Tag Archives: neoliberals

Corporate Control Area

Posted on June 5, 2020 by camelotkidd

Sometimes a picture really is worth a thousand words. The election of Trump has always been useful in exposing the contradictions between the narrative of a “bright shining city on the hill” and the brutal reality. That is what … Continue reading →

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The Method

Posted on May 29, 2020 by camelotkidd

Vincent Bevins has written a new book that goes a long way towards explaining the election of Donald Trump. In The Jakarta Method, a riveting new exploration of America’s mass murder program in the twentieth century, journalist Vincent Bevins … Continue reading →

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Katrina Moment

Posted on March 13, 2020 by camelotkidd

The Coronavirus appears to be Trump’s Katrina moment, where the pandemic is exposing the rank incompetence of his administration. If you’ll recall from the way-back machine, in 2005, Hurricane Katrina demonstrated that the Bush Administration’s neoconservative ideology was a serious … Continue reading →

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Wrong in the right way

Posted on February 8, 2020 by camelotkidd

Many of our political and media elite are wrong in the right way. I mean that they are wrong but in a way that serves wealth and power. This dynamic is not a bug but a feature. Their job is … Continue reading →

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Deplorable

Posted on January 29, 2020 by camelotkidd

Hillary Clinton was at Sundance over the weekend for the premier of a new documentary entitled Hillary. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, Hillary received a standing ovation from the liberal Hollywood audience after the showing. I’m not surprised that … Continue reading →

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No Illusions

Posted on March 20, 2019 by camelotkidd

I’ve been getting a lot of pushback from liberal friends about my disdain for Democrats. “You’re helping Trump,” with your criticism of the blue team, they tell me. Let me be clear–I’ve come to despise the tribalism that passes … Continue reading →

Posted in neofeudalism, neoliberals, propaganda | Tagged Adolf Reed Jr., Barak Obama, Bill Clinton, Democrats, Donald Trump, extractive capitalism, Herrenvolk socialist-democracy, Hillary Clinton, Kayfabe, MAGA, neoliberals, offshoring, Republicans, tribalism | Leave a comment

Double-Truth

Posted on July 12, 2018 by camelotkidd

I know it’s hard to turn away from the ongoing dumpster fire that is the Trump administration but it’s imperative to understand how we got here. Can you say neoliberalism? The neoliberals first gathered at Mont Pelerin, circa 1947, in … Continue reading →

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A Flaw in the Model

Posted on November 2, 2017 by camelotkidd

The election of Donald Trump was due, in no small part, to the abject corruption of our elite. In my last post, I examined An Economic Theory of the Criminal Law, where 7th Circuit Judge Richard Posner states that the poor require … Continue reading →

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It’s the economy, stupid

Posted on April 25, 2017 by camelotkidd

In retrospect it seems obvious, but political scientist Corey Robin argues that Bernie Sanders did so well in the 2016 presidential election because he’s the first Democrat in forever to offer a trenchant political analysis of the US economy. … Continue reading →

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The art of the possible

Posted on January 24, 2017 by camelotkidd

Politics is the art of the possible. It’s not enough for Democrats to simply oppose the policies of Donald Trump, they need to offer alternatives. And, while the marches and protests organized by the DNC and supporting NGO’s are … Continue reading →

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