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Tag Archives: political corruption
America’s Fatal Synergies
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds America’s financial system and state are themselves the problems, yet neither system is capable of recognizing this or unwinding their fatal synergies. why do some systems/states emerge from crises stronger while similar … Continue reading
Posted in civil liberties, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, History, Inequality, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Benign Synergies, Economic Collapse, economic inequality, Economics, elies, Fatal Synergies, financial crisis, Global Crisis, Oligarchy, political corruption, Wealth Concentration
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Why do hypocritical officials violate their own COVID rules?
By Jon Rappoport Source: NoMoreFakeNews.com The latest example of hypocrisy is Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus advisor. It turns out she traveled to meet her family for Thanksgiving after telling Americans not to travel, not to gather with family … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, elites, news, Oligarchy, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged Authoritarianism, civil liberties, coronavirus, Covid-19, Dr. Deborah Birx, Dystopia, elites, fascism, Gavin Newsom, Lockdowns, Oligarchy, Pandemic, political corruption, Politicians, tyranny
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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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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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Jeffrey Epstein Out in the Open
By Jon Rappoport Source: NoMoreFakeNews.com NOTE: This article concerns the reporting of Vicky Ward. I’m not automatically assuming her key point is factual, especially since it relies on an unnamed source, who is telling her about a private meeting which … Continue reading
Posted in CIA, Conspiracy, culture, Deep State, elites, History, Labor, news, Oligarchy, society, State Crime
Tagged Alexander Acosta, CIA, conspiracy, Deep State, Donald Trump, elites, Jeffrey Epstein, Labor Secretary, Mossad, Oligarchy, political corruption, sex trafficking, State Crime, US Labor Department, Vicky Ward
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Our Ruling Elites Have No Idea How Much We Want to See Them All in Prison Jumpsuits
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds Even the most distracted, fragmented tribe of the peasantry eventually notices that they’re not in the top 1%, or the top 0.1%. Let’s posit that America will confront a Great Crisis in … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, civil disobedience, Corporate Crime, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dirty Politics, divide and conquer, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, History, Inequality, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged Big Tech, corporate media, Deep State, divide and conquer, economic inequality, Economics, financial crisis, Jeffrey Epstein, Moral Crisis, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, political corruption, Ruling Elites, The Fourth Turning
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Nemesis Rising
By James Howard Kunstler Source: Kunstler.com Where are Clintons, these dog days of summer? The Hamptons? Salty, sunny Martha’s Vineyard? Under a rock somewhere in the Chappaqua woods? Fate is turning in more than one uncomfortable way for the once-charmed … Continue reading
Posted in Conspiracy, Corruption, culture, Deep State, elites, Empire, History, news, NGOs, Oligarchy, society, State Crime
Tagged Andrew Weissmann, Bill Clinton, CIA, Clinton Foundation, Clinton Global Initiative, Deep State, Donald Trump, elites, empire, FBI, Fusion GPS, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Jeannie Rhee, Jeffrey Epstein, John Brennan, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, political corruption, Robert Mueller, RussiaGate
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Bezos Reveals His Ugly Vision For The World He’s Trying To Rule
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: CaitlinJohnstone.com “Guess what the best planet is in this solar system?” asked Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos at a recent media event on his Blue Origin space program. “It’s easy to know the answer to that question,” … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Environment, Inequality, Labor, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Privatization, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Technology, Work
Tagged Amazon, Corporate Crime, Dystopia, economic inequality, Economics, Ecosystem, elites, environment, Jeff Bezos, Julian Assange, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Plutocrats, political corruption, Silicon Valley, society, Technocracy, technology, Transhumanism, Wealth Concentration
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