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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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Consider the Chickens
Intelligence, ethics, and the inner lives of animals By Rafia Zakaria Source: The Baffler I OWE CHICKENS AN APOLOGY. Not only have I been eating them until very recently, but I have refused to even consider the possibility of a … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, Consumerism, culture, Environment, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, society, Sociology, Technocracy
Tagged animal rights, cognitive science, Consciousness, culture, environment, Ethics, Evolution, Intelligence Community, Justin Gregg, Nietzsche Were a Narwhal, Philosophy, science, society
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U.S. Government Likely Perpetrated Biggest-Ever Catastrophic Global Warming Event
By Eric Zuesse Source: The Duran On September 28th, the AP headlined “Record methane leak flows from damaged Baltic Sea pipelines” and reported that “Methane leaking from the damaged Nord Stream pipelines is likely to be the biggest burst of the potent … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, CIA, Conspiracy, Deep State, Economics, elites, Empire, Energy, False Flag, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, NATO, Neocons, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged black-ops, CIA, Climate Change, Deep State, empire, environment, geopolitics, Germany, Global Warming, imperialism, Joe Biden, Methane, NATO, Nord Stream, Poland, Radek Sikorsky, Russia, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, Vladimir Putin, war
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Make Sure You Download the Latest Ministry of Propaganda Updates
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds It’s time once again to check for Ministry of Propaganda updates, which like Windows and iOS is constantly being updated to counter new threats and enhance the user experience (heh). Much like the other … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, conditioning, consciousness, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Environment, internet freedom, media, Media Literacy, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged Big Tech, Consumerism, Dystopia, Economics, environment, Neofeudalism, Neuromarketing, Philip K. Dick, PKD, propaganda, Psyops, Technocracy, unsustainability
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Our Challenge Is To Transcend Our Evolutionary Ape Heritage
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: CaitlinJohnstone.com Did you know chimpanzees hunt smaller primates for food? They do. They’re actually very skillful hunters due to their size, their strength, and especially their intelligence. They coordinate their attacks, working together to cut off … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, consciousness, culture, Environment, Philosophy, Psychology, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged Adaptation, chimpanzees, civilization, Consciousness, culture, environment, Extinction, Philosophy, primates, psychology, society, Sociology, spirituality
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Pouring Poison and Planting Seeds of Dependency
By Colin Todhunter Source: Off-Guardian Do you remember the iconic Union Carbide image from the 1950s or early 1960s? The one with the giant hand coming from the sky, pouring pesticides onto Indian soil. The blurb below the image includes … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Environment, GMOs, NGOs, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Technocracy
Tagged Agrabusiness, Allan Shelton, Big Agra, Bill Gates, Biotech, Corporate Crime, Corporate Europe Observatory, ecological disaster, environment, Erik Fyrwald, Glyphosate, GMOs, Monsanto, Roundup, Syngenta, Technocracy, The European Commission, Union Carbide
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“Genetically Edited” Food – The next stage of the Great Reset?
By Kit Knightly Source: Off-Guardian The Queen’s Speech was interesting this year. For all the people outside the UK who don’t understand what the “Queens Speech” actually is, it’s a farcical state occasion in which the Queen (or, in this … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Big Pharma, Conspiracy, Corporate Crime, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, elites, Environment, Geopolitics, GMOs, Health, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy, war
Tagged Agriculture, Agrochemicals, Bill Gates, Biotech, climate crisis, COVID vaccines, Covid-19, Deep State, environment, Farming, food crisis, Food Shortage, Gates Foundation, geopolitics, GMO, Organic Food, Russia, Syngenta, Technocracy, Ukraine
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Saving Capitalism or Saving the Planet?
By Colin Todhunter Source: Dissident Voice The UK government’s Behavioural Insights Team helped to push the public towards accepting the COVID narrative, restrictions and lockdowns. It is now working on ‘nudging’ people towards further possible restrictions or at least big … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, culture, Economics, elites, Empire, Environment, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, Health, Neoliberalism, news, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged Agribusiness, Behavioural Insights Team, Commodification, Covid-19, Economics, environment, Financialization, Global Warming, greenwashing, Jason Hickel, Microsoft, Technocracy, UNFSS, WTO
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