Tag Archives: Ian Welsh
Gotta get in to get out
To be an apostate takes courage, tenacity and perseverance. Oh, and bloody-mindedness. But in addition, becoming an apostate–an outsider–requires introspection. An examination of your own consciousness reveals a lot of unfounded assumptions about who we are, our place in society … Continue reading
There be monsters
The United States is a country defined by yawning inequality, institutional decay, and a feral elite that operates a vast criminogenic enterprise featuring corruption, rape, torture, sexual deprivation and apparently cannibalism, as evidenced by the latest Epstein drop. Indeed, the … Continue reading
Techno-Feudalism
The outlines of America’s future are coming into focus and it’s not pretty. Welcome to techno-feudalism, a term coined by Yanis Varoufakis to describe the new economic reality where the tech-lords that control platforms like X, Amazon, Meta, and Google, stand … Continue reading
Neoliberalism Revealed
I’ll be mountain biking in Gooseberry this weekend so I’m going to leave you with this deconstruction of neoliberalism by Ian Welsh as your reading assignment. What Economics Gets Wrong (Almost Everything) “Economics as a discipline is nearly worthless. What … Continue reading
Culture War
So much of our political discourse focuses on cultural issues like race, sex and identity, rather than on class. Why is that? Maybe the ongoing culture war is designed to obscure an enormous asset price bubble fueled by two years … Continue reading
Ideology
“So when they come with that opinion poll Yeah, they better not use words like: Ideology… Or try to tell me ’bout the issues, Ideology…Whose side are you on…” Our world is ruled by dangerous ideologies. Most American’s identify Islamic terrorism … Continue reading
It’s the empire, stupid!
Why does the US pursue such boneheaded foreign policies? Can you say empire? Over at Colonel Pat Lang’s shop–Sic Semper Tyrannis , they write of the dilemma the US faces as an empire that’s dependent on allies to provide bases … Continue reading
What Are They Good For?
What’s the point of having two political parties that both represent corporations and the wealthy? My first post at Camelotkidd was entitled TINA,—“There is no Alternative,” proclaimed by Margaret Thatcher about the superiority of neoliberal capitalism. This phrase, uttered with … Continue reading
Apple Pie
No thoughtful observer of American history can be surprised at the Senate report detailing the torture carried out by the CIA in the aftermath of 9/11. The revelation of torture should be seen as the logical outcome of economic and … Continue reading
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