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Jeff Bezos Embodies the Cruel Autocracy of Neoliberal Capitalism
Amazon CEO and richest-man-in-the-world Jeff Bezos wants you to work as much as he does—for one millionth of the pay By Branko Marcetic Source: In These Times “Is Jeff Bezos a horrible boss and is that good?” That was the question … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Environment, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Labor, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technocracy, Work
Tagged Amazon.com, Autocracy, Blue Origin, Economic Collapse, economic inequality, Economics, environment, financial crisis, Jeff Bezos, Kshama Sawant, Labor, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, washington post, Work
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Is the American Dream Still Alive? (Infographic)
Source: Strategic Culture Foundation The post-WWII United States was at the peak of its soft power. One of its pillars was the American Dream. Every American could expect that his children would be better off – better off in every … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Labor, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Work
Tagged American Dream, compensation, Economic Collapse, economic inequality, Economics, financial crisis, Health, Labor, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Productivity, society, Wage Gap, Wage Stagnation
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The Top 10% Is Doing Just Fine, The Middle Class Is Dying on the Vine
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds Please study these charts as a means of understanding the inevitability of economic stagnation and a revolt of the decapitalized middle class. I’ve been covering the decline of America’s middle class for … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Housing Crisis, Inequality, Labor, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged capitalism, decapitalization, Economic Collapse, economic inequality, Economics, elites, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, Financialization, Labor, middleclass, Monopoly, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Productivity
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On Capitalism and the Machine
By Megan Sherman Source: Global Research In 1935, reflecting on the creed of productivity which prevailed in modern technological societies, Bertrand Russell, philosopher, pacifist and devout humanist wrote that: “I think that there is far too much work done in the world, … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, imperialism, Labor, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technocracy, Technology, Work
Tagged Aldous Huxley, Bertrand Russell, Brave New World, capitalism, Dystopia, Economics, Fordism, Henry Ford, Labor, Philosophy, Stephen Hawking, Technocracy, technology, Work
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A Debt Jubilee Is the Only Way to Avoid a Depression
By Michael Hudson Source: The Unz Review Even before the coronavirus appeared, many American families were falling behind on student loans, auto loans, credit card balances and other payments. America’s debt overhead was pricing its labor and industry out of … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Economics, Financial Crisis, History, Inequality, Labor, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Debt, Debt Jubilee, Economic Collapse, Economics, financial crisis, Gospel of Luke, Labor, Poverty, recession, society, unemployment, yobel
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Data governance and the new frontiers of resistance
The 21st century corporation is using algorithmic-based intelligence to accumulate data on a massive scale. Social movements need to grasp this change quickly. By Anita Gurumurthy and Nandini Chami Source: ROAR Four centuries after the East India Company set the … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Environment, Inequality, Labor, media, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged algorithmic optimization, Amazon, artificial intelligence, Big Tech, capitalism, Commodification, Corporatization, corporatocracy, data capital, data dispossession, digital platforms, Dystopia, Economics, environment, Financialization, Global South, Intelligencification, intelligent corporation, Labor, Monopolies, neo-colonialism, Neoliberalism, Technocracy, technology, Uber, Wealth Concentration
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Costs Are Spiraling Out of Control
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds And how do we pay for these spiraling out of control costs? By borrowing more, of course. If we had to choose one “big picture” reason why the vast majority of households … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Economics, education, elites, Financial Crisis, Health, Inequality, Labor, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Work
Tagged anti-trust, asset inflation, Cartels, central banks, Debt, Economic Collapse, Economics, Education, financial crisis, healthcare, Housing, Housing Bubble, Labor, Monopolies, Student loan debt, Wage Stagnation, Wages, Work
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This holiday season, American workers have little to celebrate
By Danny Haiphong Source: Intrepid Report Every year, much of the U.S. population celebrates Thanksgiving and Christmas to show appreciation for their families and friends. Thanksgiving normalizes the colonial origins of the United States and erases the brutality of the … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Labor, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, propaganda, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Work
Tagged Alienation, austerity, capitalism, Christmas, Debt, economic crisis, Economics, Education, Financial Crash, healthcare, Homelessness, Housing Crisis, Labor, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Poverty, privatization, protests, Stagnant Wages, Thanksgiving, Working Class
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