In this episode I discuss part of the conclusion of my upcoming book: entitled: Neoliberal Globalization Considered: 1900’s to The Recent American Recession & Beyond: Where I continue to look at the socio-economic effects of neoliberal globalization on the world’s most vulnerable peoples. We say it’s part of a conclusion because it is; and will be the rationale and beginning of a current project and research on Privilege, Power, Position, And Status where I will include as part of my Doctoral studies at Georgetown University a study on power and it’s strategy to increase, extend and maintain power which poses problems for progress. The study of Neoliberalism leads into this, but I will provide an analysis in brief of my upcoming work and the rationale to the research in a sense. I begin this episode with an introduction stating that: Americans are opposed to big government because an active state threatens democracy. Hence, we have an alternative form of state that allows for big business that concentrates power and wealth, but at the expense of democracy. The complexity of the whole issues arises out of conspiratorial events aimed at amassing power and wealth via an unregulated uninhibited system that run roughshod over the state. Thereby creating an industrial society controlled by large corporations and not the state which was forged in the heat of an anti-colonial sentiment that resulted in the containment of it's constitutional powers. But which do you prefer, few large firms that concentrate all the power and wealth at your expense or a humble state that balances and equally distributes power on your behalf?
A small state is weak enough to regulate large corporations and their externalities.… William Domhoff in 2010 suggested in his book “Who Rules America? Challenges to Corporate and Class Dominance” that it was Corporations. Further, Charles Perrow in his book, “Organizing America: Wealth, Power And The Origins Of Corporate Capitalism" (2010) shows how American corporations are and became the dominant and overarching force/feature in America.
But, my project is going further asking the question: Who Rules Corporations, if they rule/d America? China, which will be the focus of one of my research papers and project as I study Neoliberalism, Globalization, Income Inequality, Poverty And Resistance. The study will suggest China for reasons we must discuss and present in further detail for later. But we will briefly outline here, how and why we made or come to such assertions? https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/who-rules-america-rev-renaldo-mckenzie
However after careful consideration and study, it would seem that The world now has two global challenges: One is in #Europe - #Putin and #Russian aggression. Second is #China in Asia and their push to become the new #superpower. (See Podcast The Neoliberal Round on Apple, Anchor and Spotify @ https://open.spotify.com/episode/0LiHQXyJPHFi3XpXc9YqCX?si=XIPathq7RPaQKVUE7q4DPA.)
China and Russia are #socialist countries with a kind of totalitarian system of government. While the West is seeking to develop partnerships and to rule by neoliberal strategy which pivots to corporate greed that is not easily detected, the East (China and Russia) is still living in the past using past values of a world that used intimidation and aggression to realize its goal of world domination and control. So, the question of Who Rules #America becomes even broader to #Who Rules the World? We have suggested that it is Global Elite across countries even though China and Russia have their own personal national interests that defies this. This is also an article in Renaldocmckenzie.com and theneoliberal.com available later this week. It’s also available as several short newsletter posts in #TheNeoliberalCommentary in LinkedIn. Support Us at https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal/support. The Neoliberal Corporation is serving the world today to solve tomorrow’s challenges. Call us at 267-317-9202.