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‘Deaths of despair’ soaring among Gen Z & millennials: ‘It’s the economy, stupid’
By Helen Buyniski Source: RT.com Young Americans are killing themselves in record numbers, the victims of a confluence of economic and sociological factors that have singled them out – even above a nationwide surge in so-called “deaths of despair.” Suicide … Continue reading
Posted in Consumerism, culture, Dystopia, Economics, education, Financial Crisis, Health, Inequality, Labor, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technology, Work
Tagged addiction, Alcohol, America, Baby Boomers, culture, deaths of despair., depression, drugs, Economics, Education, financial crisis, Generation Z, Health, Journal of the American Medical Association, Labor, military spending, millennials, opioids, Pharmaceuticals, Poverty, recession, Social Media, society, Sociology, Student Debt, Student Loans, suicide, The American Dream, unemployment, war, Work
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From Dollar Hegemony to Global Warming
Globalization, Glyphosate and Doctrines of Consent By Colin Todhunter Source: Dissident Voice There has been an on-going tectonic shift in the West since the abandonment of the Bretton Woods agreement in 1971. This accelerated when the USSR ended and has … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Agribusiness, American Empire, anti-racism, arms industry, Bretton Woods, Denis Rancourt, Economics, empire, gender equity, geopolitics, Global Warming, Globalization, Glyphosate, imperialism, neoliberal globalisation, Neoliberalism, oil, Ontario Civil Liberties Association, opioids, US Dollar
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US Technological Transformations and the Narcotic-Fueled Genocide of American Workers
By James Petras Source: The Unz Review Introduction During his recent visit to New Hampshire on 3/20/18, President Trump declared once again that the US is facing a ‘drug epidemic’. This time he advocated the death penalty for criminal drug … Continue reading
Posted in Conspiracy, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Drug War, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Health, History, Inequality, Labor, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Work
Tagged Big Pharma, Corporate Crime, culture, DEA, Deindustrialization, Donald Trump, drug war, Economics, elites, Employment, FDA, Genocide, Labor, Lobbyists, NAFTA, Oligarchy, Opioid Epidemic, opioids, Pharmaceuticals, Plutocracy, Population Control, society
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Blade Runner And The Synthetic Panopticon
Truth Is Always An Open Question By James Curcio Source: Modern Mythology This Is Only A Model We are living in alternate realities. In one reality people see Trump’s incessant lying, and no one in power seeming to doing anything to stop … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, conditioning, consciousness, corporate news, culture, Dystopia, Health, media, Neoliberalism, news, Philosophy, propaganda, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technology
Tagged AI, Authority, Blade Runner 2049, Consciousness, Dystopia, Jean Baudrillard, media, Neoliberalism, opioids, Pain, Panoptican, Philosophy, Reality, simulacra, society, Truth, Turing Test, Utilitarianism
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10 Most Awe-Inspiring Neuroscience Studies
By Jeremy Dean Originally posted at PsyBlog New studies demonstrate the deep power of human empathy, debunk right-brain and left-brain personalities, explore neural structures during sleep and way more… It’s been an awe-inspiring few years for neuroscience. By peering inside … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, Psychology, Science, society, Technology
Tagged brain development, brain studies, empathy, gender differences, Jeremy Dean, Neuroscience, night owls, opioids, PsyBlog, sleep, ultrasound
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