exerting massive amounts of influence over the … Continue reading
Posted in deep state, feral elite, propaganda
Tagged Donald Trump, matt taibbi, Russia, Russia-gate, Twitter Files, Ukraine
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Behind the curtain
Is it better to know the depressing reality or happily marinate in a warm bath of partisan propaganda? I hate to break it to you, but we live in what political philosopher Sheldon Wolin called “inverted totalitarianism.” Although I do understand … Continue reading
Posted in anti-imperialism, feral elite, propaganda
Tagged deep state, Donald Trump, propaganda, Russia-gate
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Pattern Recognition
I just finished reading One Nation Under Blackmail, by Whitney Webb, and the whole FTX thing is making my my spider sense tingle. As an author and internet sleuth I’ve come to recognize patterns of behavior over time. When you … Continue reading
Posted in deep state, feral elite, propaganda
Tagged deep state, Douglas Valentine, FTX, Jeffery Epstein, SBF, Whitney Webb
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Impunity
One of the most widespread and stubbornly pervasive myths told about US multi-party “representative democracy” is that the elected officials are accountable to the people. After the criminal invasion of Iraq we were told that the public will pass judgment … Continue reading
Posted in feral elite, neoliberalism, propaganda
Tagged Covid-19, FTX, George W. Bush, invasion of Iraq, SBF, wall street crash
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Musical Chairs
There’s a new book out that helps explain the behavior of liberals since Trump’s surprise election in 2016. Virtue Hoarders, by Catherine Liu, examines the professional managerial class (PMC), which is predominated by liberals, and finds that they are shameless … Continue reading
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Tagged Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, neoliberalism, PMC, virtue hoarding
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