The works of Antony Sutton are essential reading for those who want to know how the 20th century’s “managerial revolution” took place, and how it was spread throughout the developed world by global capitalism in a way that transcended national, cultural, ideological, and governmental-structural differences. Sutton tended to […]
Keep in mind that China is a permanent member of the US-created UN Security Council, the World Trade Organization (which manages the global capitalist empire), and the G-20, which the Asian Development Bank has characterized as the steering committee of global capitalism. In other words, China is just […]
By Tim Stickings Daily Mail A JP Morgan study suggests lockdown measures have not only resulted in economic devastation but could have also resulted in more COVID-19 deaths Strict stay-at-home orders put in place in most states to stop the spread two months ago has so far seen nearly […]
Hopefully. By Sabrina Tavernise New York Times Patricia Millner, a nurse in Hershey, Pa., was born the year Dwight D. Eisenhower was re-elected. The economy was booming, and trust was high: When national pollsters began asking the question two years later, about three-quarters of Americans said they trusted […]
Although I am more interested in meta-politics, this is more or less why I tend to hold an eclectic set of views on topical issues.
According to the most recent CDC data, roughly 1 in 3 people who become infected with COVID-19 are asymptomatic. Of people who display symptoms, about 0.4% (about 1 in 250) will die. For people over age 65, 1.3% (about 1 in 77) will die. By Armand Azad CNN […]
I always said the “new fascism” would not be under the guise of national or racial chauvinism but would be wrapped in the banner of “progressive” causes like “safety,” “health,” or “equality.” Where have you been, Antifa? I originally introduced the concept of totalitarian humanism in this article […]
Not bad.
Interestingly, I tested out as a “progressive activist” which is the furthest left of any of the seven categories. This more or less confirms how I have always seen myself, i.e. a generally “far-left” anarchist guy who merely things the SJW/Antifa/anarcho-Democrat types are a bunch of idiots. I […]
Running Ed Snowden as the LP candidate would be a damn good idea. Essentially, it would be a modern version of Eugene V. Debs’ SPUSA campaign from federal prison. By Avens O’Brien Libertarian Republic The Libertarian Party is choosing its nominee for President and Vice President of the […]
Apparently, “democratic centralism” is the one aspect of his time on the “far-left” that Bernie has retained. Along the way, he has apparently sold out to electoralism, and then to liberal-imperialism, and now to neoliberalism itself.
Lizzie the Scamster keeps on conniving. Editor-At-Large of Jacobin magazine, David Sirota, discusses Elizabeth Warren’s pivot on Medicare for All in a bid to try to win Biden’s VP.
The Neoliberal Party’s dream team? Krystal and Saagar discuss reports that Biden has asked Sen. Amy Klobuchar to undergo vetting as his possible running mate.
Yang had the best economic analysis of any of the presidential candidates (not that he really had any competition). But I don’t agree with him and others who are calling for a “federal jobs program.” Reparations from the ruling class, yes. Make work on the king’s and lord’s […]
Don’t give him any ideas. Krystal’s commentary in this is pretty good. She talks about how Team Blue and Team Red have come to literally regard each other as existential enemies. This is the “Flight 93 Election” article from the Claremont Review of Books they are referring to. […]
This is like a parody of Dinesh D’souza’s “Democrats are the real racists” agitprop. Krystal and Saagar discuss Joe Biden’s interview on the Breakfast Club with Charlamagne tha god where Biden says, “If you got a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or for Trump then you […]
Kids die in these places. By Jesse Hyde Rolling Stone In the darkness of early morning, 16-year-old Bruce Staeger lay splayed across his mattress, sleeping soundly for once. Most nights, he would smoke a blunt and crash, but not this one. Lately, his mother had been watching him […]
Of course. The Neoliberal Party doesn’t want a Duterte-lite managing their assets, and they want to deflect the faux populists and faux leftists in the process.
Listen here. Andrew, Jay, Stratty, and Tim sit down with Keith Preston, author of books such as Attack the System, The Tyranny of the Politically Correct, and Beyond the End of History, to have a discussion about different forms of anarchism, his history as an activist, his outlook […]
Breonna Taylor, who was working as an EMT in Kentucky when the coronavirus pandemic started, was reportedly killed after being shot 8 times by police who mistakenly entered her apartment. Her family is filing a lawsuit accusing the officers of wrongful death, excessive force, and gross negligence. Back in March, […]
Notice that the majority of these 37 scumbags are Republicans (plus some corporate Democrats like Mark Warner and Tim Kaine), which shows how seriously they take their rhetoric about “limited government.” And the great man of the people, Bernie Sanders, didn’t even bother to vote on this. By […]
Tom Woods interviews Thaddeus Russell on left-wing support for scientistic therapeutic totalitarianism. Listen here. ————————————————— It’s been quite remarkable to me the extent to which the lockdowns have divided people along ideological lines. A left-wing case against lockdown seems so easy to make and so obvious, and yet […]
It seems like it would be best to just forget about the whole school thing for now.
Sanders seems to have three motivations: 1) he doesn’t want to be seen as a “spoiler” like Ralph Nader; 2) he thinks he might actually be able to exercise influence on a Biden administration, and 3) he probably views this as the equivalent of KPD/SPD unity against the […]
Biden is not going to “hire” Bernie people any more than he is going to hire Trump people. As I said, there are three parties now.
If I had a daughter being born right now, I don’t think I would name her “Karen.” Mika’s comments also need to be considered in light of who her father was. Krystal and Saagar discuss Mika Brzezinski’s tweet that states she is reaching out to Twitter about policies […]
The New York Times’ “dream Cabinet” reaffirms my view that there are now essentially three political parties in the US: neoliberals, Trumpists, and social democrats. Notice how this NYT “dream Cabinet” includes both Democraps and Repugnicans, but all of the figures mentioned are neoliberals. What I see happening […]
Since plenty of Americans, left and right, still seem to be hung up on the Civil War and its legacy, perhaps the following Wikipedia description of the early individualist-anarchist Lysander Spooner’s position on the Civil War would be helpful, i.e. support for the abolition of slavery with parallel […]
Dementia Man is assuming the lead over Orange Man. Trump’s faux economic populism is the only reason he won in 2016. If he can’t hold on to that and allows Biden to win the “economy first” vote, he’s finished. On the economic questions, I’m generally in favor of […]
Kyle calls out the media sector of the new clerisy. This is good.
Another “culture war” issue to bring the psychopaths out of the baseboards. By Travis Gettys Raw Story A Colorado man shot a Waffle House worker who asked him to wear a face mask inside the restaurant.
Why aren’t they being offered extra pay to go where they are needed?
Their “gunophobia” is probably one of the most disgusting things about “progressives.”
Believe it or not, there are “right-wing libertarians” (including folks who ought to know better) who think Singapore, an actual fascist state, is a praiseworthy libertarian society because “muh low taxes, man!” Singapore jails political dissidents and executes petty drug offenders. Interestingly, Singapore is a multicultural society with […]
I don’t agree with this author’s perspective on a number of things, but there are some great points in this article. Instead of focusing on traditional issues like wages, hours, and working conditions, the AFL-CIO suddenly found itself sponsoring college teach-ins, as Matt Labash noted, featuring panelists like […]
One thing that Marxist-Leninist fundamentalist Jason Unruhe regrettably ignores in this commentary is that Christian evangelicals tend to be disproportionately concentrated among the poor and working-class (including both whites and minorities) and are therefore the people most likely to be in “essential jobs” and less able to practice […]
The Republicans once again remind us of why they’re total scumbags, and Bernie Sanders reminds us of why social democrats are useless.
The Jacobin boys come close to confronting the problem of “slave morality.”
Have we found the “vaccine”?
Joshua and Ryan discuss local, national, and international politics; outrage and divisiveness in the current political climate; and the quagmire of disarray and turmoil created by tribalism and partisan politics with journalist and podcaster Kim Iversen. Watch “Maximal” episodes of The Minimalists Private Podcast exclusively at http://patreon.com/theminimalists Questions […]
Imagine that. The student loan industry is a nationalized, state-run industry functioning in collusion with the banksters and the educationist wing of the new clerisy. Not being dischargeable through bankruptcy, student loans are modern-day indentured servitude. No way they’re going to give up that win-win scenario for the […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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