tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post3708568265300475739..comments2024-03-28T07:50:06.102-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: Michael Hudson — On Finance, Real Estate And The Powers Of Neoliberalism Trump’s Brilliant Strategy to Dismember U.S. Dollar Hegemonymike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-91027358672798352532019-02-02T21:32:04.782-05:002019-02-02T21:32:04.782-05:00Geeze, dude, you are wrapped way too tight. All I ...Geeze, dude, you are wrapped <i>way too tight</i>. All I did was ascribe to Assange the political acumen to see how to seriously undermine the Imperial Power that wants him dead. I really said nothing to rate your rather nasty personal attack. <br /><br />As for all the rest you said above? Yeah, pretty much. Under the 1946 Nuremberg standards, I'd say every American President since McKinley has been an active War Criminal, except maybe Harding and Coolidge, who would probably just be unindicted co-conspirators. lol<br /><br />So in effect you jumped all over my shit even though it seems we're largely on the same page. So breathe, man. Stop and smell the flowers and so on. History will sort all this shit out in the end. Nebrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05974591864059776528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-56626367135150120352019-02-02T17:58:25.217-05:002019-02-02T17:58:25.217-05:00You've applied baseless assumptions to Assange...You've applied baseless assumptions to Assange when the fact remains that he is simply a publisher and did not steal anything. When the NYT published The Pentagon Papers (stolen material) they were not prosecuted for treason. Exposing illegal behavior is a public service, not a crime (except when the criminals are in power).<br /><br />American Empire has been in decline for decades, it's only the rapidly increased acceleration that has made it apparent to those who are not particularly observant. <br /><br />Obama's wars and sucking banker dick; Bush's wars and more deregulation; Clinton's wars, NAFTA, media and financial deregulation; Reagan's everything - all this and much more led to the current moment.Noah Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12012500819097539976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-53212031994363451522019-02-02T05:10:04.294-05:002019-02-02T05:10:04.294-05:00But seriously, Mr Way, what is it about that state...But seriously, Mr Way, what is it about that statement that offends you so? Clearly it got under your skin for you to respond with such an 'ad hom'.Nebrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05974591864059776528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-54446350263171383162019-02-02T05:03:53.169-05:002019-02-02T05:03:53.169-05:00@NW; Thought that about you, spud. 😛@NW; Thought that about you, spud. 😛Nebrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05974591864059776528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-24083480949485801182019-02-01T21:19:32.852-05:002019-02-01T21:19:32.852-05:00Nebris: repeating stupid statements doesn't ma...Nebris: repeating stupid statements doesn't make them true. Or intelligent.Noah Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12012500819097539976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-70215560207578379972019-02-01T11:11:52.101-05:002019-02-01T11:11:52.101-05:00I love Michael Hudson, but I think he is ascribing...I love Michael Hudson, but I think he is ascribing far more power to Trump than actually exists. Trump talks a lot, but I think he is just a figurehead whose function I to keep the peasants bickering, and therefore submissive. Trump also gives camouflage to leading Democrats who attack Trump in order to deflect public attention away from their neoliberalism and imperialism.<br /><br />Americans are tired of their bickering, but they can’t break their addiction to it. After the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville VA on 12 Aug 2017 (in which Antifa attacked White Nationalists, but only White Nationalists got blamed) ex-president Obama issued a tweet that moved liberals to tears, and became the most “liked” Tweet in Twitter history. <br /><br /><i> “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love. For love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”</i><br /><br />Bullshit. Obama was a hateful, warmongering, lying P.O.S. neoliberal who worked for Wall Street. So why did Obama’s crocodile tears inspire the Social Justice Warriors? Because the sudden Tweet from ex-president Obama reminded the SJWs of how they had been before they became obsessed with Trump. <br /><br />Obama was before Antifa, the Russia-gate hoax, and #MeToo hysteria. Obama was before the campaign to exterminate straight white males. Obama was before mass censorship on social media platforms, and before the corporate media outlets completed their descent to 100% garbage. Obama was before SJWs became consumed with hate. The Obama years (2008-2016) were before today’s madness.<br /><br />Anyway, what Hudson calls “Trump’s agenda” is the Empire’s agenda. The Empire would be rushing to its own extinction with or without Trump, who is only a figurehead. <br /><br /><i> “The United States always has resisted letting any other country have any voice in U.S. domestic policies, law-making or diplomacy.”</i><br /><br />Evidently Hudson has never heard of Israel.Konradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739209449391854796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-67941219596161869472019-02-01T07:03:26.659-05:002019-02-01T07:03:26.659-05:00They're wrecking the U.S. and the world at the...They're wrecking the U.S. and the world at the same time.Kaiveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04195639305785321786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-77091302035625913222019-02-01T02:27:20.486-05:002019-02-01T02:27:20.486-05:00As I have said many times in the past two years, A...As I have said many times in the past two years, Assange wanted Trump to win because he knew he'd wreck the American Empire. Nebrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05974591864059776528noreply@blogger.com