Tag Archives: neoliberalism
More basic shit
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
Gunboat Diplomacy
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
Source Documents
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
The Hundred Year War
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
Neoliberal Realism
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
It’s a mean, mean world
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
Sensible Center
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
A clash of ideologies
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
The rents are too high
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
What’s the plan Stan?
What is the plan for the American empire? Do our feral elite even have one or are they just winging it? There was the Wolfowitz Doctrine, that outlined a policy of unilateralism and pre-emptive military action to suppress potential threats from other … Continue reading
