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Tag Archives: Plutocracy
Billionaires are a Sign of Economic Failure
Inherited wealth and crony capitalism have created an aristocratic class that undermines social mobility and democracy By Max Lawson Source: Inequality.org The New York Times published an editorial comment on its front page in January 2019, provocatively entitled “abolish billionaires.” The … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, History, Inequality, Law, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged 1%, Billionaires, Corporate Power, Crony Capitalism, economic failure, economic inequality, Economics, extreme wealth, Inequality, Monopoly, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, political corruption, Poverty, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, Thomas Piketty, US History, Wealth
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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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Nuclear War: Just Another Day
By Colin Todhunter Source: OffGuardian Catastrophic events that send the world into turmoil happen on ‘just another day’. The atom bomb that exploded over Hiroshima took place while thousands of ordinary folk were just going about their everyday business … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Economics, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, media, Militarization, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war, war on terror
Tagged agritech, china, elites, empire, geopolitics, Hiroshima, imperialism, Militarism, Neoliberalism, Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Socialism, Thatcherism, Theresa May, Tony Benn, US Foreign Policy, war
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The 5-Step CEO pay scam
Grossly widening inequalities of income and wealth cannot be separated from grossly widening inequalities of political power in America. This corruption must end. By Robert Reich Source: Nation of Change Average CEO pay at big corporations topped 14.5 million dollars in … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Labor, Law, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Work
Tagged CEO Pay, CEOs, Corporate Tax Cuts, Corporate Welfare, Economics, Income Inequality, Oligarchy, Pay Gap, Plutocracy, political corruption, stock buybacks, Wealth Disparity
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Let us now stop praising famous men (and women)
By David V. Johnson Source: aeon.com After the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris nearly burned down in April, the French luxury-goods magnate François-Henri Pinault was celebrated for committing €100 million to reconstruct what he called ‘this jewel of our heritage’ and … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, conditioning, culture, elites, Inequality, media, Media Literacy, Oligarchy, Philosophy, propaganda, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged blame, Celebrity, culture, Democracy, elites, Fame, François-Henri Pinault, Hierarchy, Inequality, Meritocracy, Oligarchy, philosphy, Plutocracy, Power, praise, society, Sociology, Wealth
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The Global Climate Movement is Failing: Why?
By Robert J. Burrowes It has been satisfying to note the significant response to two recent climate campaigns: the actions, including the recent Global Climate Strike, initiated by school students inspired by Greta Thunberg and the climate actions organized by … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, consciousness, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, education, elites, Environment, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, war
Tagged activism, Biosphere, climate catastrophe, Climate Change, Climate Movement, Consumerism, Consumption, Economics, Education, elites, environment, Environmental Disaster, Global Climate Strike, Global Elite, Human Extinction, Nonviolence, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Plutocracy, psychology, Socialization, Sociology, Violence
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The Incredible Belief That Corporate Ownership Does Not Influence Media Content
By Alison Rose Levy Source: FAIR.org As Sen. Bernie Sanders (CJR, 8/26/19) has recently noted, corporate ownership of media interferes with the core societal function of the press: reporting and investigating key issues at the intersection of public need and governance. … Continue reading
Posted in censorship, Corporate Crime, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Economics, elites, Energy, Environment, media, Media Literacy, news, Oligarchy, propaganda, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged alternative media, bernie sanders, censorship, Comcast, corporate media, culture, environment, Fracking, independent media, Mainstream Media, media, Media Literacy, MSM, MSNBC, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, propaganda, society, TPP
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