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Tag Archives: Despotism
The Real Noam Chomsky
By Raul Fernandez Berriozabal Source: The Wall Will Fall This will not be a popular post, simply because of the cult of personality of mythical dimensions built around the figure of Professor Noam Chomsky, regardless, I am posting at the … Continue reading
Posted in anarchism, Authoritarianism, civil liberties, culture, Deep State, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, Health, imperialism, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy, war, war on terror
Tagged Authoritarianism, Bashar Al Assad, BDS Movement, bodily integrity, CIA, civil liberties, COVID vaccines, Covid-19, Despotism, empire, fascism, Gatekeepers, geopolitics, imperialism, Israel, Medicare for All, NATO, Noam Chomsky, Palestine, Pandemic, propaganda, Public Health, Technocracy, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, vaccine mandates, war
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Despotism Is the New Normal: Looming Threats to Freedom in 2022
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “Looking at the present, I see a more probable future: a new despotism creeping slowly across America. Faceless oligarchs sit at command posts of a corporate-government complex that has been … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, civil liberties, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, elites, Empire, freedom of speech, Health, internet freedom, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged Autonomy, cancel culture, censorship, Despotism, Digital tyranny, Dystopia, fascism, government overreach, home invasions, Intolerance, Lockdowns, mandates, Martial Law, police brutality, police state, Pre-crime, Privacy, rance, surveillance state, Technocracy
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One Nation Under Greed: The Profit Incentives Driving the American Police State
By By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, censorship, civil disobedience, civil liberties, Corporate Crime, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, education, elites, Empire, Law, Mass Incarceration, media, Militarization, military spending, Oligarchy, police state, Privatization, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, war
Tagged Asset Forfeiture, Authoritarianism, censorship, Compulsory Education, contact tracing programs, corporatocracy, Corruption, Despotism, fascism, Government, Government Contractors, heightened surveillance, law, Lockdowns, mandates, Mass Incarceration, Militarized Police, Oligarchy, Overcriminalization, Plutocracy, police state, Police Violence, Private Prisons, restrictions, schools, security industrial complex, surveillance state, US Legal System, war, war profiteers, war spending
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Monuments to the Ego
By David Mattson Source: CounterPunch Some rich bourgeoisie newcomers have perpetrated yet the latest in a series of atrocities upon the small valley where we live, entailing an assault on the sensibilities of virtually everyone and everything living there. Adding … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, elites, Environment, History, Inequality, Neocons, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Engineering, society, Spirituality, Technology
Tagged capitalism, Despotism, Economics, Ego, Egotism, elites, environment, externalities, Government, greed, Moral Universe, Neocons, Philosophy, Property, Property Rights, spirituality, technology
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The Coming Collapse
By Chris Hedges Source: Occupy.com The Trump administration did not rise, prima facie, like Venus on a half shell from the sea. Donald Trump is the result of a long process of political, cultural and social decay. He is a … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, censorship, civil liberties, Corporate Crime, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Dirty Politics, divide and conquer, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Environment, Financial Crisis, Health, Inequality, media, Philosophy, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged Bailouts, Central Bankers, civil liberties, corporate media, Corporatism, corporatocracy, culture, Democratic Party, Despotism, DNC, Donald Trump, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, Economics, fascism, financial crisis, Freedom, Nomi Prins, Ruling Elites, society, Totalitarianism, wall street
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America’s Descent Into Despotism: Finding Our Source of Power Within
By Nozomi Hayase Source: The Indicter The United States is in a major upheaval. Trump’s cabinet shake-up moves the country into an alarming direction. From the nomination of torturer Gina Haspel as the head of the Central Intelligence Agency to … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, civil disobedience, civil liberties, Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, Empire, freedom of speech, History, media, patriotism, society, Sociology, State Crime, war, Whistleblowers
Tagged BitCoin, Bradley Manning, Democracy, Despotism, Donald Trump, Economics, Edward Snowden, Gina Haspel, John Bolton, Julian Assange, Transnational Corporations, United States, whistleblowers, WikiLeaks
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The Government Is Still the Enemy of Freedom
By John W. Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “Rights aren’t rights if someone can take them away. They’re privileges. That’s all we’ve ever had in this country, is a bill of temporary privileges. And if you read the news even … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, civil disobedience, civil liberties, conditioning, culture, Dystopia, Empire, Militarization, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Revolution, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state
Tagged activism, Authoritarianism, civil liberties, Democracy, Despotism, dissent, Due Process, fascism, Freedom, Government, Laws, Nonviolent Resistance, police state, Privacy, propaganda, protest, surveillance state, Totalitarianism
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