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Looting Opportunity
We don’t do competent governance anymore. Everything is simply a looting opportunity. There are clusters of competence, of course, but they are overwhelmed by incompetence, corruption and callous disregard for anyone who isn’t wealthy or powerful. The elites have … Continue reading
Posted in feral elite, neofeudalism, neoliberalism
Tagged Coronavirus, feral elite, guillotine moment, MMT, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, pandemic, plutocracy
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The Gray Lady
Of all the topics I discuss probably the most confusing is propaganda. This week I’m going to focus on the New York Times, since it’s the premier-elite newspaper that all other media take their cues from. Going further, the … Continue reading
Forest for the Trees
At Camelotkidd, I’ve settled into a routine of writing critical articles on neoliberalism, neoconservatism, our feral elite, and propaganda, because I realized that these were subjects that not only interested me but were key to making sense of our chaotic … Continue reading
Posted in feral elite, neoconservatives, neoliberalism, propaganda
Tagged Coronavirus, feral elite, narrative, neoconservatism, neoliberalism, pandemic, propaganda
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Back in the USSR
Imagine having a government that cares about average people, helping keep them safe during an emergency and ensuring that the costs of the crisis fall upon the members of society with the most? You don’t know how lucky you … Continue reading
Posted in feral elite, propaganda
Tagged bailout, Coronavirus, Donald Trump, neoliberalism, pandemic, Russia, Vladimir Putin
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Financial Feudalism
The Wall Street Crash of 2008, the bailout, and the Fed’s Quantitative Easing (QE) intensified inequality in America. And now they’re getting the band back together. Behind all the focus on the human toll of the pandemic there are quiet … Continue reading
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Tagged bailout, Coronavirus, federal reserve, feral elite, financialization, Michael Hudson, neo-feudalism, Wall Street
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Katrina Moment
The Coronavirus appears to be Trump’s Katrina moment, where the pandemic is exposing the rank incompetence of his administration. If you’ll recall from the way-back machine, in 2005, Hurricane Katrina demonstrated that the Bush Administration’s neoconservative ideology was a serious … Continue reading
Rotten Arrangements
The Coronavirus pandemic is calling into question all of the rotten arrangements that have brought us to this point in American history. Indeed, the virus is remorselessly exposing every weakness in the political and economic ideologies it touches. Especially the ideology … Continue reading
Existential Threat
Every economy is planned. The essential political question is who gets to do the planning. Likewise, every economy is a mix between state and private actors. After 40 plus years of neoliberal “reforms”, the dominant actors in the US are … Continue reading
Posted in feral elite, neoliberalism
Tagged Bernie Sanders, corporate media, DNC, finance, neoliberalism, Wall Street
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Neat trick
The key to unlocking the narrative is projection. Narrative is the method that our feral elite use to control us, and projection plays an enormous role in constructing the ongoing narrative. Here’s how Wikipidia describes projection. “Psychological projection is … Continue reading
Posted in feral elite, neoliberals, propaganda
Tagged Donald Trump, impeachment, projection, redistribution, Russia-gate, socialism, Ukraine-gate
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