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Predatory Society
I’ve been writing recently about US foreign policy and the lack of interest among Americans with the horrific results of these policies. If we’re honest, (and I sincerely believe that this is why the disinterest), US foreign policy is largely … Continue reading
Posted in neoconservatives, neofeudalism, neoliberals
Tagged Case/Deaton, deaths of despair, extreme greed and narcism, Iraq, Libya, Margaret Thatcher, neoliberal economic policies, no alternative, no society only individuals, predatory society, profound moral collapse, regime change, shit-hole country, sociopathic, Syria, terrorist proxy, Umair Haque, US foreign policies
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Accumulated Despair
Lately, it’s hard to write about any aspect of our shared experience without running headlong into evil. Take neoliberalism, an economic ideology that increasingly orders our lives to a terrifying degree. While neoliberalism may seem incredibly complicated, in my … Continue reading
Posted in neoliberals
Tagged accumulated despair, because markets, Case/Deaton, Democratic Party, Democrats, Donald Trump, eliminationist rhetoric, evil is easy, go-die, homelessness, ideology, Lambert, matt taibbi, mortality, Naked Capitalism, neoliberalism, no alternative, opioid crisis, Thomas Friedman, wealth polarization, Whigs
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Ruling Ideologies
Since the end of the Cold War in 1989, the United States has been operating under the auspices of two mutually reinforcing ideologies–neoliberalism and neoconservatism. By criticizing trade treaties like the TPP and NAFTA, while promising to mend relations … Continue reading
Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals
Tagged 2nd Cold War, all-American corporate empire, Andrew Bacevich, bi-partisan elite, blowback, CIA, Cold War, corporate media, Council on Foreign Relations, cover story, Democrats, Donald Trump, globalization, Grand Areas, Great Britain, hacking, liberal interventionists, Margaret Thatcher, neoconservatism, neoliberalism, no alternative, Putin, Republicans, ruling ideologies, Russia, Soros funded NGO's, Soviet Union, US intelligence agencies
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Political-economy of despair
Ideology is powerful. Neoliberal economist’s have internalized Margaret Thatcher’s maxim that there’s no alternative. The market knows best. All the government can do is get out of the way and let the market do its thing. American’s must never … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 presidential election, alternative to neoliberalism, American exceptionalism, banana republic, because markets, Bernie Sanders, economist, financialization, Gerald Friedman, go-die, government involvement in economic affairs, ideology, inequality, Margaret Thatcher, Naked Capitalism, neoliberal, neoliberalism, no alternative, public health
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The Shotgun Sings the Song
It’s becoming clear just what Margaret Thatcher meant when she told everyone that there was no alternative to neoliberalism. In an absolutely stunning article, economist Michael Hudson explains how the US is wielding the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a … Continue reading
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Tagged China, Cold War, IMF, Margaret Thatcher, Michael Hudson, neoconservative, neoliberal, no alternative, Russia, The Who, Ukraine
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The Threat of a Good Example
The political and economic elite in the US is threatened by an alternative model for organizing society. This is the perverse flip side to Margaret Thatchers admonishment–“there is no alternative.” However, the constant repetition of the this free market dogma … Continue reading