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Tag Archives: Authoritarianism
Orwell’s 1984 no longer reads like fiction. It’s the reality of our times
By Robert Bridge Source: RT.com 70 years ago, the British writer George Orwell captured the essence of technology in its ability to shape our destinies in his seminal work, 1984. The tragedy of our times is that we have failed … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, CIA, civil liberties, conditioning, corporate news, culture, Dystopia, freedom of speech, internet freedom, media, Media Literacy, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged 1984, Authoritarianism, CIA, culture, Doublethink, Dystopia, Facebook, facecrime, George Orwell, Mark Zuckerberg, Newspeak, NSA, police state, Social Media, society, surveillance state, technology, tyranny
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When the Journalists Ganged Up on Assange They Ganged Up on Themselves
By Paul Craig Roberts Source: PaulCraigRoberts.org Journalists did not appreciate the implications for themselves of the contrived and false indictment of Julian Assange by a corrupt US government. It was obvious to a few of us that the indictment by … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, civil liberties, corporate news, culture, Dystopia, Empire, freedom of speech, Geopolitics, imperialism, internet freedom, media, Media Literacy, news, Oligarchy, police state, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technology, war
Tagged Annika Smethurst, Authoritarianism, Bryan Carmody, censorship, civil liberties, Dystopia, empire, fascism, First Amendment, free speech, geopolitics, Google, imperialism, Julian Assange, News Corp Australia j, police state, press freedom, Social Media, Twitter, tyranny, Yellow Vest Movement, youtube
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People Who Support Internet Censorship Are Infantile Narcissists
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: CaitlinJohnstone.com As of this writing, journalist Ford Fischer is still completely demonetized on YouTube as the result of a new set of rules that were put in place because of some doofy Twitter drama between some unfunny asshole named Steven Crowder and … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, CIA, civil liberties, Conspiracy, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Geopolitics, internet freedom, media, Media Literacy, news, Oligarchy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, surveillance state, Technology
Tagged Authoritarianism, big data, Carlos Maza, censorship, CIA, civil liberties, conspiracy, corporate media, Deep State, Facebook, False Flag, Ford Fischer, geopolitics, Google, Hate Speech, Internet Freedom, Julian Assange, MSM, Narcissism, NSA, Oligarchy, OPCW report, social control, Steven Crowder, Syria, Technocracy, Twitter, VOX, youtube
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A Land Uncharted: the Persecution of Julian Assange
By Kenn Orphan Source: CounterPunch “The freedom of the press is not safe. It’s over. And I think our republic is in its last days, because unauthorized disclosures of this kind are the lifeblood of a republic.” – Daniel Ellsberg The … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, Militarization, Neoliberalism, news, Oligarchy, police state, propaganda, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, war
Tagged Authoritarianism, Chelsea Manning, Daniel Ellsberg, Democratic Party, empire, fascism, geopolitics, Hillary Clinton, imperialism, Internet Freedom, Julian Assange, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, police state, press freedom, surveillance state, war, war crimes, whistleblowers, WikiLeaks
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Surgical Totalitarianism
By Dan Corjescu Source: Dissident Voice You don’t have to control everything to be in total control. In the modern world this seeming paradox is a systemic reality. In the past, classic totalitarian governments sought to literally control every aspect of … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Consumerism, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, imperialism, Philosophy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technology
Tagged Authoritarianism, Consumerism, Control, empire, Entertainment, geopolitics, Hierarchy, imperialism, social control, society, surveillance state, technology, Totalitarianism
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Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia Merger: Global Empire of Dystopia?
By Gilbert Mercier Source: News Junkie Post The nature of reality in times of universal confusion The world and our interpretation of it are often at best an idea and, at worse, a figment of our imagination. In our full-blown … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, black ops, civil disobedience, civil liberties, corporate news, culture, Dystopia, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, media, news, Philosophy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, society, State Crime
Tagged Arthur Schopenhauer, Authoritarianism, culture, disinformation, Dystopia, empire, France, free speech, geopolitics, Gilets Jaunes, Hugo Chavez, imperialism, Juan Guaidó, Nicolas Maduro, Philosophy, propaganda, venezuela
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Thinking about American Totalitarianism
By Dan Corjescu Source: CounterPunch Totalitarianism evolves. Yet what remains the same through time is the attempt at total control. Today, control is veiled not overt. Control weaves its way both totally and surgically into our everyday lives. Totally, in … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Militarization, news, propaganda, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technology, war
Tagged America, Authoritarianism, Control, corporate media, Democracy, empire, fascism, geopolitics, imperialism, Power, surveillance state, Totalitarianism, US Foreign Policy
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State Secrets and the National-Security State
By Jacob G. Hornberger Source: Activist Post Inadvertently released federal documents reveal that U.S. officials have apparently secured a secret indictment against Julian Assange, the head of WikiLeaks who released secret information about the internal workings of the U.S. national-security … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, CIA, civil liberties, culture, Deep State, Empire, freedom of speech, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, media, NSA, police state, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, war
Tagged Authoritarianism, CIA, Cold War, Deep State, Edward Snowden, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, Journalists, Julian Assange, National Security State, NSA, Russia, surveillance state, Totalitarianism, US government, US History, WikiLeaks
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