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On Ukraine, ‘progressive’ proxy warriors spell disaster
By Aaron Maté Source: Aaron Maté Substack The unanimous vote by progressive lawmakers for the $40 billion Ukraine funding bill has been followed by a near-unanimous refusal to defend it. To date, no member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus – … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, NATO, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy, war
Tagged bernie sanders, Biden Administration, Cori Bush, Deep State, Democrats, Derek Chollet, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, Matt Duss, Max Blumenthal, NATO, Progressives, propaganda, Russia, The Grayzone, Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, war
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Raskolnikov’s Dream Come True
By Edward Curtin Source: Behind the Curtain “Something is happening here, But you don’t know what it is, Do you, Mr. Jones?” — Bob Dylan, Ballad of A Thin Man It’s hard. Life today seems like a dream, doesn’t it? Surreal … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, censorship, civil liberties, conditioning, Corporate Crime, culture, Deep State, Dirty Politics, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Inequality, internet freedom, media, news, Oligarchy, Philosophy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged censorship, civil liberties, corporate media, culture, Deep State, Democrats, Donald Trump, Dystopia, economic inequality, False Flags, Franz Kafka, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Joe Biden, Luis Buñuel, Mainstream Media, Patriot Act, Philosophy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Republicans, Silicon Valley, Social Media, society, Technocracy, technology
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How Billionaires Transfer Blame to Others
By Eric Zuesse Source: Strategic Culture Foundation In a two-Party dictatorship, the important truths are kept away from being publicized on either side, Eric Zuesse writes. Throughout history, aristocrats, and their flaks such as their ‘news’-media, cast blame downward, away … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, news, Oligarchy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Aristocracy, Billionaires, campaign finance, corporate media, Democrats, Dictatorship, Duopoly, empire, fascism, geopolitics, imperialism, Mainstream Media, Michael Bloomberg, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, propaganda, Republicans, Russia, Sheldon Adelson, Thomas Steyer, Timothy Mellon, tyranny, war
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Are Americans Rational?
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
Posted in Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, Election Fraud, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged Collapse, culture, Democracy, Democrats, Donald Trump, Economics, Election 2020, Election Fraud, empire, Federal Debt, financial crisis, geopolitics, hyperinflation, Iran, iraq, Joe Biden, Oligarchy, Paul Craig Roberts, Republicans, Russia, shale oil, society, US Dollar
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What’s the future of U.S. democracy? More inequality, polarization and violence
It might have been irrelevant whether Biden or Trump won this election. Yes, the problems are that bad By Ramzy Baroud Source: Information Clearing House In January 2017, the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index downgraded the state of democracy in the United … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Militarization, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged bernie sanders, Democracy Index, Democrats, Donald Trump, Election 2020, Failed State, financial crisis, Income Inequality, inequality gap, Militarization, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Political polarization, Populism, Republicans
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American Requiem
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
Posted in Authoritarianism, consciousness, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Health, Inequality, news, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged capitalism, corporatocracy, Democracy, Democrats, DNC, Donald Trump, Economics, Election 2020, empire, healthcare, Joe Biden, liberal elites, Oligarchy, Pandemic, Plutocracy, tyranny
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The Election Has Already Been Hijacked and the Winner Decided: ‘We the People’ Lose
By John W. Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves.” ― Herbert Marcuse Republicans and Democrats alike fear that the other party will attempt to hijack this election. President Trump is convinced that mail-in … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dirty Politics, divide and conquer, Dystopia, Election Fraud, elites, Empire, media, news, Oligarchy, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state
Tagged Congress, corporate media, corporatocracy, Democrats, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, Donald Trump, Election 2020, George Carlin, Joe Biden, Oligarchy, police state, Republicans, Rigged Elections, Supreme Court, tyranny
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The USA on the brink of civil war
In this article, the author seeks to draw our attention to a fact that is difficult for Westerners to conceive of: the American people are experiencing a crisis of civilization. They are so deeply divided that the presidential election is … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Deep State, Dirty Politics, Dystopia, Election Fraud, Empire, History, Oligarchy, society, State Crime, war
Tagged David Brock, Democrats, Donald Trump, Election 2020, Electoral College, empire, George W. Bush, Jacksonians, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Republicans, Second Civil War, Transition Integrity Project, US electoral system
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