A Journal of the Plague Year 2022: The libidinal economy—Capitalism and schizophrenia (a scaffolding)

What should stand out is that Trudeau following the Oligarchy playbook pulled a similar stunt in attacking his fellow citizens who stood up to his fascist tendencies. Continue reading A Journal of the Plague Year 2022: The libidinal economy—Capitalism and schizophrenia (a scaffolding)

Corporate Vaccine Mandates and Vaccine Passports—Brought to You by BlackRock and Vanguard?

Far from the competition promised by capitalism, BlackRock and Vanguard own significant shares in companies that ostensibly compete directly with each other, such as Google, Apple and Microsoft, or Coca-Cola and PepsiCo. Continue reading Corporate Vaccine Mandates and Vaccine Passports—Brought to You by BlackRock and Vanguard?

Beyond Orwellian nightmares and neoliberal authoritarianism

Central to George Orwell’s nightmarish vision of a totalitarian society was a government so powerful that it not only dominated all of the major institutions in a society, but it also was quite adept at making invisible its inner workings of power. This is what some have called a shadow government, deep state, dual state or corporate state.[1] In the deep state, politics becomes the domain of the ultra-wealthy, the powerful few who run powerful financial services, Continue reading Beyond Orwellian nightmares and neoliberal authoritarianism