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Why you might consider the Buddha’s proposal
By Jack Balkwill Source: Intrepid Report The Buddha was said to have predicted the day he would die. When that day approached, his followers, weeping, asked him to stay with them. “I’ve told you that life is about suffering,” he … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, consciousness, Consumerism, corporate news, culture, Economics, elites, History, Inequality, media, Media Literacy, news, Philosophy, propaganda, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality, war
Tagged activism, Bodhidharma, Buddha, Buddhism, Cable News, capitalism, civilization, Consciousness, corporate media, Delusion, Economics, elites, Enlightenment, greed, Hatred, Ignorance, Mahayana, Mainstream Media, Meditation, Philosophy, Plutocracy, Plutocrats, psychology, Purpose, spirituality, Suffering, war, Zen
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Happy ThanksGetting Day. Poverty and Social Inequality in America
By Philip A Farruggio Source: Global Research Yes, we need to finally absolve ourselves, as Amerikans, from the con job concerning Thanksgiving Day. All the ‘pomp and circumstance’ revolving around this holiday is just that, to quote Ebenezer Scrooge (one … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged capitalism, CEOs, Corporate Crime, Corporate Greed, economic inequality, Economics, elites, Oligarchs, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Poverty, Thanksgiving
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The War to End War 100 Years On: An Evaluation and Reorientation of our Resistance to War
By Robert J. Burrowes British author and social commentator H.G. Wells may have coined the expression that originally popularized World War I as The War that Will End War, as his book, based on articles written during that vast … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, Authoritarianism, culture, Economics, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, Philosophy, Psy-ops, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, war
Tagged Armistice Day, capitalism, Conflict, culture, Economics, Extinction, H.G. Wells, Non-Violence, Philosophy, psychology, PTSD, society, Sociology, The War that Will End War, US Military, Violence, war, War Resistance, World War I
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CEOs should have been the fall guys; why are they still heroes?
By Carl Rhodes Source: aeon On 15 September 2008, the giant financial services firm Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, starting a chain reaction that saw the global economy spiralling toward total collapse. The global financial crisis that ensued revealed just … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, conditioning, Corporate Crime, culture, education, elites, Financial Crisis, History, Inequality, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Psychology, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged Amazon, Apple, Authoritarian, capitalism, CEO Salary, Donald Trump, economic inequality, Elon Musk, Facebook, financial crisis, Harvey Weinstein, Jamie Dimon, Jeff Bezos, JPMorgan Chase, Mark Zuckerberg, Martin Shkreli, Miramax, Neoliberalism, recession, Stock Market Crash, Tim Cook, Turing Pharmaceuticals, wall street
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True Revolution
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: CaitlinJohnstone.com A radical change in human behavior away from its patterns of oppression, exploitation, war and ecocide will necessarily involve a drastic transformation in humanity’s relationship with thought. I’ve been saying this over and over again … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, consciousness, Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, elites, Environment, Health, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Psychology, Revolution, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality, State Crime
Tagged activism, Adyashanti, Awakening, capitalism, Consciousness, Eckhart Tolle, Economics, elites, Evolution, Olicharchy, Paradigm Shift, Philosophy, politics, Power Structures, psychology, Rebellion, Revolution, Sociology, spirituality
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Wealth of 400 richest Americans hits record $2.9 trillion
By Alec Anderson Source: WSWS.org On Wednesday, the US finance magazine Forbes released its annual “Forbes 400” list of wealthiest Americans, revealing an immense increase in wealth among the top social stratum in the United States. The total net worth … Continue reading
Posted in Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Social Control, society, Technology
Tagged Amazon, Bill Gates, capitalism, CEO Compensation, Corporate CEOs, Democrats, Donald Trump, Duopoly, Dystopia, economic inequality, Economics, elites, Facebook, financial crisis, Forbes 400, Google, Jack Dorsey, Jeff Bezos, Microsoft, Oligarchs, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Republicans, Trillionaires, Twitter, wall street, Wealth Concentration, Wealth Disparity
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What We Threw Away
By Patrick Armstrong Source: Strategic Culture Foundation Forty years ago I was quite impressed by the books of Jean François Revel in which he argued that The West was pretty much doomed because it was messy and indecisive. On the other hand, … Continue reading
Posted in censorship, civil liberties, conditioning, corporate news, culture, Economics, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, Neoliberalism, Philosophy, society, Sociology, war, war on terror
Tagged American exceptionalism, capitalism, Cold War, Communism, Democracy, empire, Free Enterprise, free speech, geopolitics, history, imperialism, Nazism, Philosophy, Pluralism, politics, USSR, Westerm Values
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