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Me, myself and I
Identity politics is the perfect embodiment of neoliberalism. Arch-neoliberal Margaret Thatcher articulated it when she proclaimed that “there is no society, only individuals…” Moreover, identity politics is designed to divide and rule. They’re not even being subtle about it. In … Continue reading
Posted in anti-imperialism, neoconservatives, neoliberalism, propaganda
Tagged Donald Trump, identity politics, neocons, neoliberalism, Russia, Russia-gate
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Performative Virtue Signaling
Why has the the modern Democratic Party become incapable of governing? Perhaps it’s because the Democratic Party has become defined by a contradiction: it simultaneously promises policies that benefit its corporate donors while also solving problems created by those same … Continue reading
Posted in feral elite, neoliberalism, propaganda
Tagged Adolf Reed Jr., identity politics, Joe Biden, Modern Democratic Party, Thomas Frank
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Leftless in America
In The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump, political scientist, Corey Robin says that conservatism draws its power and purpose from opposition to the left. “From the French Revolution through civil rights and women’s lib, struggles … Continue reading
Posted in neoconservatives, neofeudalism, neoliberals
Tagged conservatism, Corey Robin, cultural issues, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, economics, Edmund Burke, finance, hippies, identity politics, left, long-standing fissures of the conservative movement, Mark Ames, Naked Capitalism, Reactionary Mind, Republican Party, right, Ronald Reagan
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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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It’s the economy, stupid
In retrospect it seems obvious, but political scientist Corey Robin argues that Bernie Sanders did so well in the 2016 presidential election because he’s the first Democrat in forever to offer a trenchant political analysis of the US economy. … Continue reading
Posted in neofeudalism, neoliberals
Tagged 2016 Clinton Campaign, Bernie Sanders, Bill Clinton, Corey Robin, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Hope and Change, identity politics, it's the economy stupid, liberal McCarthyism, neoliberalism, neoliberals, new Cold War, New Democrats, political economy, Russians, Shattered, Tom Perez, worsening economic conditions
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Necessary Lessons
Liberals lamenting the election of Donald Trump have not absorbed the necessary lessons. Rather than examining the policies of financial neoliberalism and the identity politics that provided neoliberalism its moral veneer, they are still blaming the Russians, or the … Continue reading
Border Guard
Going into one of the craziest elections in American history it’s important to remember how we got to this point. Hint–both parties have contributed to a slow-motion economic crisis. The Republican party, as it exists now, is an absolute … Continue reading
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