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The Facebook Team that Tried to Swing Nicaragua’s Election is Full of U.S. Spies
A tacit agreement between the government and Facebook appears to have been made: you can keep the profits, but we control the message. As such, a cynic might wonder what functional difference there is between Facebook and the national security … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, censorship, civil liberties, Conspiracy, Corporate Crime, culture, Deep State, Dirty Politics, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, internet freedom, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged Anthony Blinken, Atlantic Council, Ben Nimmo, Ben Norton, civil liberties, Daniel Kovalik, Deep State, empire, Facebook, geopolitics, imperialism, Internet Freedom, John Perry, Mike Dvilyanski, NATO, Nicaragua, Sandanistas, Silicon Valley, Technocracy
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Raskolnikov’s Dream Come True
By Edward Curtin Source: Behind the Curtain “Something is happening here, But you don’t know what it is, Do you, Mr. Jones?” — Bob Dylan, Ballad of A Thin Man It’s hard. Life today seems like a dream, doesn’t it? Surreal … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, censorship, civil liberties, conditioning, Corporate Crime, culture, Deep State, Dirty Politics, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Inequality, internet freedom, media, news, Oligarchy, Philosophy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged censorship, civil liberties, corporate media, culture, Deep State, Democrats, Donald Trump, Dystopia, economic inequality, False Flags, Franz Kafka, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Joe Biden, Luis Buñuel, Mainstream Media, Patriot Act, Philosophy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Republicans, Silicon Valley, Social Media, society, Technocracy, technology
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No Escape from Our Techno-Feudal World
By Pepe Escobar Source: Global Research The political economy of the Digital Age remains virtually terra incognita. In Techno-Feudalism, published three months ago in France (no English translation yet), Cedric Durand, an economist at the Sorbonne, provides a crucial, global public service as … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Hackers, internet freedom, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged Alvin Toffler, Ayn Rand, capitalism, Cedric Durand, Chinese credit system, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Futurism, George Keyworth, Internet, Progress and Freedom Foundation, Silicon Valley, society, surveillance capitalism, surveillance state, Techno-Feudalism, Technocracy, technology, the Digital Age
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New Pentagon-Google Partnership Suggests AI Will Soon Be Used to Diagnose Covid-19
Google recently teamed up with the Pentagon as part of the new, AI-driven “Predictive Health” program. Though only focused on “predictive cancer diagnoses” for now, Google and the military have apparent plans to expand the AI model for automating and … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, Corporate Crime, culture, Deep State, Economics, elites, Health, Oligarchy, police state, Privatization, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged AI, coronavirus, Covid-19, Cyber Alliance to Defend Our Healthcare, Defense Health Agency, Defense Innovation Unit, Department of Defense, Global Health Institute, Google, Google Cloud, Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, Microsoft, Predictive Health, Silicon Valley, surveillance state, Technocracy, the CTI League
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How big corporations are draining the life out of a sick America
If today’s companies were truly offering a fair return to the taxpayers who built their businesses, they’d be doing a lot more to ensure that all Americans have the means to support their families. By Paul Buchheit Source: Nation of … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Neoliberalism, news, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Technology
Tagged Big Tech, corporate taxes, Economic Collapse, economic inequality, Economics, financial crisis, Free Market, Oligarchy, payroll tax, Plutocracy, Silicon Valley, stock buybacks, tax cheats, technology
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The Real Reason Why Blackstone Is Courting The Pentagon
The sudden push by Wall Street’s largest private equity firm to heavily lobby the Pentagon and State Department for largely unspecified reasons is part of an increasingly visible conflict within the U.S. establishment regarding how to handle the Artificial Intelligence … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged AI, Amazon Web Services, Blackstone Group, CARES act, Carlyle Group, Christine Feng, David Urban, Donald Trump, geopolitics, Google, Jeff Miller, National Security Commission on AI, NSCAI, Silicon Valley, Steven Schwarzman, Technocracy
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Minority Report (2002) Esoteric Analysis
By Jay Dyer Source: Jay’s Analysis Spielberg’s Minority Report is now an important film to revisit. Based on the short story by visionary science fiction author Phillip K. Dick, Spielberg’s film version implements an important number of predictive programming elements … Continue reading
Posted in Art, conditioning, culture, Dystopia, Film, NSA, Oligarchy, Philosophy, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged 1984, A.I., Afghanistan, algorithmic tracking, Apple, DARPA, Dystopia, elites, Google, Minority Report, NSA, panopticon, Phillip K. Dick, Philosophy, police state, Precrime, Science fiction, Silicon Valley, Siri, Steven Spielberg, surveillance state, Technocracy, technology, Ubik
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Social Media Censorship Reaches New Heights as Twitter Permanently Bans Dissent
Mnar Muhawesh speaks with journalist Daniel McAdams about being permanently banned from Twitter, social media censorship and more. By Mnar Muhawesh Source: Mint Press News It’s an open secret. The deep state is working hand in hand with Silicon Valley social … Continue reading
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Tagged 77th Brigade, alternative media, Amazon, British Army, censorship, Chelsea Manning, CIA, corporate news, Daniel McAdams, Deep State, eric schmidt, Facebook, Fake News, Google, Information Warfare, Iran, Israel, Jared Cohen, Jeff Bezos, Julian Assange, Mainstream Media, military-industrial complex, MSM, NATO, Palestine, propaganda, Psy-ops, Ron Paul Institute, Russia, Sean Hannity, Silicon Valley, Social Media, surveillance state, Technocracy, technology, The Atlantic Council, The Washington Post, Twitter, venezuela
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