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America Is Now a Kleptocrapocracy
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds I’ve coined a new portmanteau word to describe America’s descent: kleptocrapocracy, a union of kleptocracy (a nation ruled by kleptocrats) and crapocracy, a nation drowning in a moral sewer of rampant self-interest in which … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, education, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Health, Inequality, Labor, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy, Work
Tagged Academia, Big Tech, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, Economics, Education, financial crisis, healthcare, Kleptocracy, kleptocrapocracy, Labor, Oligarchy, Technocracy, Work
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The U.S. Economy In a Nutshell: When Critical Parts Are On “Indefinite Back Order,” the Machine Grinds to a Halt
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds Setting aside the “transitory inflation” parlor game for a moment, let’s look at what happens when critical parts are unavailable for whatever reason, for example, they’re on back order or indefinite back order, i.e. the … Continue reading
Posted in Consumerism, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Labor, Neoliberalism, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Work
Tagged Corporate Globalization, culture, Economic Collapse, Economics, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, Inflation, Labor, Neoliberalism, scarcities, shortages, society, supply chains, Systemic Collapse, Work
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The Number Of Billionaires In America Has Absolutely Exploded During The Pandemic
By Michael Snyder Source: Investment Watch Blog For the wealthy and the ultra-wealthy, happy days are here again. Even though we have just been through one of the most difficult 12 months in our history, the number of billionaires has increased … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Labor, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Work
Tagged Billionaires, Covid-19, Economic Collapse, economic depression, economic inequality, Economics, elites, financial crisis, food prices, Oligarchy, Pandemic, Plutocracy, unemployment, wall street, Wealth Gap, Wealthy Class
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Jeff Bezos Embodies the Cruel Autocracy of Neoliberal Capitalism
Amazon CEO and richest-man-in-the-world Jeff Bezos wants you to work as much as he does—for one millionth of the pay By Branko Marcetic Source: In These Times “Is Jeff Bezos a horrible boss and is that good?” That was the question … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Environment, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Labor, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technocracy, Work
Tagged Amazon.com, Autocracy, Blue Origin, Economic Collapse, economic inequality, Economics, environment, financial crisis, Jeff Bezos, Kshama Sawant, Labor, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, washington post, Work
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What’s Changed and What Hasn’t in a Tumultuous Year
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds Inequality is America’s Monster Id, and we’re continuing to fuel its future rampage daily. What’s changed and what hasn’t in the past year? What hasn’t changed is easy: 1. Wealth / income inequality … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Financial Crisis, Labor, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Work
Tagged central banks, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, economic inequality, Economics, elites, financial crisis, Income Inequality, Over-speculation, tourism, Wage Stagnation, Wealth
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Is the American Dream Still Alive? (Infographic)
Source: Strategic Culture Foundation The post-WWII United States was at the peak of its soft power. One of its pillars was the American Dream. Every American could expect that his children would be better off – better off in every … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Labor, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Work
Tagged American Dream, compensation, Economic Collapse, economic inequality, Economics, financial crisis, Health, Labor, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Productivity, society, Wage Gap, Wage Stagnation
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What “Normal” Are We Returning To? The Depression Nobody Dares Acknowledge
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds Perhaps we need an honest national dialog about declining expectations, rising inequality, social depression and the failure of the status quo. Even as the chirpy happy-talk of a return to normal floods the airwaves, … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, Corporate Crime, corporate news, culture, Dystopia, Economics, education, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Labor, media, Oligarchy, Psychology, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Work
Tagged American exceptionalism, Anger, Corporate Welfare, culture, despair, downward mobility, Economic Collapse, economic inequality, Economics, Education, financial crisis, Inequality, Middle Class, Oligarchy, psychology, recession, social defeat, society, Sociology, systemic injustice, unemployment, Wealth Disparity
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On Capitalism and the Machine
By Megan Sherman Source: Global Research In 1935, reflecting on the creed of productivity which prevailed in modern technological societies, Bertrand Russell, philosopher, pacifist and devout humanist wrote that: “I think that there is far too much work done in the world, … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, imperialism, Labor, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technocracy, Technology, Work
Tagged Aldous Huxley, Bertrand Russell, Brave New World, capitalism, Dystopia, Economics, Fordism, Henry Ford, Labor, Philosophy, Stephen Hawking, Technocracy, technology, Work
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Desultory Heroics 