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US Empire of Debt Headed for Collapse
By Pepe Escobar Source: The Unz Review Prof. Michael Hudson’s new book, The Collapse of Antiquity: Greece and Rome as Civilization’s Oligarchic Turning Point is a seminal event in this Year of Living Dangerously when, to paraphrase Gramsci, the old geopolitical and … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, imperialism, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Aristotle, Collapse, Debt Deflation, Economic Collapse, Economics, empire, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, geopolitics, imperialism, Michael Hudson, Philosophy, Plato, The Collapse of Antiquity
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I Used To Be Disgusted, Now I’m Disabused
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds It’s certainly possible to be disgusted, but being disabused of the fantasy that the system is self-correcting is the healthier perspective. I used to be disgusted, now I’m disabused: beneath all the … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Deep State, divide and conquer, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Collapse, Corruption, Deep State, Democracy, economic inequality, Economics, elites, empire, fascism, Government, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Wealth Concentration
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Peering Into the Crystal Ball, We See… Instability Leading to Collapse
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds We can only choose one: open, dynamic stability (evolution) or autocracy (instability and collapse). When the fundamentals of life change, every organism must evolve or die. This is equally true of human organizations, societies … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Authoritarianism, Autocracy, Collapse, dynamic equilibrium, Economic Collapse, Economics, elites, Evolution, evolutionary churn, financial crisis, Kleptocracy, Oligarchy, stability
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Politics Is Dead, Here’s What Killed It
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds Representational democracy–a.k.a. politics as a solution to social and economic problems–has passed away. It did not die a natural death. Politics developed a cancer very early in life (circa the early 1800s), caused by … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Inequality, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged Collapse, Dystopia, Economics, empire, Federal Reserve, Government, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, politics, society, Supreme Court, Technocracy, Two Party System
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Are Americans Rational?
By Dmitry Orlov Source: Club Orlov I’ve been holding back on commenting on current events because they are far too silly. At this point it is safe to say that the elections in the US have been thoroughly botched and … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, Election Fraud, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged Collapse, culture, Democracy, Democrats, Donald Trump, Economics, Election 2020, Election Fraud, empire, Federal Debt, financial crisis, geopolitics, hyperinflation, Iran, iraq, Joe Biden, Oligarchy, Paul Craig Roberts, Republicans, Russia, shale oil, society, US Dollar
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“Watch this!”
By Dmitry Orlov Source: Club Orlov There are times in my career as a collapse observer and systematizer when my running commentary can quite reasonably be pared down to just two words: “Watch this!” The current severe stage of the … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dirty Politics, divide and conquer, Dystopia, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, History, news, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged Collapse, Corruption, Deep State, Democracy, DNC, Donald Trump, Dystopia, Election 2020, Election Fraud, elites, empire, history, Joe Biden, Oligarchy, Plutocracy
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Why We’re Doomed: Our Delusional Faith in Incremental Change
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds Better not to risk any radical evolution that might fail, and so failure is thus assured. When times are good, modest reforms are all that’s needed to maintain the ship’s course. By “good … Continue reading
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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