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Our Real National Security Budget
$2 Trillion, Here We Come. By Andrew Cockburn Source: Spoils of War The Biden Administration has just published its proposed budget, generating copious commentary, much of it displaying a commensurate degree of misunderstanding, especially regarding our gargantuan national security spending. … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, CIA, Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, FBI, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, military-industrial complex, Neocons, news, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy, war
Tagged Corruption, Deep State, Defense Budget, Department of Energy, Dystopia, Economics, empire, FBI, Geoppolitics, imperialism, Joe Biden, military spending, military-industrial complex, National Defense Authorization Act, National Security, US Foreign Policy, war, war profiteers, Winslow Wheeler
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Net Zero, the Digital Panopticon and the Future of Food
By Colin Todhunter Source: Off-Guardian The food transition, the energy transition, net-zero ideology, programmable central bank digital currencies, the censorship of free speech and clampdowns on protest. What’s it all about? To understand these processes, we need to first locate … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Energy, Environment, Financial Crisis, Health, Inequality, Neoliberalism, news, Oligarchy, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged Agenda 2030, Authoritarianism, BlackRock, COVID, Digital Panopticon, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, Economics, Fabio Vighi, financial crisis, Food, food sovereignty, Food System, Global Elites, Global Warming, Great Reset, healthcare, Lockdowns, Neoliberalism, Net Zero, police state, surveillance state, Technocracy, Ted Reece, United Nations, WEF
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The US Economy Looks Good On Paper – Here’s Why It’s Actually A Disaster In Progress
By Brandon Smith Source: Alt-Market.us One of my favorite false narratives floating around corporate media platforms has been the argument that the American people “just don’t seem to understand how good the economy really is right now.” If only they … Continue reading
Posted in corporate news, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, History, Inequality, Labor, news, Oligarchy, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Work
Tagged BitCoin, central banks, Consumerism, Debt, Economic Collapse, Economics, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, GDP, Great Depression, Inflation, labor market recovery
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Why People Don’t Want To ‘Work’ Anymore
It’s not that people are lazy, there’s something much deeper going on that requires better questions. By Joe Martino Source: The Pulse Last time I wrote about the increasing mental health crisis happening around the world. I didn’t write it … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, culture, Economics, Financial Crisis, Health, Inequality, Labor, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technology, Work
Tagged Consciousness, Cost of Living, culture, Economics, Evolution, Labor, Mental Health, mental health crisis, Philosophy, quiet quitting, society, Sociology, technology, Work
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The fundamental crisis of the West
By Veniamin Popov Source: New Eastern Outlook A growing number of media outlets in America and in Europe have recently reached the conclusion that “rules-based international order” long espoused by the West has failed. In essence, this means that the … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military-industrial complex, Neocons, news, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy, war
Tagged economic crisis, economic inequality, Economics, empire, Europe, fascism, Financial Collapse, Gaza, Gaza City, Genocide, geopolitics, imperialism, International politics, Israel, Palestine, rules-based order, Russia, Ukraine, US agreesion, US Foreign Policy, USA, war, war crimes
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Economic Earthquake Ahead? The Cracks Are Spreading Fast
By Brandon Smith Source: The Burning Platform One of my favorite false narratives floating around corporate media platforms has been the argument that the American people “just don’t seem to understand how good the economy really is right now.” If … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, History, Inequality, Labor, Neoliberalism, news, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged banking crisis, BitCoin, Debt, Economic Collapse, economic inequality, Economics, empire, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, GDP, Gold, Great Depression, Inflation, Oligarchy
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“WHO OWNS THE WORLD?” A SMALL GROUP OF BIG MONEY
By Peter Koenig Source: The 4th Media “Who Owns the World” is the title of an extraordinary documentary, describing how Big-Big Money controls not only every aspect of your life, but has a stranglehold on every government, the political UN … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Inequality, Militarization, military-industrial complex, news, Oligarchy, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy, war
Tagged Bill Gates, BlackRock, Deep State, Documentary Film, Economics, empire, fascism, Gaza, Genocide, Oligarchy, State Street, VANGUARD, war, Who Owns the World, World Health Organization, Zionists
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The “Phantom Legion” Problem
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds Everything is presented as rock-solid until it falls apart. Of the many signs of systemic decay in the late Roman Empire, one of particular relevance to our era is the Phantom Legion, military … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Economics, Financial Crisis, Health, History, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technocracy
Tagged Bureaucracy, Corruption, Economic Collapse, Economics, financial crisis, healthcare, phantom legion, Roman Empire, Systemic Corruption
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