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Tag Archives: Bail-Outs
ARCHITECTS OF POWER: HOW THE GLOBAL ELITE PROFIT FROM EXTREME INEQUALITY & PRE-EMPT THE BACKLASH
By Dr. Tim Coles Source: Waking Times There is a new, mega-rich global elite consisting of a small number of billionaires and multibillionaires. Many of them made their money in the technology sector. Others play financial markets or inherit fortunes. … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, CIA, civil disobedience, civil liberties, conditioning, Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged 1%, austerity, Bail-Outs, Billionaires, CIA, Corporate Welfare, Deregulation, Dystopia, Economics, elites, financialisation, Global Elite, Howard G. Buffett, Jeff Bezos, Larry Page, Mark Zuckerberg, Neoliberalism, NSA, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, privatization, Robert Mercer, Sergey Brin, Warren Buffett
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COVID-19’s Black Swan Timeline
Black swan events are characterized by their extreme rarity, their severe impact, and the widespread insistence that they were obvious in hindsight.” By Steve Brown Source: The Duran According to Investopedia a Black Swan event “is an unpredictable event that … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, media, news, Oligarchy, Philosophy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged 9/11, Bail-Outs, Black Swan event, civilization, coronavirus, corporate media, Covid-19, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, Economics, elites, financial crisis, geopolitics, Great Recession, Mainstream Media, Oligarchy, Pandemic, police state, propaganda, Saeculum, society
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The Rise of “Criminal Capitalism”
By James Petras Source: Dissident Voice About 75% of US employees work 40 hours or longer, the second longest among all OECD countries, exceeded only by Poland and tied with South Korea. In contrast, only 10% of Danish workers, 15% … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Economics, Financial Crisis, History, Law, Social Control, society
Tagged activism, Bail-Outs, Big Banks, Corporate Crime, corporatocracy, Criminal Capitalism, Crony Capitalism, Deregulation, Dissident Voice, Economic Disparity, Income Inequality, LIBOR, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Rent Seeking, Wealth Gap
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Our Spoiled-Brat Economy
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds By insuring spoiled brats/vested interests never face the consequences of their actions and choices, we guarantee failure of the entire system. Spoiled brats do not take kindly to being called out as … Continue reading