Tag Archives: Republican Party

IBDYBD

Posted on September 5, 2019 by camelotkidd

The looming threat of global weirding has made it apparent that both our political parties are death cults and, despite all the rhetoric to the contrary, money is their only true value. I’d be remiss if I failed to mention … Continue reading →

Posted in feral elite, neoliberalism, propaganda | Tagged Bernie Sanders, crackpot realism, Democratic Party, DNC, global weirding, Green New Deal, Joe Biden, Republican Party | Leave a comment

Better policies, please

Posted on June 6, 2019 by camelotkidd

Why is right-wing populism surging while left-wing populism lies moribund? Historically, we know how right-wing populism advances. Economic malaise coupled with liberal paralysis. When the economy sucks, workers are ripe for appeals against scapegoats. Immigrants, minorities, woman and queers … Continue reading →

Posted in neoliberals | Tagged Democratic Party, DNC, Listen Liberal, neoliberal economic policies, Republican Party, right-wing populism, Thomas Frank | Leave a comment

Propaganda is Bipartisan

Posted on April 18, 2019 by camelotkidd

“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” — George Orwell In the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, consevatives were whipped into a frenzy by propaganda. During Russia-gate, it’s been the liberals turn … Continue reading →

Posted in propaganda | Tagged Democratic Party, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, invasion of Iraq, Julian Assange, propaganda, Republican Party, Russia-gate, wikileaks | Leave a comment

Epistemic Enclosure

Posted on March 26, 2019 by camelotkidd

Liberal intellectuals are going to have stop snickering at Fox News watching conservatives with the release of the Mueller Report. The term “epistemic closure” has been used to refer to the claim that political belief systems can be closed … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals, propaganda | Tagged corporate media, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, epistemic closure, Fox News, Hillary Clinton, invasion of Iraq, matt taibbi, neoconservative, neoliberal, propaganda, Republican Party, Russia-gate | Leave a comment

Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda…

Posted on November 9, 2018 by camelotkidd

If we had a real opposition party, you know–one with real alternative policy proposals–said party would have won the midterms in a landslide. Recent history has demonstrated that American voters are willing to support any candidate that offers an … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, propaganda | Tagged Democratic Party, DNC, Donald Trump, neoconservative foreign policies, neoliberalism, Republican Party | Leave a comment

The limits of identity politics

Posted on June 7, 2018 by camelotkidd

I’m pretty sure this will not be a popular post, but I have to ask some uncomfortable questions. Is US society better now that we have woman torturer as head of the CIA who also happens to be a … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neofeudalism, neoliberals | Tagged Barack Obama, CIA, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, George W. Bush, Gina Haspel, Hillary Clinton, identity politics, neoliberal economic policies, Republican Party, torture | Leave a comment

Making the connection

Posted on May 23, 2018 by camelotkidd

Gina Haspel has been confirmed as America’s new CIA director. Now that we have a torturer in charge of our premier intelligence agency it’s appropriate to make the connection between the economic and foreign policies of the US empire. Neoliberalism … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neofeudalism, neoliberals | Tagged Chile, CIA, CIA as organized crime, Cold War, Democratic Party, Douglas Valentine, Gina Haspel, making the connection, Milton Friedman, Naomi Klein, neoconservative foreign policies, neoliberal economic policies, Republican Party, The Shock Doctrine, torture, war on terror | Leave a comment

Won’t end well

Posted on February 16, 2018 by camelotkidd

Lately, I’ve detected a certain sense of malaise among my fellow citizens. In my opinion, it’s long been apparent that this won’t end well. Take the stock market, the indicator that our elite reliably depict as proof of the … Continue reading →

Posted in neofeudalism | Tagged Bill Clinton, Case/Deaton, Democratic Party, extreme poverty, opioid crisis, President Reagan, Republican Party, school shootings, stock market, suicide, Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet, Wall Street, wall street crash, war on labor, won't end well, Yasha Levine | Leave a comment

Crackpot Centrism

Posted on November 15, 2017 by camelotkidd

I’m smitten. Caitlin Johnstone is my new favorite blogger. She’s smart, funny and absolutely fearless. She also writes about the things I’m most interested in–political/economy, foreign policy, and media manipulation. Perhaps because she’s Australian, Johnstone deftly deconstructs US propaganda, following … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neofeudalism, neoliberals | Tagged Alex Carrey, C. Wright Mills, Caitlin Johnstone, corporate media, corporate propaganda, crackpot centrism, crackpot realism, deep state, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, Manufacturing Consent, Noam Chomsky, propaganda, Republican Party, Russia, Russia-gate, Taking the Risk Out of Democracy, Vladimir Putin | Leave a comment

Leftless in America

Posted on October 18, 2017 by camelotkidd

In The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump, political scientist, Corey Robin says that conservatism draws its power and purpose from opposition to the left. “From the French Revolution through civil rights and women’s lib, struggles … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neofeudalism, neoliberals | Tagged conservatism, Corey Robin, cultural issues, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, economics, Edmund Burke, finance, hippies, identity politics, left, long-standing fissures of the conservative movement, Mark Ames, Naked Capitalism, Reactionary Mind, Republican Party, right, Ronald Reagan | Leave a comment