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The Fourth Turn, Turn, Turn
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds The cycles of The Fourth Turning, Fischer and Turchin are all in alignment at this point in history.. The 1997 book The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy proposed a cyclical pattern of four 20-year … Continue reading
Posted in Consumerism, Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Energy, Environment, Financial Crisis, History, Inequality, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged Ages of Discord, Consumerism, David Hackett Fischer, Degrowth, Economic Collapse, Economics, Energy, environment, financial crisis, Income Inequality, Industry, Neil Howe, Oligarchy, Peter Turchin, technology, The Fourth Turnind, The Great Wave: Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History, transition economy, Wealth Gap, William Strauss
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The American Empire self-destructs.
By Michael Hudson Source: Michael-Hudson.com But nobody thought that it would happen this fast. Empires often follow the course of a Greek tragedy, bringing about precisely the fate that they sought to avoid. That certainly is the case with the … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Energy, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, Neoliberalism, news, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Agriculture, China, Dollar Standard, Economics, empire, Energy, Europe, Federal Reserve, food prices, geopolitics, IMF, imperialism, Inflation, Joe Biden, NATO, Neoliberalism, Russia, Sanctions, U.S. Treasury, war, war profiteers, World Bank
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Europe Is Killing Itself With Its Russian Sanctions
By Paul Craig Roberts Source: PaulCraigRoberts.org The sharp rise in natural gas price in Europe is entirely due to Western hysteria and stupidity. According to the EU’s own data, Europe is dependent on Russia for 46% of its natural gas. … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Empire, Energy, Geopolitics, imperialism, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy, war
Tagged Economic Sanctions, Economic War, Economics, empire, Energy, Europe, European Union, geopolitics, imperialism, natural gas, Russia, Ukraine, war
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Sino-Russia Energy Deals to Defeat US/NATO Expansionism
By Salman Rafi Sheikh Source: New Eastern Outlook While the recent meeting between Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi in Beijing may not in itself be an extra-ordinary event, its significance against the backdrop of the on-going tussle between Russia … Continue reading
Posted in Deep State, Economics, Empire, Energy, Geopolitics, Inequality, society, State Crime, Technocracy, war
Tagged China, Economics, empire, Energy, geopolitics, NATO, natural gas, Russia, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, war
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How Breakdown Cascades Into Collapse
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds Maintaining the illusion of confidence, permanence and stability serves the interests of those benefiting from the bubbles and those who prefer the safety of the herd, even as the herd thunders toward … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, Inequality, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Debt, Economic Collapse, Economics, ecoonomic inequality, Energy, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, global supply chain, hyper-globalization, leverage, money printing, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, speculation
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America Escalates its “Democratic” Oil War in the Near East
By Michael Hudson Source: CounterPunch The mainstream media are carefully sidestepping the method behind America’s seeming madness in assassinating Islamic Revolutionary Guard general Qassim Suleimani to start the New Year. The logic behind the assassination was a long-standing application of … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Economics, elites, Empire, Energy, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, Militarization, Neocons, Oligarchy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war, war on terror
Tagged 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, corporate media, dedollarization, Deep State, Donald Trump, Economics, empire, Energy, imperialism, Iran, iraq, ISIS, Mainstream Media, military-industrial complex, MSM, Neocons, Oil Industry, OPEC, Qassim Suleimani, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, U.S. Dollar, war
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The Gulag of the Mind
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds There are no physical barriers in the Gulag of the Mind–we imprison ourselves, and love our servitude. Indeed, we fear the world outside our internalized gulag, because we’ve absorbed the narrative that the gulag … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, culture, Economics, Energy, Financial Crisis, History, Inequality, Law, police state, Psy-ops, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged Economic Collapse, Economics, empire, Energy, financial crisis, history, Justice, law, Oligarchy, police state, Social Media, surveillance state, Technocracy, technology
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Iran goes for “maximum counter-pressure”
By Pepe Escobar Source: Information Clearing House Sooner or later the US “maximum pressure” on Iran would inevitably be met by “maximum counter-pressure”. Sparks are ominously bound to fly. For the past few days, intelligence circles across Eurasia had been … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank of International Settlements, BIS, Economic Collapse, Economics, empire, Energy, financial crisis, geopolitics, Hasan Nasrallah, imperialism, Iran, Israel, Mike Pompeo, Mohammad Baqeri, oil, Qasem Soleimani, Saudi Arabia, Strait of Hormuz, US Foreign Policy
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