Category Archives: Oligarchy

Our Real National Security Budget

Posted on April 10, 2024 by Luther Blissett

$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 →

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A Low-Trust Society Is an Impoverished Society

Posted on April 1, 2024 by Luther Blissett

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 →

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BANNING TIKTOK IS NOT ABOUT FIGHTING CHINA, IT’S ABOUT PROTECTING WESTERN NARRATIVES AND ISRAEL’S WAR CRIMES IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Posted on March 29, 2024 by Luther Blissett

By Timothy Aleander Guzman Source: Silent Crow News The US government claims that TikTok is a national security threat because China can collect data on its users for “intelligence gathering.” Give me a break! The House of Representatives passed a … Continue reading →

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Net Zero, the Digital Panopticon and the Future of Food 

Posted on March 27, 2024 by Luther Blissett

By Colin Todhunter Source: Off-Guardian The food transition, the energy transition, net-zero ideology, programmable central bank digital currencies, the censorship of free speech and clampdowns on protest. What’s it all about? To understand these processes, we need to first locate … Continue reading →

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The US Economy Looks Good On Paper – Here’s Why It’s Actually A Disaster In Progress

Posted on March 26, 2024 by Luther Blissett

By Brandon Smith Source: Alt-Market.us 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 only they … Continue reading →

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Why People Don’t Want To ‘Work’ Anymore

Posted on March 24, 2024 by Luther Blissett

It’s not that people are lazy, there’s something much deeper going on that requires better questions. By Joe Martino Source: The Pulse Last time I wrote about the increasing mental health crisis happening around the world. I didn’t write it … Continue reading →

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Why Journalism is Going Extinct

Posted on March 22, 2024 by Luther Blissett

By Peter Van Buren Source: We Meant Well Is journalism going extinct? asks The Atlantic in an article of roughly the same name. The numbers are deadly: the grimmest news was from the Los Angeles Times, the biggest newspaper outside of the east coast. The paper announced … Continue reading →

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The fundamental crisis of the West

Posted on March 20, 2024 by Luther Blissett

By Veniamin Popov Source: New Eastern Outlook A growing number of media outlets in America and in Europe have recently reached the conclusion that “rules-based international order” long espoused by the West has failed. In essence, this means that the … Continue reading →

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