Category Archives: Producerism

Morning Awful: King Castle

John K. Castle (pictured right) is rich. Because wealthy CEOs are the American royalty, Castle thinks he’s king. Recently, waiter Paul Kucik messed up and brought his bill to the table instead of charging it to an account. Kings never … Continue reading

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Unions as a Rational Response

My friend Todd Farally wrote a DailyKos diary about his union shop: One of my brothers in Local 19 who we’ll call Jim (not his real name) told me his wife went in for a checkup and ended up needing … Continue reading

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Nickel and Dimed: The American Ruling Class

How did America become a country where half of us are poor? Barbara Ehrenreich’s seminal work of embedded service-industry journalism, Nickel and Dimed, was turned into an offbeat “dramatic-documentary-musical” in 2007. Here’s a selection from The American Ruling Class in … Continue reading

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Billionaire Concern Troll Has His Own Idiom

I’ve seen this meme burbling up through the wingnutosphere the last few weeks; now it’s burst to the surface via the pen of Leon G. Cooperman, who is important because he is rich. That doesn’t make him well-informed, however, because … Continue reading

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The Man Who Would Be King

By Emilia 1956 Make no mistake. If the GOP win the White House in 2012, here’s the de facto President:- OK, EmoProgs, think you can live with that? Because I can’t.

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The Truth About Class Warfare

If you were to ask most Americans what “prosperity” meant, they would probably imagine scenes of plentiful employment, falling rates of food stamp use, etc. However, when oligarchy uses the word “prosperity,” 99 percent of Americans are not included: “We … Continue reading

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Morning Awful: Congress

Andrew Sullivan uses the word “oligarchy” to describe this picture: As I keep saying, the American institution most in need of occupation is Congress. Not only does the 1% own the legislative branch of our federal government, they actually dominate … Continue reading

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Senate Can Create Infrastructure Bank or Give Millionaires $13,457 Each

The Senate is supposed to vote today on another part of Obama’s infrastructure jobs proposals. A bipartisan idea, the infrastructure bank would attract private capital to infrastructure projects with $10 billion in seed money. Greg Sargent: If the new infrastructure … Continue reading

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Morning Awful: Political Poop

This is why you let the Civil Rights icon speak at your mic check: “The attitude I have seen here is not consistent with any civil rights protests I have seen in Atlanta,” Mr. (Kasim) Reed said in an interview, … Continue reading

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A Map of Global Oligarchy

Having mapped the global oligarchy (above, with the biggest ownership companies in red), this New Scientist article was doing fine when: Crucially, by identifying the architecture of global economic power, the analysis could help make it more stable. By finding the … Continue reading

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Morning Awful: Wages at a 12-Year Low

Next time someone wonders what happened to the American work ethic, your answer should be the American job. 1) Half of all workers made less than $26,364, the median wage in 2010. That means the typical wage is at its … Continue reading

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