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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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No Escape from Our Techno-Feudal World
By Pepe Escobar Source: Global Research The political economy of the Digital Age remains virtually terra incognita. In Techno-Feudalism, published three months ago in France (no English translation yet), Cedric Durand, an economist at the Sorbonne, provides a crucial, global public service as … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Hackers, internet freedom, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged Alvin Toffler, Ayn Rand, capitalism, Cedric Durand, china, Chinese credit system, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Futurism, George Keyworth, Internet, Progress and Freedom Foundation, Silicon Valley, society, surveillance capitalism, surveillance state, Techno-Feudalism, Technocracy, technology, the Digital Age
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American Requiem
However inequitable its bias, capitalist democracy at least offered the possibility of incremental and piecemeal reform. Now it is a corpse. By Chris Hedges Source: ScheerPost.com Well, it’s over. Not the election. The capitalist democracy. However biased it was towards … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, consciousness, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Health, Inequality, news, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged capitalism, corporatocracy, Democracy, Democrats, DNC, Donald Trump, Economics, Election 2020, empire, healthcare, Joe Biden, liberal elites, Oligarchy, Pandemic, Plutocracy, tyranny
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If you are reading this, you might be a conspiracy theorist
By John Steppling Source: Off-Guardian …a permanent modern scenario: apocalypse looms…and it doesn’t occur.” Susan Sontag, AIDs and its Metaphors “I should not misuse this opportunity to give you a lecture about, say, logic. I call this a misuse, for … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Conspiracy, Corporate Crime, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, education, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Health, Inequality, media, Media Literacy, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged BELARUS, Bill Gates, capitalism, CDC, conspiracy, coronavirus, corporate media, Covid-19, covid19, Economic Collapse, economic reset, financial crisis, Joe Biden, John Steppling, Kamala Harris, lockdown, New Zealand, Pandemic, Public Health, Scientism, Sweden, THE NEW NORMAL, uk, US, World Health Organisation
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The Free Market Is A Failure
By TheHipcrimeVocab Sorry for the deliberately click-bait-y headline, but I think this message is important to get out there. In my discussions few months back on What is Neoliberalism, I noted that a core element of neoliberal philosophy is that markets are … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Economics, Financial Crisis, Health, Neoliberalism, news, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged capitalism, Covid-19, Economics, financial crisis, Global Food System, healthcare system, Karl Polanyi, Neoliberalism, Pandemic, Public Health, The Free Market, unemployment
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Four Reasons Civilization Won’t Decline: It Will Collapse
By Craig Collins Source: CounterPunch As modern civilization’s shelf life expires, more scholars have turned their attention to the decline and fall of civilizations past. Their studies have generated rival explanations of why societies collapse and civilizations die. Meanwhile, a … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Energy, Environment, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Oligarchy, society, Sociology, State Crime, war
Tagged Biodiversity, capitalism, civilization, Collapse, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, environment, financial crisis, Fossil Fuels, Industrial Civilization, Invasive Species, Jared Diamond, John Michael Greer, Peak Oil, politics, Progress, society, Steven Pinker, war
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Revolution Is Inevitable and Necessary
By Jason Holland Source: Dissident Voice None are so hopelessly enslaved, as those who falsely believe they are free. The truth has been kept from the depth of their minds by masters who rule them with lies. They feed them … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Inequality, Oligarchy, Philosophy, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged Authoritarianism, capitalism, civil liberties, culture, economic inequality, Economics, elites, Exploitation, Opinion, Philosophy, Revolution, Ruling Class, Ruling Elite, society, tyranny. empire
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America’s Despair
By Vladimir Odintsov Source: New Eastern Outlook More and more people in the United States are feeling let down by American capitalism, and the population is being plunged into depression. This was the alarming conclusion reached by two researchers from … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Health, Housing Crisis, Inequality, Labor, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Alcoholism, American wages, Angus Deaton, Anne Case, capitalism, deaths of despair., Debt, declining life expectancy, depression, despair, drug addiction, economic inequality, Economics, financial crisis, Great Recession, Homelessness, opioid crisis, painkillers, Suicides, unemployment, United States
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