50 years of neoliberalism is a funnel into the abyss
This really is the perfect ending for neoliberalism — the bourgeoisie gleefully participating in self-inflicted genocide on behalf of the corporate hegemon.
Star athletes (or even weekend golfers) in the prime of life collapsing from a heart attack in the middle of a match and no one is allowed to publicly connect the dots.
Parents weeping for joy at the school board meeting as they get the news that they will be able to sacrifice their children ahead of schedule.
Even the fiercest critics of neoliberalism have turned into unwitting cheerleaders for their own self-destruction.
The entire developed world has become a real-life Logan's Run and with every death the Colosseum crowd swoons, "It's woooorking!" The evil is so all-encompassing it's sublime in its ridiculousness.
At least with the Moscow Show Trials and the Third Reich the victims knew that they were being persecuted. What's so chilling about this moment is that the totalitarianism is so complete, the victims see their tormentors as the real heroes. Astonishing.
From ESPN.com:
34 years old. We all know exactly what “a medical incident” means these days.
