🎧 [Intro Music fades]
Renaldo McKenzie (warm, reflective tone):
Welcome to The Neoliberal Round. I’m your host, Renaldo C. McKenzie.
And today… we unwrap a Christmas story you won’t hear in Sunday School.
This isn’t about mangers and wise men.
It’s not about presents or peppermint lattes or who made the better Christmas album—Mariah or Luther.
No, today we’re going straight to the heart of the matter.
And the question is this:
Did Jesus come to start Christianity?
[Pause, shift in tone—more direct, provocative.]
I say no.
In fact, I believe He came to end religion as we know it.
He didn’t come to build churches.
He didn’t come to draft doctrines or start denominations.
He wasn’t trying to manufacture salvation plans or loyalty programs to heaven.
Jesus came to tear down the walls that said some belong and others don’t.
Let me tell you what I mean.
Jesus was a Jew.
Born into a deeply tribal faith with rituals, lineages, and laws that made it crystal clear who was in and who was out.
And what did He do?
He looked out at the fishermen. The tax collectors. The Samaritans. The Gentiles.
And He said: “You. Yes, you. Come with Me.”
He took the spiritual insider’s club…
and threw open the doors.
Not with a key, but with His very body.
He said, “You don’t need to be born Jewish. You don’t need a pedigree. You don’t need the right last name or temple membership.”
All you need—is Me.
But here’s the twist, friends.
The religious elites didn’t like that.
They said, “Who are you to say they belong? Who are you to let them in?”
And so they killed Him.
Not just for claiming to be the Son of God—but for daring to say God is for everyone.
Let that sink in this Christmas.
See, Jesus didn’t come to found a new religion.
He came to expand a family.
To make room at the table.
To say that the divine is not a gated community.
But what happened?
The people He tried to welcome got rejected again—so they built their own house.
They called it Christianity.
And in time…
they built their own walls too.
Two thousand years later, the family is still divided.
Christians claim inheritance through faith.
Many Jews reject that claim.
And we’re left with holy paperwork and broken homes.
But if you peel back the theology, the rituals, the politics…
You’ll hear something deeper.
A whisper from a man born in a stable,
Who died on a cross,
And still says to us today:
You belong.
Not because of what you do.
Not because of where you were born.
But because you are seen.
Because you are loved.
And that, my friends, is the true gospel.
This Christmas, don’t just ask what you believe.
Ask who you are excluding.
Ask what walls you’ve built.
Ask if maybe… just maybe…
Jesus came not to give you a religion to cling to—
But a family to open wide.
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I’m Renaldo C. McKenzie, and this has been The Neoliberal Round.
Share this message. Speak your truth. And remember—
The kingdom of heaven is not a fortress.
It’s a feast.
And every chair is waiting to be filled.
Merry Christmas.
Stay woke. Stay free. Stay whole.
Until next time.
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Empire, Stability, and the Smokescreen of Morality
By Renaldo C. McKenzie
Let us be honest—brutally honest, the way history demands and empire resents.
What is unfolding in Venezuela, and across the wider Caribbean basin, has little to do with democracy, human rights, or some sudden moral awakening in Washington. It has everything to do with power—raw, unapologetic, strategic power—and the anxiety that sets in when that power feels challenged.
The United States does not intervene because a government is despotic. If that were the case, half the world’s strongmen would be facing sanctions before breakfast. The United States intervenes when dominance is threatened—when a small country dares to rearrange its economic loyalties, when it flirts with alternatives, when it whispers to Beijing or Moscow instead of kneeling to Washington.
This is not conjecture. This is pattern. Take Venezuela. The hostility toward the Maduro government is not rooted in humanitarian outrage. It is rooted in the fact that Venezuela has chosen to deepen relations with China and Russia—to do business outside the American orbit. That is the unforgivable sin. Everything else—drugs, dictatorship, democracy—is stage dressing.
The same script plays across the Caribbean. Jamaica, like many of its neighbors, has welcomed Chinese investment: ports modernized, infrastructure built, capital flowing where Western lenders once stalled. Suddenly, “stability” becomes a concern. Suddenly, sovereignty is suspect. Funny how that works.
This is not about policing the world’s conscience. It is about preserving a hierarchy.
History offers receipts. In Guyana, the United States once supported a government that was neither democratic nor just—one that violently suppressed dissent and oversaw the assassination of revolutionary scholar Walter Rodney. That regime, led by Forbes Burnham, was later found culpable by a commission of inquiry. Yet at the time, it enjoyed American backing. Why? Because it played ball. It served U.S. interests. Morality, apparently, is negotiable.
Contrast that with today. Guyana now hosts massive U.S. oil interests, where American corporations extract vast wealth while the Guyanese people receive a fraction. That arrangement is deemed acceptable—commendable, even. But let Guyana decide tomorrow to nationalize its resources, to partner elsewhere, or to rely on itself, and watch how quickly the tone changes. Hypothetical? Hardly. We have seen this movie before.
Consider Cuba—decades under embargo, not because it threatens the world, but because it refuses submission. Consider Ukraine, punished by war for seeking stability outside one imperial sphere and into another. When small nations move independently, the ground shakes.
The language of “communism” is the oldest smokescreen in the book. It is wheeled out whenever convenient, retired when inconvenient. The real crime is not ideology—it is disobedience.
This is the central argument of my forthcoming book, Neoliberal Globalization Reconsidered: Unfair Competition and the Death of Nations. Nations do not collapse simply because of internal failure; they are often pushed—cornered by systems designed to ensure that wealth flows upward and outward, never inward, never locally, never freely.
And here lies the uncomfortable truth: empire does not require virtue. It requires compliance.
Yes, America wants to remain competitive. That desire is not irrational. But competitiveness built on coercion, embargoes, and destabilization is not leadership—it is fear masquerading as strength. And fear, history tells us, is a dangerous policy advisor.
The Caribbean must tread carefully. Sovereignty is costly. Independence comes with consequences. But the alternative—permanent subordination dressed up as partnership—is far more expensive in the long run.
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Renaldo McKenzie, Author of the Neoliberalism book series, discusses his upcoming book in light of what is happening in the world today. Renaldo raises the issue of unfair competition a theme in his books and also classism and racism and zero in on the reason why Trump's America first is a facade - America first like racism is a strategic distraction to elitism.
Renaldo asserts that Trump is willing to give billions of dollars to Argentina but is unwilling to extend the ACA healthcare premiums for millions of Working Class Americans whose insurance is set to go up.
Renaldo highlights the issue of unfair competition in the world where post-industrial countries unfairly profit from Global South and vulnerable countries in the Global South while advancing draconian immigration policies on these countries while charging tariffs in addition to the huge gains they get from unfair tactics with these countries.
Renaldo briefly notes these as points he will consider in his book that his coming up - Neoliberal Globalization Reconsidered, Unfair Competition and the Death of Nations, part 2 in the Neoliberalism book series.
Neoliberal Globalization Reconsidered is co-authored by Professor Emeritus Martin Oppenheimer.
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The American Media continues to mislead us about the truth about everything. Example, is it true that Hurricane Melissa devastated the island of Jamaica? NO. Yet they report that. Is it true that Somalia is a dirty country? No... Yet the President reports that and the public believes it because that is what the American media shows about the other... which continues to create false narratives about people and places.
What if we were to say that Hurricane devatated the US? Would that be true? No for it only affected the people in New Orleans. They seem to be mixing up the whole with the part and the mathematical idea of subsets.
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Recently Trump declares that Immigrants from Black and Brown countries are not welcomed only those white people from Europe such as Norway. Yet European leaders are saying that Trump has not been an ally of Europe siding with dictators like Putin from Russia and disrupting the relationship between the European Union and USA.Renaldo discusses this as he shares some poignant points from his book Neoliberalism, Globalization, Income Inequality Poverty and Resistance which was part of a thesis at the University of Pennsylvania which he completed in 2013 and pusblished the book in 2021. Part 2 is about to be released under the title Neoliberal Globalization Reconsidered, Neo-capitalism and the Death of Nations.The books are available worldwide in all formats and book 2 will be available later this year. Get you copy at https://store.theneoliberal.com or via any major bookstores. The book is also available via the ebook and the Audible.Renaldo is a Professor at the Jamaica Theological Seminary and a working on his PHD which he will complete in 2026.Renaldo is the President of The Neoliberal Corporation, https://theneoliberal.com.Support us at #renaldomckenzie or via PayPal at https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=USSJLFU2HRVAQSubscribe for free on any stream.
Residents from Black River, St. Elizabeth, are sounding the alarm, and frankly, it’s hard not to share their outrage. In the fragile hours after the hurricane swept through, what should have been a coordinated, decisive government response instead looked like hesitation, confusion, and absence.
Some people are alleging that the relief agencies on the ground were ineffective—no tents, no structured food program, no organized medical presence. In a disaster of this scale, essential services should have been stationed and ready: emergency tents, mobile clinics, water and sanitation units, ground teams tracking displaced residents, and a rapid deployment of resources to stabilize those most affected. That simply did not happen. Instead, helicopters circled overhead, assessing the destruction from a distance, while families on the ground waited—hungry, exposed, unaccounted for.
Displaced residents still don’t have proper shelter. They don’t have a central point of service. They don’t have a coordinated system guiding them toward safety, medical care, or basic necessities.
In 2025, after so many global lessons in disaster management, this should never be the story. And yet here we are.
Let’s be clear: relief comes before rebuilding. Before talk of construction, procurement, or long-term recovery, there must be tents, food, water, sanitation, health services, child protection services, and community support teams on the ground immediately. That’s Emergency Response 101. You stabilize the people, then you move to rebuilding the community.
But from all accounts, Jamaica’s government response is lagging—and community members are noticing. Many are openly saying that if it weren’t for people like Shaggy and other Jamaican celebrities abroad, flying in and stepping up, many families would still be starving, stranded, and forgotten.
It shouldn't take celebrity intervention for people to get basic relief.So the question stands like a heavy drumbeat: What is going on?
Why weren’t emergency tents pre-positioned? Why wasn’t there an immediate medical and sanitation rollout? Why do residents have to beg for what should be automatic in a disaster? And most importantly: Who is accountable for this breakdown, and when will the people of Black River get the relief they deserve?
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Question: Is there an attempt by Mainstream Media through movies and ads to ILLEGITIMIZE Podcasts?
Recently, Netflix released a limited series called The Beast in Me. The series seems to use sly tactics to sow doubt in people's minds about the legitimacy of podcasters. Renaldo discusses this in his soliloquy raising the alarm about mainstream media's attempts to re-centralize and re-monopolize its hold over communication and information.
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A Black patient is raising serious concerns about his recent hospitalization at Hackensack Meridian Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, New Jersey, alleging that he experienced inadequate care, premature discharge, poor communication, and treatment that left him feeling marginalized and medically unsafe.
The patient, admitted after collapsing on a tennis court, reports that in six days of hospitalization, he was never examined by a physician. Instead, he interacted solely with nurses and physician assistants. During this period, he says he continued to suffer the same symptoms—dizziness, fainting episodes, chest heaviness, and weakness—that initially led to his emergency admission.
According to his account, diagnostic tests were performed without explanation, and results were either withheld or presented with incomplete or conflicting narratives. He states that medical staff attempted to discharge him despite persistent symptoms and without providing a follow-up discussion regarding an echocardiogram that revealed a bicuspid aortic valve—a congenital defect that can affect blood flow.
He also reports that his dietary restrictions were ignored, with meals containing red meat and cheese despite repeated requests.
One of the most troubling events he describes occurred during an attempted discharge: hospital staff reportedly instructed him to walk off the unit despite ongoing dizziness. While waiting at the pharmacy, he collapsed and had to be readmitted. He alleges that a nurse immediately went into “defensive mode” rather than assessing his condition, and that the emergency department doctor’s system review revealed that he was still listed as an admitted patient, raising questions about the legitimacy of the initial discharge.
The patient further states that a psychiatrist was sent to his room, though he had reported no psychiatric symptoms. He interprets this as part of a broader pattern in which Black patients’ physical complaints are reframed as psychological, leading to delays in proper medical evaluation.
On the day of his final discharge, an occupational therapist conducted orthostatic testing—a check for blood pressure changes with movement—and found significant fluctuations, along with visible unsteadiness in his gait. The therapist reportedly advised that he should not be discharged and recommended additional medical evaluation, including a head CT. However, the patient says no physician ever followed up, and the discharge proceeded despite these findings.
When he requested to speak with hospital leadership about his concerns, he was met with a nurse manager and a nurse practitioner—neither of whom, he reports, addressed the outstanding medical issues or explained the decisions surrounding his care.
The patient ultimately left the hospital still dizzy and weak, stating he did not feel he had received adequate care or clear medical guidance.
His experience raises pressing questions about medical equity, communication, discharge protocols, and the treatment of Black and Brown patients in clinical settings.
Hackensack Meridian Health at Riverview has not provided comment on these allegations. But we did speak with a Representative from Patient Experience about the issues and the Experience, we recorded the conversation and it’s available on The Neoliberal Round Podcast season 15 Episode 1.
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Journalists just asked Pam Bondi of The Justice Dept whether she intends to follow the law.
Imagine that—
the nation pausing to wonder whether the Attorney General,
the very steward of justice,
the keeper of statutes and truth,
will honor the rules she’s sworn to defend.
It’s almost poetic…
if it weren’t so painfully absurd.
Well, the pragmatist would say, the law is not a shackle. So they may follow it loosely.
SMH.
#Rulesoflaw #EpsteinFiles #law
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Did the Democrats really drag out the shutdown for 41 days only to score a political point over healthcare? That makes no sense. Pundits on the Podcast argue over the winners and losers of the shutdown and whether the Democrats came looking like the villains who caused the shutdown. Renaldo McKenzie sits down with co-hosts Ricardo McKenzie and Straight Talker Randy Travis to discuss.
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Today we had Municipal/local and Some Gubernatorial elections today. On this Short episode take of Straight Talk Host Renaldo McKenzie speak with Straight Talker Randy, Moderate Democrat, about why this election matter. He shared that he would not usually go out to vote in mud terms or local elections but Today he did. Hear why.
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Renaldo McKenzie of The Neoliberal discusses the latest from Jamaica as Hurricane wanders along Jamaica's shorelines in the Caribbean Sea. Ramon Henry and Dwight McKoy join Renaldo on The Neoliberal Round to provide an update on the Hurricane and Jamaica's preparedness.
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trailer 3 to Faith, Freedom and the Fault Lines of Love, A Dialogue by Renaldo McKenzie with Ricardo McKenzie Featuring Bryce Eddy on The Neoliberal Round Podcast
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This is a continuation of the Episode with Eddy Bryce. We pick up from the Point on Vengeance and Letitia James where Bryce tries to make the point that Trump's attacks on his enemies such as Letittia James is just and Godly and poetic Justice.
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In this thought-provoking episode, Renaldo McKenzie and co-host Ricardo McKenzie sit down with Bryce Eddy of Turning Point USA and The Bryce Eddy Show for an open conversation on faith, unity, and the fractured moral landscape of modern America.From the meaning of biblical love to the paradoxes of liberty and inclusion, this dialogue challenges easy answers and exposes deeper divides. Can true love heal a polarized nation — or has faith itself become a new frontier of division?🎙️ Listen on The Neoliberal Round Podcast — where dialogue replaces dogma and conversation sparks change.Op-Ed: “When Love Becomes a Border: Lessons from My Conversation with Bryce Eddy”By Renaldo C. McKenzie | The Neoliberal PostAfter sitting with Bryce Eddy, I realized that love, liberty, and faith — three words that should bind us — can also become battlegrounds.1. Love that Costs vs. Love that ConfinesTrue love is sacrificial, not selective. It builds bridges even when it bleeds. The love of Christ was constructive — it healed lepers and listened to sinners — but the love often preached by the new right is conditional, tied to ideological conformity. Their love welcomes you only if you look, think, or pray the same.2. Jesus the DisruptorBryce spoke of all-inclusivity, but his inclusivity lacked diversity. Jesus did not reinforce religious order — he upended it. His ministry broke barriers between Jew and Gentile, male and female, slave and free. When inclusion becomes uniformity, it ceases to be divine and becomes doctrinal control.3. Liberty RewrittenTheir liberty and individualism are not what the Enlightenment nor the Gospel envisioned. Instead, they reflect an authoritarian individualism — a “freedom” that punishes dissent. Theirs is liberty with a leash: patriotic, pious, and policed. It’s a corruption of both Christian and liberal ideals.4. Ethnocentrism Cloaked as Evangelism Bryce’s worldview risks conflating faith with culture — a form of Orientalism and Occidentalism that paints “the Christian West” as morally superior. Yet, it is no more “our principle to kill” than it is Islam’s or anyone else’s. Violence is not religious — it is human. To assume otherwise is to weaponize culture itself. In the end, I learned that love without diversity becomes ideology, and liberty without empathy becomes tyranny. The work ahead isn’t to silence voices like Bryce’s — it’s to invite them into a broader, braver table where faith is not a fence but a fire — lighting the way for all.
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Renaldo pushes back on Bryce's claims that the mutilation of girls as a principle of Islam. Coming up Tonight on The Neoliberal: Part 1 of a two-part episode of The Neoliberal Round featuring Bryce Eddy of Turning Points USA and the Bryce Eddy Show. He joins me with my co-host Ricardo McKenzie to discuss American politics, Turning Points and why he supports Trump. Here is a 2-minute trailer of the upcoming show. It premieres later at 7pm. Subscribe on any stream, find your podcast stream here: The Neoliberal Round by Renaldo McKenzie https://anchor.fm/theneoliberal; and also on our Youtube Channel https://youtube.com/@renaldomckenzie. We will publish an op-ed of the interview in The Neoliberal Post https://renaldocmckenzie.com and The Neoliberal Journals https://theneoliberal.com
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