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Rich people must not be allowed to lose money
Our political/economy is based on the concept that rich people must not be allowed to lose money. Obama foamed the runway with American homeowners so that banks and the rich people who owned them didn’t’ have to take losses in … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, Donald Trump, kleptocracy, Matt Stoller, neoliberalism, SVB, Wall Street
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FAFO
The Trump Administration has misgoverned with a blizzard of pronouncements, policies and actions. There was Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”, random economic sanctions, the DOGE massacre, election rat-fuckery, the ICE attacks and murders, the West Wing Ballroom and command bunker, putting … Continue reading
Posted in anti-imperialism, feral elite, neoconservatives, propaganda
Tagged Alastair Crooke, Donald Trump, Iran, Israel, Naked Capitalism, neocons
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You will own nothing
What is the AI data center mania really about? Data centers are springing up everywhere, pushed by Silicon Valley hyper-scalers and state and federal governments, even as more and more Americans protest their implementation. None of the huge expenditure makes … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, neoliberalism, Patrick Wood, Silicon Valley, Wall Street
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Post Neoliberalism
If you thought neoliberalism was bad, just wait. Neoliberalism was the owners of the country rebelling against the New Deal class compromise between capital and labor. Back when the US maintained a manufacturing economy workers possessed more power and the … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, deep state, Donald Trump, kleptocracy, Lavender, Michael Hudson, neoliberalism, propaganda, Wall Street
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Operation Epic Fail
Trump’s attack on Iran is turning into the biggest military disaster in US history. Even the neocons are saying it, and the corporate media is reporting it. On May 10, Robert Kagan, arch-neocon who’s married to Maidan cookie-monster Victoria Nuland, lamented in The … Continue reading
Posted in anti-imperialism, deep state, feral elite, neoconservatives, propaganda
Tagged 1984, deep state, Donald Trump, George Orwell, Iran, Israel, neocons, Robert Kagan, Victoria Nuland
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Gotta get in to get out
To be an apostate takes courage, tenacity and perseverance. Oh, and bloody-mindedness. But in addition, becoming an apostate–an outsider–requires introspection. An examination of your own consciousness reveals a lot of unfounded assumptions about who we are, our place in society … Continue reading
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Tagged Donald Trump, George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia, Ian Welsh, idealogies
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Mapping the Deep State
Federalist Papers author and first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, John Jay, presciently described the deep state: “The people who own the country ought to govern it.” And so they have. America is not really a country. It’s … Continue reading
The Hamptons are not a defensible position
Skimming Karp’s screed it stuck me once again that our feral elite would kill us off without a thought as they transform the US government from being run by humans to being run by algorithmic computations. And they don’t seem to … Continue reading
Posted in feral elite, neofeudalism, propaganda
Tagged Alex Karp, deep state, Donald Trump, Jeff Bezos, Palantir, techno-fascism, William Gibson
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Can’t run an empire with neoliberalism as the operating system
Trump’s attack on Iran is proving conclusively that the US can’t run an empire with neoliberalism as the operating system. The evidence mounts every day, from inability to manufacture more than a few precision munitions, to fragile supply chains, to … Continue reading
Posted in anti-imperialism, feral elite, neofeudalism, neoliberalism
Tagged Cory Doctorow, Donald Trump, enshittification, Iran, Israel, Michael Hudson, neoliberalism
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What Now?
The US government in its present captured state is beyond redemption. Under Trump the US has openly declared itself to be a violent empire that’s above any international laws. The only available courses appear to be a US military coup … Continue reading
Posted in anti-imperialism, feral elite, neofeudalism
Tagged Donald Trump, Iran, Israel, Wall Street
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