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Are Americans Rational?
By Dmitry Orlov Source: Club Orlov I’ve been holding back on commenting on current events because they are far too silly. At this point it is safe to say that the elections in the US have been thoroughly botched and … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, Election Fraud, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged china, Collapse, culture, Democracy, Democrats, Donald Trump, Economics, Election 2020, Election Fraud, empire, Federal Debt, financial crisis, geopolitics, hyperinflation, Iran, iraq, Joe Biden, Oligarchy, Paul Craig Roberts, Republicans, Russia, shale oil, society, US Dollar
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What’s the future of U.S. democracy? More inequality, polarization and violence
It might have been irrelevant whether Biden or Trump won this election. Yes, the problems are that bad By Ramzy Baroud Source: Information Clearing House In January 2017, the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index downgraded the state of democracy in the United … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Militarization, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged bernie sanders, Democracy Index, Democrats, Donald Trump, Election 2020, Failed State, financial crisis, Income Inequality, inequality gap, Militarization, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Political polarization, Populism, Republicans
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The Election Has Already Been Hijacked and the Winner Decided: ‘We the People’ Lose
By John W. Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves.” ― Herbert Marcuse Republicans and Democrats alike fear that the other party will attempt to hijack this election. President Trump is convinced that mail-in … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dirty Politics, divide and conquer, Dystopia, Election Fraud, elites, Empire, media, news, Oligarchy, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state
Tagged Congress, corporate media, corporatocracy, Democrats, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, Donald Trump, Election 2020, George Carlin, Joe Biden, Oligarchy, police state, Republicans, Rigged Elections, Supreme Court, tyranny
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The USA on the brink of civil war
In this article, the author seeks to draw our attention to a fact that is difficult for Westerners to conceive of: the American people are experiencing a crisis of civilization. They are so deeply divided that the presidential election is … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Deep State, Dirty Politics, Dystopia, Election Fraud, Empire, History, Oligarchy, society, State Crime, war
Tagged David Brock, Democrats, Donald Trump, Election 2020, Electoral College, empire, George W. Bush, Jacksonians, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Republicans, Second Civil War, Transition Integrity Project, US electoral system
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Corporate Looting as ‘Rescue Plan,’ Robber Barons as ‘Saviors’
By Joshua Cho Source: FAIR.org For a perfect illustration of how corporate media function as ruling class propaganda, watch how they spin a titanic upward redistribution of wealth as a “rescue plan” for the US economy, and paint a robber … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, corporate news, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Inequality, media, Media Literacy, news, Oligarchy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Bailouts, CARES act, Committee for a Responsible Budget, coronavirus, corporate media, Covid-19, Democrats, Donna Shalala, Dystopia, economic inequality, Economics, economy, financial crisis, Mainstream Media, Media Literacy, MSM media, Nancy Pelosi, Oligarchy, Pandemic, propaganda, recession, Republicans, Special Purpose Vehicles, Steve Mnuchin
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Democrats downplay Google censorship at congressional hearing
By Andre Damon Source: WSWS.org Google CEO Sundar Pichai denied allegations that the company was engaged in political censorship Monday at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Throughout the hearing, Republicans repeatedly claimed that the company was censoring search … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, civil liberties, Conspiracy, Corporate Crime, corporate news, culture, elites, freedom of speech, internet freedom, media, Media Literacy, news, Oligarchy, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state
Tagged censorship, conspiracy, corporate media, Democrats, Donald Trump, Fake News, Google, Internet Freedom, Jerrold Nadler, Mainstream News, Republicans, Russia, RussiaGate, Senate Judiciary Committee, Silicon Valley, Social Engineering, Sundar Pichai, surveillance state, US intelligence agencies, World Socialist Web Site
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Wealth of 400 richest Americans hits record $2.9 trillion
By Alec Anderson Source: WSWS.org On Wednesday, the US finance magazine Forbes released its annual “Forbes 400” list of wealthiest Americans, revealing an immense increase in wealth among the top social stratum in the United States. The total net worth … Continue reading
Posted in Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Social Control, society, Technology
Tagged Amazon, Bill Gates, capitalism, CEO Compensation, Corporate CEOs, Democrats, Donald Trump, Duopoly, Dystopia, economic inequality, Economics, elites, Facebook, financial crisis, Forbes 400, Google, Jack Dorsey, Jeff Bezos, Microsoft, Oligarchs, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Republicans, Trillionaires, Twitter, wall street, Wealth Concentration, Wealth Disparity
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Russiagate is a Ruling Class Diversion
By Glen Ford Source: Black Agenda Report “Trump supporters see themselves as a distinct and independent force in the nation — the saviors of America, in their diseased minds — and they now hate the Democratic Party in a far deeper … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, conditioning, corporate news, culture, Deep State, divide and conquer, Empire, Militarization, Neocons, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, war
Tagged capitalism, Cold War, corporate media, corporatocracy, Deep State, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, propaganda, Putin, racism, Republicans, Ruling Class, Russia, RussiaGate, social control, TPP, Trump, Voter Suppression, war
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