Kevin Carson says we should prepare for repression

Ross Kenyon deconstructs the misleading abstraction of “the market” and makes an existentialist case for the coupling of the freedom to choose poorly with the wisdom to choose wisely.

A clear, consistent message underlying the Occupation of Wall Street over the past couple weeks says that the greed of the big banks is a far-reaching social problem. Standing in as representatives of an entire corporate system, an economy characterized by mercenary avarice and a fundamental lack of justice and humanity, the banks have also…

Kevin Carson on the exhilarating times we live in.

Darian Worden: Occupy Wall Street is a promising populist mobilization with a clear message against domination by political and economic elites.

Kevin Carson celebrates the state’s new equal opportunity thuggery

David S. D’Amato on living under the jackboot of the state’s monopoly on protective services.

David S. D’Amato on the political process as an inherently rigged charade for the rich and powerful.

Kevin Carson explains why “far-left” extremism is no vice.

Google made headlines again last week, this time countering criticisms that the company has achieved “monopoly power” versus its competitors, putting consumers at risk. The company’s chairman, Eric Schmidt, faced questioning by the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights. In his testimony, responding to questions from US Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI), Schmidt…

A solar energy company’s bankruptcy filing isn’t ordinarily the most tantalizing of headlines. When it follows a $535 million loan guarantee from the federal government, and prompts a congressional investigation, however, it’s hot news. The Red and Blue teams, both eager to appear as allied with the taxpayer, hastily seized upon Solyndra’s bankruptcy and began…

Kevin Carson explains why getting our heads in a good place isn’t enough.

Kevin Carson calls foul on mainstream liberalism’s fake greenwashing.

On Monday, the Wall Street Journal reports (“Wall Street Protesters Plan to Stay Awhile,” September 19), “[m]uch of Wall Street remained barricaded to foot and road traffic Monday morning as hundreds of protesters continued a demonstration against U.S. financial institutions.” The protests, which the story admits have been “largely peaceful,” have been compared to those…

In a recent Christian Science Monitor op-ed (“Inequality dragon rears its head. Again.” August 26), Jared Bernstein cites “new GDP data suggest[ing] that inequality is on the rise again.” Bernstein points out that “[c]orporate profits as a share of GDP has surpassed its prerecession high while compensation has shrunk,” evidence of “two very different economies”…

Kevin Carson calls BS on Rick Perry’s fake “small government” propaganda

Last month, the National Drug Intelligence Center at the U.S. Department of Justice released its “National Drug Threat Assessment” for this year. No doubt hoping no one will notice or care, the report itself observes that “[t]he abuse of several major illicit drugs, including heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine, appears to be increasing, especially among the…

Kevin Carson says the night of totalitarianism is darkest before the dawn.

In a CBS News feature on issues in the 2012 campaign, Brian Montopoli asks, “Who’s to blame for the wealth divide?” Citing a Harvard/Duke study to the effect that “the top 20 percent controlled about 84 percent of the wealth,” Montopoli contends that political “decisions tend to follow the desires of the affluent.” Montopoli couldn’t…

David S. D’Amato on the real lesson of 9/11.