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It’s Their World
I think I’ve come up with a working definition/differentiation between neoliberalism and neoconservatism. Neoliberalism refers to the economic policies the United States pursues, specifically: free enterprise–state subsidized private power with no infringement on managerial prerogatives. Neoliberalism is not, contrary to what … Continue reading
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Tagged deep state, greedy/ideology, neoconservatism, neoliberalism, Philip Mirowski
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Free Enterprise
In the United States the term free enterprise has been used as a key component of an organized propaganda program to concentrate corporate wealth and power. Political scientist, Alex Carey wrote that the “20th century has been characterized by 3 developments of … Continue reading
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Tagged Alec Carey, banana republic, big lie, Bill Black, free enterprise, Gresham's Dynamic, Lewis Powell, looting, Noam Chomsky, Powell memo, propaganda
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Epistemic Closure
Democratic supporters of President Obama love to point and snicker at Fox News watching conservatives who refuse to entertain any ideas that challenge their right-wing world view. But, supporters of Barack Obama are just as prone to epistemic closure as conservatives. They … Continue reading
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Tagged Affordable Care Act, Counterpunch, epistemic closure, Fox News, Jon Gruber, Leo Struass, Walter Lippmann
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Veterans Day Blues
Veterans Day has become another American holiday full of contrived bullshit and lies. That’s why, as a veteran, it’s nice to see an editorial like this. “Here’s a legend that’s going around these days. In 2003, the United States invaded … Continue reading
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Dig it
Reading Bloomberg’s article about how the GOP, when it takes control of the Senate, should embrace infrastructure spending, made me laugh. Just the language, with its nod towards hippy vernacular, was priceless. “Dig, if you will, a picture: Republicans, basking … Continue reading
Lost In Space
It’s been a rough week for commercial space travel. First, on Tuesday an un-manned commercial supply rocket bound for the International Space Station, exploded after liftoff. The accident prompted criticism over NASA’s reliance on private corporations to launch payloads, now that … Continue reading
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Tagged commercial space travel, Naked Capitalism, neoliberalism, privatization, propaganda, public good, Robert Parry
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The vandals took the handles
Reading the bizarre effort by Paul Krugman to portray Obama as a great president, it occurred to me that it all could have been different. Newly elected with a huge mandate for reform, Obama had a chance to break the stranglehold … Continue reading
Godzilla vs Mothra
With the dearth of investigative journalism and embrace of entertainment as news by our corporate press, sometimes the only way we learn about the important events shaping our world is when there is a dust up among our elite. Right … Continue reading
Why we can’t have nice stuff
We’ve been talking a lot about foreign policy lately, but why does US foreign policy matter to the American public? It matters because our elite are committed to empire. Empire is their political economy. Empire benefits them. Us, not so … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Hedges, deep state, empire, military industrial complex, neo-feudalism, Noam Chomsky
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Greedy/Ideology
“We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we’ll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that’s how things will sort out. … Continue reading
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Tagged Akerlof and Romer, censorship, empire, greedy/ideology, Kansas, Karl Rove, looting, Matt Stoller, Naked Capitalism, propaganda, Thomas Frank, Tom Engelhardt, Yves Smith
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