City Builders And Vandals In Our Age PDF
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City Builders And Vandals In Our Age by Caleb Maupin REVOLUTIONAIR Ideas that change lives Published by REVOLUTIONAIR, Denver, Colorado City Builders And Vandals In Our Age Author: Caleb Maupin Publisher: Eve Chen Copyright © 2019 Caleb Maupin All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Permission to reproduce or transmit in any form or by any means - elec- tronic or mechnical, including photocopying and recording, or by an information storage and retrieval system - must be obtained by contacting the publisher. For additional copies, contact your favorite bookstore or email [email protected]. Quantity discounts are available. ISBN-13: 978-1-64606-123-5 First edition: First Printing, July 2019 iii CONTENTS An Introductory Essay I. The Legacy of Gilgamesh, Confucius & Socrates The Death of Julius Caesar Vandals Bring on The Dark Ages 14 A New Order Forged By Revolutionaries 16 The Emergence of Scientific Socialism 19 Imperialism & The Crisis of Marxism 24 The Atlanticist Pathology: A Mindset 29 ‘From Hell’ The Party of New Type 34 Socialist Construction & The Rise of 39 Eurasia Victories For All Humanity 43 Il. 48 The Revolutionary Intelligentsia & The 49 Broad Masses The Synthetic Left 53 Susan Sontag’s Redefinition of Fascism 59 The Rise of Color Revolutions 64 China’s Adjustment 70 The Nature of Socialism for the 2 Ist 83 Century The Pending Gotterdammerung 89 The Unfolding Low Wage Police State 93 The Psychology & Politics of 97 Deconstruction The Potential for American Rebirth 106 Part One — A Peculiar Presidency Trump vs. Bezos: Three Major Divisions 114 in the Ruling Class Recalling Nixon in the Era of Trump 125 INF Treaty Withdrawal: Does Trump 137 Believe The Reagan Mythology? Trump Against The Pentagon? 145 Blasphemy From The White House: 151 Behind Trump’s Big Mouth Part Two — Capitalism in Crisis Greenspan Waves His Fist After Wall 158 Street Shakes Pope Francis & Beijing 166 Gangster Economics Against Huawei & 173 Nordstream 2 Petro-Socialism in Scotland 178 The Politics of Korean Steel 183 Great Wars: Passé for the USA? 190 Too Much Coal? 196 Mark Zuckerberg’s Dilemma 203 Part Three — The Middle Eastern Theater Salman’s Shake Up: Saudi Maneuvers 209 are Bad for America vi American Deep State Flops in Iran 216 The Truth About Syria 224 Syria, Western Capitalism & The 233 Psychology of Mass Shootings Napoleon Has Left The White House 246 Pompeo Reveals Trump Era Confusion 253 on Iran Part Four — The Alternative Historic Speech: Xi Jinping Upholds 261 Progress China has Real Growth, Not debt based 265 illusions Will China Save Us From Hollywood? 268 The Great Satan & The Silk Road 276 Cuba’s Support for Revolution & 286 Self-Defense Has Not Changed US Led Economic War, Not Socialism, 295 Is Tearing Apart Venezuela Viet Nam’s Economic Miracle Haunts 306 Korea Talks Brzezisnki & Kissinger in Southeast Asia 312 Vii 11 Millions Reasons for Wall Street & 318 London to Hate Russia Smart Phone Wars 323 Why Does China Love Electric Cars? 326 Part Five — The Broken Ideological Compass Chaos from Above & The Crisis of 332 Geopolitics Immigration, ‘Peasant Cultures’ & The 340 New Right-Wing Nationalists Wall Street Primitivism 356 Native Americans & The New 374 Confusion in US Politics Talk of Socialism Stirs Controversy in 382 the US Fear of Russia & the Rise of the 386 Left-Birchers Anti-Totalitarianism & The Confusion 394 of the American Right Odinist America? 401 Computers, Capitalism & The Crisis of 409 Civilization Vili ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I want to thank all the people who made this book possible. I extend my appreciation to Katy Seward for her proof- reading, and to Eve Chen, Andy Hart and the Birdie Media Team for their assistance in the publication process. I also want to give special appreciation to George Ehrhart, Paul Shepard, Michael Ladson, Brent Lengel, Ramiro Funez, Donald Courter, Mnar Muhawesh, Steve Gong, Jessica Coco, Dakotah Lily, Gavin Lockhard, Nick Mantace, Alex Kalmikov, Lloyd Clark, Kiki Dewar, Felicity, Dr. Wilmer Leon, Daniel Burke, Rachel Brown, John Stachelski, Joe Gail, Sander Hicks, Bill Dores, Frances Dostal, Allison F., Manuel O., Dari D., Timothy Connelly, Meches Rosales- Maupin, and everyone else who in one way or another helped the contents of this book to come into being. x1
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