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Now Just Five Men Own Almost as Much Wealth as Half the World’s Population
By Paul Buchheit Source: CommonDreams Last year it was 8 men, then down to 6, and now almost 5. While Americans fixate on Trump, the super-rich are absconding with our wealth, and the plague of inequality continues to grow. An analysis of 2016 data found that the … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Economics, Financial Crisis, Neoliberalism, NGOs, Recession, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technology
Tagged Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, Big Agra, Bill Gates, Billionaires, Biotech, Charitable Foundations, economic inequality, Economics, Education, Facebook, financial crisis, Global Elites, income gap, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Meritocracy, Microsoft, NGOs, Oligarchy, Philanthropy, Plutocracy, Taxes, Warren Buffett, Wealth, Wealth Disparity, Wealth Gap
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Are We (Collectively) Depressed?
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds We need to encourage honesty above optimism. Once we can speak honestly, there is a foundation for optimism. Psychoanalysis teaches that one cause of depression is repressed anger. The rising tide of … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Financial Crisis, Philosophy, Psychology, Recession, Revolution, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged American exceptionalism, Anger, culture, depression, despair, economic inequality, Economics, Government, income gap, Inequality, psychology, Sociology, The American Dream, Wealth Disparity
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America’s Oligarchs Will Control 70% Of National Wealth By 2021
By Whitney Webb Source: AntiMedia America’s rich just won’t quit getting richer, according to a new study released in mid-June by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), a global management consulting firm. The study, which seeks to analyze the global wealth … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, History, Neoliberalism, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society
Tagged Boston Consulting Group, Corporate Globalization, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, economic inequality, Economics, financial crisis, Global Elite, income gap, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Wealth Disparity
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The Crisis of US Imperial Governance and the Struggle for a New World
By Danny Haiphong Source: Black Agenda Report “Economic crisis at home and endless war abroad has placed finance and monopoly capital in political disarray.” When I was here last year, I spoke a lot about ideology and how the struggle … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, CIA, Conspiracy, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dirty Politics, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, History, Neoliberalism, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged china, Cold War, Donald Trump, economic crisis, economic inequality, empire, Fake News, geopolitics, imperialism, Income Gab, Neoliberalism, Nuclear War, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Ruling Class, Russia, Russian Hackers, Russophobia, war, Wealth Concentration, Wealth Disparity
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Deep State, shallow politics, dumb economics
By Frank Scott Source: Intrepid Report In 1965, the USA had 780,000 people in prison, jail, on parole or on probation. By 2010, that population had grown by more than nine times, to 7 million and the prison business was … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, History, Recession, Revolution, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, war
Tagged Debt, Democracy, economic inequality, Economics, Federal Reserve, Homelessness, income gap, Mass Incarceration, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, war, Wealth Disparity
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Luddism and Economic Ideology
Source: the HipCrime Vocab Smithsonian Magazine has a very good feature on the Luddites, well worth a read. There are many elements you just don’t read in many economic histories; for example, the 40-hour work week was not brought down … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, Financial Crisis, History, Labor, media, Neoliberalism, propaganda, Revolution, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technology, Work
Tagged 40 Hour Work Week, 5 Day Workweek, Adam Smith, automation, capitalism, Chris Dillow, economic inequality, Economics, Economism, James Kwak, Kirkpatrick Sale, Labor, London, Luddism, Luddites, Neoclassical Economics, Rebels Against the Future, Revolution, Robots, technology, Wealth Gap, Wealth of Nations, Work
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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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