Tag Archives: neoliberalism

Sullen Acquiescence

Posted on July 26, 2024 by camelotkidd

If neoliberal capitalism isn’t working for average Americans, how are they responding? The neoliberal Great Transformation has massively changed the workplace, and as workers are increasingly squeezed by anxiety over personal economic prospects, they are responding with sullen acquiescence in … Continue reading →

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More basic shit

Posted on July 19, 2024 by camelotkidd

Neoliberal capitalism doesn’t work for average Americans. To paraphrase James Madison, if bankers on Wall Street were angels there would be no need for government regulation, but you may have noticed that there is a distinct shortage there. And neoliberal … Continue reading →

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Gunboat Diplomacy

Posted on June 28, 2024 by camelotkidd

The US doesn’t do diplomacy. Instead we send in the gunboats or, to be precise, the aircraft-carrier-battle-groups. Like everything else these days the price of a modern aircraft carrier is astronomical. America’s latest carrier class, the Gerald R. Ford, costs … Continue reading →

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Source Documents

Posted on June 20, 2024 by camelotkidd

I’m fascinated by the history of ideas and ideologies, and no ideology has captivated me quite like neoliberalism. In our secular era, ideologies, like neoliberalism, with its admonishment that there is no alternative, take on articles of faith. Indeed, neoliberalism’s … Continue reading →

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The Hundred Year War

Posted on June 14, 2024 by camelotkidd

The US has been at war with Russia for over a hundred years. Technically it started out as a war against the Soviet Union, but the enmity remained after we defeated the godless communists. There was a brief interlude during … Continue reading →

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Neoliberal Realism

Posted on May 28, 2024 by camelotkidd

It’s become apparent that the pious rhetoric about “liberal democracy” and “rule based international order” is simply a cover story for the promotion and ferocious defense of neoliberal capitalism. And, to paraphrase Mark Fisher–“It’s easier to imagine the end of … Continue reading →

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It’s a mean, mean world

Posted on May 24, 2024 by camelotkidd

We live in a mean world organized by sociopaths. America is run by people who are both evil and stupid, and they are acting on the associated impulses, attempting to reestablish a unipolar world dominated by the United States, and … Continue reading →

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Sensible Center

Posted on May 17, 2024 by camelotkidd

I’m going to miss my senator Mittens. Not because he’s a good legislator, in fact he’s terrible, but because he blurts out things our feral elite keep on the down-low. When Mittens ran for president in 2012 against Obama he … Continue reading →

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A clash of ideologies

Posted on April 26, 2024 by camelotkidd

Current events are what drives this blog but originally I began writing about ideologies–specifically neoliberalism and neoconservatism. The whole messianic belief in markets as a way to organize society with its insistence that there was “no alternative” made me furious. … Continue reading →

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The rents are too high

Posted on April 12, 2024 by camelotkidd

Why are Americans so unhappy despite elite gaslighting that it’s the best economy ever? I think the main reason is that the rents are too damn high. And by rents I don’t simply mean the costs of a mortgage or … Continue reading →

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