Category Archives: neofeudalism
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Landslide
There was a clear winner in Tuesday’s presidential election. Billionaires won in a landslide. No matter what the public wants and no matter the outcome of elections, the oligarchs almost always win. They get a neoliberal government that does little … Continue reading
Skunked
You may have noticed that I despise both of our political parties. There’s a reason for that: Both Republican and Democrats portray themselves as alternatives to the other but when it comes down to important economic and foreign policies there’s … Continue reading
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