Tag Archives: economic populism

Pity the Billionaire

Posted on January 31, 2019 by camelotkidd

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 →

Posted in neofeudalism, neoliberals, propaganda | Tagged Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders, Davos, Donald Trump, economic populism, French Revolution, inequality, let them eat cake, Noblesse oblige, Tucker Carlson | Leave a comment

A state turns its lonely eyes to Mittens

Posted on April 26, 2018 by camelotkidd

Mittens wants to be our Senator. Not only that but he’s convinced that we share his enthusiasm. We don’t. However, Mittens does offer a useful representation of our feral elite. Romney is the sort of centrist politician that stands for … Continue reading →

Posted in neofeudalism, neoliberals | Tagged 1%, Bain Capital, Barak Obama, debt is a weapon, Donald Trump, economic populism, federal debt, Hillary Clinton, makers and takers, matt taibbi, Mitt Romney, Mittens, Rolling Stone, Utah, wall street crash | Leave a comment

We Live in a Political World

Posted on June 19, 2017 by camelotkidd

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 | Leave a comment

The ideology that failed

Posted on March 8, 2017 by camelotkidd

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 | 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 | Leave a comment

QE for you and me

Posted on May 23, 2016 by camelotkidd

Donald Trump is many things–racist, reality TV star, torture advocate, strong leader with fascist tendencies. However, Trump is also a truth-teller, in that he has repeatedly challenged conventional wisdom, as articulated by the American political and media elite. He’s kind of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 9-11, Bash kept us safe, Bernie Sanders, CBO, conventional wisdom, Donald Trump, economic orthodoxy, economic populism, fiat currency, George W. Bush, Iraq, Libya, Modern Monetary Theory, neoliberal, President Obama, public infrastructure, Syria, US imperialism | Leave a comment

Misery Loves Company

Posted on May 8, 2016 by camelotkidd

Media and political consultants are in full mea culpa mode now that Donald Trump has essentially clinched the Republican nomination to be President. As part of this reckoning there’s also an effort underway to assess why it is that Republican … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barak Obama, Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, economic insecurity, economic populism, Eric Boehlert, George Bush, Hillary Clinton, Mark Ames, mea culpa, Media Matters, Naked Capitalism, Spite the Vote | Leave a comment

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