The Chicago School of econ, now dominant, is based on little more than a deep hatred of the New Deal. In the late '70s neolibs usurped the D party; as a union activist and local D campaign mgr I fought them. These elitists dumped the New Deal, abandoned labor, and passed finance deregulation plus profoundly undemocratic trade agreements …
The Chicago School of econ, now dominant, is based on little more than a deep hatred of the New Deal. In the late '70s neolibs usurped the D party; as a union activist and local D campaign mgr I fought them. These elitists dumped the New Deal, abandoned labor, and passed finance deregulation plus profoundly undemocratic trade agreements like NAFTA and the WTO. I now wonder, since this lineage began around the time of the Powell memo, if they're not connected.
For years, I've asked the D faithful if they're for a neolib econ system. Add to that if they're fine with the Biden Dept of State being run by Dick Cheney trained neocons. Never gotten an answer other than the deflection of "but but but Trump!" Nope. Just because Trump is loathsome does not transmute your mediocre, addled, neolib puppet into a good guy.
I worked these issues for 40 years - the DNC New Democrats (Bill Clinton) intentionally sabotaged and abandoned the New Deal Coalition and labor and the working class. Don't call any of this "mine".
Remember the tech-will-solve-everything Atari Dems of the '80s? As memorable and relevant now as their eponymous company.
PS-- My reply above is a bit garbled. I meant to say that your comment re: Powell memo got me to connect the '73 Powell memo w/ the D party leveraged buy-out.
The Chicago School of econ, now dominant, is based on little more than a deep hatred of the New Deal. In the late '70s neolibs usurped the D party; as a union activist and local D campaign mgr I fought them. These elitists dumped the New Deal, abandoned labor, and passed finance deregulation plus profoundly undemocratic trade agreements like NAFTA and the WTO. I now wonder, since this lineage began around the time of the Powell memo, if they're not connected.
For years, I've asked the D faithful if they're for a neolib econ system. Add to that if they're fine with the Biden Dept of State being run by Dick Cheney trained neocons. Never gotten an answer other than the deflection of "but but but Trump!" Nope. Just because Trump is loathsome does not transmute your mediocre, addled, neolib puppet into a good guy.
I worked these issues for 40 years - the DNC New Democrats (Bill Clinton) intentionally sabotaged and abandoned the New Deal Coalition and labor and the working class. Don't call any of this "mine".
Remember the tech-will-solve-everything Atari Dems of the '80s? As memorable and relevant now as their eponymous company.
PS-- My reply above is a bit garbled. I meant to say that your comment re: Powell memo got me to connect the '73 Powell memo w/ the D party leveraged buy-out.