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The War in Ukraine Marks the End of the American Century. “What’s Left is a Steaming Pile of Dollar Denominated Debt”
By Mike Whitney Source: Global Research “The ferocity of the confrontation in Ukraine shows that we’re talking about much more than the fate of the regime in Kiev. The architecture of the entire world order is at stake.” Sergei Naryshkin, Director … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, Social Control, society, State Crime, Technology, war
Tagged Biden Administration, Bretton Woods Agreement, central banks, Economic Collapse, Economic War, Economics, empire, energy prices, financial crisis, Gazprom, geopolitics, Gold, imperialism, national debt, New American Century, Quantitative Easing, Richard Nixon, Russia, Ukraine, US Dollar, US Foreign Policy, war
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U.S. Effort to Hurt Russia Undermines Itself and the World
By Margaret Kimberley Source: Black Agenda Report The U.S. drive to dominate creates self-inflicted wounds and self-imposed crises. It also creates suffering around the world with only the most servile vassal states willing to do what Washington wants. The United States … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Deep State, Economics, Empire, Energy, Geopolitics, imperialism, news, propaganda, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, war
Tagged Africa, African Union, Biden Administration, China, Congressional Black Caucuses, Economics, empire, European Union, geopolitics, HR 7311, imperialism, India, Macky Sall, Russia, Senegal, Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, SWIFT, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, venezuela, Vladimir Putin, war
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The Worst Economic Gloom In 50 Years
By Michael Snyder Source: Activist Post We haven’t seen anything like this in decades. Energy prices are soaring to unprecedented heights. Food shortages in some parts of the world are starting to become quite severe. Rampant inflation is out of control all … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Energy, Financial Crisis, news, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged Dystopia, Economic Collapse, Economics, empire, financial crisis, gas prices, GDP, Inflation, Oligarchy, society
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The REAL agenda behind the created food crisis
The created food crisis, whether real or a smoke-and-mirrors psy-op, is all about tearing down the global food system and “building back better” – a new dystopian food system built by corporate monoliths and rigidly controlled in the name of … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Inequality, news, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged Bill Gates, BIRD FLU, Covid-19, Davos, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, Economics, elites, financial crisis, food crisis, Great Reset, Joe Biden, Oligarchy, Pandemic, Russia, Technocracy, Ukraine, WEF
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Livelihoods in a Degrowth Economy
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds Let’s consider livelihood options in an unsustainable economy of extremes that are unraveling, an economy that is being forced to transition to Degrowth. Nassim Taleb’s book Antifragile explains the differences between fragile systems (systems that cannot … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Economics, education, Financial Crisis, Labor, society, Sociology, Technocracy, Technology, Work
Tagged Antifragile, automation, Degrowth, Economic Collapse, Economics, Education, financial crisis, frugality, hybrid work, Labor, Nassim Taleb, Resilience, self-reliance, simplicity, Sustainability
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Is Housing a Bubble That’s About to Crash?
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds Are we heading into another real estate bubble / crash? Those who say “no” see the housing shortage as real, while those who say “yes” see the demand as a reflection of the … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, Housing Crisis, Inequality, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Economic Collapse, Economics, empire, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, Financialization, geopolitics, Globalism, Home Prices, house-flipping, Housing Bubble, Housing Crisis, Inflation, mortgage rates, Neofeudalism, Neoliberalism, remote work, supply chains, urban decay
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No Way Out but War
Permanent war has cannibalized the country. It has created a social, political, and economic morass. Each new military debacle is another nail in the coffin of Pax Americana. By Chris Hedges Source: ScheerPost The United States, as the near unanimous … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, CIA, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Militarization, military spending, news, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged Andrew Bacevich, CEBR, China, CIA, corporate media, Democratic Party, DNC, Economics, elites, empire, financial crisis, geopolitics, George McGovern, imperialism, Liberals, Militarization, military spending, NATO, Oligarchy, Russia, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, war, war profiteers
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So How Serious is Ukraine’s neo-Nazi Romance?
By Cynthia Chung Source: The Saker In the history of civilization, Politics has more often than not, been a matter reduceable to the question of “whose side are you on?” Granted it is not an easy affair to discern what … Continue reading
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Tagged Azov Battalion, Bucha massacre, Burisma Holdings, China, Chrystia Freeland, CIA, corporate news, disinformation, Economics, empire, Facebook, fact-checkers, geopolitics, Hunter Biden, Ihor Kolomoisky, imperialism, Joe Biden, Mainstream Media, Maria Zakharova, Mariupol, National Endowment for Democracy, NATO, Nazis, NLAW, Pandora Papers, President Poroshenko, propaganda, Russia, Scott Ritter, StopFake, The Atlantic Council, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, war
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