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Economic effect of coronavirus could be revolutionary
By Paul Craig Roberts Source: Intrepid Report Coronavirus and globalism will teach us vital lessons. The question is whether we can learn vital lessons that do not serve the ruling interest groups and ideologies. Coronavirus will teach us that a … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Health, Inequality, Neoliberalism, news, Oligarchy, Recession, society, Sociology
Tagged bernie sanders, Big Pharma, coronavirus, Corporate Crime, Corporate Globalization, Debt, debt-forgiveness, Economic Collapse, Economics, elites, financial crisis, Financialization, Globalism, Health Care, Michael Hudson, national health care system, nationalization, Oligarchy, Public Health, Socialism, society, wall street
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Of Course Billionaires Shouldn’t Exist
By HipCrime Vocab There’s apparently a row over whether billionaires should exist. That is, whether or not billionaires should be a thing in our society. What a stupid question. Of course billionaires shouldn’t exist! But the reason has nothing to do with … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, History, Inequality, Oligarchy, Privatization, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technology
Tagged Adam Smith, Amazon, Aristocracy, Bill Gates, Billionaires, capitalism, Classical Liberals, economic inequality, Economics, Great Britain, John D. Rockefeller, Libertarianism, market failure, Matt Stoller, Millionaires, Monopolies, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Socialism, technology, Wealth Concentration
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Establishment media’s mass deception
By Stephen Lendman Source: Intrepid Report On major geopolitical and other issues, mass deception overrides truth and full disclosure in establishment media print editions and daily broadcasts—wealth, power and privileged interests served over peace, equity and justice. The NYT is … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, conditioning, Corporate Crime, corporate news, culture, Economics, education, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, Inequality, media, Media Literacy, news, Oligarchy, propaganda, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged corporate media, David Brooks, Education, empire, financial crisis, geopolitics, imperialism, Iran, Mainstream Media, media, Media Literacy, MSM, NATO, New York Times, propaganda, Saudi Arabia, Socialism, Student Loans, Syria, venezuela, war
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Nuclear War: Just Another Day
By Colin Todhunter Source: OffGuardian Catastrophic events that send the world into turmoil happen on ‘just another day’. The atom bomb that exploded over Hiroshima took place while thousands of ordinary folk were just going about their everyday business … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Economics, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, media, Militarization, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war, war on terror
Tagged agritech, china, elites, empire, geopolitics, Hiroshima, imperialism, Militarism, Neoliberalism, Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Socialism, Thatcherism, Theresa May, Tony Benn, US Foreign Policy, war
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Stick to the Plan
Reclaiming central planning from the clutches of corporations By Brendan James Source: The Baffler What do you think the Russians talk about in their councils of state—Karl Marx? They get out their linear programming charts, statistical decision theories, minimax solutions, … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Economics, elites, Energy, Environment, Financial Crisis, History, Inequality, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, surveillance state, Technology
Tagged Amazon, automation, big data, capitalism, central planning, Cybernetics, Economics, elites, Jeff Bezos, Joseph Stalin, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Socialism, surveillance state, Technocracy
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8 VENEZUELA LIES THE US GOVERNMENT & MAINSTREAM MEDIA WANT YOU TO BELIEVE
By Makia Freeman Source: Waking Times Venezuela lies abound. Both the USG (United States Government) and its lapdog MSM (Mainstream Media) have been going into overdrive, exaggerating or just plain lying about the state of affairs in Venezuela. Truth is … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, CIA, corporate news, culture, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, Neocons, news, NGOs, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged chavez, china, CIA, corporate media, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, John Bolton, Juan Guaidó, Maduro, NGOs, propaganda, Psy-ops, Russia, Socialism, United Nations, US Foreign Policy, USAID, venezuela
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What Lies Beyond Capitalism and Socialism?
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds The status quo, in all its various forms, is dominated by incentives that strengthen the centralization of wealth and power. As longtime readers know, my work aims to 1) explain why the … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, elites, Environment, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Neoliberalism, Social Control, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged capitalism, Consumerism, Economic Collapse, Economic Growth, economic inequality, Economics, environment, financial crisis, Monopolies, Power, Socialism, State Cartel, Wealth, Wealth Concentration
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Why the West cannot stomach Russians
By Andre Vltchek Source: New Eastern Outlook When it comes to Russia or the Soviet Union, reports and historical accounts do get blurry; in the West they do, and consequently in all of its ‘client states’. Fairy tales get intermingled … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Deep State, Economics, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, Neocons, society, State Crime, war
Tagged America, capitalism, Cold War, Economics, empire, fascism, geopolitics, history, imperialism, Nazism, Refugee Crisis, Russia, Russian Culture, Socialism, Soviet Union, United States, war, Western Culture
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