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BYE, BYE KIEV, HELLO COTE D’AZUR: AS WESTERNERS SEND AID, HERE’S HOW UKRAINE’S CORRUPT ELITES ARE PROFITING FROM THE CONFLICT
Ukraine’s newly elected President Volodymyr Zelensky (C) walks to his Presidential office after a ceremony of his oath in the Ukrainian Parliament, in Kiev, Ukraine. © STR / NurPhoto via Getty Images By Olga Sukharevskaya Source: New Cold War For … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Geopolitics, Militarization, military spending, news, Oligarchy, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Alexander Davtyan, Alexander Dubinsky, Alexander Tupitsky, Alexander Yaroslavsky, Andrei Kholodov, Andrei Yarmolsky, Andrey Stavnitzer, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Côte d’Azur, Corruption, Dmitry Firtash, elites, European Union, geopolitics, Grayzone, Igor Abramovich, Kiev, Konstantin Zhevago, military spending, Nikita Poturaev, Oligarchs, Rinat Akhmetov, Ruslan Ryaboshapka, Russia, Samantha Morris, Sergei Melnichuk, Sergey Lovochkin, Stephen Myers, The Monaco Battalion, Ukraine, Vadim Ermolaev, Vadim Nesterenko, Vadim Novinsky, Vadim Solar, Vadim Stolar, Vasily Khmelnitsky, Vitaly Khomutynnik, Vitaly Zakolodyazhny, Vladimir Nemirovsky, Vladimir Zelensky, Vladislav Gelzin, war, Zaporozhye
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Zero Point: Our 4th Industrial Revolution Against Their Great Reset
By Joaquin Flores Source: Strategic Culture Foundation Genesis 1:26 – And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, internet freedom, media, Media Literacy, Oligarchy, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged 3D printing, 4IR, 4th Industrial Revolution, Cybernetics, Dystopia, Global Reset, Great Reset, ID2020, Klaus Schwab, Oligarchs, surveillance state, Technocracy, technology, Transhumanism, World Economic Forum
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Global billionaire wealth tops $10 trillion as COVID-19 deaths mount
By Jacob Crosse Source: WSWS.org The collective wealth of the world’s 2,189 billionaires has risen to $10.2 trillion, an increase of nearly $1.3 trillion in the past three years, according to a new report by the Swiss bank UBS and … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, news, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged bailout, Billionaires, covid profiteers, Economic Collapse, economic inequality, elites, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, Institute for Policy Studies, Jeff Bezos, Mass Poverty, Neoclassical Economics, Oligarchs, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Riding the Storm, unemployment, Wealth Concentration
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Wealth Identity Politics: Billionaires Acting Like A Persecuted Minority Is Peak Capitalism
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: CaitlinJohnstone.com “I guess maybe Bernie Sanders shouldn’t exist,” said billionaire Steve Schwarzman while seated in a library building named after billionaire Steve Schwarzman and promoting a book with billionaire Steve Schwarzman’s face on it. According to Bloomberg … Continue reading
Posted in corporate news, culture, Economics, elites, Geopolitics, Inequality, media, Media Literacy, news, Oligarchy, propaganda, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society
Tagged 1%, bernie sanders, Billionaires, corporate media, economic inequality, Economic Justice, Economics, Ego, elites, Ken Langone, Mainstream Media, MSM, Oligarchs, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Power Elite, propaganda, psychology, Steve Schwarzman, Wealth Concentration
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The Real Big Brother
By Eric Zuesse Source: Consortium News Jeff Bezos is the owner of The Washington Post, which leads America’s news-media in their almost 100 percent support and promotion of neoconservatism, American imperialism and wars. This includes sanctions, coups, and military invasions … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, CIA, Conspiracy, Corporate Crime, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, imperialism, Inequality, media, Militarization, military spending, Neocons, news, NSA, Oligarchy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy, war
Tagged 1%, 1984, Amazon, Big Brother, Billionaires, CIA, Corporate Crime, corporate media, Deep State, Dystopia, economic inequality, Economics, elites, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, Jeff Bezos, John Brennan, King Salman, Neocons, Neoconservatism, NSA, Oligarchs, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, privatization, State Crime, The Washington Post, US Foreign Policy
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More Than a Threat, America’s Criminal Ways
By Gordon Duff Source: New Eastern Outlook It is one thing watching the news, such as it is, a mix of conspiracy theories, flummery and distraction but quite something else watching the United States under its current regime wage war … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, CIA, corporate news, culture, elites, Empire, False Flag, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, Militarization, news, Oligarchy, patriotism, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology, war
Tagged America, Britain, CIA, corporate media, Dystopia, empire, Ethnic Cleansing, Eugenics, False Flags, Genocide, geopolitics, Germany, Hitler, imperialism, Israel, Japan, Mainstream Media, Mike Pompeo, Oligarchs, Oligarchy, patriotism, Plutocracy, propaganda, science, State Terror, Technocracy, technology, US Foreign Policy, war, wealthy elites, World War II
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Happy ThanksGetting Day. Poverty and Social Inequality in America
By Philip A Farruggio Source: Global Research Yes, we need to finally absolve ourselves, as Amerikans, from the con job concerning Thanksgiving Day. All the ‘pomp and circumstance’ revolving around this holiday is just that, to quote Ebenezer Scrooge (one … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged capitalism, CEOs, Corporate Crime, Corporate Greed, economic inequality, Economics, elites, Oligarchs, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Poverty, Thanksgiving
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Multi-Billion Dollar Giveaway to Amazon
By Stephen Lendman Source: StephanLendman.org Seattle-based Amazon is like corporate predator Walmart, exploiting communities, along with harming local businesses and workers for maximum productivity and profits. The company’s $100 billion dollar CEO Jeff Bezos didn’t get super-rich by being worker … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Labor, news, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Work
Tagged Amazon HQ2, Amazon Workers, Amazon.com, CIA, Corporate Welfare, corporatocracy, Crony Capitalism, Deep State, economic inequality, Economics, elites, financial crisis, Jeff Bezos, Oligarchs, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, predatory capitalism, Seattle, Sports, Worker Exploitation, Worker's Rights
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