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Tag Archives: Duopoly
The 2020 Election Bamboozle: We Are All Victims of the Deep State’s Con Game
By John W. Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “We’re run by the Pentagon, we’re run by Madison Avenue, we’re run by television, and as long as we accept those things and don’t revolt we’ll have to go along with the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Authoritarianism, civil liberties, consciousness, Corporate Crime, culture, Deep State, elites, Empire, media, news, Oligarchy, Philosophy, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged 1984, Deep State, Duopoly, Dystopia, Election 2020, fake democracy, government propaganda, panopticon, Patrick McGoohan, police state, Privacy, Social Media, surveillance state, The Prisoner, voting
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Abnormalize The Status Quo
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: CaitlinJohnstone.com If we’d been living in a healthy society and then suddenly had this society’s sick, insane status quo thrust upon us by powerful people, we’d have all been out in the streets making life very … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, conditioning, consciousness, Corporate Crime, corporate news, culture, Empire, Health, media, Media Literacy, news, Oligarchy, Philosophy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged corporate news, culture, Duopoly, Health, Mass Media, Media Literacy, MSM, Oligarchy, Philosophy, politics, propaganda, sick society, Sickness, society, Status Quo
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Wealth of 400 richest Americans hits record $2.9 trillion
By Alec Anderson Source: WSWS.org On Wednesday, the US finance magazine Forbes released its annual “Forbes 400” list of wealthiest Americans, revealing an immense increase in wealth among the top social stratum in the United States. The total net worth … Continue reading
Posted in Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Social Control, society, Technology
Tagged Amazon, Bill Gates, capitalism, CEO Compensation, Corporate CEOs, Democrats, Donald Trump, Duopoly, Dystopia, economic inequality, Economics, elites, Facebook, financial crisis, Forbes 400, Google, Jack Dorsey, Jeff Bezos, Microsoft, Oligarchs, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Republicans, Trillionaires, Twitter, wall street, Wealth Concentration, Wealth Disparity
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Freedom Rider: Russiagate and the surveillance duopoly
By Margaret Kimberley Source: Intrepid Report Republican and Democratic Party dueling over Russiagate provides us with a teachable moment. It should teach us to disrespect and discredit the law enforcement system as it exists in this country. We must oppose … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, conditioning, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dirty Politics, divide and conquer, Dystopia, elites, FBI, Law, media, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state
Tagged Adam Schiff, Carter Page, CIA, Cold War, Democrats, DOJ, Donald Trump, Duopoly, FBI, FISA, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Hillary Clinton, NSA, Nunes Memo, Republicans, RussiaGate, surveillance state
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The Public Are All Alone: Understanding How the Enemy of Your Enemy Is Not Your Friend
By Eric Zuesse Source: Strategic Culture Foundation In political matters, the public are taught to believe that some political Party is ‘good’, and that the others are “bad”; but the reality in recent times, at least in the United States, … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Deep State, Dirty Politics, divide and conquer, Dystopia, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, History, Inequality, Militarization, Neocons, NSA, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, war, war on terror
Tagged 1%, Aristocracy, Deep State, Donald Trump, Duopoly, Economics, empire, geopolitics, Global Elite, Government, Hillary Clinton, NSA, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, politics, Russia, State, surveillance state, war
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Played by the Ruling Elite’s Control System, It’s Time for a New Paradigm
By Paul A. Philips Source: Waking Times People are waking up in droves, but the majority continue to be played by the ruling elite’s control system, unaware that almost every subject under the sun is rigged: In effect we are … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, conditioning, consciousness, Conspiracy, Corporate Crime, corporate news, culture, Dystopia, Election Fraud, Empire, GMOs, media, Militarization, news, Philosophy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality, State Crime, war
Tagged Big Pharma, Cognitive Dissonance, Consciousness, Corporations, corporatocracy, Duopoly, Fake News, Ignorance, Paradigm Shift, Political Parties, politics, propaganda, Ruling Elite, science, Scientism, social control, Stockholm syndrome, war
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Our Political Parties Are Obsolete
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds When the parties do finally implode, the general mood will be: good riddance. History informs us that once something is obsolete, it can disappear far faster than anyone expected. While we generally think … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corruption, culture, Deep State, divide and conquer, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Social Control, society
Tagged Centralization, Corporate America, Decentralization, Democracy, Democrats, Duopoly, Economics, Financial Elites, Global Elites, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Political Elites, Republicans, technology, Two Party System
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Corbyn Teaches Us to Embrace the Change We Need
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers Source: The Unz Review The shocking election result in the United Kingdom – the Conservatives losing their majority and the creation of a hung Parliament; and Jeremy Corbyn being more successful than any recent … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, Authoritarianism, corporate news, culture, Empire, Health, Labor, Neoliberalism, news, society, war, war on terror
Tagged bernie sanders, Blairites, Campaign Financing, Conservatives, Democrats, DNC, Duopoly, empire, foreign policy, Jeremy Corbyn, Labor Party, Neoliberals, Parliament, Retail Politics, terrorism, Theresa May, Tories, United Kingdom, war, war on terror
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