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Tag Archives: economic crisis
Sacrifice for Thee But None For Me
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds The banquet of consequences for the Fed, the elites and their armies of parasitic flunkies and factotums is being laid out, and there won’t be much choice in the seating. Words can … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Labor, news, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Cartels, economic crisis, Economics, elites, empire, Federal Reserve, Financial Colllapse, Financialization, Globalization, Job security, Middle Class, Monopolies, Oligarchy, purchasing power, Roman Empire, Sacrifice, social mobility
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‘Ye are Many, They are Few’: Nonviolent Resistance to the Elite’s Covid-19 Coup
By Robert J. Burrowes On 16 August 1819, an estimated 60,000 pro-democracy and anti-poverty activists were peacefully protesting the utterly corrupt nature of the Parliament in Westminster and demanding the reform of parliamentary representation (which afforded less than 2% of … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, conditioning, consciousness, Corporate Crime, corporate news, culture, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, Health, Inequality, media, news, Oligarchy, police state, Psy-ops, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged 5G, activism, coronavirus, DARPA, economic crisis, Elite Coup, financial crisis, geopolitics, Global Elite, lockdown, Non-Violence, Peterloo Massacre, Philosophy, psychology, SARS-CoV-2, Solihin Millin, Technocracy, The Masque of Anarchy, Transhumanism
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The “New Normal” Is De-Normalization
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds Here’s what denormalization means: there was no “New Normal” for the dinosaurs. Everyone talks about the “New Normal,” as if there’s a guarantee that life will return to normal. But the “New Normal” is De-Normalization, which … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, Consumerism, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Financial Crisis, news, Oligarchy, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Consumerism, coronavirus, Covid-19, De-Normalization, economic crisis, Economics, Extinction, Financial Collapse, New Normal, Pandemic, Sports, travel
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Locked Down and Locking in the New Global Order
By Colin Todhunter Source: CounterPunch On 12 March, British PM Boris Johnson informed the public that families would continue to “lose loved ones before their time” as the coronavirus outbreak worsens. He added: “We’ve all got to be clear, this … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Environment, Financial Crisis, Health, police state, Psy-ops, Recession, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged Agribusiness, Agrochemicals, Baskut Tuncak, Boris Johnson, coronavirus, Corporate Bailouts, Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi, Dystopia, economic crisis, Economics, environment, Fiona Godlee, Gates Foundation, Global Economy, Glyphosate, Hilal Elver, Housing Crisis, lockdown, Michel Chossudovsky, NHS, Norbert Haring, Pesticides, Peter Hitchens, Peter Koenig, pharmaceutical companies, police state, Poverty, Public Health, Robert J Burrowes, surveillance state, World Bank
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This holiday season, American workers have little to celebrate
By Danny Haiphong Source: Intrepid Report Every year, much of the U.S. population celebrates Thanksgiving and Christmas to show appreciation for their families and friends. Thanksgiving normalizes the colonial origins of the United States and erases the brutality of the … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Labor, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, propaganda, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Work
Tagged Alienation, austerity, capitalism, Christmas, Debt, economic crisis, Economics, Education, Financial Crash, healthcare, Homelessness, Housing Crisis, Labor, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Poverty, privatization, protests, Stagnant Wages, Thanksgiving, Working Class
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Media Just Can’t Stop Presenting Horrifying Stories as ‘Uplifting’ Perseverance Porn
By Alan Macleod Source: FAIR.org “THIS IS AWESOME!” That’s how Fox 5 DC described its story (5/28/19) about Logan Moore of Cedartown, GA, a disabled two-year-old whose parents were unable to afford to buy him a walker, so employees at … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, corporate news, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Financial Crisis, Health, Inequality, media, Media Literacy, Neoliberalism, news, Oligarchy, propaganda, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged austerity, Bankruptcy, corporate media, Dystopia, economic crisis, Economics, healthcare system, Homelessness, Human Rights, Journalism, late state capitalism, Mainstream News, media, Media Literacy, MSM, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Poverty, recession
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This Viral ‘Feel-Good’ Story Is Actually an Indictment of American Labor Hell
By Luke O’Neil Source: Observer In what’s quickly become the feel-good story of the week, a young Alabama man named Walter Carr is being lauded across the country for his perseverance and indomitable spirit. It’s the type of story that … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, corporate news, culture, Economics, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Labor, media, Media Literacy, news, propaganda, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Work
Tagged Bellhops, Business, Cameron Doody, corporate media, economic crisis, economic inequality, Economics, Gig Economy, Internet Culture, Jenny Lamey, Labor, Luke Marklin, media, Media Literacy, news, Precariat, propaganda, Twitter, Walter Carr, Work
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The Con of Diversity
By Chris Hedges Source: OpEdNews.com In 1970, when black students occupied the dean’s office at Harvard Divinity School to protest against the absence of African-American scholars on the school’s faculty, the white administration was forced to respond and interview black … Continue reading
Posted in civil liberties, conditioning, corporate news, culture, divide and conquer, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, History, Inequality, Neoliberalism, Racism, Social Control, Social Engineering, society
Tagged Black Agenda Report, capitalism, corporatocracy, Democrats, Diversity, Donald Trump, economic crisis, economic inequality, Financial Collpse, Jim Crow, Neoliberalism, Obama, Race, racism, Republicans, Wealth Gap
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