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Tag Archives: Corruption
America’s Social Contract Is Broken
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds I do not claim any expertise in social contract theory, but in broad brush we can delineate two implicit contracts: one between the citizenry and the state (government) and another between citizens. We … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Banana Republics, Corruption, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, Economics, elites, feudalism'capitalism, financial crisis, Government, Income Inequality, Neofeudalism, Oligarchy, social contract, Trickle down economics
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Seymour Hersh: the CIA Knows Ukrainian Officials Are Skimming US Aid
Hersh says the CIA estimates at least $400 million was embezzled last year in funds earmarked for diesel payments By Dave DeCamp Source: Antiwar.com On Wednesday, Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh published a report on Substack that alleged the CIA was aware of … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, CIA, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, military-industrial complex, Neocons, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged Antony Blinken, CIA, Corruption, geopolitics, Jake Sullivan, Joe Biden, military spending, Nord Stream, Russia, Seymour Hersh, Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, war, William Burns
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An Inconvenient Revolution
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds Convenience isn’t just about small appliances. It’s also about ruling nations. Let’s start with the semantics of ruling nations. Some labels might be viewed as somewhat inflammatory (Kleptocracy, anyone?), so let’s stick with … Continue reading
Posted in civil liberties, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Labor, Oligarchy, police state, Recession, Revolution, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technocracy, Work
Tagged Big Tech, capitalism, Convenience, Corruption, Economic Collapse, Economics, financial crisis, Inequality, Labor, Oligarchy, opting out, Rebellion, Revolution, Ruling Elites, Social Media, surveillance state, Technocracy
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BYE, BYE KIEV, HELLO COTE D’AZUR: AS WESTERNERS SEND AID, HERE’S HOW UKRAINE’S CORRUPT ELITES ARE PROFITING FROM THE CONFLICT
Ukraine’s newly elected President Volodymyr Zelensky (C) walks to his Presidential office after a ceremony of his oath in the Ukrainian Parliament, in Kiev, Ukraine. © STR / NurPhoto via Getty Images By Olga Sukharevskaya Source: New Cold War For … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Geopolitics, Militarization, military spending, news, Oligarchy, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Alexander Davtyan, Alexander Dubinsky, Alexander Tupitsky, Alexander Yaroslavsky, Andrei Kholodov, Andrei Yarmolsky, Andrey Stavnitzer, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Côte d’Azur, Corruption, Dmitry Firtash, elites, European Union, geopolitics, Grayzone, Igor Abramovich, Kiev, Konstantin Zhevago, military spending, Nikita Poturaev, Oligarchs, Rinat Akhmetov, Ruslan Ryaboshapka, Russia, Samantha Morris, Sergei Melnichuk, Sergey Lovochkin, Stephen Myers, The Monaco Battalion, Ukraine, Vadim Ermolaev, Vadim Nesterenko, Vadim Novinsky, Vadim Solar, Vadim Stolar, Vasily Khmelnitsky, Vitaly Khomutynnik, Vitaly Zakolodyazhny, Vladimir Nemirovsky, Vladimir Zelensky, Vladislav Gelzin, war, Zaporozhye
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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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New York Times — a Bastion of Censorship and Corruption — Warns ‘America Has a Free Speech Problem’
The New York Times editorial board recently opined that Americans are losing “the right to speak their minds and voice their opinions,” yet this same newspaper refused to review, or even publish an advertisement for, RFK, Jr.’s runaway bestseller, “The … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Big Pharma, censorship, civil liberties, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, freedom of speech, media, Media Literacy, news, Oligarchy, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged Big Pharma, censorship, civil liberties, corporate media, Corruption, Covid-19, Dr. Judy Mikovits, Dr. Pierre Kory, Dr. Robert Malone, Dystopia, free spich, freedom of speech, Government, Joe Biden, Mainstream Media, media, Media Literacy, Misinformation, MSM, New York Times, propaganda, Robert F. Kennedy, Russia, Skyhorse Publishing, surveillance state, Technocracy, The Real Anthony Fauci
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The American Third World: We’ll Soon Be Living in It
By Fabian Ommar Source: Activist Post It’s that time of the year, and instead of following tradition and making new predictions and forecasts (which we preppers do all the time anyways), I usually look back into the recent past, review … Continue reading
Posted in civil liberties, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Financial Crisis, Oligarchy, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged America, Corruption, culture, Disorder, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, Economics, financial crisis, Preppers, SHTF, society, Third World, Thirdworldization, Violence
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