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Tag Archives: Government
America’s Social Contract Is Broken
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds I do not claim any expertise in social contract theory, but in broad brush we can delineate two implicit contracts: one between the citizenry and the state (government) and another between citizens. We … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Banana Republics, Corruption, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, Economics, elites, feudalism'capitalism, financial crisis, Government, Income Inequality, Neofeudalism, Oligarchy, social contract, Trickle down economics
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Don’t Let Them Memory-Hole This
By Jeffrey A. Tucker Source: Brownstone Institute On a video podcast the other day, I made reference to the lockdown orders of March 2020. The host turned off the recording. He said it was fine to talk about this subject … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Big Pharma, censorship, civil liberties, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, internet freedom, media, news, Oligarchy, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged censorship, civil liberties, Covid-19, culture, DNC, Donald Trump, Dystopia, fascism, Government, Lockdowns, Michael Singer, Pandemic, police state, Psyops, RNC, Social Media, society, Technocracy
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Fiscal Insanity: The Government Borrows $6 Billion a Day, and We’re Stuck with the Bill
By John & Nisha Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute We’re not living the American dream. We’re living a financial nightmare. The U.S. government is funding its existence with a credit card. The government—and that includes the current administration—is spending money … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Deep State, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, military-industrial complex, Oligarchy, police state, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, war, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged American Dream, Charles Pollock, civil liberties, Committee for a Reasonable Federal Budget, Economics, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, Government, military spending, military-industrial complex, national debt, Oligarchy, police state, surveillance state, Taxes, war
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Dictators Bent on Building Military Empires: The Cost of the Nation’s Endless Wars
By John & Nisha Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “Autocrats only understand one word: no, no, no. No you will not take my country, no you will not take my freedom, no you will not take my future… A dictator bent … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, NATO, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, war, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged Afghanistan, Dwight Eisenhower, Economics, empire, fascism, geopolitics, Government, hypocrisy, ilitary-industrial complex, imperialism, Joe Biden, Militarism, military spending, NATO, Russia, tyranny, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, war, war profiteers
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A Cover Up Of Epic Proportions Is Happening In East Palestine, Ohio
By Michael Snyder Source: The Economic Collapse If you want a perfect example of how corrupt our system of government has become, just look at the massive cover up that is going on in East Palestine, Ohio right now. Federal, … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Environment, Health, news, Oligarchy, propaganda, Science, Social Control, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged Airborne Toxic Event, Dystopia, East Palestine, Economic Collapse, environment, Environmental Disaster, EPA, Government, Joe Biden, Mike DeWine, Norfolk Southern, Ohio, Oligarchy, Public Health, train derailment
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360 Degree Surveillance: How Police Use Public-Private Partnerships to Spy on Americans
By John & Nisha Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “We live in a surveillance state founded on a partnership between government and the technology industry.”— Law Professor Avidan Y. Cover In this age of ubiquitous surveillance, there are no private … Continue reading
Posted in civil liberties, Corporate Crime, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, FBI, freedom of speech, internet freedom, Law, Mass Incarceration, news, police state, Privatization, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged Amazon, civil liberties, culture, DHS, Dystopia, fascism, FBI, Fourth Amendment, George Orwell, Google, Government, law, NSA, police state, Privacy, Public-Private Partnerships, society, surveillance state, Technocracy
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Don’t Trust the Government with Your Privacy, Property or Your Freedoms
By John & Nisha Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute How do you trust a government that continuously sidesteps the Constitution and undermines our rights? You can’t. When you consider all the ways “we the people” are being bullied, beaten, bamboozled, … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Health, Militarization, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged civil liberties, digital rights, Economics, fascism, Freedom, Government, Kleptocracy, police state, Police Violence, Privacy, Public Health, surveillance state, Technocracy, tyranny
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