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Category Archives: Racism
The New Normal: Death Spirals and Speculative Frenzies
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds There is an element of inevitability in play, but it isn’t about central bank bailouts, it’s about Death Spirals and the collapse of unsustainable systems. The vapid discussions about “soft” or “hard” … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Oligarchy, Racism, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Autocracy, Bailouts, central banks, currency devaluation, Death Spirals, Economic Collapse, Economics, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, Inflation, New Normal, Oligarchy, Titanic
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Einstein and Freud’s ‘Why War?’ Revisited: Why Anti-War Efforts Go Nowhere
By Robert J. Burrowes In 1932, Sigmund Freud and Albert Einstein exchanged letters, later published under the title ‘Why War?’ See ‘Why War? An exchange of letters between Freud and Einstein’. However, whatever insight these two giants of an earlier era … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, Authoritarianism, conditioning, consciousness, Corporate Crime, culture, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, news, Philosophy, Psychology, Racism, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technology, war
Tagged Albert Einstein, anti-war, culture, Daniel Berrigan, geopolitics, Global Elite, NATO, Non-Violence, Philosophy, psychology, racism, Russia, Sigmund Freud, Socialization, society, Sociology, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, Violence, war
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Vaccine hustlers can’t keep their story straight; evangelicals, black people, Trumpers; who’s “hesitating?”
By Jon Rappoport Source: Jon Rappoport’s Blog First, let’s get this straight. The term “hesitancy” would apply to your pasty-faced nephew, who plays video games 19 hours a day, who’s dragged to the beach one summer afternoon, and is reluctant … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, Corporate Crime, corporate news, culture, Dystopia, media, Media Literacy, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Racism, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged corporate media, Covid-19, Donald Trump, Dr. Francis Collins, Gene Therapy, Mainstream Media, Pandemic, propaganda, Psyops, Public Health, vaccine hesitancy, Vaccines
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The Future is Hawaii
By Peter Van Buren Source: We Meant Well I have seen the future. It looks a lot like Hawaii. What I saw there (absent the beautiful beaches, confused tourists, and incredible nature) was a glimpse of the future for much … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Dystopia, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Health, Housing Crisis, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, police state, Racism, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Covid-19, culture, Dystopia, economic inequality, econoomics, elites, Hawaii, Homelessness, Larry Ellison, Militarization, military spending, Oligarchy, Pandemic, Poverty, society, Welfare
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America’s Death March
By Chris Hedges Source: Mint Press News The terminal decline of the United States will not be solved by elections. The political rot and depravity will continue to eat away at the soul of the nation, spawning what anthropologists call … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Environment, Geopolitics, Health, imperialism, Inequality, news, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Racism, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Anomie, culture, Democracy, Donald Trump, Dystopia, economic inequality, empire, environment, geopolitics, hyper-nationalism, imperialism, Joe Biden, Kleptocracy, Oligarchy, racism, society
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America Has Always Been a Dystopia
Too many of us just haven’t been paying attention By Bryan Merchant Source: OneZero “Trump’s American dystopia has reached a new and ominous cliff,” warns a CNN opinion headline. “The last two and a half months in America have felt like the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Dystopia, Film, Inequality, media, Media Literacy, Oligarchy, police state, Racism, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged America, coronavirus, culture, Dystopia, Gil Scott-Heron, media, Pandemic, racism, Science fiction, society, SpaceX, Whitey’s On the Moon
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To America, Black Lives Only Sometimes Matter
By Tony Cartalucci Source: Land Destroyer There is no doubt that colonialism and racism sit at the root of America’s domestic problems. The push to dominate others abroad is directly linked to the belief that those who are different at … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, Inequality, news, police state, propaganda, Racism, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Black Lives Matter, empire, geopolitics, George Floyd, Hong Kong, imperialism, Institutionalized Racism, Libya, Systemic Racism, US Foreign Policy, US government
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Nationwide Uprising Against Failed State Triggered By Police Killings
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers Source: CounterCurrents.org The nationwide uprising sparked by the murder of George Floyd and other recent racially-motivated events is a response to the bi-partisan failed state in which we live. It comes in the midst … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, civil liberties, culture, Dystopia, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Inequality, news, Oligarchy, police state, Racism, Revolution, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged activism, corporate bailout, covid19, Derek Chauvin, Economic Collapse, economic inequality, Failed State, George Floyd, insurgency, Law Enforcement Action Partnership, Pandemic, police state, Police Violence, Reclaim the Block, State Terror, Systemic Racism, Uprising
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