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Tag Archives: Corporate Elites
Bolivia coup led by Christian fascist paramilitary leader and millionaire – with foreign support
Bolivian coup leader Luis Fernando Camacho is a far-right multi-millionaire who arose from fascist movements in the Santa Cruz region, where the US has encouraged separatism. He has courted support from Colombia, Brazil, and the Venezuelan opposition. By Max Blumenthal … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Economics, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, Neoliberalism, news, Oligarchy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged black ops, Bolivia, Branko Marinkovic, Brazil, Carlos Mesa, Christian fundamentalism, Colombia, Corporate Elites, corporate media, Donald Trump, empire, Evo Morales, fascism, geopolitics, imperialism, Jair Bolsonaro, Luis Fernando Camacho, Movement Toward Socialism, Oligarchy, propaganda, Santa Cruz, The Organization of American States, Unión Juvenil Cruceñista, venezuela, WikiLeaks
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Why do corporate boards so overpay US CEOs?
By Sam Pizzigati Source: Nation of Change Back in 1999, near the dizzying height of the dot-com boom, no executive in Corporate America personified the soaring pay packages of America’s CEOs more than Jack Welch, the chief exec at General … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Social Control, society
Tagged 1%, CEO Pay, Corporate CEOs, Corporate Elites, corporatocracy, economic inequality, Economic Policy Institute, Economics, Executive Paychecks, financial crisis, Free Market, General Electric, Income Disparity, Jack Welch, MBAs, Rigged Game, Wealth Gap
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Jeff Bezos’ Paper Tells You Not to Worry About Those Billionaires
By Dean Baker Source: FAIR Just when you thought economic commentary in the Washington Post couldn’t get any more insipid, Roger Lowenstein proves otherwise. In a business section “perspective” (7/20/18), he tells readers: But what if inequality is the wrong metric. Herewith … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, corporate news, culture, Economics, elites, Inequality, media, Media Literacy, news, propaganda, Social Control, Social Engineering, society
Tagged Amazon, Billionaires, capitalism, Corporate Elites, economic inequality, Economics, Federal Reserve, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, washington post, Wealth
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The Silencing of Dissent
By Chris Hedges Source: Information Clearing House The ruling elites, who grasp that the reigning ideology of global corporate capitalism and imperial expansion no longer has moral or intellectual credibility, have mounted a campaign to shut down the platforms given … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, censorship, CIA, civil liberties, corporate news, culture, Deep State, divide and conquer, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, History, internet freedom, media, news, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, war
Tagged censorship, civil liberties, Corporate Elites, corporate media, corporate news, Corporate State, Election 2016, Facebook, Fake News, free speech, geopolitics, Google, Jef Bezos, new McCarthyism, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, propaganda, ProporNot, RT America, Russian Hackers, Social Media, surveillance state, The Washington Post, US Department of Justice
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The Dance of Death
By Chris Hedges Source: OpEdNews.com The ruling corporate elites no longer seek to build. They seek to destroy. They are agents of death. They crave the unimpeded power to cannibalize the country and pollute and degrade the ecosystem to feed … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, conditioning, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Energy, Environment, Financial Crisis, History, Militarization, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technology, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged civilization, Collapse, Corporate Elites, Deindustrialization, Donald Trump, empire, environment, Freud, military spending, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Ruling Class, society, Totalitarianism
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Why Are There So Many Psychopaths in Positions of Power?
By Anna LeMind Source: Waking Times A 2010 study that examined a sample of 203 individuals from different companies’ management development programs revealed something interesting. It was found that about 3% of business managers scored in the psychopath range while … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, consciousness, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dirty Politics, Economics, Psychology, Science, Social Control, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged 1%, CEOs, Corporate Criminals, Corporate Elites, culture, Election 2016, Emotion, Emotional Intelligence, intelligence, Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, Political Power, Politicans, Presidential Elections, psychopaths, Psychopathy, Ruling Class, social control, sociopaths
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You Should Be Terrified That People Who Like “Hamilton” Run Our Country
The American elite can’t get enough of a musical that flatters their political sensibilities and avoids discomforting truths. By Alex Nichols Source: Current Affairs In 2012, Captain Dan and his Scurvy Crew, a four-man hip-hop ensemble trying to cement “pirate rap” … Continue reading
Posted in Art, corporate news, culture, Economics, History, Neoliberalism, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged 1%, Corporate Elites, corporate media, Cultural Elites, Hamilton, hip-hop, history, Identity Politics, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Neoliberalism, Nerdcore, Political Elites, Revisionism, Slavery, White House
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