Tag Archives: US empire

A declining empire run by bad people

Posted on June 7, 2024 by camelotkidd

In a recent poll young Americans were pessimistic about their future, describing the US as a declining empire led by bad people. “Young voters overwhelmingly believe that almost all politicians are corrupt and that the country will end up worse … Continue reading →

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The Dismal Science

Posted on December 1, 2023 by camelotkidd

Examining the power centers in the US entails examining the ideologies behind them and there’s no greater ideological power than economics as it promotes and justifies capitalism. Economics and economists are ultimately political but this truism gets ignored in the … Continue reading →

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The Grifters

Posted on November 3, 2023 by camelotkidd

It’s almost impossible to manage an empire with neoliberalism as the operating system. Matt Stoller’s latest article about how the US cannot manufacture ammunition goes into copious detail on why that is so, but the short answer is Wall Street. … Continue reading →

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A PR problem from Hell

Posted on October 27, 2023 by camelotkidd

Israel is proving that it’s entirely possible to carry out genocide in the 21st century, while being left with a PR problem from hell. The US, as the dominant hegemon who wields Israel like an “unsinkable aircraft carrier” to maintain … Continue reading →

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Priorities

Posted on October 20, 2023 by camelotkidd

At the end stages of empires the priorities of its elite diverge radically from those of its citizens. “The United States can certainly afford wars on two fronts,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Sky News. Not to be outdone in … Continue reading →

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The same game

Posted on October 14, 2023 by camelotkidd

The neocons thought they were so cute by opening up another front in the new Cold War against Russia/China/Iran in Nagorno-Karabakh but what if the latest developments in Palestine is the “Axis of Resistance” playing the same game? Since war … Continue reading →

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Year Zero

Posted on July 31, 2020 by camelotkidd

One of the strangest things about Trump’s election victory is that 2016 became Year Zero. Everything bad with America began at that point and no history is allowed before. This willful blindness has the considerable advantage to our feral elite, … Continue reading →

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Russian Asset

Posted on October 24, 2019 by camelotkidd

  It’s become apparent that questioning America’s disastrous empire-centric foreign policies will get you labeled a Russian asset. Shortly before last Tuesday’s Democratic candidate debate the New York Times ran an article suggesting that Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard was … Continue reading →

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Race and Class

Posted on September 18, 2017 by camelotkidd

  How, in a nation based on slavery and genocide, did a black man like Obama get elected president? That’s the question I’m left with after reading Ta-Nehisi-Coates masterful essay on race entitled–The First White President. Coates central assertion is … Continue reading →

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