Category Archives: feral elite

The end of neoliberalism?

Posted on April 21, 2023 by camelotkidd

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 →

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Freedom

Posted on April 14, 2023 by camelotkidd

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 →

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Oligarchy

Posted on March 31, 2023 by camelotkidd

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 →

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If the right hand doesn’t get you the left hand will

Posted on March 3, 2023 by camelotkidd

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 →

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Sacrifice Zone

Posted on February 25, 2023 by camelotkidd

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 →

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I’m not crazy and neither are you

Posted on January 6, 2023 by camelotkidd

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 →

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Behind the curtain

Posted on December 2, 2022 by camelotkidd

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 →

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Pattern Recognition

Posted on November 25, 2022 by camelotkidd

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 →

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Impunity

Posted on November 18, 2022 by camelotkidd

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 →

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Musical Chairs

Posted on November 4, 2022 by camelotkidd

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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