[P2P-F] 1-2-3: increasing 'corporate' functional governance by netarchical capital * deskilling of state by national-populism in US * increased civil governance by commoners

[Michel Bauwens]

This article from George Monbiot contains a vital insight, to complement
our earlier postings on increased corporate functional governance as
explained by Frank Pascuale. Add the insight that one of the main planks of
the Trump administration is the deskilling of the state and public
services, and you start getting a picture of a preparation for direct rule
by the most predatory factions of capital, as already evidenced by the
nature of his nominees.


George Monbiot:

"In an age of phenomenal complexity and interlocking crises, the Trump
administration has embarked on a mass de-skilling and simplification of the
state. Donald Trump may have sacked his strategist, Steve Bannon, but
Bannon’s professed intention, “the deconstruction of the administrative
state”, remains the central – perhaps the only – policy.

Defunding departments, disbanding the teams and dismissing the experts they
rely on, shutting down research programmes, maligning the civil servants
who remain in post, the self-hating state is ripping down the very
apparatus of government. At the same time, it is destroying public
protections that defend us from disaster." (
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/24/end-civilisation-take-different-path
?)

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