The wars, surveillance state, and financial crisis severely undermined the political establishment in the United States. The old GOP went down first, probably because the neoliberals have better camo than the neocons. Their "social issues" rhetoric hides their agenda better.
Neoliberalism is legalized corruption. The "revolving door" between government and industry epitomizes it. The bankers "leaving" lucrative finance jobs with a huge bonus, then working in government, then returning to a bank job are a great example. They just work as an agent of their private sector corporations for a while in a government position.
The democratic party in the US is currently undergoing the same kind of collapse and reconfiguration that the republican party did after 0bama won. The neolibs, though, still seem to be in charge even as the populist segment of that party lurches toward full on communism/socialism.
It's possible to just barely see the beginnings of a new, non corporate way of organizing people by watching YouTube, which is pretty ironic considering Google is a giant corporation, and YouTube is attempting to reformat as a corporate media outlet. It seems plausible and maybe a law of nature that individuals and small businesses can outcompete corporations. The tech boom is potentially a force multiplier for individuals and small businesses much more than corporations, which have so much overhead.
The financial and legal system are severely skewed in favor of corporations, though. Really, it's all a big tangled ball of the same shit.
An end of neoliberals in power, aka, corporate socialism, makes it possible to change laws to favor small businesses and individuals over corporations but it is likely to be an incremental slow battle over several years.
The democratic party in the US is currently undergoing the same kind of collapse and reconfiguration that the republican party did after 0bama won. The neolibs, though, still seem to be in charge even as the populist segment of that party lurches toward full on communism/socialism.
It's possible to just barely see the beginnings of a new, non corporate way of organizing people by watching YouTube, which is pretty ironic considering Google is a giant corporation, and YouTube is attempting to reformat as a corporate media outlet. It seems plausible and maybe a law of nature that individuals and small businesses can outcompete corporations. The tech boom is potentially a force multiplier for individuals and small businesses much more than corporations, which have so much overhead.
The financial and legal system are severely skewed in favor of corporations, though. Really, it's all a big tangled ball of the same shit.
An end of neoliberals in power, aka, corporate socialism, makes it possible to change laws to favor small businesses and individuals over corporations but it is likely to be an incremental slow battle over several years.
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