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A harsh clear look at the history of the Republican Party
Summary: Understanding the roots of our dysfunctional political system requires shining a harsh light on the institutions that run the system. This post looks at the Grand Old Party, born fighting...
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Back to the future in New America: our new class structure
Summary: One of the news media’s master narratives is that the dark evolution of America just happens, much like the myth of the “invisible hand”. Inevitable. Resistance is futile. All is for the best...
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A graph showing the end of America as we know it.
Summary: This is third in a series showing that we’re losing America. This post examines rising inequality of income, one of the major forces reshaping our society and politics. It’s not a class war if...
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We’re strong and adaptable, but have a problem that might sink America.
Summary: Today’s post gives a different perspective on the challenge of reforming America. Before we can fix our political machinery we must understand what’s wrong. This post gives a possible...
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Populism arises amidst American workers abandoned by both Left & Right
Summary: Populism has arisen from the lower middle class, Americans abandoned not just by the Right (owned by the 1%) but the Left as well. Populists are the swing vote in modern elections. Who they...
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An anthropologist looks at America’s growing proletariat
Summary: Here anthropologist Maximilian Forte looks at America’s changing social structure (the rise of the 1%, death of the middle class) using perspectives from Rome, Marx, and modern identity...
View ArticleDespair: so common these days, so good for the 1%
Summary: Despair at the confident predictions of doomsters has become an almost defining characteristic of both Left and Right in America, as documented in so many posts here. Nothing but abject...
View ArticleWhy the Outer Party hates Trump & will waste this opportunity for reform
Summary: The reaction of our upper classes to the rise of Trump reveals much about 21st century America -- a society divided by class, with blinkered elites, and an opportunity to unify and make...
View ArticleAmerican politics isn’t broken. It’s working just fine for the 1%.
Summary: Political commentary often reveals more from its blindness than its insights. For example, a widely-cited analysis at Salon by journalist Andrew O'Hehir tells us some entertaining harsh truths...
View ArticleA picture of America, showing a path to political reform
Summary: As we start a New Year and end this series about resolutions, here is a summary of American politics as I see them. It points the way to reform and a better future, if we are willing to pay...
View ArticleThe middle class will choose who wins America’s class war. We have two choices.
Summary: In this remarkable essay Ian Welsh goes to the heart of Western political conflict. Many posts on the FM website discuss the social dynamic driving western political evolution for centuries....
View ArticleAlienating poor white men for the Left’s political gain
Van Creveld warns that this puts America at risk. We don't see that because our elites enjoy it.
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A graph showing the end of America as we know it.
Tweet Summary: This is third in a series showing that we’re losing America. This post examines rising inequality of income, one of the major forces reshaping our society and politics. It’s not a class...
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We’re strong and adaptable, but have a problem that might sink America.
Tweet Summary: Today’s post gives a different perspective on the challenge of reforming America. Before we can fix our political machinery we must understand what’s wrong. This post gives a possible...
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Despair: so common these days, so good for the 1%
Tweet Summary: Despair at the confident predictions of doomsters has become an almost defining characteristic of both Left and Right in America, as documented in so many posts here. Nothing but...
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