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Jubilee
We’re constantly told that mass defaults would destroy the economy, but this is more of the great lie promulgated by the corporate media. Mass defaults would destroy much of the wealth of the financial elite which has been greatly enriched by the global … Continue reading →
Posted in neoliberalism, propaganda
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Tagged Barack Obama, David Graeber, Michael Hudson, neoliberalism, Wall Street
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Build Back Better
We’ve been instructed for 40 odd years that there’s no alternative to neoliberalism when it comes to how we organize our economy, but the attempt by the Biden administration to enact an infrastructure spending program looks to challenge this sentiment. … Continue reading →
Posted in neoliberalism
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Tagged Barack Obama, Joe Biden, public infrastructure, Simon Patten
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Not a bug but a feature
The 2020 election is set to be a barnburner with over a dozen Democratic challengers lining up to take a shot at Trump. With that in mind this article by neoliberal economist Brad DeLong caught my eye. DeLong, who … Continue reading →
The limits of identity politics
I’m pretty sure this will not be a popular post, but I have to ask some uncomfortable questions. Is US society better now that we have woman torturer as head of the CIA who also happens to be a … Continue reading →
The ideology that failed
Neoliberalism is a failed ideology that has immiserated millions of ordinary citizens. Like communism, neoliberalism benefits a small cohort of elites at the expense of everyone else. Under communism, the vanguard of the proletariat, i.e. members of the Communist … Continue reading →
Posted in neoliberals
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Tagged affluent professionals, Amazon, Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, Chris Hedges, CNN, communism, Democratic Party, DNC, Donald Trump, economic populism, Gulag, Hillary Clinton, Keith Ellison, Margaret Thatcher, neo-feudalism, neoliberalism, new york times, no alternative, NPR, precariat, ruling ideology, the ideology that failed, Tom Perez, Truthdig, Vanity Fair, washington post
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The Washington Generals
The Democratic Party has transformed from a political party that represented working-class interests to a party that serves affluent professionals. In the process they’ve become a faux opponent very much like the Washington Generals who pretended to oppose the Harlem Globetrotters. … Continue reading →
Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals
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Tagged Barack Obama, basketball, book deal, Democratic Party, Democrats, DNC, Donald Trump, faux, Harlem Globetrotters, Kayfabe, Keith Ellison, kick the left, Listen Liberal, Michelle Obama, Penguin Random House, pro wrestling, Republican Party, Republicans, Thomas Frank, Tom Perez, Washington Generals
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The art of the possible
Politics is the art of the possible. It’s not enough for Democrats to simply oppose the policies of Donald Trump, they need to offer alternatives. And, while the marches and protests organized by the DNC and supporting NGO’s are … Continue reading →
Posted in neoliberals
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Tagged Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, bold vision, capital, Democrats, Donald Trump, fiat currency, Hillary Clinton, identity politics, John Michael Greer, Labor, Listen Liberal, MMT, neoliberal economic policies, neoliberals, New Economic Perspectives, Robert Reich, Stephanie Kelton, Thomas Frank, too big to fail, universal policies, Wall Street, wall street crash
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The political/economy of empire
The US is an empire, in case you hadn’t noticed. The political/economy of the US empire is the deep state. The deep state in America is largely composed of the military/industrial/complex, the oil and gas industry, and Wall Street. The … Continue reading →
Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals
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Tagged army of public servants, Barack Obama, Colonel Armas of Guatemala, corporate empire, deep state, Deterring Democracy, Donald Trump, empire, empire of chaos, Great Britain, MIC, Noam Chomsky, Pepe Escobar, political/economy, political/economy of empire, Roman legions, shah of Iran, Wall Street, wall street crash
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Hypocrisy is thy name
Only our unique American exceptionalism could create hypocrisy so great that it threatens to blot out the sun. Historians have documented that empires fail when the discrepancy between what elites say and what they do grows too large. It’s … Continue reading →
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, American empire, Barack Obama, Bashar al-Assad, collateral damage, corporate media, corporate tax rate, dirty-little-secret, domestic insurgency, Donald Trump, economy, feral elite, great recession, Harvard Business School, Hillary Clinton, hypocrisy, plutocracy, political legitimacy, public infrastructure, Russia, Saudi Arabia, so-called economic recovery, Syria, tax havens, tax holiday, terrorist proxy, trolling, unworthy victims, war on terror, war on terror is a hoax, worthy victims
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Decorum
Let me get this straight. Pussy grabbing is bad, but assassinations, torture, and invading a largely defenseless country are cool? Watching the 2016 Presidential election has been illuminating. In my opinion, what bothers our elite, who are united in revulsion … Continue reading →
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