Tag Archives: neoliberalism

The end of neoliberalism?

Posted on April 21, 2023 by camelotkidd

I’ve been writing for a while about how you can’t run an empire with a neoliberal economy, but the contradictions can be overwhelming. As the late Mark Fisher wrote about neoliberalism –“It’s easier to imagine the end of the world … Continue reading →

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Freedom

Posted on April 14, 2023 by camelotkidd

Lambert at Naked Capitalism has a neoliberalism formulation: 1) Because Markets 2) Go die, that has always appealed to me for the conciseness. Let’s tease out some more of the political and social implications of such an explanation. The dominant … Continue reading →

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If the right hand doesn’t get you the left hand will

Posted on March 3, 2023 by camelotkidd

Isn’t it great that in America we have a robust democracy where each political party represents a clear coalition and is responsive to the will of its voters? Oh, wait. At a Friday event commemorating the 20th anniversary of the President’s Emergency Plan … Continue reading →

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Sacrifice Zone

Posted on February 25, 2023 by camelotkidd

Is it just me or are America’s priorities seriously fucked-up? While our feral elite blather on about freedom, democracy, rule based international order, etc., the American people are discovering that they live in a sacrifice zone. On Monday, President Biden, … Continue reading →

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Because markets, go die

Posted on February 4, 2023 by camelotkidd

I’ve always liked this formulation of neoliberalism because of its succinctness, but it’s useful to tease out the implications. Because markets describes how neoliberalism organizes all human activity through the competition of a market system that’s directed by a neoliberal … Continue reading →

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Musical Chairs

Posted on November 4, 2022 by camelotkidd

There’s a new book out that helps explain the behavior of liberals since Trump’s surprise election in 2016. Virtue Hoarders, by Catherine Liu, examines the professional managerial class (PMC), which is predominated by liberals, and finds that they are shameless … Continue reading →

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Alienation

Posted on October 21, 2022 by camelotkidd

Terence McKenna well describes the costs of being an apostate. “The cost of sanity in this society, is a certain level of alienation” And once you get past the propaganda it’s alienation-city because we live in a mean country where … Continue reading →

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Me, myself and I

Posted on October 14, 2022 by camelotkidd

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 →

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Multipolar

Posted on August 19, 2022 by camelotkidd

The neocons are sure to lose their shit but what did they expect with their inept machinations and insane war mongering? Instead of a glorious neoliberal market utopia undergirded by American “full spectrum dominance” the rest of the world is … Continue reading →

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Confessions of an economic imperialist

Posted on July 29, 2022 by camelotkidd

The US uses finance and debt to maintain its empire, working through its minions the IMF and World Bank to immiserate developing countries so they can be plundered. What is evangelized as U.S.-style democracy is really a financial oligarchy privatizing … Continue reading →

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