Lies and Bullshit and American Empire
Lies and Bullshit and American Empire
David Stockman |
A truth that’s told with bad intent
Beats all the lies you can invent.
– William Blake, “Auguries of Innocence” (1863, lines 53-54)
I apologize should you feel “led on” by today’s ALL-CAPS BREAKING “subject line.” I do indeed have my tongue firmly in cheek…
The Donald met the press today in the aftermath of a federal court decision in favor of CNN that lets Jim Acosta back on the attack. And it went… well, better than you might have imagined.
He certainly didn’t cede much ground in his defining battle with Bubblevision’s political pack.
He did, however, offer a couple “the Donald being the Donald” moments, of course. And, of course, they had to do with the economy.
“Maybe it’s the best economy we’ve ever had…” is, probably, the highlight. But, “There are more people working now in America than there ever has been…”
These are not, objectively speaking, lies.
(By the way, not so long ago, a Princeton philosopher by the name of Harry Frankfurt drew some important distinctions about “lying,” in his essay On Bullshit…)
They are more evidence that the Donald is all in for more Bubble Finance.
Prosecutor Mueller’s trap appears set to spring, as Imperial Washington’s revenge act nears end stages…
Ironic that Wall Street’s case (and, by extension, eventually, the entire Acela Corridor’s) is now the Donald’s – ersatz “Great Disruptor.Read More
