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Our Real National Security Budget
$2 Trillion, Here We Come. By Andrew Cockburn Source: Spoils of War The Biden Administration has just published its proposed budget, generating copious commentary, much of it displaying a commensurate degree of misunderstanding, especially regarding our gargantuan national security spending. … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, CIA, Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, FBI, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, military-industrial complex, Neocons, news, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy, war
Tagged Corruption, Deep State, Defense Budget, Department of Energy, Dystopia, Economics, empire, FBI, Geoppolitics, imperialism, Joe Biden, military spending, military-industrial complex, National Defense Authorization Act, National Security, US Foreign Policy, war, war profiteers, Winslow Wheeler
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The Language of Force: How the Police State Muzzles Our Right to Speak Truth to Power
By John & Nisha Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “If the state could use [criminal] laws not for their intended purposes but to silence those who voice unpopular ideas, little would be left of our First Amendment liberties, and little … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, conditioning, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, freedom of speech, internet freedom, Law, media, Media Literacy, news, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged censorship, civil liberties, corporate media, COVID, Dystopia, fascism, free speech, Human Rights, law, Militarization, Militarized Police, police state, press freedom, propaganda, protest laws, Technocracy, tyranny, William O. Douglas
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A Low-Trust Society Is an Impoverished Society
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds The sole remaining reservoirs of trust in American life are personal networks, local enterprises and local institutions. It’s not exactly news that social trust has declined significantly in the United States. Surveys find … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Inequality, news, Oligarchy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, war
Tagged Cartels, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, elites, empire, financial crisis, low-trust society, Managerial Class, Monopolies, Oligarchy, propaganda, Psyops, Roman Empire, social trust, society, war
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Economic Earthquake Ahead? The Cracks Are Spreading Fast
By Brandon Smith Source: The Burning Platform One of my favorite false narratives floating around corporate media platforms has been the argument that the American people “just don’t seem to understand how good the economy really is right now.” If … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, History, Inequality, Labor, Neoliberalism, news, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged banking crisis, BitCoin, Debt, Economic Collapse, economic inequality, Economics, empire, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, GDP, Gold, Great Depression, Inflation, Oligarchy
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Technocensorship: When Corporations Serve As a Front for Government Censors
By John & Nisha Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, civil liberties, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, elites, freedom of speech, internet freedom, media, Militarization, military-industrial complex, news, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged censorship, civil liberties, Covid-19, Deep State, Dystopia, fascism, free speech, Government, Internet Freedom, police state, Social Media, surveillance state, technocensorship, Technocracy
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Criminality in the White House: The Rise of the Political Psychopath
By John & Nisha Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal.”—Richard Nixon Many years ago, a newspaper headline asked the question: “What’s the difference between a politician and a psychopath?” … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, elites, Empire, Law, Militarization, Oligarchy, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged Authoritarianism, civil liberties, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, elites, fascism, Government, pathocracy, police state, Politicians, psychopaths, society, surveillance state, Technocracy, Totalitarianism, tyranny, Zack Beauchamp
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If You’ve Just Started Paying Attention To US Foreign Policy
There are always, ALWAYS lies, obfuscations and manipulations involved in marketing a new war to the public, or in hiding its involvement in foreign wars from public attention. By Caitlin Johnstone Source: CaitlinJohnstone.com.au If you’re among those who have only … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Art, Authoritarianism, black ops, consciousness, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military-industrial complex, Neocons, news, Oligarchy, Philosophy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy, war
Tagged culture, Deep State, empire, fascism, Gaza, Genocide, geopolitics, imperialism, Israel, Militarism, Philosophy, propaganda, Psyops, society, Sociology, State Terror, US Foreign Policy, war, Yemen
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How to Navigate Our Low-Trust, Increasingly Dysfunctional Society and Economy
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds Politicians and corporate managers have an enviable record of self-enrichment but very little to show in terms of putting the long-term interests of the citizenry above their own short-term gains. This week’s … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, culture, Economics, education, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Health, Inequality, Oligarchy, Philosophy, society, Sociology
Tagged Corruption, culture, Economic Collapse, economic inequality, Economics, elites, financial crisis, high-trust society, Inflation, localization, low-trust society, Oligarchy, Ralph Waldo Emerson, self-reliance, society, Sociology, Wealth Concentration
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Desultory Heroics 