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Tag Archives: Militarization
What’s the future of U.S. democracy? More inequality, polarization and violence
It might have been irrelevant whether Biden or Trump won this election. Yes, the problems are that bad By Ramzy Baroud Source: Information Clearing House In January 2017, the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index downgraded the state of democracy in the United … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Militarization, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged bernie sanders, Democracy Index, Democrats, Donald Trump, Election 2020, Failed State, financial crisis, Income Inequality, inequality gap, Militarization, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Political polarization, Populism, Republicans
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America After the Election: A Few Hard Truths About the Things That Won’t Change
By John W. Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”—George Orwell The American people remain eager to be persuaded that a new … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, imperialism, Inequality, Law, Mass Incarceration, Militarization, news, Oligarchy, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, war
Tagged Corruption, Dystopia, Election 2020, empire, financial crisis, imperialism, Mass Incarceration, Militarization, Oligarchy, Overcriminalization, Plutocracy, police shootings, police state, Poverty, surveillance state, Technocracy, war
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The Military Must be De-Funded Along with the Police
By Dan Kovalik Source: CounterPuch As Vijay Prashad explains in his book, Red Star Over The Third World, domestic fascism in the West has reflected the West’s pre-existing colonial practices abroad. Citing Martinique communist Aimé Césaire, Prashad explains: “What had come … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, culture, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Law, Militarization, Oligarchy, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged Authoritarianism, civil liberites, empire, fascism, geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, Military, National Defense Authorization Act, police, police state
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Are we about to see a Colour Revolution in the United States?
The familiar tropes are out in force, Trump may not weather this storm. By Kit Knightly Source: Off-Guardian It started with peaceful protests. It always does. Oppressed, poor or otherwise desperate people take to the streets because they don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, black ops, civil disobedience, civil liberties, Corporate Crime, corporate news, culture, Deep State, divide and conquer, Dystopia, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, History, media, Media Literacy, news, Oligarchy, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Revolution, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged activism, Color Revolutions, corporate media, Coup, Deep State, Democracy, Donald Trump, empire, geopolitics, insurgence, Mainstream Media, Martial Law, Militarization, police state, Police Violence, protests, state violence, Uprising
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Detect, Deter and Annihilate: How the Police State Will Deal with a Coronavirus Outbreak
By John W. Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “Fear is a primitive impulse, brainless as hunger, and because the aim of horror fiction is the production of the deepest kinds of fears, the genre tends to reinforce some remarkably uncivilized … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, conditioning, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, media, Militarization, news, Oligarchy, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, war on terror
Tagged Army War College, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, civil liberties, CONOP 8888, coronavirus, Covid-19, Dept. of Homeland Security, DOD, Main Core, Martial Law, Militarization, Minerva Initiative, Outbreak, Pandemic, police state, war on terror, Zombies
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US Intel Agencies Played Unsettling Role in Classified and “9/11-like” Coronavirus Response Plan
As coronavirus panic grips the world, concern over government overreach is growing given the involvement of US intelligence agencies in classified meetings for planning the U.S.’ coronavirus response. By Whitney Webb Source: Mint Press News As the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, civil liberties, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, Health, Militarization, news, police state, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, china, CIA, coronavirus, Covid-19, Customs and Border Patrol, Department of Health and Human Services, Dystopia, HHS, Iran, Militarization, National Security Council, NSC, Pandemic, police state, regime change, Sensitive Compartmentalized Information Facility, U.S. Intelligence
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American Apocalypse: The Government’s Plot to Destabilize the Nation Is Working
By John W. Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out … without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, black ops, civil disobedience, civil liberties, culture, Deep State, divide and conquer, Dystopia, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Mass Incarceration, Militarization, NSA, Oligarchy, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged active shooter drills, Chaos, Civil Unrest, cyberterrorism, Deep State, Department of Homeland Security, dissent, domestic extremists, Domestic terrorism, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, elites, empire, enemy combatants, FBI, Jade Helm, Martial Law, Militarization, NSA, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, police brutality, police state, Revolution, Societal Collapse, State Terror, Strategy of Tension, U.S. Government
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THE OMNIPRESENT SURVEILLANCE STATE: ORWELL’S FUTURE IS OUR PRESENT REALITY
By Mac Slavo Source: SHTFplan.com The Orwellian dystopia of thought control and an omnipresent surveillance state has become our reality. George Orwell’s book 1984, although meant as fiction, has turned out to be an incredible prediction of our future. The … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, conditioning, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, elites, Empire, freedom of speech, imperialism, internet freedom, media, Media Literacy, Militarization, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technology
Tagged 1984, Big Brother, Big Government, Big Tech, Dystopia, George Orwell, Militarization, Minority Report, Philip K. Dick, police state, surveillance state, Technocracy, technology, Totalitarianism
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