There seems to be a debate going on between left and right libertarians about whether guys like Musk and Bezos are plutocratic tyrants or innovative visionaries. It seems the obvious answer is both. See the precedent of Henry Ford and Karl Marx’s writings on economic and technological history.
From today. In a Twitter video, President Donald Trump conceded to President-elect Joe Biden and condemned the violent supporters who stormed the Capitol Wednesday.
From yesterday. Jan.06 — President Donald Trump declared that he will never concede he was defeated for re-election and assailed congressional Republicans planning to ratify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory on Wednesday. Trump spoke to thousands of his supporters gathered in Washington.
The Little League Falange wannabes make their move. I generally favor anti-system violence regardless of where it comes from or what foolish cause it’s attached to. Decades ago, I predicted that while the struggle against the US state/ruling class/power elite would cut across ordinary ideological, cultural, and class […]
The New York Times is and always has been, as Abbie Hoffman said, “the voice of the ruling class,” particularly the northeastern based financial elites who have always been the dominant sector of the US ruling class (and which has now merged with the tech elite). The WaPo […]
The historical overview of US “progressivism” Kim outlines in this is fairly accurate. It’s true there used to be plenty of Republican progressives. They were around when I was a kid. Although as an anarchist, I obviously have zero regard for Teddy Roosevelt.
Duh? Krystal Ball describes what’s at stake for Democratic Party in the Georgia Senate elections, particularly $2000 stimulus checks. She analyzes the likelihood that President Elect Biden will push for more checks if Democrats have a majority in the Senate.
Journalist Zaid Jilani discusses the millions of dollars in speaker fees paid to Biden Treasury Secretary nominee, Janet Yellen. He explains how this newly unveiled information might affect her nomination process.
This is the Wikipedia description of the Powell Memorandum described in the Sam Sedar video in the post adjacent to this one. It is particularly interesting to compare the Powell Memorandum with the Dutton Strategy that was developed at precisely the same time. In many ways, Powell defined […]
Some fairly interesting commentary on modern American cultural history in this. One thing I often find interesting is the way in which the rhetoric of the socially conservative “right” and the progressive liberal “left” frequently mirror each other. Social conservatives tend to be nostalgic for the social mores […]
With blunt unvarnished realism, it is high-time anarchist-communism steps out from amongst the shadows and finally asserts itself as the most viable revolutionary option and antithesis to totalitarian-capitalism, that is, techno-capitalist-feudalism. After its 150 year long-march, through dense theoretical jungles, voluminous analyses, and multiple pragmatic interventions, anarchist-communism […]
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Finally, mercifully, it’s twenty-hundred and twenty-one, dearest motherfuckers. The year of our lord Satan, 2020, is finally fucking over and all around America there are signs of life. It’s a brand new spanking day for democracy, because 2021 doesn’t just bring an […]
Bipartisan lobbying, lumpen proletarian style. By Allyson Waller, New York Times he homes of Senator Mitch McConnell and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the two most powerful members of Congress, have been reported vandalized, days after the contentious passage of a stimulus bill that has been criticized as inadequate by […]
“Bitch, you better have my money. ” Just think of it as a lumpenproletarian approach to lobbying. Remember Marie Antoinette, Princess Nancy. By Rachel Sharp, Daily Mail
This is ridiculous. China is about a century behind the West in terms of its economic development. In the past few decades, they’ve merely gone from being a Fourth World country to a Third World one in terms of living standards for most people. The only thing “socialist” […]
Evidence shows that the globalization frenzy of the post-Cold War period is in the process of receding. US hegemony is declining due to 20 years of military defeats in imperial adventures. The percentage of US GDP devoted to military production has declined, along with the volume of US […]
I think that the issue of inherited wealth is problematic because it alllows a neo-aristocracy to develop. In fact, this was an issue that turned Robert Nozick away from orthodox libertarianism later in life. But the problem with the social democrats is that they never have any solution […]
By Yanis Iqbal, Hampton Think USA’s President-elect Joe Biden’s cabinet picks have already deflated the hopes of lesser-evilists. Filled with deep-dyed neoliberals and unswerving imperialists, Biden’s cabinet will try its hardest to competently revive the murderous American empire. Externally, it would mean the professional management of an imperialist, […]
By Arunima Aza, Hampton Think The Kisan Ekta Morcha (Farmers United Front) is a mass movement of 100,000+ farmers, youth, workers and allies from India and the diaspora. For the past 27 days, Satyagrahis have occupied all but one highway leading into Delhi, the capital of India. 1.5 […]
By Martha C. White, NBC News The world might be waiting on a Covid-19 vaccine, but thanks to policy booster shots, the stock market ended 2020 seeming to be largely immune from the contagion that still threatens Main Street businesses. It might be hard to recall now, but […]
By Sean Gabb I know that many of my friends have looked at the massive block of text that is the final agreement of our withdrawal from the European Union, and decided that we have been tricked again. My own preference would have been for a complete break, […]
Some pretty good class analysis in this, which describes a key aspect of US electoral politics as class conflict between the rising urban, suburban, professional-managerial upper-middle class, and the sinking rural, small-town, heartland working to middle class. Of course, like most left and/right class analysis, it ignores the […]
Keith, Emma & RJ 01/01/21 – We’re back in business, historic spike in drug overdose deaths under COVID-19, governor Sisolak shut down Narcotics and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in the least sober place on the planet, Carl Jung and the origins of mental illness, Don Wells just died of […]
2020 was the year the Brazilianization of the economy was completed. Hill correspondent, Reid Wilson, details why 2020 really was the worst year ever.
I have to disagree with Rand on this. I generally oppose any kind of “economic reform” that involves raising any new taxes, passing any new laws, or creating any new government agencies. But all wealth and resources that are possessed by the state amount to ill-gotten gains achieved […]
A perfect illustration of the neocon/neoliberal alliance. Imagine West German television in the 1950s inviting Joachim von Ribbentrop (if he hadn’t been hung at Nuremberg) on the air to complain that the economic policies of Konrad Adenauer and Ludwig Erhard were too extravagant. Krystal Ball gives her take […]
The “let them eat cake” news for New Year’s Eve. I don’t think a France 1789 or Russian 1917 revolution would have a positive outcome. But these fuckheads seem hellbent on making one happen. Krystal Ball and Rachel Bovard discuss Mitch McConnell’s statements that there is “no realistic […]
This nails it. By forcing the working class and the petite bourgeoisie into the ranks of the lower proletariat and lumpenproletariat, the ruling class and managerial class are creating the conditions for a class insurgency. Notice how the ruling class media (staffed by the managerial class) has gone […]
At least the system showed its hand. In many ways, 2020 was actually a very good year. The inherent incompetence of the state was partially exposed by the pandemic. The corruption of the ruling class and hypocrisy of the political class was demonstrated by the economic response to […]
The gap between the upper-middle (professional-managerial) class and the lower-middle (working) class is growing. The managerial class is moving toward a tighter relationship with the ruling class (the techno-oligarch/new clerisy alliance ) and the working class is sinking into the ranks of the lower proletariat and lumpenproletariat. Krystal […]
By Peter Van Buren, The American Conservative I learned the facts of life from a drunk uncle. He was not an American, and worked in international construction in Asia. His main job was to bribe people. Over the course of many tiny glasses of some awful, clear Asian […]
The rising class of techno-aristocrats digs in. Rachel Bovard’s comment about “one nation under tech” is spot on. Krystal Ball and Rachel Bovard share their thoughts on Amazon hiring Jeff Ricchetti, the brother of Biden’s White House counselor Steve Ricchetti.
Fragment, fragment, fragment… Journalist, Zaid Jilani, explains his take on Fox News’ support of Speaker Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Josh Hawley, and Bernie Sanders pushing for $2,000 stimulus checks.
It’s hilarious watching “progressives” begging social democrats to beg neoliberals for a few crumbs. Krystal Ball weighs in on the debate over whether progressives should make demands in exchange for support of Nancy Pelosi as House Speaker.
Today’s “let them eat cake” news. Krystal Ball and Rachel Bovard react to the relief bill signed by President Trump. The bill averts a government shutdown and delivers economic aid to Americans.
If Peter Zeihan’s analysis and forecasts concerning the future of the unipolar order are at all correct, my predictions about the future of geopolitics were even more accurate than I previously thought. I’ve generally thought that globalization would eventually produce a global state system, which would require a […]
By Pella Libertas A specter is haunting civilization. The specter of Covid 19. For a year the world as we knew it has been plunged into a state of economic shock. By the recommendations of unelected Health Experts, Epidemiologists, the CDC, and the World Health Organization, social gatherings […]
By Iain MacSoarsa This article analyses Lysander Spooner’s ideas and their relationship to Libertarian capitalist ideas and libertarian socialist (ie anarchist) ideas. It is partly based on my own research and an article I found on a newsgroup. The article included in this essay was originally posted by […]
This is a pretty good overview of the interrelationship between the environment, economics, geopolitics, and technology.
I’m inclined to agree with this. Not so much for environmental reasons as much as the fact that fossil fuel companies have been major benefactors and beneficiaries of Middle Eastern wars, Takfiri terrorism, and the regimes who finance and support it. By Kate Aronoff, Jacobin It isn’t hyperbole […]
By John Laurits In 2015, studies estimate that US renters paid $535 billion to landlords in residential rents. To put this in perspective, $535 billion is about enough to give $15,000 to every human being in the US state of California. It would also be enough to replace […]
The problem that I have with most so-called “free market” economists is that most of them aren’t. I suppose my ideal economy would be something like a giant flea market (or an infinite collection of micro-flea markets) which would certainly leave room for plenty of cooperatives, communes, and […]
This is a pretty good overview of what socialism actually is, its history, and what socialists actually believe. I agree with much of this (in terms of the article’s historical and factual accuracy) but disagree with certain parts. For example, I wouldn’t refer to the Soviet/Chinese model as […]
The mainstream argument about “healthcare reform” is not a race in which I have a horse. Essentially, two statist sects are arguing over whether the healthcare system should be run by the king’s royal ministers (the progressive position) or the aristocratic feudal manors (the conservative position). But this […]
It’s fairly obvious that the function of the lockdowns has been to protect the health of the affluent classes on the backs of the poor and working classes, and while facilitating a looting spree by the most influential sectors of the capitalist class, with the powers of the […]
A pretty good overview of what the Democrats are about. Founder of The Daily Poster, David Sirota, discusses his interview with Cornel West about why Democrats did so poorly in down ballot races.
This is a must-watch. On today’s episode, Joel Kotkin, Executive Director of Urban Reform Institute and author of The Coming of Neo-Feudalism: A Warning to the Global Middle Class, discusses how do we confront neo-feudalism today, in conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On podcast..
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-HI, on why she broke from her party and voted against the COVID-19 relief bill and says seniors should be prioritized for the coroanvirus vaccine over young Congress members on ‘The Story’ with Martha MacCallum.
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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