Category Archives: neoliberalism
Days of Rage
Neoliberalism, with its emphasis on markets rather than human needs, is finally getting the appropriate response. Days and nights of rage. There are currently widespread riots in France. The triggering event was police brutality: Rioting then spread to Spain and … Continue reading
The Resistance
The donkeys are already informing us that their first priority will be to super-size US support for Ukraine. Democrats plot major escalation of Ukraine war after midterm election. Fucking Democrats! While cynically appealing to working-class anger over the cost of … Continue reading
Lawless
Why should I obey the laws when our feral elite openly flout them? A country is only as good as the application of its laws. Are they universal in the way in which applied or are they situational? If an … Continue reading
The Good Stuff
The best propaganda is aimed at the professional/managerial/class (PMC). A large part of its effectiveness is due to the fact that the PMC view themselves as too sophisticated to be propagandized. That shit is reserved for the mouth-breathers watching Fox … Continue reading
Hauled it Away
On Paradise, John Prine sings. “And Daddy, won’t you take me back to Muhlenberg County? Down by the Green River where Paradise lay. Well, I’m sorry my son, but you’re too late in asking. Mister Peabody’s coal train has hauled … Continue reading
Flock You
The protest against AI, data centers and Flock cameras is an American revolt against corporate control, monopolies, elite impunity and the increasing surveillance of everyday life. Americans are rightfully furious at the political and economic conditions that are making their … Continue reading
Jersey
I saw this from Amy Walter at the Cook Political Report and laughed. “But in this era of deep and hardened partisanship, real world events don’t have the political impact that they once did, with voters more willing than ever to … Continue reading
New Calculus
What’s going on with the billionaires that control our country? Late-stage capitalism has made them richer than Croesus, but the lucre has only made them more greedy, where they seem unwilling to offer even modest reforms that would be pocket … Continue reading
