This is a long episode that is a production and presentation from a conference presentation and a lecture. The paper was published in 2011 but then revised and updated by the Neoliberal Corporation and published in their Journal: Towards Developing a Journal of Caribbean Perspective. The Podcast is entitled: Redistributing Income to the Poor, Towards Sustaining Development: Social Assistance in Jamaica and the United States of America - The NeoLiberal. This paper is part of a thesis Written by Renaldo C. McKenzie in partial fulfillment of his Master of Philosophy in Liberal Arts at the University of Pennsylvania, published in 2011, updated with an extended conclusion April, 2022. This paper is published as part of a series of paper that will be presented as Jamaica celebrates sixty (60) years of Independence this year beginning August 6, 2022. VP Kamala Harris and the PM of Jamaica Andrew Holness met recently to discuss how the US can continue to support and strengthen Jamaica’s goals towards realizing their goals of sustainable development especially in the area of building their human capital. This paper examines how extensive and effective Jamaica’s, and the United States social security program is particularly, social policy on poverty reduction. We will explore the Program of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH) aimed at providing unemployment cash assistance to the poor and unemployed. This includes making comparisons with similar programs (TANF) in the United States. Uppermost in our consideration is the impact of neoliberal globalization on Jamaica’s and vulnerable people’s ability to provide welfare to its citizens and or to create a path towards sustainable development including poverty reduction and increased distributional equity. The episode is broken up into several segments: 1. Preface and Introduction, 2. Jamaica’s Social & Economic Context; 3. The D/Evolution of Social Assistance; 5. Redistribution Outcomes of PATH & TANF; 6. Conclusion: A. How Effective is PATG and TANF in targeting the poor? And B. The need for a workable and sustainable-sustainable development plan. Reference List, Videos and end Notes available on https://theneoliberal.com. Here’s the Abstract: Abstract:

This paper examines how extensive and effective Jamaica’s, and the United States social security program is particularly, social policy on poverty reduction. We will explore the Program of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH) aimed at providing unemployment cash assistance to the poor and unemployed. This includes making comparisons with similar programs (TANF) in the United States. Uppermost in our consideration is the impact of neoliberal globalization on Jamaica’s and vulnerable people’s ability to provide welfare to its citizens and or to create a path towards sustainable development including poverty reduction and increased distributional equity. Https://theneoliberal.com/ https://rmckenzie.com

Today I stopped past Ubuntu Fine Arts Gallery to wrap with the Owner Steven C. W. Taylor about the Gallery, it’s philosophy, how it came to be and plans for the future etc. I provided a copy of my book and discussed ways we can collaborate to facilitate “koinonia.” We end the episode, with a performance by twin brothers on a NYC train. HTTPS://renaldocmckenzie.com/ https://theneoliberal.com/

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This Episode is entitled: Introducing “Privilege, Power, Position, Status; & Secrets To Unlocking Divine Intervention.” It is the title of two books I am working on that I will collapse into one: Part A and Part B keeping within the tradition of my first book. This episode is split into 4 segments as the episode is a very long episode, 1hr and 56 minutes or so. This is part of a conversation or discussion I had with Leader Process introducing the book and it’s value and importance for society. I do not go into the book in detail but provide a context and a rationale for the study and indicate some methods and why two books in one with a section that does not seem to have anything to do with the first part of privilege. I will provide a detail and “Volumus” reply. I will reference the book: “Neoliberalism, Globalization Income Inequality Poverty And Resistance.”

This episode is entitled: What are the boundaries of Comedy? The First Part we discuss Will Smith Slapped #Chris Rock after he made a joke about Jada’s hair calling her “G.I.Jane. Will Smith Slapped Chris Rock after he made a joke about Will’s wife hair calling her “G.I.Jane. But Will’s wife’s struggle with alopecia, a condition that causes hair loss. So Will was defending his wife from the insult which touched a sensitive and emotional issue for the Smith’s family as Will’s wife has been struggling to deal with this issue. But Chris probably was trying to make light of a serious situation. But he miscalculated as it was a personal and psychological and sensitive issue that could push buttons and it did. For #Jada didn’t laugh or smile and Will got up, went to the stage and hit Chris.

I do not subscribe to this type of reaction and violence is never the answer. But standing up for your family and your woman is what men do in the animal kingdom. Chris was out of line. But comedians always use jokes or humor that at times cuts deep and seems more an insult as if insults and bringing up peoples emotional scars is funny or what counts for jokes. Comedians will now tread carefully when trying to crack a joke.

This lead into Part B: What is or are the boundaries if any of comedy that seeks for laugh to arrive at some selfish gratification? It is like milking a barren goat 🐐 to the point of hurt so as to satisfy one's hunger or thirst without any sensitivity for the cow because the cow is an animal and it's feelings are not important to the herder only his desires to feed his family and quench his personal desires. Comedy has become just that: herders who will go below the belt to crack a joke to appease his desires to achieve humor, applying a strategy developed from his/her awareness of human nature. For human beings are more reactive to certain stimulus or stimuli especially those that are negative and "below the belt." This has never been the strategy for comedians and jesters; and many ended up quitting as they were unable to sustain or maintain the goal of comedy and comedians—to be funny and provide humor; but for what purpose? To provide humor that leads to a kind of catharsis or release. Humor was always necessary as it helped to provide a break from the tensions, seriousness and insensitivities of everyday—work—life. Comedians never understood this and had forgotten about their purpose and goals, as they abandoned their initial identity subscribing only to the activity or the mission to tell jokes for laugh. But in doing so, they've mixed up the priorities thereby diluting their essence. Why: Comedy within neoliberal capitalism has become infected by the new ethic of greed, nepotism and connectionism. Read on at read on at The Neoliberal Post by visiting our website at https://Renaldocmckenzie.com

In this Episode entitled: News Update: What’s Happening in the Russian-Ukraine War. “Today was a turn of events” And The PITCH, we present a news update regarding the Russian-Ukraine War and showcase another segment of “Street Vibe”. The episode is therefore divided into three (3) segments: 1. News Update on Russian Ukraine War: Today was a turn of events where we report There’s breaking news coming out of Ukraine:

A. According to Mykolaiv, a Senior Ukrainian Government Official: Today was a turn of events and small victory for Ukraine. He said that the Ukrainian army and its foreign legion of volunteer fighters were able to repel the Russian army and liberate Nikolaev whom he described as fascist invaders. He reported that they are now working to free the region from the Russian occupation and invasion.

B. Further, while Ukraine could not get their skies closed, they were able to close the sea, and this was due to the help from Turkey. He explained that this support is incredibly important for the Black Sea regions.

C. However, he went on to say however, that due to the Russian provocations, the humanitarian corridors were all closed over Ukraine today. But, he reassured that they are aware of the situation especially in Snigirevka regarding how the cargo is going and will still get the aide that’s needed there. We will continue to provide any major updates as they come in.

HTTPS://Renaldocmckenzie.com. Segment 2. Street Vibe: A Rough Draft of A Pitch. The founder of The Neoliberal Corporation fleshes out the idea of a pitch for The Neoliberal with three random travelers in Philadelphia PA and share his journey as he discusses one of Kevin Harrington’s “Seven Steps To Building A Personal Brand.” 1. Remember that the "idea" of your brand is just the beginning. You need to take action! Segment 3. Wrap-Up: We discuss some wishes we have to speak with Kevin about this on our show sometime and do an interview which may provide useful. One Street Vibe contributor, Lisa had stated that People in her community need information and help still so that they can get to the next level as there are so much talent yet to be discovered just lying dormant or waiting for the right investment. So we will definitely benefit from having someone like Kevin and John Anthony Castro who also recently reached out to me and added me as a someone he follows on twitter. I actually messaged him and asked if he would allow me to do a podcast with him and he has accepted. When that happens you will hear about it. John is an alumnus of Georgetown University where I am doing my Doctorate. HTTPS://renaldocmckenzie.com

Today we continue with “Street Vibes: Pulse of the People.” We will discuss: Perspectives On Race, Inequality, And Slavery In Street Vibes. We interviewed two Americans, one black woman from Philly and a White Jewish Business Man from the suburbs of Jersey (Lakewood). Their perspectives differ and this is evident in their economic positions in the world today. We split this up in Four segment: 1. Introduction, 2. First wrap session yesterday with Lisa. 3. Intense and hot debate today with Judah, and 4. Closing arguments and announcements https://renaldocmckenzie.com

In this episode we introduce a new segment of the show entitled “Street Vibes: The Pulse Of The People.” We will break this episode up in three segments: 1. We introduce the new sub program or segment and comment on the themes of power, privilege, position and status and the challenge they pose for humanity. We will then break with an interlude and move into Segment 2 where I wrap with Lisa, a random passenger I picked up in Philadelphia who was more than happy to discuss issues of power and the dynamics of peoples in society. Lisa is not an academic but provided a meaningful perspective to these discussions and shared a concern about her community. We then break with an interlude and then move into Segment 3, where I provide a recording of an impromptu wrap session I was leading introducing “Neoliberalism.” This segment contains one or two expletives and the word Nig*a is mentioned but without malice or I’ll intention as the expressions were used in gesture or with humor and within an unprofessional and impromptu manner. Visit us at renaldocmckenzie.com and send us ideas audios you may want to log. You’re invited to participate in this program by sending an email to [email protected] or visiting the website and completing a contact form. The Neoliberal Corporation, “Serving the world today to solve tomorrow’s challenges.”

This is a long but very informative and deep episode about The Foundations of Knowledge and the Hegemony of Faith. It’s really part of our efforts to study power, it’s strategies and effects on the dynamics of human society. The discussions are a continuation from the previous episodes where we discuss Putin’s Mind and Florida’s ban on teaching and Reimagining Peoples and the challenges in the world today stemming from privilege and position. But this kind of privilege and suspicion of the other exemplified in Putin's motivations is evident not only in politics but is the foundation of almost all major religions of the world. And religion or faith has provided the legacy of privilege, position, hegemony, dominance and wars such as the crusades and Suicide Bombings. Even as I explore "The Secrets to Unlocking Divine Intervention," one must be careful that this discovery is not presented or accepted as the ideal or better theology, but a perspective in reality from a subjective experience that may facilitate catharsis, or some broaden understanding or practice that may aid or support the dynamics and challenges of life.

For when and if we’ve connected with “God,” we shouldn’t privilege that personal realization steeped in human prejudice or personal interpretation of that revelation which was probably meant for me and my Divine connection. Yet we have sought to universalize a brand of Divine intervention as if to proselytize or to create franchises instead of providing a perspective that may help to inspire and advance a human soul and preserve life. For if life is to be preserved then at times an intervention that is Divine may suffice to appease that Divine goal of life and the enjoyment it brings the Gods. If truth be told, we have universalized a brand of divine intervention so as to continue to assert our hegemony. But this is not new the beginnings of Christianity and the bifurcation of Judaism into "Jews for Jesus" and "Jews not for Jesus" created a situation where these positions jostle for positions that’s privilege themselves and beliefs over others. When you study the foundations and evolution of knowledge up to the patristic traditions and beyond you see how these branches utilized interpretive methods so as to assert their positions and Romanized Christianity which provided a victory for “Jews for Jesus” who at that point reposition themselves and started their hegemony and growth over the world. We will delve into these fully as I develop my final paper that looks at development of privilege and position.

Furthermore, as we think about these matters and examine the foundations of religion, we see the polishing or incorporation of Socratic-Platonic philosophy regarding piety and "philosophical preparation" to achieve "eternal life" within the development of western foundations of religion. While the Jews look for a Hero that is Like that of the Greeks Achilles, those of the Messianic persuasion saw their hero as Jesus who is the Christ and who dies to save the day. One may come to a conclusion about the influences how the traditions of Greek philosophy are mixed elaborately within Christian traditions, as the early church and religious fathers had attempted to promote a religion that was better than the others. And the fathers were selective, ensuring that the traditions and literature that would create or lead to the hegemony of Christianity was included in the canon of scripture, which we now refer to as The Holy Bible, that was nonexistent in the patristic and the early part of the medieval period… we will break this segment into two parts one is an introduction about what we are doing here at the Neoliberal and what we are about. Then we introduce the topic picking up from last week and discuss the topic in Part 1, Part 2 and Closing arguments Segments outlining what occidentalism and Orientalism is. You may visit us at renaldocmckenzie.com and add our show to your library. Send us feedback via our contact.

This Episode is absolutely Powerful. We discuss "Reimagining Peoples Within Critical Race Theory: Not Thinking Race And Moving Away from A Victim to A Hero Approach.” It is a longer episode and is academic but I flesh out the concepts so that anyone can understand the technicality of some discussions. The episode is broken up in 4 segments: Introduction which explores why Florida’s ban is based on bad analysis and the origins of Race as a Pseudoscience. My review of Berry’s Book “Price For Their Pound Of Flesh, And closing arguments and an update on how some Americans feel about the US Relief to Ukraine. We carried a podcast episode recently, talking about how Florida passed a ban on teaching students to “feel guilt” on history. It was also published as an article in last week's LinkedIn newsletter, "The Neoliberal Commentary". I wanted to add another point to the discussion surrounding this issue as we get into the topic of discussion for today, "Reimagining Peoples Within Critical Race Theory: Not Thinking Race And Moving Away from A Victim to A Hero Approach.” The point is that Florida's ban against teaching students to feel-guilt on history seems to be based on bad analysis, in that, it presumes that people aren’t responsible for their own emotions or their internal feelings or responses towards external stimuli. The fact is each person is different and unique and may have one feeling or reaction towards an external stimulus which differs from another when exposed to the same stimulus or stimuli. This is where Descartes was useful, when he arrived at “cogito ergo sum” (I think therefore I am)—pointing out that knowledge of reality is certain because of the inescapable proof of the reality of one's own mind in the very act of doubting one's own existence. This leads to the implication then, that we can’t really know anything outside of our own minds and reality of ourselves (See Descartes, Rene, “The Philosophical Works of Descartes, rendered into English,” Translated by Elizabeth S. Haldane and G.R.T. Ross, 1911). Therefore, we are only aware of our own feelings and are the only ones who can truly make sense of reality for ourselves. But this ban seems to blame the truth of history contained in lessons that is actually on schools' curricular or business programs aimed at developing diversity among their students and staff respectively. However, based on the subjective understanding of reality described by Descartes, we cannot assume a feeling for others, because we are outside of the realities of individuals, and individuals have minds that impress a subjective understanding of the experience of a particular reality or stimuli within their reality. Therefore, an experience and or feelings of guilt make up an individual's personality and subjective understanding of reality. The ban assumes an experience on everyone and comes to a conclusion about a personal response. Further, if people feel guilty from exposure to stimuli, isn’t this a normal human response given the fact that we have consciences and rationality based on our human consciousness and therefore an idea of justice, fairness and discrimination. Further, this ban gives students tremendous authority over the classroom and learning, for any student can now say they “feel guilt” from any lesson in history that is taught…. The rest of the discussion can be accessed at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/reimagining-peoples-within-critical-race-theory-moving-mckenzie.