These quotations are from “The Concept of the Conventional Wisdom” in “The Affluent Society” by John Kenneth Galbraith (1958): The first requirement for an understanding of contemporary economic and social life is a clear view of the relation between events and the ideas that interpret them… Economic life …
The warnings of the “China Hawks”, which have been disseminated in intensive media campaigns, conferences and publications, have had a decisive influence. The latest in a series of anti-communist lobby groups was the Committee on the Present Danger: China, which was founded in 2019. It sees the USA as existentially …
Debates Global Capitalism’s Extermination Impulse By William I. Robinson 19 Aug2024 14Share 0 Comment 26Love The unspeakable savagery of the unfolding genocide in Gaza and the absolute impunity of the Israeli genocidists and their Western sponsors have sent shock waves around the world and sparked a global intifada …
In Germany, war and the willingness to finally be ready for war are discussed as if it were the mundane question of whether to accept a neighbor’s invitation to a barbecue next Saturday or to stay away…. Readiness for war is mentioned in passing, as if it were the most …
by Tristan Hughes The Nutty 90s is on pages 27-33 DO THE 1990S hold the key to understanding today’s authoritarian populism? That’s intellectual historian John Ganz’s contention in his new book, When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s. In a post-2016 …
“Prevent a world war with nuclear weapons at all costs!” – Exclusive interview with Dmitri Trenin [This interview posted on September 25, 2024 is translated from the German on the Internet, https://www.nachdenkseiten.de/?p=121947.] Russia has nowhere to retreat to because the West is fighting an existential battle against the country. Moscow …
by Tyler Durden, 6/7/2024 Capital concentration and mass impoverishment are among the mega-trends of the era, as are the despair and political weariness of millions. The unemployed and the “working poor” are among the steadily growing “occupational groups”; the psychosocial health of an entire nation is at an all-time low. …
The West is collapsing! Danny Haiphong and economist Richard WolffSept 15, 2024 – 1 hr 51 min
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Break with democracy According to Brockschmidt, a new quality has been achieved under Trump, namely the willingness to openly admit a break with democracy. Whereas in the past it was common for American politicians to proudly refer to the tradition of American democracy, Trump and his followers openly display their …