Trumpism as the American Thatcherism
Some call it Trumpism, a shorthand for this moment, just as Thatcherism and Reaganism personified the neoliberal onslaught of the 80s. But this isn’t just about one man. It never is.
Some call it Trumpism, a shorthand for this moment, just as Thatcherism and Reaganism personified the neoliberal onslaught of the 80s. But this isn’t just about one man. It never is.
The past never truly stays where it belongs. Even when the truth is carefully scrubbed from our understanding of history, its spores disperse through time to seep into the firmament like a persistent black mold poisoning the air we breathe.
Bernie gave up on the fight long before we did and his actions have made it clear he no longer fights for the same ideals.
This simplistic, incorrect, and devastatingly neoliberal plan of instituting a Universal Basic Income will be the final blow against the public purpose and General Welfare Clause as well as an effective coup for the rightwing to establish cash payment as opposed to the services millions desperately need.
Neoliberalism is a rogue military state and it became the orthodoxy through violence. Austerity-induced death. The antidote is MMT.
The lies were baked into the school system, newspapers, sitcoms, political debates even cartoons took the ideas of neoliberalism into the hearts and minds of our children…the people.
The Green Party want to extricate our society from the clutches of neoliberalism, yet their economic platform is riddled with infectious neoliberal catchphrases that tighten our chains.
The madness that is neoliberalism must stop. The people must forego their patience and reclaim their governments. They must redirect their government’s spending towards the public purpose and away from the demands of Wall Street.
Part 5 of a direct rebuttal to the original Powell Memo, offering a progressive plan to take back the country from the ravages of corporate oligarchy.
Part 4 of a direct rebuttal to the original Powell Memo, offering a progressive plan to take back the country from the ravages of corporate oligarchy.