Tag Archives: New Deal

The political/economy of evil

Posted on May 7, 2021 by camelotkidd

I have stated it before and will go on saying it–evil is easy, while good is incredibly difficult. Nowhere are these truths more obvious than in the way in which neoliberalism has hollowed out our republican method of governance. Just … Continue reading →

Posted in feral elite, neoliberalism | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Missed Opportunity

Posted on October 16, 2020 by camelotkidd

What’s fucked is that after the Wall Street crash of 2008, (an event that should have discredited our all-American brand of financial capitalism for a generation), the bi-partisan Washington Consensus sabotaged any effort to re-leash our financial oligarchy. The obscene … Continue reading →

Posted in feral elite, propaganda | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Enclosure

Posted on September 23, 2020 by camelotkidd

  Capitalism requires the enclosure of the commons. The reasons are twofold. The first is straightforward primitive accumulation, whereby the commons (land, and natural resources) are seized through force. This process is essential to the creation of capitalist surplus, or … Continue reading →

Posted in feral elite, neoliberalism | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Opaque

Posted on July 16, 2020 by camelotkidd

I’m re-reading Matt Taibbi’s, Hate Inc., and enjoying it even more than the first time. Written as an update to the classic–Manufacturing Consent–it’s a great primer on media malfeasance and how we came to have a con-man as our president. … Continue reading →

Posted in neoliberalism | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Strange Bedfellows

Posted on May 23, 2019 by camelotkidd

  The New Deal, which did much to equalize and humanize American capitalism, has always been despised by the plutocracy that owns our country. The reasons for this hatred were largely about power and control as outlined in the Political Aspects … Continue reading →

Posted in neoliberals | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Busy Little Termites

Posted on May 30, 2018 by camelotkidd

  I find it perversely amusing that while doing good is so damn hard, doing evil is easy. Doing evil is especially easy in the service of wealth and power. Take neoliberalism, a shape-shifting ideology so nefarious that its proponents … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Weathervane

Posted on August 15, 2016 by camelotkidd

  Thomas Friedman often serves as the weathervane for elite opinion. Friedman’s article, where he urges Hillary to double down on neoliberal dogma in order to thwart the evil Donald, reminds us that after all that’s happened in the 2016 … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

How Neoliberalism Became a Pejorative

Posted on May 2, 2016 by camelotkidd

  Neoliberal’s have gotten a touch defensive lately. Recently, New York magazine’s Jonathan Chait tweeted, “What if every use of ‘neoliberal’ was replaced with, simply, ‘liberal’? Would any non-propagandistic meaning be lost?” Neoliberalism is the generally accepted name for the socially atomizing, inequality-generating, environmentally … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Managing the Decline

Posted on April 19, 2016 by camelotkidd

  We are witnessing the first presidential campaign since the Great Depression that directly challenges the essential features of the US economy. All the controversy over social issues and immigration is just so much distraction from the bi-partisan economic policies … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Kindness is a Revolutionary Act

Posted on March 8, 2016 by camelotkidd

  The Frankenstein candidacy of Donald Trump has been brought to life by neoliberal economic policies pursued by Republicans and Democrats alike. To be sure, Trump’s rise is predicated on his appeal to racial resentments and xenophobia. Normally this racism … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment