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Ransacking the World Economy Until “You’ll Own Nothing.”
Part 1: 5,000 Years Setting the Stage By Robert J. Burrowes According to a video published by the World Economic Forum in 2016, by 2030 ‘You’ll Own Nothing. And You’ll Be Happy.’ See ‘8 predictions for the world in 2030’. Clearly, if … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, Inequality, Militarization, Oligarchy, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, war
Tagged Big Oil, BIS, central banks, COP26, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Emanuel Pastreich, G3P, GFANZ, Global Elites, Goldman Sachs, Great Reset, history, Klaus Schwab, London, Oligarchy, Peter Vanham, Plutocracy, Rockefeller, Rothschild, Russia, Smedley Butler, society, Technocracy, Transhumanism, war, WEF
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I Used To Be Disgusted, Now I’m Disabused
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds It’s certainly possible to be disgusted, but being disabused of the fantasy that the system is self-correcting is the healthier perspective. I used to be disgusted, now I’m disabused: beneath all the … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Deep State, divide and conquer, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Collapse, Corruption, Deep State, Democracy, economic inequality, Economics, elites, empire, fascism, Government, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Wealth Concentration
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Wokeness is a Product of Neoliberalism
Why don’t more people make this connection? By Chad C. Mulligan Source: The Hipcrime Vocab Substack One thing I haven’t seen people point out anywhere else is how much the current atmosphere of “wokeness” is an outcome of neoliberalism. Let … Continue reading
Posted in Consumerism, culture, Economics, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technocracy
Tagged capitalism, Competition, Consumerism, Corporate Globalization, culture, culture war, Economics, Free Market, Karl Polanyi, Naomi Klein, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Peter Kropotkin, Plutocracy, socially conscious, society, The Baffler, Thomas Frank, woke capitalism, wokeness
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Politics Is Dead, Here’s What Killed It
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds Representational democracy–a.k.a. politics as a solution to social and economic problems–has passed away. It did not die a natural death. Politics developed a cancer very early in life (circa the early 1800s), caused by … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Inequality, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged Collapse, Dystopia, Economics, empire, Federal Reserve, Government, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, politics, society, Supreme Court, Technocracy, Two Party System
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The Real Threat to Democracy is Corrupting Wealth Inequality
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds Imagine a town of 1,000 adults and their dependents in which one person holds the vast majority of wealth and political influence. Would that qualify as a democracy? Now imagine that 100 of … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged Democracy, Dystopia, economic inequality, Economics, elites, empire, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, Financialization, Globalization, Kleptocracy, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Technocracy, Wealth Disparity
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Corporate Power: Who Owns the World?
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Source: The Herland Report Who Owns the World? A handful of mega corporations — private investment companies — dominate every aspect of our lives; everything we eat, drink, wear or use in one way or another. … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Conspiracy, Corporate Crime, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, Inequality, Neoliberalism, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged Agribusiness, Apple, Berkshire Hathaway, Big Tech, BlackRock, Economics, Facebook, Federal Reserve, geopolitics, Global Elites, Industrial Food, Investment Firms, Microsoft, Monopoly, Oligarchy, payment processors, Plutocracy, State Street, VANGUARD
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America’s Bottom 50% Have Nowhere To Go But Down
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds One might anticipate that the bottom 50%’s meager share of the nation’s exploding wealth would have increased as smartly as the wealth of the billionaires, but alas, no. America’s economy has changed … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Health, Housing Crisis, Inequality, Labor, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy, Work
Tagged Asset Bubbles, Big Tech, Economic Collapse, economic inequality, Economics, elites, everything bubble, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, Financialization, Gig Economy, Globalization, healthcare, Homelessness, Housing Crisis, Labor, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Poverty
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Planet of the Living Dead (Halloween 2021)
By Mickey Z. Source: Dissident Voice The only thing we have to fear… (the dude who signed Executive Order 9066) Halloween is an odd holiday. The ostensible concept — as it has evolved to become — is to shock, startle, frighten, … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Health, Inequality, Oligarchy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged Covid-19, culture, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, economic inequality, Economics, elites, financial crisis, Hallowee, Lockdowns, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Ruling Class, society, Technocracy
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