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Gangster State
The US is a gangster state, where foreign policies mirror organized criminal behavior. Any cursory examination of post-war history reveals that the US operates like the Mafia, maintaining its empire through unceasing violence. Liberals view Trump as a horrifying aberration … Continue reading
Posted in anti-imperialism, deep state, neoconservatives, neoliberalism, propaganda
Tagged deep state, Donald Trump, Mafia, neocons, neoliberalism, Syria
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Traitors
Billionaires are traitors, actively sabotaging the general welfare of America with their insatiable greed, and yet we celebrate them. The only reason we don’t immediately recognize their betrayal is due to the mighty propaganda Wurlitzer that venerates sociopathic CEO’s in … Continue reading
Posted in feral elite, neoliberalism, propaganda
Tagged China, deep state, neoliberalism, propaganda, RedNote, Wall Street
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Pay the Toll
We have a tollbooth economy, where necessary components of modern life–education, healthcare, transportation and communication–have become prohibitively expensive, in the process erecting barriers to economic participation. A major feature of the tollbooth economy is the increasing weight of rentier activities … Continue reading
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Tagged DOGE, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, infrastructure spending, Simon Patten
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Anything can happen to anyone
The assassination of the CEO of United Health has galvanized social media with the majority of sentiment being approval, but this points to a larger issue. Is not that the system is broken or isn’t working. It’s working just as … Continue reading
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Tagged for-profit-healthcare, Luigi Mangione, neoliberalism, propaganda, UnitedHealth
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Things behind things
We live in a interregnum, where everything, including reality itself, is in flux. The paranoia and distrust of institutions that has taken hold in America is not a function of Donald Trump’s rancid populism no matter what the liberal, intellectual … Continue reading
The end of the end of history
Trump’s reelection has shattered the end of history narrative promulgated by Francis Fukuyama and the assorted coterie of neocons who plotted a perpetual American empire. Former MI-6 military and foreign policy analyst, Alastair Crooke writes–“the U.S. election also, has been … Continue reading
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Tagged deep state, Donald Trump, neocons, neoliberalism
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Market Mechanisms
I’m fascinated by ideas and ideologies and none have animated me quite like the ideology of neoliberalism with its mantra that there’s “no alternative.” This bold pronouncement, along with its twin, that “there is no society,” always seemed like a … Continue reading
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Tagged austerity, Milton Friedman, neoliberalism, Wall Street
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Lost in Space
Boeing is emblematic of the late stage American empire, where neoliberal, financial looting takes precedence over national security. The two lost astronauts, who NASA insists “are not stranded in space,” represent just how far a once great company–Boeing –and by … Continue reading
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Tagged China, Iran, neocons, neoliberalism, North Korea, Russia, Wall Street
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Sullen Acquiescence
If neoliberal capitalism isn’t working for average Americans, how are they responding? The neoliberal Great Transformation has massively changed the workplace, and as workers are increasingly squeezed by anxiety over personal economic prospects, they are responding with sullen acquiescence in … Continue reading
Posted in feral elite, neoliberalism
Tagged Ian Welch, neoliberalism, Wall Street, Wendy Brown
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