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Billionaires are a Sign of Economic Failure
Inherited wealth and crony capitalism have created an aristocratic class that undermines social mobility and democracy By Max Lawson Source: Inequality.org The New York Times published an editorial comment on its front page in January 2019, provocatively entitled “abolish billionaires.” The … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, History, Inequality, Law, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged 1%, Billionaires, Corporate Power, Crony Capitalism, economic failure, economic inequality, Economics, extreme wealth, Inequality, Monopoly, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, political corruption, Poverty, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, Thomas Piketty, US History, Wealth
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Welcome to 1984
By Chris Hedges Source: truthdig The artifice of corporate totalitarianism has been exposed. The citizens, disgusted by the lies and manipulation, have turned on the political establishment. But the game is not over. Corporate power has within its arsenal potent … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, civil disobedience, Corporate Crime, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Dirty Politics, divide and conquer, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, History, media, Neocons, propaganda, Revolution, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged 1984, activism, bernie sanders, Breaking Through Power, Chris Hedges, Citizen’s Revolutionary Week, civil disobedience, corporate media, Corporate Power, Corporatism, Democracy, Donald Trump, Duopoly, Election 2016, Election Rigging, Electoral College, fascism, Financial Elites, George Orwell, Hillary Clinton, Income Inequality, Mass Revolt, military-industrial complex, Presidential Elections, protest, Ralph Nader, Revolution, Social Change, Superdelegates, Two Party System
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The Media and the Corporate State
By Kevin Carson Source: Center for a Stateless Society In an interview with Cenk Uygur March 23, Bernie Sanders noted, “The media is an arm of the ruling class of this country,” going on to point out its concentrated corporate … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, conditioning, corporate news, culture, Economics, Empire, History, news, propaganda, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged bernie sanders, Corporate Consolidation, corporate media, Corporate Power, Corporatism, corporatocracy, FCC, Journalism, Mainstream Media, Media Cartel, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Ruling Class
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Glenn Greenwald Stands by the Official Narrative
By William A. Blunden Source: Dissident Voice Glenn Greenwald has written an op-ed piece for the Los Angeles Times. In this editorial he asserts that American spies are motivated primarily by the desire to thwart terrorist plots. Such that their … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, CIA, Conspiracy, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Empire, Geopolitics, History, media, NSA, Social Control, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technology, war, war on terror
Tagged big data, Corporate Power, Counterterrorism, Cyber Intelligence, Ed Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, Government Power, Paris Attacks, Silicon Valley, terrorism, war on terror
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Perceptions of Power
By David S. D’Amato Source: Center for a Stateless Society Parsing Political Divides in the Mainstream and in Anarchism CNBC describes the Corporate Perception Indicator as “a far-reaching survey of business executives and the general population from 25 markets,” “research … Continue reading