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Tag Archives: Mark Ames
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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Because Markets
Once again, there was a mass-shooting in America. This time in Las Vegas, where a 64 year old man sprayed bullets down onto concert-goers, killing 58 people and wounding 489. The statistics paint a horrible picture of gun violence in … Continue reading
Posted in neofeudalism, neoliberals
Tagged 2nd Amendment, Ayn Rand, because markets, Constitution, creating and nurturing community is a revolutionary act, federal reserve, Going Postal, gun violence, hyper-individualism, inequality, Lambert, Las Vegas shooting, Mark Ames, Naked Capitalism, neo-feudalism, neoliberalism, NRA, Ronald Reagan, Shay's Rebellion, society, The Freedom of an Armed Society, wall street crash
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Wedgie
To accomplish their economic agenda conservatives have historically used race, crime, abortion, and gay marriage as divisive wedge issues. It’s the same today. Indeed, government at every level is under attack by the forces of organized wealth and their political enablers who … Continue reading
Bowling Alone for Columbine
The world hasn’t ended yet, it just sometimes feels like it has. In reading about the terrible massacre in Newtown Connecticut, and the responses to it by various political actors, it struck me that the gun culture in this country … Continue reading
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Tagged Bowling Alone, General Electric, Going Postal, Jack Welch, Mark Ames, Newtown, NRA
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