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Tag Archives: Power
No More Mushrooms: Government is Bad
By Kirkpatrick Sale Source: CounterPunch In a book just recently published, I began with a chapter on “Why Government is Bad.” I first decided that this statement would be obvious to everyone. After all, look around: city, state, national, these … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corruption, culture, Empire, History, Philosophy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged anti-Federalists, Arthur Arnould, Authoritarianism, Bureaucracy, Corruption, Government, politics, Power, The Rebel, war
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False Spirituality Is The Friend Of Corrupt Power. True Spirituality Is Its Enemy.
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: CaitlinJohnstone.com “Leveraging Mindful Practices To Maximize Productivity”, reads a Forbes headline from last week. “Using mindfulness to overcome financial stress”, reads another headline published a few days ago by Financy. “The impact of mindfulness on businesses in the work from home era”, … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, culture, Philosophy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged Consciousness, culture, Mindfulness, Philosophy, Power, Religion, society, spirituality, Truth
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Power Is An Illusion, Control Is A Facade
By Brandon Smith Source: Alt-Market.us This past year in numerous countries the public is being bombarded with lessons in power and control that have been forgotten for generations. I think the majority of westerners in particular have long believed themselves … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, media, news, Oligarchy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged Control, coronavirus, corporate media, Covid-19, culture, Dystopia, elites, financial crisis, Lockdowns, Oligarchy, Pandemic, Plutocracy, Power, society, totalitarian government, tyranny
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Real Revolution Means Expanding Consciousness, Both Outwardly And Inwardly
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: CaitlinJohnstone.com The fight to liberate humanity from oppression, exploitation, butchery and madness is really a fight to expand consciousness. The existential threats our species now faces are ultimately due to the fact that powerful people advance … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, consciousness, culture, elites, Empire, Philosophy, propaganda, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged Consciousness, culture, Eckhart Tolle, elites, Enlightenment, Julian Assange, Philosophy, Power, propaganda, psychology, society, spirituality
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The Pathocracy of the Deep State: Tyranny at the Hands of a Psychopathic Government
By John W. Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “Politicians are more likely than people in the general population to be sociopaths. I think you would find no expert in the field of sociopathy/psychopathy/antisocial personality disorder who would dispute this… That … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, civil disobedience, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, elites, Empire, Militarization, Oligarchy, police state, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Whistleblowers
Tagged activism, Alex Haslam, Corporate State, Democracy, Dystopia, fascism, Government, Oligarchy, pathocracy, police state, Politicans, Power, psychopaths, Psychopathy, sociopaths, Totalitarianism, tyranny, whistleblowers, Zack Beauchamp
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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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Democracy vs. The Putin-Nazis
By CJ Hopkins Source: Consent Factory Back in January 2018, I wrote this piece about The War on Dissent, which, in case you haven’t noticed, is going gangbusters. As predicted, the global capitalist ruling classes have been using every weapon … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, civil liberties, conditioning, consciousness, Conspiracy, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, elites, Empire, freedom of speech, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technology
Tagged censorship, civil liberties, corporate media, Dystopia, empire, geopolitics, Ideology, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, MSM, Power, propaganda, Putin, Reality, Ruling Class, Russia, RussiaGate, The War on Dissent, Truth
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