Calls for reparations to blacks in America are based on the notion of collective white guilt. But collective guilt is a false notion and would violate the property rights of those whose ancestors gained nothing from slavery. (Originally published on RT.com. February 8, 2021.)
While 2020 may be remembered as the year Orwell turned over in his grave – and also the year deemed the perfect "match" for Satan – 2021 might well be remembered for the year Alfred Nobel did back flips in his. (Originally published on RT.com. February 3, 2021.)
If anything, stakeholder capitalism represents a consumptive worm set to burrow into and hollow out corporations from within, to the degree that the ideology and practice find hosts in corporate bodies. It represents a means of socialist wealth liquidation from within capitalist organizations themselves, using any number of criteria for redistribution of benefits and “externalities.” (Originally published on the Mises Wire. February 1, 2021.)
On a cold, dark, winter day, Joe Biden spoke to a small crowd after being sworn in as the 46th President of the United States of America. The euphemisms of his inaugural speech are lost on a great number of Americans. (Originally published on RT.com. January 20, 2021.)
Commentators from the media and both major political parties have been quick to condemn the rebellion, but few have ventured to explain the event. Yet many factors contributed to the rage that fueled the siege. It cannot simply be attributed to Trump’s rhetoric. (Originally published on RT.com. January 7, 2021.)
A socialist-communist sequel is coming to a theater near you. Some of the same old characters are reappearing, while new ones have joined the cast. While the ideology and rhetoric sound nearly the same, they are being put to slightly different ends. This time around, the old bromides and promises are in play, and a similar but not identical bait and switch is being dangled. Socialism promises the protection of the beleaguered from the economically and politically “evil,” the promotion of the economic interests of the underclass, a benign banning of “dangerous” persons from public forums and civic life, and a primary or exclusive concern for “the common good.” China’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative may hang the takers in Africa and other underdeveloped regions as if from an infrastructural noose. A different variety is on the docket in the developed world, including in the US. (Originally published on the Mises Wire. January 1, 2021.)
As I noted in the previous installment, the Great Reset, if its architects have their way, would involve transformations of nearly every aspect of life. Here, I will limit my discussion to the economics of the Great Reset as promoted by the World Economic Forum (WEF), as well as to recent developments that have advanced these plans. (Originally published on the Mises Wire. December 26, 2020.)
The Great Reset is on everyone’s mind, whether everyone knows it or not. It is presaged by the measures undertaken by states across the world in response to the covid-19 crisis. (Originally published on the Mises Wire. December 16, 2020.)
While my country’s currently the Dis-United States of America, calls for it to be broken up into a Republican-dominated state and a Democrat-dominated one are so radical that it’s difficult to see how it could be implemented. (Originally published on RT.com. December 5, 2020.)
Editors' note: Michael Rectenwald is a former leftist who has become one of our country’s most effective critics of the Left. After being forced out of his professorship at NYU, Dr. Rectenwald has written four books explaining the mindset, tactics and goals of the new generation of intolerant leftists -- including, Springtime for Snowflakes, Google Archipelago and Beyond Woke. Thought Criminalis his new work of fiction that parallels our present state of affairs and points to a terrifying future lying just around the corner. Kenneth Timmerman has called it “the 1984 of the Covid era.” It is Frontpage's honor to run an excerpt of Dr. Rectenwald's new book below. (Excerpt fromThought Criminal on FrontPage Magazine. November 24, 2020.)
All but leftists realize that Big Digital corporations like Google, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and others lean left and squelch opposing views. But few ask why they are apparently leftist, let alone satisfactorily answering the question—to my satisfaction, that is. How are we to understand the blatant and well-documented leftist bias and the censorship of non-leftist views and sites by these companies? Why leftist? Is the Internet leftist merely because those in Silicon Valley have been indoctrinated into leftism?
And, should we adopt the view that since Google, Facebook, Twitter and others are private enterprises, they can be as biased and censoring as they like? After all, aren’t these private platforms and not public utilities, with no obligation to represent views with which they disagree? They are no more obliged to do so than I am obliged to allow some Antifa member into my home to spout his, her, or zir beliefs, right?
These are the kinds of questions I hope to address in this talk. The answers should go a long way toward explaining the disavowed yet blatant attempts on the part of Big Tech Internet companies to impact the 2020 election, and much, much more.
(Presented at the Mises Institute’s Ron Paul Symposium. Lake Jackson, Texas. November 7, 2020.)
It seems that the woke world uses Orwell’s 1984 as an instruction manual, as it changes word uses and meanings by the day. Now the phrase ‘sexual preference’ is out—after its use by a leading LGTBQ magazine only weeks ago. (Originally published on RT.com. October 15, 2020.)
Why do giant corporations and billionaires fund Black Lives Matter and Antifa, both avowed socialist groups? And why do the leftists accept their aid? They both want a kind of socialism, but only one of them could get their way. (Originally published on RT.com. October 12, 2020.)
Facebook has stepped up its ban on the pro-Trump conspiracy movement, but in doing so, it simply feeds into the ‘conspiracy theory’ that the social media company is part of a ‘deep-state’ apparatus hell-bent on global control.(Originally published on RT.com. October 9, 2020.)
Trump calls the Iraqi invasion ‘a disaster,’ wants to end ‘endless wars,’ and bring US troops home. It’s this that has fueled the deep state’s attempts to remove him from office by any means possible. The hawks want Biden to win. (Originally published on RT.com. October 6, 2020.)
Nearly 2/3rds of Americans believe the nation’s on course for civil war, and 1/3rd now support political violence. The Civil War’s death toll won’t be beaten, but the second will be unequalled for its nation-destroying potential. (Originally published on RT.com, October 5, 2020.)
