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Media’s Grim Addiction to Perseverance Porn
By Adam Johnson Source: FAIR You’ve seen or heard or read the personal interest story a thousand times: An enterprising seven-year-old collects cans to save for college (ABC7, 2/8/17), a man with unmatched moxie walks 15 miles to his job (Today, 2/20/17), … Continue reading
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Tagged conditioning, corporate media, corporate news, economic crisis, Economics, economy, healthcare, healthcare system, Labor, Mainstream Media, media, Poverty, propaganda, recession, social control, Systemic Problems, Work
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The Value of Everything
By James Howard Kunstler Source: Kunstler.com We are looking more and more like France on the eve of its revolution in 1789. Our classes are distributed differently, but the inequity is just as sharp. America’s “aristocracy,” once based strictly on … Continue reading
Posted in Consumerism, Corporate Crime, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, History, Inequality, media, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Work
Tagged Aristocracy, Automobiles, Debt, economic crisis, economic inequality, Economics, Entertainment, Global Elites, Housing, income gap, Mass Media, recession, Wealth Disparity
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Disposable Americans: The Numbers are Growing
By Paul Buchheit Source: Information Clearing House As often noted in the passionate writings of Henry Giroux, poor Americans are becoming increasingly ‘disposable’ in our winner-take-all society. After 35 years of wealth distribution to the super-rich, inequality has forced much … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Financial Crisis, Health, Labor, Racism, Recession, Social Control, society, State Crime, Work
Tagged Blackstone, Debt, economic inequality, financial crisis, HealthcareSystem, Housing Market, Income Disparity, Institutionalized Racism, Middle Class, Real Estate, recession, Rent, Social Security, Wealth Gap
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Fuck Work
Economists believe in full employment. Americans think that work builds character. But what if jobs aren’t working anymore? By James Livingston Source: aeon Work means everything to us Americans. For centuries – since, say, 1650 – we’ve believed that … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, culture, Dystopia, Economics, History, Labor, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technology, Work
Tagged automation, capitalism, Corporate Globalization, Corporations, economic crisis, economic inequality, Economics, Employment, End of Work, Great Recession, Job Market, Jobs, Labor, recession, society, technology, Work
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Millions Around the World Fleeing from Neoliberal Policy
Source: The Real News Network Economist Michael Hudson says neoliberal policy will pressure U.S. citizens to emigrate, just as it caused millions to leave Russia, the Baltic States, and now Greece in search of a better life. A research team … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, culture, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, History, Neoliberalism, society
Tagged Corporate Globalization, Economics, Election 2016, financial crisis, Hillary Clinton, Income Inequality, Michael Hudson, Middle Class, Neoliberal Policy, Neoliberalism, Obama, Poverty, Presidential Elections, recession, Social Security, TPP, Trans-Pacific Trade Agreement, Trump, Victoria Nuland, Wealth Disparity
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In a highly indebted world, austerity is a permanent state of affairs
By Mark Blyth Source: Aeon By 2010, everyone had heard the ‘austerity’ rallying cry. Immediately following the 2008 financial crisis, especially in Europe, it resounded: ‘Stimulate no more, now is the time for all to tighten!’ And tighten governments did, … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Financial Crisis, History, Labor, Neoliberalism, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Work
Tagged austerity, Bailouts, Debt, Economics, EU, financial crisis, Globalization, Greece, IMF, Neoliberalism, Precariat, recession, Wages
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Five Ways America Is Like a Third-World Country
By Nathan Wellman Source: U.S. Uncut The United States of America is possibly the wealthiest nation in the history of the world. However, many third-world countries actually surpass America in many of the most vital gauges for measuring human development. … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Health, History, Law, Neoliberalism, Privatization, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged America, criminal justice system, economic inequality, financial crisis, Gun Violence, healthcare, income gap, Infrastructure, law, Mass Incarceration, Medical Insurance, Poverty, Public Transit, recession, Sewage System, Third World Country, United States, Water Supply, Wealth Disparity
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Living In A Van Down By The River – Time To Face The True State Of The Middle Class In America
By Michael Snyder Source: InvestmentWatch Do you remember the old Saturday Night Live sketches in which comedian Chris Farley portrayed a motivational speaker that lived in a van down by the river? Unfortunately, this is becoming a reality for way … Continue reading
