The Counter-Revolutionaries in Charge

Arno Mayer’s old categories have renewed purchase in the MAGA/NatCon era.

The revolution may not be televised, but the counter-revolution sure will be.

In this new political era, the dominant military power in the capitalist world-system is ruled by a Venn Diagram of baddies—ethnonationalists, oligarchs, tech bros, and national security hawks. These elites take their opportunity to direct state power from the legitimacy afford…