I called an Uber to take me to pick up a Tesla today. That's when I met Darline from Haiti, who is now a US citizen, driving for Uber as part of one human race. She talked about the experience working with Uber. But she was also just returning from a visit to Haiti, and we talked about what's happening in Haiti. She was quick to point out the challenges in Haiti, saying "there's a lot of problems... the people are united together. Which seems to be the problem of the Caribbean. The inability to come together to share and work to build. This selfishness learned probably from colonization or within human nature to fight over scarce benefits and spoils, has dogged the island. Yet, when asked, what can be done, she could not provide any answers, only that the people need to be more united and that the President was just killed as a result of him being branded an American mouthpiece. American penetration in the global south islands are not well known in the US by its citizens. We only see what others are doing but Haiti has endured several setbacks due to penetration of outsiders but also due to the damage done to it by themselves. Haiti was one of the first to obtain independence, the first among black peoples that was freed but made the mistake of trying to colonize Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, who shares the island with Haiti. Indeed, at one time in Haiti's history, they had colonized another country after they were free, but this was transient, and this created a history of bad blood between the two countries that share the same land mass. Dominicans who took back their country through partnerships with the Europeans, took on whiteness and was forever an enemy of Haitians or their black brothers who had tried to enslave, so that today many Hispanics from that region cannot identify with a race, only an ethnicity. We explore the dynamics in Haiti briefly, speaking with Darline and shared a personal experience while exploring life and society. We were perplexed about Russia's invasion and the boldness with which men invade and plunder other men and nations without apology and conscience. This ability to destroy peoples and leaving it up to diplomacy to resolve, while the people suffer. The human condition has become so tarnished by self, the id and a privilege that justifies its injustices on other people's int he world. We pray for peace and God will uproot men like Putin who unleash evil without mercy when they too need God's mercy. Let them become aware of the ills they do by realizing the plight of men they plunder and doom. May that be their lot oh God. May you rescue Ukrainians and all who suffer the hand and might of callous angry men who through selfish desires and myopic reason seek to establish power for themselves and the few. May you grant Ukraine favor and the weapons to stand up. May you bring others to their aid. May you stop the war and bring destruction on those who fail to heed your warning and hate against hatred. For what is the ultimate of all things, that we become one with reality with all of our individuality, so that we are labelled into negation. In the name of that than which nothing greater can be conceived. Amen!

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Today we explored the question of the question, to conduct a study of the Caribbean, where must we begin? This episode is a summary of Lecture 3 which was a five-hour long lecture. This the condensed version of Conceptualizing the course, Caribbean Thought. We ask, when we study the Caribbean Thought, including diverse currents that have shaped its present that speaks to a future, how far must we go back? Where must we start?  The answer is a complex one because we stated in class that the Caribbean is an invention of the past which must now reinvent itself in the future if we are to surpass the challenges of the present. We say the Caribbean is uncompetitive stemming from a violent past that continues today through neoliberal Globalization. We did not explore neoliberal globalization but provided an understanding of Neoliberalism, Neo-capitalism &Capitalism. We explain Neoliberalism as a form of liberalism used within economics by capitalists to liberalize economies so as to penetrate thereby ensuring profit. We said that we will explore Neoliberalism in more detail later in relation to its effects on the Caribbean when we watch "Life and Debt" by Stephanie Black based on a book "A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid - a book about Antigua whose experience of structural adjustment and fight for prosperity resembles Jamaica's so that the film could take from the book and talk about Jamaica. This speaks to the symbiotic relation between the West Indies.  We examined the processes of Colonization from the perspective of Fanon who defines colonization as involving a violence of depersonalization - stripping away the individual.   We provided an academic answer/response to the question: Are "White-Collar in Jamaica a Crimes a result of Colonization"? And Why are crime rates so high in places like Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica? We suggested a Marxist materialist reply - "Relative Deprivation". What is Relative deprivation? We defined it as the correlation between high crime & high poverty and income inequality. Jamaica and the Caribbean suffers from high poverty and inequality correlated with the highest crime rates in the Caribbean. This is commensurate with what is happening is black and brown communities all over the world - hence supporting the conclusion/analysis of "relative deprivation".   We pointed out that to study Caribbean Thought is to do philosophical inquiry which involves logic & Descartes phenomenology, who coined "cogito ergo sum" - I think therefore I am. He recognized the subjectivity of reality outside of objective verification. Further, we pushed the exploration of knowledge by discussing Kant who says that history is a result of human nature and circumstances, and questions Newtonian Physics which formed the basis of western civilization's understanding of reality. The Caribbean as part of a reality of western civilization is influenced by that bent.  We reviewed the economic history of western society and capitalism stating that it is within a system that has impoverished or weakened the Caribbean States. We revisited Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations & Weber's Protestant Ethic and Spirit of Capitalism regarding the justification and economic principle behind Capitalism. However, we challenged the wealth of nations by invoking Karl Marx who critically re-examines Adam Smith's Accumulation of Capital idea, saying that it was not one in hard work but theft and violence. This then led us to consider the socio-economic/political interests of the Caribbean such as Michael Manley and Fidel Castro who were Nationalists influenced by Marxists critique of capitalism and his idea of Communism.  Caribbean Political and literary thinkers were off-center and regarded as Democratic Socialists which had threatened American domination and penetration in the region to what they had believed had given way to socialist ideology. Read on at www.theneoliberal.com.

On January 7, the very cameras that law enforcement erected to capture and deter criminality, caught the very law enforcement committing the crimes that they intend to capture and deter. But little did these officers know that they were being recorded. They had forgotten about the cameras. Thus, they would have done something else or done it elsewhere, but if it weren't for the unseen eyes of technology, we would not have acquired the truth that has always been the modus operandi of police.

Therefore, if we are to prevent police brutality within a culture of violence, we may consider technology. The police officers who act outside of regulations do so because they know that they are not being watched and have the protection of their unions and a system that protects the purity of the batch. Police have a tendency of turning off their cameras. The ability to operate incognito provides an opportunity for them to disregard laws and abuse their power. But, if some people have power in society to enforce laws over others, and we know that power corrupts due to human nature, then it stands to reason that they must be scrutinized. They must be placed under tremendous surveillance and observation so as to ensure that they do not act outside of laws within the culture of violence and human fallenness. If we are to be resolute on stopping police violence and abuse of power, they must not have the ability to turn off their cameras and must be penalized if they do so. We must develop technology that keeps the police under surveillance. We may need to employ independent quality assurance professionals who randomly do "spot checks" on police officers on duty and implement GPS tracking on each police vehicle, weapon and uniform. If we can do these, then we would be sending a message that we are serious about police brutality and abuse of power for police would not stop their disobedience of the laws leading to death.

But to cover up the realities of abuse stemming from a history and culture of violence by the status quo, by minimizing records and narrative of its truth will never heal wounds in society that may ultimately lead to abnormalities such as civil wars, terrorism, extremism etc. This is the kind of truth that hurts, for it may contain painful things about you leading to anxiety. Sigmund Freud asserts that we use DENIAL to block as 1 of 6 defense mechanisms leading to abnormalities if not psychoanalyzed properly. Yet, Ron DeSantis Governor Ron DeSantis and the GOP in Florida is doing just that. Defense mechanisms are psychological strategies that are unconsciously used by individuals to protect from anxiety arising from unacceptable thoughts or feelings. According to Freudian theory, defense mechanisms involve a distortion of reality. Defense Mechanisms include Repression, Denial, Projection, Displacement, Sublimation and Regression (Sigmund Freud.) So, how do we deal with issues we are not dealing with properly to avert abnormalities. Desantis and the GOP need a kind of therapy and psychiatry that speaks to their psychoanalysis assessed in Freudian psychoanalytic theory of Psychology. The fix is psychological not politics or the usual human tendency to ban symptomatic of his defenses. That only pushes the problem to the unconscious creating further problems for themselves and society.

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Today we explored the question of the Caribbean in light of the conceptualization of the course, Caribbean Thought. We ask, when we study and reflect on Caribbean Thought, including diverse currents that have shaped its present that speaks to a future, how far must we go back? Where must we start?  The answer is a complex one because we stated in class that the Caribbean is an invention of the past which must now reinvent itself in the future if we are to surpass the challenges of the present. We say the Caribbean is uncompetitive stemming from a violent past that continues today through neoliberal Globalization. We did not explore neoliberal globalization but provided an understanding of Neoliberalism, Neo-capitalism and Capitalism. We explain Neoliberalism as a form of liberalism used within economics by capitalists to liberalize economies so as to penetrate thereby ensuring profit. We said that we will explore Neoliberalism in more detail later in relation to its effects on the Caribbean when we watch "Life and Debt" by Stephanie Black based on a book "A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid - a book about Antigua whose experience of structural adjustment and fight for prosperity resembles Jamaica's so that the film could take from the book and talk about Jamaica. This speaks to the symbiotic relation between the West Indies.  We examined the processes of Colonization from the perspective of Fanon who defines colonization as involving a violence of depersonalization - stripping away the individual.   We provided an academic answer/response to the question: Are "White-Collar in Jamaica a Crimes a result of Colonization"? And why are crime rates so high in places like Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica? We suggested a Marxist materialist reply - "Relative Deprivation". What is Relative deprivation? We defined it as the correlation between high crime and high poverty and income inequality. Jamaica/ the Caribbean suffers from high poverty and inequality correlated with the highest crime rates in the Caribbean. This is commensurate with what is happening is black and brown communities all over the world - hence supporting the conclusion/analysis of "relative deprivation".  We pointed out that to study Caribbean Thought is to do philosophical inquiry which involves logic and reason and an understanding of Descartes phenomenology, who coined "cogito ergo sum - I think therefore I am. He recognized the subjectivity of reality outside of objective verification. Further, we pushed the exploration of knowledge by discussing Kant who says that history is a result of human nature and circumstances, and questions Newtonian Physics which formed the basis of western civilization's understanding of reality. The Caribbean as part of a reality of western civilization is influenced by that bent.  We reviewed the economic history of western society and capitalism stating that it is within a system that has impoverished or weakened the Caribbean States. We revisited Adam Smith Wealth of Nations and Max Weber Protestant Ethic and Spirit of Capitalism regarding the justification and economic principle behind Capitalism. However, we challenged the wealth of nations by invoking Karl Marx who critically re-examines Adam Smith's Accumulation of Capital idea, saying that it was not one in hard work but theft and violence. This then led us to consider the socio-economic and political interests of the Caribbean such as Michael Manley and Fidel Castro who were Nationalists influenced by Marxists critique of capitalism and his idea of Communism.  Caribbean Political and literary thinkers were off-center and regarded as Democratic Socialists which had threatened American domination/penetration in the region to what they had believed was given way to socialist ideology. This Lecture is given by Rev. Renaldo McKenzie, in Caribbean Thought, at the Jamaica Theological Seminary, January 27th, 2023. https://theneoliberal.com.

#BreakingNews: Breaking News: Castro lawyers delivered suit to Donald J. Trump at his Mar-A-Lago residents today in Florida, which sets the stage for Castro V. Trump. Renaldo McKenzie of The Neoliberal Round, The Neoliberal Corporation, moments ago ended his interview with US 2024 Presidential Candidate, John Anthony Castro, and obtained this breaking news update concerning his Run for President and suit against #Trump. Castro lawyers delivered suit to #DonaldTrump at his Mar-A-Lago residents today in #Florida. The suit was filed in the US District Court, Palm Beach on January 6, 2023, which sets up Castro vs. Trump. Mr. Castro joins us today and provide details of this breaking news and more.

During the interview, John makes this powerful and poignant point that #Entrepreneurs are #risktakers; failures are their friends. The difference between successful/unsuccessful entrepreneurs is successful ones are relentless, they refuse to give up, in spite of failures. “I’m not afraid of failures!” ➤ John Anthony Castro, US 2024 Presidential Candidate.

In addition, its tax season, Americans started filing taxes yesterday. The Federal government stated that the returns will be lower this year due to COVID funds. You may want to see what you get using the best #taxtool. John is also President of Ai Tax and discuss how we can support his campaign and get a better tax result this year, saying that: “you can do both by trying http://AiTax.com for FREE. You get to see the result *before* paying. So, if you don’t like the result, you can walk away. As honest and transparent as it gets.” He elaborates on this and comments on Immigration, Kevin McCarthy and the GOP plus the Cowboys. John blames Dallas' loss against the 49'ers on the kicker Maher; John happens to be a Cowboy fan, Afterall, he resides in Dallas.

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I understand from the students in my Caribbean Thought Class at the Jamaica Theological Seminary that twelve million dollars was stolen from Usain Bolt’s account in a Jamaican Financial Institution; a case of the White-Collar Crimes. (Usain Bolt is the Jamaican-sprinting sensation who is a two-time world record holder at 100m and 200m distances/UsainBolt.com) A student from the class asked if the white-collar crimes occurring in Jamaica a result of colonization since we are studying Caribbean history, past present and exploring opportunities for the future. Therefore, as a class we reflected on this challenge in Jamaica and many Caribbean Countries in light of the broader issue colonization and the challenge of the Caribbean since decolonization and the presence of neoliberal globalization promoting neo-capitalistic attitudes of greed, nepotism and corruption. Below is a brief outline of the discussions which is part of a wider lecture on Conceptualizing the Caribbean Towards Developing a Caribbean Thought Academic Journal. 

Is the “White-Collar Crimes” [1] occurring in Jamaica where the rich are having their monies in banks stolen as a result of colonization? Many wealthy Jamaicans have seen hundreds of thousands of dollars leave their bank accounts, Usain Bolt lost $10, 000,000.00. Law Enforcement on the island is investigating but no one has been held responsible. This may seem to stem from a culture of corruption [2]. Yet, a student raised the issue in Caribbean Thought Class and asked, “does the behavior stem from Colonization?”  Colonization meaning, the periods in the world’s history where Europe and the created privileged White Race engineered and successfully completed a systematic take-over, domination and control of the parts of the world and peoples – in Africa and the Americas. This involved what Fanon had called the depersonalization of the colonized (systematically controlled) man and woman so as to project all things within a European or Anglo-Saxon white supremacist milieu. The question is provocative and provides for a deeper reflection within academic thought that considers human nature, practices and the ultimate. We continue this on the podcast today which is available in video and audio. The entire article is available in The Neoliberal Journals at The Neoliberal Corporation's Magazine at www.theneoliberal.com. Renaldo is a Lecturer at the Jamaica Theological Seminary, and author of Neoliberalism, Globalization, Income Inequality, Poverty and Resistance. Subscribe for free on any channel or stream and donate to us so that we can continue to provide this show at no cost - anchor.fm/theneoliberal. 

If the fallen can perceive of anything better, what will upend violence? This episode is a break from academia to considers important issues in the news and a social problem and personal concern I have with the state of our boys and growing up without positive and attractive influence in their lives. We are losing them to gangs. I'm talking about our boys in Philadelphia who live in vulnerable black and brown communities who have inherited the cycle of operating within the underground economy and all that comes with that. Yet, they are not far from change for they embody "the power of the YET." I share my passions/personal stories from anthropological experiences while living in and learning about the life cycle of older adolescence transitioning to Adulthood. In the episode I discuss with Donte Nelson, Co-Producer about how we can help. We also discuss the issue of Violence. The same amount of violence that it takes to control people requires the same amount of force to push back against that violence. Such is the law of thermodynamics and physics. Yet, violence is the opium of the few and the privilege that continues its position. Violence from below is dismantled, taken to mean criminal, for that is what it is, an attack against a status quo. When is violence acceptable? Is it when violence used to stop oppression and discrimination or the invasion/penetration of the superpowers? But the world has become sophisticated, violence that disrupts leading to uprooting culture, edifices and nature is defeatist for what good is that for the people who must live off that at the end, something must remain. Then we're left with MLK & his diplomatic endeavors that only ceremonial leads to gifted freedoms and his demise, or Marcus Garvey Back-to-Africa endeavors which devolved into nepotism or the usual counterveillance of the dominant. MLK was assassinated & Garvey was jailed, deported leading to his demise. The Archaean’s had looked to Achilles the Warrior God-Man as the consummate hero through violence would vilify the Archaean’s over the Trojans for their thievery. The Jews would look to the coming of a God in Jesus who will plunder all and restore the glory of Judah, then picked up by the Greeks in their Judeo-Christianity of a Jesus Christ as the ultimate savior but departed from the image of War and violence to one of Sacrifice and Love. Yet the church had their crusades a violent religious war against another religious group for dominance and prominence. Today, violence has intensified all over the globe so that even the US today, which represented a new free world with democracy and laws, had its US capitol attacked, by the same citizens who were opposing the decision of its brethren. Through violence led by their leaders, elites using strategy and the usual jargon that enticed the base, led a coup which was an American Experiment by Extremists. Recently, a 72-year-old man went into a Dance Studio in the Monterey Park Dance Studios in LA during the Asian Lunar New Year Celebration, shot and killed ten people and injured 10. He later took his own life with his gun, when police had engaged him. Jamaica is still considered a very violent country with one of the highest crime rates and there’s been a spike in violence in Black and Brown communities in the UK and US, stemming from “Relative Depravity” Therefore, we are everywhere influenced and affected by some amount of violence, from colonization to emancipation and Current aggressions and invasions in the world today. How effective is violence a tool for change and what is the solution to all this violence? Laws that attempt to limit gun access have met walls from powerful gun lobbyists.... So, the answer must lie with Love.... This will be available as an article in The Neoliberal Journals at www.theneoliberal.com. Renaldo is an Academic, Adjunct Lecturer at Jamaica Theological Seminary, Doctoral Cand. at Georgetown University.