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American Nihilism

Posted on October 4, 2018 by camelotkidd

Why are Americans so desperately unhappy? What’s up with the opioid addiction, the mass murders, the deaths of despair, and the deep cynicism, that I’ve come to call American nihilism? Maybe this is all because we’ve embraced economic policies that condemned millions … Continue reading →

Posted in neofeudalism, propaganda | Tagged American nihilism, austerity, Donald Trump, free trade, global warming, Jimmy Carter, Make America Great Again, malaise speech, Morning in America, peak oil, Ronald Reagan | 1 Comment

Because Markets

Posted on July 22, 2016 by camelotkidd

Neoliberals believe that a market society is the natural and inexorable state of humankind, where Americans are not citizens so much as consumers. However, neoliberals recognize that this state of affairs will not arise naturally and must be constructed through … Continue reading →

Posted in neoliberals | Tagged ACA, Affordable Care Act, flock of diseased chickens, fracking, global warming, inequality, judo, Lambert, local economy, market as a religion, Naked Capitalism, neoliberal, Obamacare, President Obama, progressive community/mass movement, Salt March, seize the market, shop till you drop, toxic algae, TPP, TTIP | Leave a comment

Externalities

Posted on April 8, 2015 by camelotkidd

Powerful US corporations socialize the costs of doing business and privatize the profits. In economic speak, this socialization of costs is described as an externality. If such things as exploitation of labor, income inequality, and environmental destruction were forced to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged externality, free trade, George Monbiot, global warming, John Michael Greer, libertarians, political economy, The Limits to Growth, TPP | Leave a comment

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