Tag Archives: Democracy

Return to the Source: Democracy is Dead

Posted on February 9, 2021 by Luther Blissett

By Margaret Kimberley Source: Black Agenda Report By what stretch of the imagination can the US be a democracy when ordinary citizens have virtually no influence over what their government does? “The disregard of popular will is obvious for all … Continue reading →

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The Threat of Authoritarianism in the U.S. is Very Real, and Has Nothing To Do With Trump

Posted on January 1, 2021 by Luther Blissett

The COVID-driven centralization of economic power and information control in the hands of a few corporate monopolies poses enduring threats to political freedom. By Glenn Greenwald Source: The Unz Review Asserting that Donald Trump is a fascist-like dictator threatening the previously … Continue reading →

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Are Americans Rational?

Posted on December 9, 2020 by Luther Blissett

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 →

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“Watch this!”

Posted on November 16, 2020 by Luther Blissett

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 →

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American Requiem

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Luther Blissett

However inequitable its bias, capitalist democracy at least offered the possibility of incremental and piecemeal reform. Now it is a corpse. By Chris Hedges Source: ScheerPost.com Well, it’s over. Not the election. The capitalist democracy. However biased it was towards … Continue reading →

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America’s Death March

Posted on August 20, 2020 by Luther Blissett

By Chris Hedges Source: Mint Press News The terminal decline of the United States will not be solved by elections. The political rot and depravity will continue to eat away at the soul of the nation, spawning what anthropologists call … Continue reading →

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Are we about to see a Colour Revolution in the United States?

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Luther Blissett

  The familiar tropes are out in force, Trump may not weather this storm. By Kit Knightly Source: Off-Guardian It started with peaceful protests. It always does. Oppressed, poor or otherwise desperate people take to the streets because they don’t … Continue reading →

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Censorship Is the Way that Any Dictatorship — and NO Democracy — Functions

Posted on February 27, 2020 by Luther Blissett

By Eric Zuesse Source: Strategic Culture Foundation No democracy can survive censorship. If there is censorship, then each individual cannot make his/her own decisions (voting decisions or otherwise) on the basis of truth but only on the basis of whatever … Continue reading →

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