The Skinny: Class War & Global Gangsterism on Patreon

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Foreign or Domestic; the Pig Empire’s Policy is Always War

As I mentioned in my previous re-post, the general problem with these early editions of The Skinny is that they’re grouped together chronologically as one would in a private journal; as such the articles themselves are very much “all over the place.”

In this September 2019 post for example, I tackle liberals co-opting the labor class, the anti-Sanders narrative deployed by pro-neoliberal, corporate media, and why propaganda about universal free healthcare actively harming unionized workers is bunk. In addition however, I also talk about Trump’s foreign policy, and why the swine emperor was desperate to start a war with Iran that would likely have bolstered his reelection chances. Of course, as it turned out, the Iranian government was far too cagey to give the Klepto Kaiser his free ticket for a second term; even after Trump literally assassinated their most important general to try and goad Iran into a fight.

Overall, this post is more of a snapshot in time than anything else; but my warning about liberals and their ability to co-opt left-ish grassroots organizations that don’t guard against them, remains an important discussion to this day.

“You can see it in the corruption at the top of most public service unions in the entire western world, in the number of Ivy League graduates on your TV screen during news hour and in the expense budgets of liberal “charities” and NGOs all over the planet. This is how rich liberals are; this is a preexisting tactic that has served them well for more than a hundred years. This is what they do; none of it should be a surprise to you. Just because someone says they represent the labor class, doesn’t mean they do. As a general rule, a lot of these “grassroots” organizations lack a significant amount of labor class leadership at all – the same goes for a number of your “left wing” alternative media magazines and websites too.”

Check it out on my (always free to read) Patreon Blog by clicking on the quotation block above, or the title header below:

Class War, Foreign Policy & Narrative Building on Patreon

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