The US renamed its War Department as the "Department of Defense," but in substance it is still the Department of War. Looking at the real threats that the US faces, what would a real Department of Defense do?

*The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Exposing the Plague of Neoliberalism.*

Neoliberalism is the economistic ideology that goes with plutocracy. It denies that there is a place in society for any relationships except the market. Neoliberalism inflicts suffering globally, all the time, and hollows out society's resilience so that medical and political harm can easily spread. And when it intersects with acute plagues, such as Covid-19, the combination produce special, acute harm.

But there is a worse alternative: China's authoritarian capitalism. China's system is not dysfunctional; it doesn't tie the state in knots. When that state wants to put a million people in prison, it lies even more shamelessly than the bullshitter does, and entirely silences dissenting voices.