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Tag Archives: Neofeudalism
Make Sure You Download the Latest Ministry of Propaganda Updates
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds It’s time once again to check for Ministry of Propaganda updates, which like Windows and iOS is constantly being updated to counter new threats and enhance the user experience (heh). Much like the other … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, conditioning, consciousness, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Environment, internet freedom, media, Media Literacy, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged Big Tech, Consumerism, Dystopia, Economics, environment, Neofeudalism, Neuromarketing, Philip K. Dick, PKD, propaganda, Psyops, Technocracy, unsustainability
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Is Housing a Bubble That’s About to Crash?
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds Are we heading into another real estate bubble / crash? Those who say “no” see the housing shortage as real, while those who say “yes” see the demand as a reflection of the … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, Housing Crisis, Inequality, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Economic Collapse, Economics, empire, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, Financialization, geopolitics, Globalism, Home Prices, house-flipping, Housing Bubble, Housing Crisis, Inflation, mortgage rates, Neofeudalism, Neoliberalism, remote work, supply chains, urban decay
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The Coming War on Wealth and the Wealthy
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds Here’s looking at you, Federal Reserve–thanks for perfecting ‘legalized looting’ and neofeudalism in America. The problem with pushing a pendulum to its maximum extreme on one end is that it will swing … Continue reading
Posted in civil disobedience, Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Oligarchy, Revolution, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Economic Collapse, Economics, elites, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, financializzation, Income Inequality, legalized looting, Neofeudalism, Oligarchy, Social Unrest, Wealth Gap
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Lords of Misrule: UK Elites and the Rise of Global Feudalism
By Chris Floyd Source: Empire Burlesque I darkly suspect that the UK is entering a long winter of discontent and widespread upheaval, which will likely end with the replacement of the hapless opportunist Boris Johnson by someone even worse: the … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged Boris Johnson, corporate feudalism, corporatocracy, Dom Cummings, Economic Collapse, Economics, elites, Michael Gove, Neofeudalism, Oligarchy, Plutocracy
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No, This Is Not Another 1929, 1973, 1987, 2000, or 2008
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds Basing one’s decisions on analogs from the past is entering a fool’s paradise of folly. Like addicts who cannot control their cravings, financial analysts cannot stop themselves from seeking some analog situation … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Neoliberalism, news, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Cartels, central banks, coronavirus, Covid-19, Debt, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, economic inequality, Economics, financial crisis, Financialization, Globalization, Great Depression, Monopolies, Neofeudalism, Oligarchy, overvalued stock valuations, Pandemic, stock buybacks, Wage Stagnation, wall street
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What Are You Gonna Do About It?
By Michael Krieger Source: Liberty Blitzkrieg Tucked into the recent recovery bill was a provision granting the Federal Reserve the right to set up a $450 billion bailout plan without following key provisions of the federal open meetings law, including … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, civil liberties, Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, Election Fraud, elites, Empire, Health, news, Oligarchy, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged activism, coronavirus, Covid-19, Economic Collapse, Economics, Election 2020, Election Fraud, financial crisis, Government, mass movements, Neofeudalism, Oligarchy, Pandemic, Populism
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Boobs on Credit
By Jim Quinn Source: The Burning Platform Do you ever hear something so startlingly mind numbingly ridiculous you realize it must be a sign things have gotten so fucked up something has got to give? As I was driving to … Continue reading
Posted in Consumerism, Corporate Crime, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, Financial Crisis, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged Breast Implants, central banks, Credit Cards, Crony Capitalism, Debt, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, Economics, financial crisis, Financialization, Neofeudalism, Plastic Surgery, Ponzi Scheme, Subprime Loans
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The Great Ponzi Scheme of the Global Economy
By Michael Hudson and Chris Hedges Source: CounterPunch CHRIS HEDGES: We’re going to be discussing a great Ponzi scheme that not only defines not only the U.S. but the global economy, how we got there and where we’re going. And with me … Continue reading
Posted in Conspiracy, Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, History, Recession, Social Control, society, war
Tagged 1%, 99%, Adam Smith, Chris Hedges, Classical Economics, Debt, Financial Parasites, GDP, Goldman Sachs, Gross National Product, Junk Economics, Marx, Michael Hudson, military-industrial complex, Neofeudalism, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, wall street, war
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