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kairyssdal.bsky.social
Corporate statism, to quote the WSJ editorial page
August 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
eliothiggins.bsky.social
Statism =/= socialism
james-bg.bsky.social James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · Jun 29
I'm sorry, what?
June 29, 2026 at 12:21 PM
davidfrum.bsky.social
Trump protectionism propelling the hemisphere backward to reactionary statism
November 29, 2024 at 4:32 PM
tressiemcphd.bsky.social
They want post statism but don’t have anything better than a state to offer.
adamserwer.bsky.social Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · Mar 18
Wrote about how MAGA is a rebellion against the reality of interdependence, and how that led the Trump administration to completely ignore the potential fallout of going to war with Iran. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Margaret Thatcher once declared that “there is no such thing” as society. She always insisted that what she meant was that “society was not an abstraction, separate from the men and women who composed it, but a living structure of individuals, families, neighbours and voluntary associations.“ Trump, however, and the Trumpified Republican Party, might actually subscribe to the way her critics understood her point—that society doesn’t exist, and that therefore none of us has any responsibilities or obligations to anyone else, other than the ones we choose to have. Life is more complicated than that, especially when you’re trying to make war on a state that can close a strategic waterway that is crucial to the world economy. The Trump administration seems to have neither anticipated nor planned properly for the closing of the Strait of Hormuz, through which much of the world’s oil is transported. Iran has begun firing at ships in the strait, dissuading commercial traffic from transiting it. Energy prices are almost certain to rise, but so are prices on other products—you need energy to transport goods to meet global market demand. The possibility that the war might destabilize the world economy either was not part of the Trump administration’s plans for this capricious, ill-advised, and arguably unconstitutional military venture, or was not taken seriously. American war planners seem to have not factored in that, despite being adversaries, the U.S. and Iran are interconnected in vital ways that waging war on Iran would disrupt.
March 18, 2026 at 3:41 PM
carlquintanilla.bsky.social
WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. this all looks like an example of the Trump Administration extending its creeping crony statism beyond U.S. shores.”

@wsj.com #venezuela 🇻🇪
www.wsj.com/opinion/trum...
August 31, 2026 at 4:30 PM
phoebebarton.bsky.social
"akshully Imperial Japan wasn't fascist, that was just sparkling Showa Statism"
February 4, 2026 at 1:11 PM
justinlawguy.bsky.social
Reminder that Randy Barnett is still considered a hero in many libertarian circles, a hero who praises fascism and statism.
April 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
diplomatofnight.com
Two-statism as promogulated by American politicians
diplomatofnight.com #StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · Jul 24
A demilitarized 'state' of Palestine which is reliant upon Israel's non-existent goodwill, America's non-existent benevolence, and the international community's permanent passivity.
July 24, 2026 at 6:31 PM
sharonk.bsky.social
"corporate statism"

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August 19, 2025 at 1:14 AM
radiofreetom.bsky.social
I understand that many people on the left think that associating Trump with conservative views is a shortcut to delegitimizing everything about conservatism, but Trump is no conservative; the MAGA movement is Big Government, Nanny Statism for white people.
June 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
rechelon.bsky.social
Anarchism isn't *just* anti-statism, it's a deep opposition to domination and thus the entire ecosystem of power relations, but I never feel more embarrassed than when I see "anarchists" who treat anti-statism as an afterthought to anti-capitalism. States precede capitalism by thousands of years.
May 9, 2026 at 8:08 PM
antlervel.vet
Relationship statism
April 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
rawstory.com
The Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board bashed President Donald Trump's latest business move, arguing that it models China's "statism."
'Washington is becoming Chinatown': Wall Street Journal bashes Trump's 'statism' move
The Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board bashed President Donald Trump's latest business move, arguing that it models China's "statism." On Friday, Trump announced that the U.S. government is taking a 10% stake in computer chip-maker Intel. The government is paying the company $8.7 bil...
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August 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
carlquintanilla.bsky.social
WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. Once the government acquires a stake in Intel, the politicians will have an incentive to keep pouring on subsidies so they wouldn’t have to admit a mistake. .. This is corporate statism, and rarely does it end well.”

@wsj.com $INTC
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
August 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
foxglove.bsky.social
I don't think people appreciate how subhuman Zionism considers diaspora Judaism. It's a core tenant of the statism.
leastactionhero.bsky.social Microplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · Apr 6
our “we are making lists of jews” t-shirt raising many questions already answered by the shirt
Betar Worldwide @Betar_USA We have started identifying names of Diaspora Jews we will recommend be banned from the State of Israel. We are living in very dangerous times worldwide and Betar International is building lists of Jews unwelcome. We are glad kapo Norman Finkelstein has been banned. Betar confirms we have added names to our ban list! Americans, Canadians, Latin American, French and British Jews have been added.
April 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
Now we can add Doctors for Measles to the list that includes Union Members for Union Busters, Immigrants for Deportation, and Free Marketers for Statism.
jessicamalaty.bsky.social Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS @jessicamalaty.bsky.social · Feb 4
Shame on Cassidy—a doctor! He chose politics over science, medicine, and public health.
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Feb 4
Breaking news: A Senate panel voted to narrowly advance the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s pick to oversee the nation’s health agencies.
February 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
davidfrum.bsky.social
The US has worked for decades to persuade Latin American countries to jettison deep local traditions of statism and protectionism.

"Join the US-led world trade system! You'll be richer, freer. We won't abuse trade for crass political purposes. Trust us."

They did. Whoops.
January 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
ari.express
Racism (collectivism) is just a form of statism
September 27, 2026 at 5:55 PM
sethcotlar.bsky.social
Historian Jefferson Cowie's book, Freedom's Dominion, is an extended meditation on the deeply rooted American anti-democratic tradition he's called "racialized anti-statism." White people have long decried "federal tyranny" while promoting racist systems of state power. bsky.app/profile/seth...
sethcotlar.bsky.social Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · Mar 22
To be more precise, the people behind this pamphlet decrying this "federal tyranny" on behalf of civil rights were also involved with the "sovereignty commissions" set up by Southern states to spy on and collect information about civil rights activists. da.mdah.ms.gov/sovcom/scage...
Sovereignty Commission Online Agency History Access Chronology Commission Members Commission Personnel Notes SOM, MIES 20978 Freedom Rider Mug Shot, Sto kely Carmichael, arrested in Jackson June 8, 1961. Enlarge. The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission (Commission) was created by an act of the Mississippi legislature on March 29, 1956. The agency was established in the wake of the May 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling. Like other states below the Mason-Dixon Line, Mississippi responded to Brown with legislation to shore up the walls of racial separation. The act creating the Commission provided the agency with broad powers. The Commission's objective was to "do and perform any and all acts deemed necessary and proper to protect the sovereignty of the state of Mississippi, and her sister states.." from perceived "encroachment thereon by the Federal Government or any branch, department or agency thereof." To exercise this loosely defined objective, the Commission was granted extensive investigative powers. The governor was End Police BRUTALITYA appointed ex-officio chairman of the Commission. Other ex-officio members were the president of the Senate, who was vice-chairman of the Commission; the attorney general; and the speaker of the House of Representatives. In addition, the Commission comprised the Millsaps students protest death of JSU student Ben Brown, May 11, 1967. Enlarge. following members: two members from the Senate, appointed by the president of the Senate; and three members from the House of Representatives, appointed by the speaker. The governor, attorney general and legislators served on the Commission during their tenures in office. The three members appointed by the governor served for the duration of his term.' The agency itself was small, consisting of a director, public relations director, clerical staff and a handful of investigators. The Commission's activities were shaped by the preference of the governor and skills of its staff. J.P.…
September 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
charltoncussans.bsky.social
The American brand of socially conservative anti-statism* can lead to socially liberal outcomes if you can phrase things the right way.

*which the chuds confusing for socially conservative pro-statism being responsible for their unpopularity.
economymedicine.bsky.social economymedicine.bsky.social @economymedicine.bsky.social · 11d
It is a variation on it being a decision between a doctor and their patient
September 19, 2026 at 6:03 PM
sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com
tfw you go so far past statism you wrap around and wind up back in statist authoritarianism
September 28, 2025 at 1:45 AM
orphanim.bsky.social
Statism is idolatry too
September 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
bgrueskin.bsky.social
“This is corporate statism, and rarely does it end well.”

www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
Opinion | The Nationalization of Intel?
A 10% federal stake in the computer chip maker would be another dive into corporate statism.
www.wsj.com
August 19, 2025 at 12:20 AM
c4ssdotorg.bsky.social
Resist nationalism, collectivism, and statism no matter what symbols adorn them.
August 2, 2026 at 5:13 PM