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In the first hundred days of the Trump presidency, there is not a single positive thing to be found in this man and his administration.. Anyone who claims otherwise is mistaken. And anyone who thinks that this is merely a variant of “normal” Republican policy is deluding themselves..The political system in the US was unhinged.…

The US is the greatest purveyor of violence in human history (cf. MLK) and ignores and represses its guilt from the senseless, immoral, illegal wars in Vietnam, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, Gaza, and Ukraine. Russia, China, and Cuba are demonized; enemies are needed to justify its excessive military spending. The Trump-Musk Clown Show and Prophetic Criticism,…

American Imperialism in Plain Site By Michael Wednesday, February 5, 2025Interviews Trump Permalink Donald Trump’s tariffs could destabilize the global economy, warns economist Michael Hudson. US protectionist policies could cause financial crises, as many currencies depreciate and countries can’t earn the dollars needed to pay their foreign debts. Hudson was interviewed by Geopolitical Economy Report…

Marc Batko An Economy Without Redistribution by Marc Batko  (marc1seed@yahoo.com; freetranslations.foundation) An economy without redistribution is a pseudo-economy, a formal economy without dynamic movement or dynamism.  Unfettered capitalism assumes a self-healing market and is always disastrous.  In the 1960s, corporate taxes provided 40% of federal government revenues.  Now in 2025, corporate taxes only supply 7%…

Marc Batko Nihilism leads to cynicism by Marc Batko  (marc1seed@yahoo.com; freetranslations.foundation) How juvenile to call 2.3 million federal employees “leftists” and put them on the chopping block with illegal buyout offers!  What happens to teamwork, cooperation, and public spirit?  The fairy-tale metaphor of a raging bear storming through a china shop seems appropriate! The market…

Incompetence Blowing Up the US Democracy An Open Letter to Donald Trump by Marc Batko  (marc1seed@yahoo.com; freetranslations.foundation) Donald, do us a favor and return to your beloved private sector!  Deception, trickery, lies, exaggeration and enrichment are the accepted unwritten laws of private enterprise.  Buyer beware, regulations are evil, money is a private matter, trickle-down prosperity,…

According to the US magazine Axios, a flood of up to 100 decrees is planned, with which Trump wants to create facts from day one – primarily in immigration policy. Particularly noteworthy are his plans to abolish the birthright to citizenship, to resume the construction of the border wall and to organize mass deportations. 100…

For the first time in more than a century, the flight to safety is away from the United States, not to it. The U.S. economy has been re-designed to inflate financial gains, even while de-industrializing by outsourcing its labor force. So what seemed to be U.S. industrial has been replaced by financialized de-industrialization. Weaponizing the…

Trump 2.0 could herald authoritarian capitalism, 1/20 The specter of authoritarian capitalism is not just haunting the West, it is already here. Can we build the power needed to challenge it? We can only hope the arrival of Trump 2.0 provides the wake-up call.

by Marc Batko (marc1seed@yahoo.com; freetranslations.foundation), 1/16/2025 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ It takes a worried man    to sing a worried song. I’m worried now    but I won’t be worried long. The Kingston Trio in the 1960s ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ We carry in our hearts the true country    and that cannot be stolen. We follow in the steps of…