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When Are We Going to Tackle the For-Profit Monopolies Which Censored RussiaGate Skeptics?
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds We either take down Facebook and Google and turn them into tightly regulated transparent public utilities available to all or they will destroy what little is left of American democracy. The RussiaGate … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, civil liberties, Corporate Crime, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, elites, freedom of speech, internet freedom, media, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technology
Tagged alternative media, censorship, corporate media, Democracy, Facebook, free speech, Google, Internet Freedom, Mark Zuckerberg, Monopolies, RussiaGate, shadow banning, Social Media, Sundar Pichai
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Prices, plutocrats, and corporate concentration
Would less corporate concentration – and a weaker corporate capacity to raise prices – mean less inequality? By Sam Pizzigati Source: Nation of Change Andrew Leigh, a member of the Australian parliament, has a side gig. He just happens to … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, corporate news, culture, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Labor, Law, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Work
Tagged Andrew Leigh, antitrust, Cartels, Corporate Concentration, economic inequality, Economics, elites, financial crisis, Income Inequality, Monopolies, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Pay Ratio, Plutocracy, Wealth Concentration, Wealth Disparity
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“It’s Crucial to Break Up Facebook”
By Asher Schechter Source: ProMarket Four decades ago, writes Tim Wu in the introduction to his recent book The Curse of Bigness, the United States and other countries entered into a sweeping experiment that radically transformed their economies and politics. … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, society
Tagged antitrust, Cartels, Corporate Globalization, economic inequality, Economics, fascism, Free Market, Gilded Age, Louis Brandeis, Monopolies, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, The Curse of Bigness, Tim Wu, wall street, Wealth Concentration
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What Lies Beyond Capitalism and Socialism?
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds The status quo, in all its various forms, is dominated by incentives that strengthen the centralization of wealth and power. As longtime readers know, my work aims to 1) explain why the … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, elites, Environment, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Neoliberalism, Social Control, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged capitalism, Consumerism, Economic Collapse, Economic Growth, economic inequality, Economics, environment, financial crisis, Monopolies, Power, Socialism, State Cartel, Wealth, Wealth Concentration
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Are Profit and Healthcare Incompatible?
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds The only way to systemically lower costs is to make prevention and transparency the top priorities. As I have been noting for a decade, the broken U.S. healthcare system will bankrupt the … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Economics, Financial Crisis, Social Control, society, State Crime
Tagged Cartels, Economics, Health, healthcare, Illness, Medicaid, Medicare, Monopolies, Prevention, Public Health
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Leviathan and Behemoth
By Chris Shaw Source: Center for a Stateless Society Introduction The capitalist economy has gone through another shock, and the potential for another, larger one is on the horizon. While it’s seemingly in its death throes, capitalism continues to fuel … Continue reading
Posted in anarchism, conditioning, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, History, Labor, Law, Science, Social Control, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technology, Work
Tagged Anarchy, BRIC, capitalism, central banks, Commodification, Consumerism, Corporate Globalization, Corporate Hegemony, Corporate State, Labor, Libertarianism, Monopolies, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Regulatory System, Statism, Subsidies, Tariffs
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