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Tag Archives: Crony Capitalism
USA 2021: Capitalism For The Powerless, Crony-Socialism For The Powerful
By Tyler Durden Source: Zero Hedge The supposed “choice” between “capitalism” and “socialism” is a useful fabrication masking the worst of all possible worlds we inhabit: Capitalism for the powerless and Crony-Socialism for the powerful. Capitalism’s primary dynamics are reserved solely for the … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged capitalism, Corporate Welfare, Crony Capitalism, Crony Socialism, Dystopia, Economics, empire, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, Oligarchy, sociolism, US government
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Remdesivir for Covid-19: $1.6 Billion for a “Modestly Beneficial” Drug?
By Elizabeth Woodworth Source: Global Research The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has recently “bought” all of Gilead Science’s Remdesivir for $1.6 billion. “500,000 doses at $3,200 per patient – to be available to American hospitals but not for … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, Health, news, Oligarchy, society, State Crime
Tagged Anthony Fauci, azithromycin, Big Pharma, coronavirus, Corruption, Covid-19, Crony Capitalism, Dr. Didier Raoult, Gilead Science, hydroxychloroquine, Oligarchy, Pandemic, Public Health, Remdesivir, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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From Soft to Hard Fascism: “Get In Your House Right Now!”
By Kurt Nimmo Source: Another Day in the Empire There can no longer be any doubt—America is now a full-blown fascist state. In the past, authoritarian fascism was kept reserved in the shadows, largely out of the public eye, but … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Neoliberalism, news, Oligarchy, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged civil liberties, Crony Capitalism, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, economy, fascism, financial crisis, Martial Law, Neoliberalism, police state, Police Violence, Poverty, tyranny
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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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The Psychological Warfare Behind Economic Collapse
By Brandon Smith Source: Alt-Market.com The concept of using the economy as a weapon is not an alien one to most people. Generally, we understand the nature of feudalism and how various groups can be herded onto centralized plantations to … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Psy-ops, Psychology, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged BIS, Carroll Quigley, central banking, Corporate Globalization, Corporatism, Crony Capitalism, Economic Collapse, Economics, elites, financial crisis, Free Markets, IMF, Neo Feudalism, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, politics, Psy-ops, Psychological Warfare, psychology, Tragedy And Hope, WTO
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Multi-Billion Dollar Giveaway to Amazon
By Stephen Lendman Source: StephanLendman.org Seattle-based Amazon is like corporate predator Walmart, exploiting communities, along with harming local businesses and workers for maximum productivity and profits. The company’s $100 billion dollar CEO Jeff Bezos didn’t get super-rich by being worker … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Labor, news, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Work
Tagged Amazon HQ2, Amazon Workers, Amazon.com, CIA, Corporate Welfare, corporatocracy, Crony Capitalism, Deep State, economic inequality, Economics, elites, financial crisis, Jeff Bezos, Oligarchs, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, predatory capitalism, Seattle, Sports, Worker Exploitation, Worker's Rights
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The Singular Pursuit of Comrade Bezos
By Malcolm Harris Source: Medium It was explicitly and deliberately a ratchet, designed to effect a one-way passage from scarcity to plenty by way of stepping up output each year, every year, year after year. Nothing else mattered: not profit, … Continue reading
Posted in Consumerism, Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Labor, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technology, Work
Tagged Amazon, Amazon Prime, big data, Cartel, Consumerism, Crony Capitalism, Dystopia, Economic Growth, Economics, Jeff Bezos, Monopoly, Planned Economy, Technocracy, technology, Whole Foods
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Boobs on Credit
By Jim Quinn Source: The Burning Platform Do you ever hear something so startlingly mind numbingly ridiculous you realize it must be a sign things have gotten so fucked up something has got to give? As I was driving to … Continue reading
Posted in Consumerism, Corporate Crime, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, Financial Crisis, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged Breast Implants, central banks, Credit Cards, Crony Capitalism, Debt, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, Economics, financial crisis, Financialization, Neofeudalism, Plastic Surgery, Ponzi Scheme, Subprime Loans
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