When I say 'Liberal' here, I mean Latte Liberals (the bad types which are most of them) whom Al Sharpton complains about , radlibs (Radical Liberals) and Neoliberals
Although I profess my commitment to traditionally Left-wing goals including anti-capitalism, I am mostly defined by my zealous hostility to both the Democratic Party and the radical Leftoids — including the DSA (Democratic Socialists of America) and the academic-literary Left wing of media such as Jacobin, n+1 and Dissent. My core dissertation is that the actual ruling class in the US is the progressive oligarchy that is represented in the political sphere by the Democratic Party. I believe that the Democrats are the party of Silicon Valley, Wall Street, the Ivy League, the MSM, the upper levels of the national security state and federal bureaucracy, and generally of very educated professionals
I am strongly critical of the contemporary political economy of the US, which is a cushy socialism for the rich and this type of brutal, merciless capitalism for the poor which wrongly bails out banks and keeps the US in a state of permanent war while slashing programs like food stamps and Medicaid.
A national budget going three-quarters to socialist-type entitlement programs, with legal protections for unions, mandated equality in all areas of life, an economy controlled through a centralized Federal Bank and a government that “creates jobs” by writing rules. Being subject to all manners of international law and treaties (within reason), rendering national sovreignty dubious by obeying surprisingly Communist “human rights” based rules of the internationalists. There would be capitalism in this mess, but under layers of edicts, regulations, precepts, affirmative action, and taxes — at all 3 levels levels, with some special fees and registrations — and with high legal cost of complying with all of this stuff. With circular pyramid economy going, under a fake economy that is concealing a covert, camouflaged command economy. Technically, this would be a constitutional liberal democracy, but with a constitution with a market socialist system along with civil rights as its focus. ...
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