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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
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Tagged AOC, Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, neocons, neoliberalism
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More basic shit
Neoliberal capitalism doesn’t work for average Americans. To paraphrase James Madison, if bankers on Wall Street were angels there would be no need for government regulation, but you may have noticed that there is a distinct shortage there. And neoliberal … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, Edward Bernays, Joe Biden, neoliberalism, propaganda
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Know your enemy
You can learn a lot about the American power structure by how unconventional presidential candidates are treated. Unconventional candidates for the US presidency offer a litmus test for establishment thinking, and the economics and foreign policy red lines that shall … Continue reading
Existential Threat
Every economy is planned. The essential political question is who gets to do the planning. Likewise, every economy is a mix between state and private actors. After 40 plus years of neoliberal “reforms”, the dominant actors in the US are … Continue reading
Posted in feral elite, neoliberalism
Tagged Bernie Sanders, corporate media, DNC, finance, neoliberalism, Wall Street
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Redistribution
As Bernie Sanders continues to triumph in Democratic primaries expect to hear increased denunciations of socialism. Along the way I suspect there will be denunciations of redistribution as well. However, it’d important to understand that the crucial redistribution has already … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernie Sanders, corporate socialism, Donald Trump, feral elite, Kayfabe, neoliberalism, redistribution, socialism
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IBDYBD
The looming threat of global weirding has made it apparent that both our political parties are death cults and, despite all the rhetoric to the contrary, money is their only true value. I’d be remiss if I failed to mention … Continue reading
Selfishness is not a Virtue
How did we go from a nation that reformed capitalism with the New Deal, defeated Germany and Japan in WWII, rebuilt Europe, put a man on the moon, and created the Internet; to riven by inequality, overcome by addiction and … Continue reading
Pity the Billionaire
If the billionaires that are presently building hidey-holes in New Zealand want to help their cause they should bring back Noblesse oblige. Seriously, they could save a lot of money, which seems to be the raison d’être for billionaires. Notice how … Continue reading
We Live in a Political World
Why hasn’t a left-wing populist party arisen in the US in the wake of the Wall Street crash and bail-out by the government? Why have labor unions, environmentalists, racial and ethnic minorities not created an alternative to the fully … Continue reading
Posted in neofeudalism, neoliberals
Tagged banana republic, Bernie Sanders, Bob Dylan, class warfare, David Sirota, Democratic Party, Democrats, Donald Trump, economic populism, financial reform, financialization, Great Britain, Grenfell Tower fire, identity politics, labor party, Margaret Thatcher, mass shootings, neo-feudalism, neoliberalism, plutocracy, Republicans, There is no Alternative, Washington Generals, we live in a political world
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