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Catch and Release
Why does the economy suck for most Americans even as economists and economic journalists paint a rosy picture? Rich people don’t care all that much about chemistry, astronomy or archeology but they damn sure care about economics and political science, … Continue reading
Posted in feral elite, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, propaganda
Tagged AI, Donald Trump, Michael Hudson, neoliberalism, political/economy
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How They Operate
A perfect world for the banksters and tech-bros would be where all the profits accrue to them while all the costs fall on the society they claim doesn’t exist. Unfortunately, that’s kinda where we are at. Even worse, this unbearable … Continue reading
Posted in feral elite, neofeudalism, neoliberalism
Tagged neoliberalism, oligarchy, plutocracy, Silicon Valley, Wall Street
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Situation Report
Have you noticed that Americans don’t pay attention to their surroundings? Whether walking, biking, driving or skiing, people are largely unaware of what’s going on around them. It’s the same with politics, where Americans are blissfully unaware of the political … Continue reading
Posted in feral elite, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, propaganda
Tagged Charlie Kirk, Donald Trump, MMT, neoliberalism, propaganda, Zohran Mamdani
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No Crying in the Casino
I had an epiphany watching the instructor for my continuing education class delineate all the expenses a small business incurs in the course of operation. It occurred to me that the US tax base has been shifted from corporations, banks … Continue reading
Posted in feral elite, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, propaganda
Tagged Donald Trump, neoliberalism, propaganda, Wall Street
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Shoveling coal for Satan
Shoveling coal for Satan well describes our late-stage capitalist empire. Want to get ahead in America? Grab a shovel. What are the jobs in the US that pay the most? Is it farmers, doctors, teachers, nurses, social workers or counselors? … Continue reading
Posted in anti-imperialism, feral elite, neofeudalism, propaganda
Tagged Donald Trump, feral elite, Gaza genocide, Israel, neoliberalism, private-equity
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Eat or be eaten
Amazon staff on Tuesday got an email from their CEO, Andy Jassy, who admonished them to eat or be eaten by AI, while also informing them that they should expect “headcount reductions” over the next few years. Amazon’s corporate behavior … Continue reading
Posted in anti-imperialism, feral elite, neofeudalism
Tagged Amazon, Donald Trump, Iran, Israel
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Won’t Get Fooled Again
Lots of friends went to the Bernie/AOC rally, and wondered why the one with the most radical politics, did not join. Anyone who has read this blog and contemplated what I write about already knows but, in a nutshell, the … Continue reading
Posted in feral elite, neofeudalism, propaganda
Tagged AOC, Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, neocons, neoliberalism
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The Yeltsin Years
I’ve recently discovered that the DOGE-bags have a plan, and it’s not simply to move fast and break things. It’s called the Dark Enlightenment, and “seeks to implement authoritarianism with a combination of elite technocrats (as in the IT type, … Continue reading
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Tagged DOGE, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, neoliberalism, Wall Street
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Mangione Moment
How long before we have another Mangione moment, when someone opens fire on a CEO, banker or politician? How soon before some poor, desperate American, with nothing to lose, attacks one of the sociopaths who rule our country? The Sackler … Continue reading
Posted in feral elite, neofeudalism, neoliberalism
Tagged DOGE, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Luigi Mangione, second Gilded Age
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Concrete material benefits
The Trump-Vance administration can engineer a political transformation if they can provide concrete material benefits to working-class Americans, who have seen their standard and quality of living collapse. If so, Trump has an opportunity to consolidate a durable realignment of … Continue reading
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Tagged Donald Trump, Elon Musk, H-1B, neoliberalism, propaganda, Silicon Valley, Wall Street
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