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The episode was over 2 hours long and we broke the interview up in two Parts, A and B. In Part A will I lead the discussions with some general questions about who John is, his, childhood, and started to explore his platform and his plans for America. In Part 2, we continue the interview but included several recorded questions that a few individuals asked me to put to John. In Part A, we learned from John that 1. the student interest deduction is crap, because as long as you’re paying student loan, you shouldn’t pay back taxes. 2. His company, AI Tax is now valued at $180, 000, 000 (AI Tax stands for Artificial Intelligence in terms of Tax planning). 3. The difference between Democrats and Republicans is that Democrats messaging is usually based on the “heart” while the belief is that the GOP bases its arguments on logic and legality. He suggests that there needs to be a balance or a middle ground, and that’s what we need someone who can bring people together and bridge the political and racial divide. (Which in my estimations can only be resolved by “stop thinking Race.” He stated that he is at a very unique position given his experience with life on all sides. He responded to a question I asked: How do you plan to improve social services while being fiscally responsible? He replied saying that this is possible because as a young man that is of the twenty-first century he has found leveraging technology, as a way to realize those two goals since he has done it with his business which has grown rapidly in just a few years. He went on to say this facilitates the ability to spend less and generate more. On the matter of information, security and privacy, he promoted the idea of a “Digital Force” like the military and various branches that prospects various aspects that can pose threats. In fact, he states that the 4th Amendment needs to be extended to private companies, so that private individuals can now sue if these companies violate their users privacy and security. What was really telling and interesting was his view that Trump should not be banned from Social Media because this threatens free speech and states that we must explore other ways to discipline individuals who cause insurrections, which he discusses more fully the issue of Trump in Part B. On the issue of anti trust, he believes that these laws need to be enforced including enforcement of anti-monopoly laws, & asserted that monopolies are against the de-centralization of power & underscored the importance of the Human not as a Resource, But as Talent, for then we will not think of the human as a way to discard, for then he the human would be treated as family. We explored the issue of Energy Independence which he is one of his platform plans, where he believes that we have a responsibility as stewards of God’s Earth. He stated that the GOP, use to be known as the party of Environmentalism & Teddy Roosevelt. But that the GOP got derailed equating environmentalism with “Tree Hugging,” which I have said is a result of the poor messaging & the issue of language which John alluded to as well. He stated that on the issue of drilling, we must develop a prudent way of transitioning from coal & oil to solar energy. One way to do so is to grow the super structure, or grid, for the more we grow it, the more we can slowly do without oil & create innovative ways of producing energy that ultimately saves the planet. But it’s a process. In Part B, we submitted several questions from the public who recorded questions for Mr. Castro. One powerful result came from a question posed by Zion, a young Philadelphia resident asking about what are you doing to promote POSITIVITY, and to move the country forward. John stated that “we all love this country but we all disagree on the means and the goals. Bridging this ideological Divide is the most important aspect of my campaign, Obama tried & failed, because he had power but did not have the courage to use it! … Https://thenoliberal.com

Today was one of our most powerful episodes where we were broadcasting Live from the “Stop The Violence March in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.” We started at Roosevelt Middle-school on Tulpehocken street and ended at MLK High School on Stenton Avenue Philadelphia, where the March turned into a Fair with hundreds of city residents and professionals, young and old, police and politicians and political aspirants, business people and families gathered in a celebration of music and dance and promoted essential community services. We got to interview several of these individuals young and old from all the various groups and it’s all here on this episode, over 25 interviews and performances etc. some even had question for Mr. John Anthony Castro who will be interviewed on the upcoming show on Monday and several local political representatives, police, political aspirants and business owners spoke to us including some very important young people who were marching and had concerns and advice for the world and their leaders! The Neoliberal Round is brought to you by The Neoliberal Corporation “Serving The World Today To Solve Tomorrow’s Challenges,” https://theneoliberal.com/ https://renaldocmckenzie.com/ https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal. Support us at https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal/support.

The Neoliberal Round took to the streets to get City Residents opinions on Biden’s request for more relief for Ukraine, 33 Billions In aide/relief. We had already published a story in one of our affiliates https://renaldocmckenzie.Blogspot.com entitled @Americans on The War: Some Are Against The Huge Ukraine Relief Given The US’ Own Problems With Poverty And Lack,” Some Americans, especially African Americans in Philadelphia (whose city is beset by rising poverty, falling incomes and homelessness among younger peoples and are reeling from a drug epidemic that’s destroyed towns like the one shown in the cover image (Kensington Philadelphia suffering from de-industrialization) are against this 12.1 billion dollar package because they say what about poor people here in this country (US). They say it’s too much. That’s from several conversations I have had among 20 city residents, especially African American males 25 and older in Philadelphia. You can see the rest of that blog here Americans on The War: Some Are Against The Huge Ukraine Relief Given The US’ Own Problems With Poverty And Lack http://renaldocmckenzie.blogspot.com/2022/03/americans-on-war-some-are-against-huge.html. So we did a follow up story asking some new respondents on their position and recorded their responses which we shared in this episode of The Neoliberal Round’s “Street Vibes Pulse of The Street.” We begin by sharing two videos of Biden commenting on his plans for Student Loan Debt Relief followed by another video with him discussing the need for the 33 billion Dollars to give to Ukraine. This will be available as a post in Https://theneoliberal.com/ https://renaldocmckenzie.com/ Support us at https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal/support/ This Podcast is brought to you by The Neoliberal Corporation, Produced and Hosted by Rev. Renaldo McKenzie, President and Author of “Neoliberalism, Globalization, Income Inequality Poverty And Resistance.”

Listen to the powerful Street Vibe episode—interview I had in Germantown Philadelphia Pennsylvania with a young industrious gentleman and aspiring entrepreneur and college sophomore, about his life, concerns for his community and send a message to Mr. Castro and our political leaders.

Today is street vibe, pulse of the street I did a podcast interview episode Street Vibe where I Interviewed a young man in Philadelphia I called J for anonymity On the Difficulties of Realizing Life’s Goals and I Share Tips on How To Ace An Exam. This is where we engaged the streets and strike up conversations with people in communities about their life, stories challenges or successes. It’s anthropological at best, deep and very revealing. We bring the local to the global.

This Street Vibe interview comes on the heels of an upcoming interview The Neoliberal Corporation will be having on The Neoliberal Round Podcast with Mr. John Anthony Castro, US 2024, Presidential Candidate, hosted by Renaldo McKenzie, Author of Neoliberalism, Globalization, Income Inequality Poverty And Resistance.

Today is street vibe, pulse of the street I did a podcast interview episode Street Vibe where I Interviewed a young man in Philadelphia I called J for anonymity On the Difficulties of Realizing Life’s Goals and I Share Tips on How To Ace An Exam. This is where we engaged the streets and strike up conversations with people in communities about their life, stories challenges or successes. It’s anthropological at best, deep and very revealing. We bring the local to the global.

This Street Vibe interview comes on the heels of an upcoming interview The Neoliberal Corporation will be having on The Neoliberal Round Podcast with Mr. John Anthony Castro, US 2024, Presidential Candidate, hosted by Renaldo McKenzie, Author of Neoliberalism, Globalization, Income Inequality Poverty And Resistance.

Who is John Anthony Castro. John Anthony was born into a working class military family stationed at the U.S. military base in Germany and eventually graduated from Georgetown University Law Center with over $250,000 in student loan debt. Against all odds, he persevered (https://johncastro.com).

This is important because one of the question I wanna put to John is, what were your goals, did you always have dreams or desires of becoming a US President or an Attorney or an entrepreneur?

And secondly, what were your challenges in coming to achieving or coming to this point and how were you able to navigate them?

Because it’s important to ask this question as we get into this episode of Street Vibe on The Neoliberal Round Podcast or interview below in the Post, where I interviewed a young man from a vulnerable community in Philadelphia, from a working class family, a family that is marginalized, and someone whose had to navigate life having a kind of experience who’ve had visions and dreams like Barack Obama, visions and dreams like John Castro. And I’ve spoken with several people who’ve said that they’ve had dreams and visions and this particular young have had to put them in the back burner in order to ensure he has a roof over his head or to make ends meet. It was revealed that he went to school, Temple but dropped out due to financing and he didn’t want to have a huge debt, so dropped out and joined the Military…. Listen to this interview it provides a good contrast between lives and the decision making as we get ready to interview Mr. Anthony next week Monday May, 2, 2022. Renaldo: This is important; I asked you “what are your goals?” Your goals are to what…?

J: To be a Realtor, to sell houses… you’ll see.

Renaldo: Ok

J: … sell houses, have a business…

Renaldo: What are you doing to realize it?

J: I said nothing… fasure, I put them to the side so I can have an income over my head.

Renaldo: So you spend your life making sure you have a roof over your head. How long have you been… when did you first discover that you wanted to realize that dream…? Listen to the full episode and read it in The Neoliberal Post at https://renaldocmckenzie.com or https://theneoliberal.com. Add this show to your library and share it with your friends you may support this as well by donating to us at https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal/support

The "#illMind of #Hopsin 7 by Hopsin is where we will begin this second part of a series on "#Privilege, #Power, Position, Status and Secrets to Unlocking #DivineIntervention."

"Ill Mind Of Hopsin 7" by Hopsin

Intro/Outro:

It’s us, find power

It’s us, find power

Live life, mind power

It’s us, find power

Live life, mind power

Yo, f*k anybody I might alarm

Life is a tour, I sit and ride along

Taking some notes and then I write the song

I’m staring down the road my life has gone

Is this where I belong?

Is it wrong to not believe in right & wrong?

My mental state is f*ing me up

And I cry the pond while asking you for some answers

But we don’t have that type of bond

That my desires gone with the way that I’ve been living lately

If I died right now, you’d turn the fire on

Sick of this bulls*t, niggas call me a sellout

Cause I hopped on Christianity so strongly then I fell out

Now I’m avoiding questions like a scared dog with his tail down

Feeling so damn humiliated because they looking at me like I’m hellbound

What story should I tell now? I’ll just expose the truth

I'm so close to the f*ing edge, I should be close to you

But who the fuck are You? You never showed the proof

And I’m only f*ing human yo, what am I supposed to do?

There’s way too many different religions with vivid descriptions...."

Hopsin rap suggests that he’s at a place where he is experiencing critical thinking at work. You see, that’s what happen when you begin to expose oneself and think critically, it clashes with beliefs that you had once held because those beliefs came to you as a top-down approach with no ability to question them for yourselves which locks your brain in a particular reality. Until you are able to break free from that. When you are able to, it challenges you to a point of distress and frustration. But that is good, because it means now you are open to tremendous possibilities and the understanding of all things beyond any particular perspectives that were borrowed at best and had monopolized the mind so as to make it complicit and a willing participant in external abuse. That is what we must guard against which is why we should develop the individual so that he can think for him or herself without the possibility of being hijacked. 

As we think about Privilege, Power, Position within the development of human society overtime and the challenges they pose for progress, critical thinking and communication become absolutely necessary because knowledge or the ability to think critically, while having access to information that is decentralized and de-monopolized are key to augmenting the individual so as to avert external manipulation and discrimination. The lecture that I did on Critical thinking at The Jamaica Theological Seminary for the course “Caribbean Thought” sometime ago, is worth sharing as we explore the issue of privilege and power, position and status and this drive to want to regulate information and to create laws about teaching critical history... Certainly, as we think about how to protect against disinformation and manipulative power, while we realize effective communication which is “to make popular what was the monopoly,” critical thinking becomes paramount. When others seek to create laws & policies or regulatory methods, which would suggest that people can’t think for themselves, we are about facilitating learning geared towards augmenting thinking that do the critical thinking that is needed to filter news, narratives & perspectives. More laws and regulations do not necessarily change anything, they more than anything centralize ownership and limit access. Which then create or expand an underground market, that people can still access. Recently, Former President Obama said, “The way I’m going to evaluate any proposal touching on social media & the internet is whether it strengthens or weakens the prospects for healthy, inclusive democracy.” But, what does this mean? Listen to Deon Keeping as well. Https://theneoliberal.com

Interview with Prof. Emeritus Dr. Martin Oppenheimer, Distinguished Sociologist, Scholar/Academic & Academic.

I sat down with Professor Emeritus Dr. Martin Oppenheimer, Distinguished Sociologist, Scholar, Writer and Academic, to do an interview. We talked about:

- Intersectionality

- Unions and social movement organization with young people now leading the charge such as at Amazon and Starbucks, yet unions are still weak

- Facism

- The state of modern society And the future of society based on what’s happening today with the Russian invasion and COVID.

- Post colonialism

- Dependence and underdevelopment

- Dependent capitalism which is dependent development

- Donald Trump, Joe Biden and the problem elections pose to progress and change

- His Life, work and thought for the future.

Exploring such works such as:

1. Social Inequality, Economic Decline and Plutocracy, An American Crisis. By Dale L. Johnson,

2. The social Origins of Democratic Socialism in Jamaica by Nelson and Novella Keith, 3. James D. Cockcroft and Andre Gunder Frank and Dale Johnson,

4. Imperialism and Unequal Development by Samir Amin,

5. How to Read Donald Duck by) by Ariel Dorfman ((About cultural imperialism)

Among other things. Share this show and send us a feedback or post a comment. Subscribe for free by adding the show and support us at https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal/support/ The neoliberal Round podcast is brought to you by The Neoliberal Corporation https://theneoliberal.com/ and Renaldo C. McKenzie, https://renaldocmckenzie.com/ Author of Neoliberalalism, Globalization, Income Inequality, Poverty And Resistance.

This is the first in a series on “Privilege, Power, Position & Secrets To Unlocking Divine Intervention.” By Renaldo McKenzie, the title of a book project he’s working in. He begins this episode by playing a song “God is Good,” by Jonathan McReynolds. Then he begins by sharing a real life personal testimony. He then transitions into the topic by questioning his own interpretation of that experience but then highlight that any experience should not be objectified and universalized as it’s a perspective but a powerful one worth hearing and exploring as we live our own lives and contend with the reality of the Divine. This story is powerful and provides a Segway into the understanding of privilege power and position as this experience can be used to privilege an experience or promote a position appealing to the authority of the divinitive experience. But this has been the trend as we begin to study the development of privilege and power and position within historical literature. And recently David French was on MSNBC Good Morning Joe sharing an article he wrote in the Atlantic, “Free Speech for me But not for Thee,” where he underscore how the GOP have evolved or devolved into a party of rules and laws and not individualism and freedoms. But with respect, Renaldo corrects Mr. French arguing in this series episode that it’s not new, this Pharisaicalism, hypocrisy and duplicity where the goal posts keeps changing. Renaldo argue that it is a strategy and norm of power to change and adjust the rules so as to reassert a position. He shares a comment from his book Neoliberalism, Globalization, Income Inequality Poverty And Resistance where he talks about how NAFTA was re-authorized so as to maintain a particular position of dominance and gain. In 2006, I was serving as the Youth Minister for the Northern Parishes of the United Church in Jamaica and Cayman Islands. Something happened that led to an interpretive conclusion about the sacred and profane: The Divine or God whatever he, she or it is called intervene/s in so far as we believe in the Divine’s intervention. But isn’t that a cliché and doesn’t that belief leads to a conclusion that is already biased by the assertion or assumption of that belief? For in the Illiad the intervention that is expressed is one that is similar – if it works out in the way that you want it to work out then that was the Divine intervening; if not the Gods didn’t want a particular outcome. Nevertheless, the story I am about to share below is powerful which leads to a personal conclusion that is found elsewhere, and if not relatable by others then the revelation is special. But let us continue with our testimony. I was at the Manse on a Saturday night with 4 younger men from the “hood” whom I was mentoring at the time. I explained to them that I’d like to take them to a youth mission 2 – 3 hours in another parish as I was to be the main speaker. I invited them to pray with me as I didn’t have any money to put gas in the car to get to the destination but was hoping for a miracle or some “divine intervention.” We gathered in my room in a circle and prayed asking God to help us to get to our destination by intervening in a specific way. We prayed that God would move upon the gas station owner to be present at the pump when we get there and allow us to get a full tank on him. I had urged the divine while praying to intervene in that specific way that the young men could bear witness of the Divine and since I am about promoting the business of God and not self that he would intervene as this was not for self but for his “glory.” The following, Sunday morning we all woke up got dressed had breakfast and loaded up the van and started on our way with the gas tank on E…But then the gas station owner showed up out of nowhere…you re good to go, you don’t have to pay…They were convinced that God had intervened. However, the interpretation of such a revelation may be the result of historical knowledge about the sacred

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