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Our Hopelessly Dysfunctional Democracy
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds When the system is rigged, “democracy” is just another public-relations screen to mask the unsavory reality of Oligarchy. Democracy in America has become a hollow shell. The conventional markers of democracy–elections and … Continue reading
Posted in civil liberties, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Health, History, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged Cartels, civil liberties, Clinton Foundation, Corruption, Democracy, economic inequality, empire, Fareed Zakaria, healthcare, imperialism, income gap, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Wealth Divide
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Disposable Americans: The Numbers are Growing
By Paul Buchheit Source: Information Clearing House As often noted in the passionate writings of Henry Giroux, poor Americans are becoming increasingly ‘disposable’ in our winner-take-all society. After 35 years of wealth distribution to the super-rich, inequality has forced much … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Financial Crisis, Health, Labor, Racism, Recession, Social Control, society, State Crime, Work
Tagged Blackstone, Debt, economic inequality, financial crisis, HealthcareSystem, Housing Market, Income Disparity, Institutionalized Racism, Middle Class, Real Estate, recession, Rent, Social Security, Wealth Gap
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How 90% of American Households Lost an Average of $17,000 in Wealth to the Plutocrats in 2016
By Paul Buchheit Source: Information Clearing House America has always been great for the richest 1%, and it’s rapidly becoming greater. Confirmation comes from recent work by Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez, and Gabriel Zucman; and from the 2015-2016 Credit Suisse Global Wealth Databooks (GWD). … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Labor, Social Control, society
Tagged 1%, 99%, economic crisis, economic inequality, Economics, Emmanuel Saez, Gabriel Zucman, Global Elite, middleclass, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Ruling Class, Thomas Piketty, Wage Gap, Wealth Disparity, Wealth Transfer
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The Acquisitive Self, Minus the Self
By Natasha Vargas-Cooper Source: The Baffler Los Angeles isn’t exactly the place that comes to mind when you think of decorous restraint in the display of wealth, even in the dregs of the Great Recession. Here in my hometown, possibly … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Art, Consumerism, culture, Economics, Humor, media, Philosophy, society, Sociology
Tagged #richkids, 1%, Capital, Class War, Damien Hirst, economic inequality, Economics, income gap, Instagram, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Rich Kids of Instagram, RKOI, Selfies, Wealth, Wealth Disparity, Wealthy
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Fuck Work
Economists believe in full employment. Americans think that work builds character. But what if jobs aren’t working anymore? By James Livingston Source: aeon Work means everything to us Americans. For centuries – since, say, 1650 – we’ve believed that … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, culture, Dystopia, Economics, History, Labor, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technology, Work
Tagged automation, capitalism, Corporate Globalization, Corporations, economic crisis, economic inequality, Economics, Employment, End of Work, Great Recession, Job Market, Jobs, Labor, recession, society, technology, Work
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How the Super-Rich Will Destroy Themselves
By Paul Buchheit Source: Nation of Change Perhaps they believe that their underground survival bunkers with bullet-resistant doors and geothermal power and anti-chemical air filters and infrared surveillance devices and pepper spray detonators will sustain them for two or three … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, Environment, Financial Crisis, Health, Recession, society, Sociology, State Crime, war, war on terror
Tagged 1%, 99%, ALEC, civilization, Climate Change, Dept, Drought, economic inequality, Economic Stagnation, Environmental Destruction, financial crisis, Global Inequality, Infrastructure, Pandemic, Public Health, society, Super-Rich, terrorism, Wealth Disparity
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Stop Pretending the Rich Care About You
By Dr. Bones Source: The Conjure House One of the terrible things about being a lone bastion of bomb-throwing, fire-starting, up-against-the-wall-fascist-killing type of Anarchism is you have to mingle and jive with the enemy. Like a Seminole off the reservation … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anarchism, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, culture, divide and conquer, Economics, Film, Financial Crisis, Labor, media, Neoliberalism, news, propaganda, Revolution, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, war
Tagged Anarchism, Class War, corporate media, Donald Trump, economic crisis, economic inequality, Economics, Free Trade, hollywood, Identity Politics, income gap, Jobs, Labor, Liberals, Meryl Streep, Neoliberalism, Poverty, wall street, war, Wealth Divide
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And the Beat Goes On: Mega-rich get richer. Society Crumbles
By Robert De Filippis (OpEdNews.com) While most of us have been taking our kids to Little League games, betting on the Super Bowl, taking an occasional vacation and waiting for the American Dream to become a reality, we haven’t noticed … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, Conspiracy, Corporate Crime, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, History, media, Militarization, Neocons, Neoliberalism, propaganda, Recession, Revolution, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged American Dream, corporate media, economic inequality, Economics, financial crisis, Global Elites, greed, Militarism, Revolution, US Foreign Policy, Wealth Disparity
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