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Mittens ‘R’ Us

Posted on June 27, 2018 by camelotkidd

I wrote a letter to the editor of the local newspaper expressing my surprise that they haven’t connected the bankruptcy of Toys ‘R’ Us with Mitt Romney, the man who’s poised to become our next senator. Mittens, as I like to … Continue reading →

Posted in neofeudalism, neoliberals | Tagged Barak Obama, Donald Trump, Edward Herman, Hope and Change, looting, Manufacturing Consent, Mitt Romney, Noam Chomsky, Salt Lake Tribune, Toys 'R' Us, Utah, Wall Street, wall street crash | Leave a comment

Is that all there is?

Posted on June 14, 2018 by camelotkidd

Gazing around our world it’s clear that neoliberalism has narrowed the possibilities. Is that all there is? Massive student debts, opioid addiction, homelessness and suicides. An economy based largely on scams and fraud, that leaves the vast majority of … Continue reading →

Posted in neofeudalism, neoliberals | Tagged 2016 election, Bain Capital, culture of fraud, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, neoliberal economic policies, neoliberalism, precariat, Silicon Valley, sociopathic elite, Wall Street, wall street crash | Leave a comment

A state turns its lonely eyes to Mittens

Posted on April 26, 2018 by camelotkidd

Mittens wants to be our Senator. Not only that but he’s convinced that we share his enthusiasm. We don’t. However, Mittens does offer a useful representation of our feral elite. Romney is the sort of centrist politician that stands for … Continue reading →

Posted in neofeudalism, neoliberals | Tagged 1%, Bain Capital, Barak Obama, debt is a weapon, Donald Trump, economic populism, federal debt, Hillary Clinton, makers and takers, matt taibbi, Mitt Romney, Mittens, Rolling Stone, Utah, wall street crash | Leave a comment

Heck of a job Brownie

Posted on March 23, 2018 by camelotkidd

If you wonder why America is in terminal decline, look no further than the lack of accountability. Not for us, silly. Under the regime of neoliberal-flavored-austerity there’s extreme accountability. Fuck-up and you’ll be living in a van down-by-the-river. No, … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals | Tagged Barak Obama, Brownie, Condoleezza Rice, elite impunity, FEMA, George W. Bush, heck of a job, Hurricane Katrina, invasion of Iraq, John Yoo, Karl Rove, matt taibbi, neocons, neoconservative foreign policies, neoliberal economic policies, Rolling Stone, Ron Susskind, wall street crash, war crime | 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

Because Markets

Posted on October 6, 2017 by camelotkidd

Once again, there was a mass-shooting in America. This time in Las Vegas, where a 64 year old man sprayed bullets down onto concert-goers, killing 58 people and wounding 489. The statistics paint a horrible picture of gun violence in … Continue reading →

Posted in neofeudalism, neoliberals | Tagged 2nd Amendment, Ayn Rand, because markets, Constitution, creating and nurturing community is a revolutionary act, federal reserve, Going Postal, gun violence, hyper-individualism, inequality, Lambert, Las Vegas shooting, Mark Ames, Naked Capitalism, neo-feudalism, neoliberalism, NRA, Ronald Reagan, Shay's Rebellion, society, The Freedom of an Armed Society, wall street crash | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in neoliberals | Tagged Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, bold vision, capital, Democrats, Donald Trump, fiat currency, Hillary Clinton, identity politics, John Michael Greer, Labor, Listen Liberal, MMT, neoliberal economic policies, neoliberals, New Economic Perspectives, Robert Reich, Stephanie Kelton, Thomas Frank, too big to fail, universal policies, Wall Street, wall street crash | Leave a comment

The political/economy of empire

Posted on December 10, 2016 by camelotkidd

The US is an empire, in case you hadn’t noticed. The political/economy of the US empire is the deep state. The deep state in America is largely composed of the military/industrial/complex, the oil and gas industry, and Wall Street. The … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals | Tagged army of public servants, Barack Obama, Colonel Armas of Guatemala, corporate empire, deep state, Deterring Democracy, Donald Trump, empire, empire of chaos, Great Britain, MIC, Noam Chomsky, Pepe Escobar, political/economy, political/economy of empire, Roman legions, shah of Iran, Wall Street, wall street crash | Leave a comment

We Live in a Political World

Posted on March 15, 2016 by camelotkidd

Economic insecurity does strange things to a society. When both political parties pursue economic policies that benefit the 1% at the expense of the rest of the population those who are left behind turn to an alternative. Welcome Donald … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barak Obama, Charles Pierce, Donald Trump, economic insecurity, foam the runway, global labor arbitrage, GOP, Little Timmy, monkey brains, NAFTA, neoliberalism, One Market Under God, political world, Republicans, Ross Perot, Thoma Frank, Timothy Geithner, TPP, wall street crash, What's a Matter With Kansas? | Leave a comment

Priorities

Posted on January 20, 2016 by camelotkidd

The US is the greatest country the world has ever seen, proclaim our leaders. It’s getting hard to take these kinds of statements seriously. In Flint, Michigan we’ve decided that we really don’t give a fuck if the residents … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1984, American exceptionalism, banana republic, class warfare, deep state, Emmanual Goldstein, Flint, George Orwell, lead exposure, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, Michigan water, middle-class, Mike Lofgren, neoliberalism, nuclear weapons, Rick Snyder, self-actualized, wall street crash | Leave a comment