I have noticed that the Blue Tribe and Red Tribe increasingly accuse each other of election fraud. They’re both probably right. Eventually, it will get to the point that the losing side in an election automatically assumes their opponents cheated, which will undermine the perceived legitimacy of the […]
Former National Co-chair for the Sanders Campaign Nina Turner weighs in on the Minneapolis protests, Central Park ‘Karen’ Amy Cooper, and Biden’s “you ain’t black” comments.
First, Marianne Williamson calls for “primarying” neoliberal Democrats with social democrats, and now Tucker Carlson calls for “primarying” neoliberal Republicans with “national-populists.” About 20 years ago, I started noticing the rise of anti-neoliberal tendencies in Europe with social-democratic (e.g. SYRIZA) and right-populist tendencies (e.g. LePenism). I figured the […]
As the saying goes, “You can’t make this shit up.” As one who is interested in political strategy, I have to hand it to the Trumpists on this one. Shore up with right-wing vote with pro-religion, pro-gun, pro-life, pro-Red Tribe/hate liberals rhetoric, and then cut into the black, […]
Biden has really given FAUX News a lot of ammunition with which to work Dinesh D’souza’s “Democrats are the real racists!” angle. The Democrats would be in a much better position if they would simply euthanize this guy, stuff him like Lenin, and make a ventriloquist dummy out […]
A couple of lines in a message from a reader illustrate perfectly well why I reject domestic US politics. Americans, to the degree they are even aware that the US has an empire, seem largely apathetic about it or reflexively supportive of it (“if not us, who else?”), […]
By Bryan Doherty Reason In a day-long virtual meeting, after four ballots, the 1,035 delegates assembled for the Libertarian Party’s online convention selected Jo Jorgensen as their presidential candidate. She won with slightly over 51 percent of the vote (not every delegate voted in every round) on that […]
This dude is as narcissistic as Trump which is quite an accomplishment. Krystal and Saagar discuss Charlamagne Tha God’s interview with Joy Reid, saying that we should not place the burden on black voters to show up for Joe Biden, but put the burden on Biden to show […]
Marianne moves to the left of AOC. Interesting. Although endorsing social democrats rather than neoliberals is not exactly revolutionary.
I actually feel somewhat sorry for folks whose vision is so limited that “To vote Biden or not to vote Biden?” actually seems to them to be a profound question. Though I’m glad to see Kyle and Krystal taking the attitude that Biden can go fuck himself. Krystal […]
I generally agree with David’s analysis of what Trump’s 2nd term would be like. He would mostly govern like a normal Republican while using his position to attack his rivals in the state, among the politicians, and in the media. For those who care about the Democrat vs. […]
Kyle takes his stand with the 46%. Between the 46% who either don’t vote or vote third-party, the 67% of voters who constitute the “exhausted majority,” the minority of Blue Tribers and Red Tribers who are tired of the bullshit, and former establishmentarians who see through it all […]
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.
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.
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 […]
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.
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Carlson’s tirade against the empty skirts that are trying to be the next Mike Pence (what a weenie that one is) is somewhat amusing. The election coming up is interesting but not for the reasons that are usually stated. The Republican Party elites seem generally satisfied with Trump […]
This is a pretty good critique of “culture war” politics but what they’re missing is that the “culture war” is primarily a rivalry within the middle-class, which is exploited by the ruling class, and where “both sides” regard working class issues as merely peripheral, if something they have […]
Of course, he will. To ask the question is to answer it. When Daniel Marans says that “foreign policy wasn’t really an issue” in the Democratic primaries, he totally nails it. The antiwar vote in the US is basically non-existent. The Democrats and Republicans are both two uber-imperialist […]
This is 3 months old but it’s totally on point. I would generally prefer that voter turnout in US elections eventually dwindles to, say, the 30 percent range with the ruling class parties getting 20 percent of the vote and the fringe/freakazoid parties getting maybe 10 percent, with […]
My political perspective is somewhat different from Styx’s (who is a something of a right-libertarian Trumpist). But I generally agree with his analysis in this. For all practical purposes, the US now has three political parties: Trumpists, neoliberals, and social democrats (all completely lame, of course).
President Biden would be more like President Reagan, i.e. a senile old fool that sleeps through most of his presidency.
I don’t really think Justin Amash is all that bad for a Republican (which is an extraordinarily low standard). But he’s still just a Tea Party-type, Koch-flunkie. I’m also not a Libertarian Party member, so I don’t get a say, but I would prefer than the LP not […]
The candidate of the Butchers of Kronstadt Party? But at least these commie-types have the number on the liberal Democrats and the social democrats. By Maxwell Strachan Jeff Mackler is to the left of the left of the left. A self-proclaimed Trotskyist, he believes Bernie Sanders and the […]
Sanders pretty much showed what he was about when he endorsed the Kosovo War in 1999.
Of all the Democratic candidates, Marianne was the second favorite (after Tulsi, with Yang being third) of my anti-electoralist self. Krystal and Saagar discuss Marianne Williamson’s endorsement of progressive congressional candidates including Pelosi challenger, Shahid Buttar
An actual populist uprising will take place outside of all this electoralist bullshit. Krystal and Saager are decent journalists but they epitomize why reformism fails. I like the way they constantly bash neoliberals but the FDR nostaglism gets a bit old. I’ve noticed that virtually the full-range dissident […]
I’m glad to see that anti-voting sympathies are rising on the Left. By Beatrice Phi Medium At the ballot box in November, Americans will have to choose between Donald Trump — the Republican incumbent — and “not Donald Trump,” the Democratic challenger. Despite the fact that they overwhelmingly […]
I used to know a Vietnam War combat veteran who would say, “Yes, I was an atheist in a foxhole.” Someday I will have to write a piece called “Yes, I was an anarchist during a pandemic.” Given that most people regard Libertarians as the “Republican Throwaway Party” […]
The milquetoast reformists are growing in number. The DSA seems to have a mixture of good ideas (like rent strikes) combined with the usual statist-reformism and SJW loopiness. Whenever I discuss politics with Republican-leaning friends and relatives, I will often find that I agree with their criticisms of […]
Democrats: “We suck so bad we can’t even beat Donald Trump.”
No issue with that, Joe. Krystal and Saagar watch Joe Biden’s MSNBC interview where he states, “If you believe Tara Reade you probably shouldn’t vote for me.”
Her shamelessness is almost refreshing in its own way. Nixon: “I am not a crook.” Hillary: “I’m a crook. So what?”
Way to get co-opted, Alexandria. That didn’t take long.
This article was written in February before the Democraps literally conspired to ensure Sanders’ loss on Super Tuesday by pulling back all their house candidates at the same time and ordering them to endorse Dementia Man, except for Lizzie the Scamster, whom they kept in the race as […]
The big question for the Democraps is who will play the role of “Melakon with a twat” to Joe “Fingers” Biden’s “Professor John Gill with dementia.”
This Sandernista third-party idea isn’t going to work. It will be torn apart by SJW fruitbats. An economic-populist/progressive party like these folks are advocating would be fighting a three-front war against the neoliberal center, Trumpian right, and SJW left.
The neocons, led by Bill Kristol, are using the Biden campaign to colonize the Democrats, while Trump has an 80% approval rating among the Republicans. If the neocons are successful at this, it means the US will have a neocon party and a faux-populist right-wing plutocratic party. Imagine […]
Kulinski talks about a video from 2013 where Obama admitted he and the Republicans agreed 70% of the time, and that the differences between the two parties were more about procedure than substance. Obama also pointed out something I have also pointed out many times, which is that […]
This is quite interesting. Disaffected Sandernistas are seeking to build a populist-left mass people’s party that crosses over to the populist-right and disaffected Trump voters, and seeks to become a major party by 2024. Kim correctly points out that substantial sectors of the Left will be adamantly opposed […]
The social science research that Brooks (another neocon dumbass former Bush apologist) cites in this article confirms what I have long suspected, which is that issues like race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, culture, religion, immigration status, etc. as not nearly as divisive as beliefs that people hold ABOUT these […]
A 2017 study breaks down the US electorate into 4 basic categories (really 3, because libertarians are barely on the radar). The gist is that Americans lean leftward on economic issues by a 3 to 1 margin, but are divided 50/50 on social/cultural/identity issues. Liberal (44.6 percent): Lower […]
My respect for Kyle Kulinski has gone way up since he adopted a “boycott the major parties” stance on this election. “Vote blue, no matter” (or “vote red, no matter who”) is the stupidest position possible. It means you are telling your supposed leaders and rulers that you […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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