SEE DK CURRENT POST

"...And we do not know how the American electorate will eventually react when it turns out that--as Tooze had realized by the time he finished his book--Trump is really, in practice, an enthusiastic proponent of deregulation, more inequality, and more globalism, who has already been content with very slight changes to NAFTA and will in the end, I predict, accept even less from the Chinese and declare victory on that front, as well...." DK

He is right about this.

As I have pointed out here many times, in late globalization Western liberalism has nowhere really to turn.

Friday, April 13, 2018

WHY I'VE LONG SAID WE'RE TOAST YOU CAN TAKE THESE TO THE BANK

We can't fight our way out.

We can't trade our way out.
We can't untrade our way out.

We can't negotiate our way out.

We can't alliance our way out.

We can't isolate ourselves out.

We can't domestic politics our way out.

We can't think tank or media pundit our way out.

We can't expert our way out.

We can't intellectual our way out.

We can't anti intellectual our way out.

We can't think our way out.

We can't US government our way out.

We can't state government our way out.

We can't revolution our way out.

We can't reform our way out.

We can't buy our way out.

We can't IT our way out.

We can't pray our way out.

We can't wait our way out.

We can't economics our way out.
We can't intermarry our way out.
We can't melting pot our way out.

We can't unmelting pot our way out.

We can't indentured servant our way out.
We can't talk our way out.
We can't free press our way out.
We can't unfree press our way out.
We can't liberal our way out.
We can't conservative our way out.
We can't radical our way out.
We can't LGBT or queer our way out.
We can't dream our way out.
We can't love our way out.
We can't hate our way out.
We can't indifferent our way out.
We can't hide our way out.
We can't eat our way out.