Tag Archives: neoliberalism
Running Man
Alternatives
What if voting for Democrats to confront Trumpism doesn’t work? I’m sick of constantly being implored to vote harder but nothing seems to change. The Democrats promise reform yet when in office they serve us up the same menu of … Continue reading
Narrative Superpower
I’ve been discussing the US’s decline in conventional military power and resort to terrorism or “dirty war” as a result, but there is another factor to take into account. The America empire possess overwhelming dominance over the global media, allowing … Continue reading
Oligarchy
The problem with oligarchy is the capriciousness. Under a system of laws, there’s a known quality of acceptable behavior, while with oligarchy everything can change in an instant, as demonstrated with the Trump/Musk dust-up. The problem with Musk is not … Continue reading
Malpractice
Thanks to decades of neoliberal economic malpractice it’s difficult, if not impossible, to run a small business in America. The last election made it clear that this state of affairs is a political problem as well as an economic one. … Continue reading
Lost in the Flood
In the wake of the 2024 beat-down, the Democrats and their various interest groups promised introspection–as in how the fuck did we get to a point where Trump could make it to the White House, not once but twice? But, … Continue reading
Apostasy
To be an intellectual is to be an apostate. In our neoliberal milieu, where everything has been commodified, intellectual thought, discourse and opinion has lost any of the verve that makes it precious and has thus become debased. Therefore, intellectualism … Continue reading
Into the Fire
Vastly unequal empires never end well. In his 2017 book The Great Leveler, Stanford historian Walter Scheidel, demonstrates how extreme inequality has been “resolved” throughout history. Unfortunately, Scheidel found that so far the only thing that has undone such inequality—the only … Continue reading
Won’t Get Fooled Again
Lots of friends went to the Bernie/AOC rally, and wondered why the one with the most radical politics, did not join. Anyone who has read this blog and contemplated what I write about already knows but, in a nutshell, the … Continue reading
Pyrrhic
The billionaires who own our country hated the New Deal and they set out to undo it. They won and here we are. Over the past 47 years, according to the Rand Corporation, $50 Trillion in wealth has been redistributed … Continue reading
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