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Why America’s “Revolution” Won’t be Televised. No one is Aiming at the Empire
By Pepe Escobar Source: Global Research The Revolution Won’t Be Televised because this is not a revolution. At least not yet. Burning and/or looting Target or Macy’s is a minor diversion. No one is aiming at the Pentagon (or even the shops … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, civil disobedience, corporate news, culture, Deep State, divide and conquer, Dystopia, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, news, Oligarchy, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Revolution, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Color Revolution, corporate media, elites, empire, geopolitics, George Floyd, imperialism, insurgency, Inverted Totalitarianism, Mainstream Media, Martial Law, Oligarchy, police state, Psyops, regime change, Revolution, Sheldon Wolin, Strategy of Tension, Uprising
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Social Media and the Society of the Spectacle
By Kenn Orphan Source: CounterPunch “The reigning economic system is a vicious circle of isolation. Its technologies are based on isolation, and they contribute to that same isolation. From automobiles to television, the goods that the spectacular system chooses to … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, Philosophy, propaganda, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technology
Tagged conditioning, Conformity, culture, dissent, Economics, empire, Guy Debord, imperialism, Inverted Totalitarianism, Philosophy, propaganda, social control, Social Media, society, technology, terrorism
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The Last Gasp of American Democracy
Chris Hedges’ regular columns for Truthdig.com are consistently informative and provocative, but his latest piece offers a particularly critical analysis of the current political moment in the United States. In the following excerpt he ruminates on a number of recent … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Hedges, Corporate Fascism, Corporate Oligarchy, Corporate Personhood, Corporate State, Corporate Totalitarianism, Inverted Totalitarianism, Security State, surveillance state, The Last Gasp of American Democracy, Truthdig, Truthdig.com
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