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Our Political Parties Are Obsolete
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds When the parties do finally implode, the general mood will be: good riddance. History informs us that once something is obsolete, it can disappear far faster than anyone expected. While we generally think … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corruption, culture, Deep State, divide and conquer, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Social Control, society
Tagged Centralization, Coporatocracy, Corporate America, Decentralization, Democracy, Democrats, Duopoly, Economics, Financial Elites, Global Elites, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Political Elites, Republicans, technology, Two Party System
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Escaping the iron cage of hopelessness
By Edward Curtin Source: Intrepid Report “Specialists without spirit, sensualists without heart; this nullity imagines that it has attained a level of civilization never before achieved”—Max Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism “In this frightful round of … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Philosophy, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality, Technology
Tagged Conscious Evolution, culture, Economics, materialism, Philosophy, Relativism, Religion, science, Scientism, society, spirituality, technology
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Saturday Matinee: Rollerball (1975)
The Science Fiction of Rollerball Is Nothing Compared to the Facts of Real Life Control By Rich Monetti Source: Omni If you’ve never seen Rollerball, stop what you’re doing and dial up the DVD for this 1975 Science Fiction Movie … Continue reading
Posted in Art, conditioning, Consumerism, culture, Dystopia, Film, Saturday Matinee, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Technology, Video
Tagged Consumerism, corporatocracy, Cult film, Dystopia, James Cann, Rollerball, Science fiction, social control, Sports, technology
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Godzilla Amazon: The Amount of Power in Jeff Bezos’ Hands Should Frighten All Americans
Amazon very effectively uses technology and data to sidestep traditional restrictions on monopoly power. By Matt Stoller Source: AlterNet To understand the depth and breadth of Jeff Bezos’ ambitions for the company he built, type www.relentless.com into your browser. The domain Bezos … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Financial Crisis, media, Neoliberalism, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technology
Tagged Amazon, big data, Corporate Consolidation, Corporate Globalization, Dystopia, Economics, Jeff Bezos, Monopolists, Predatory Pricing, technology, The Washington Post, Whole Foods
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Luddism and Economic Ideology
Source: the HipCrime Vocab Smithsonian Magazine has a very good feature on the Luddites, well worth a read. There are many elements you just don’t read in many economic histories; for example, the 40-hour work week was not brought down … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, Financial Crisis, History, Labor, media, Neoliberalism, propaganda, Revolution, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technology, Work
Tagged 40 Hour Work Week, 5 Day Workweek, Adam Smith, automation, capitalism, Chris Dillow, economic inequality, Economics, Economism, James Kwak, Kirkpatrick Sale, Labor, London, Luddism, Luddites, Neoclassical Economics, Rebels Against the Future, Revolution, Robots, technology, Wealth Gap, Wealth of Nations, Work
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Saturday Matinee: Obsolete
Source: Truthstream Media The Future Doesn’t Need Us… Or So We’ve Been Told. With the rise of technology and the real-time pressures of an online, global economy, humans will have to be very clever – and very careful – not … Continue reading
Posted in Conspiracy, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Film, Financial Crisis, Labor, Philosophy, Saturday Matinee, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technology, Work
Tagged AI, artificial intelligence, automation, Corporate Globalization, culture, Documentary Film, economic crisis, Economics, Global Economy, Internet, Labor, Robots, science, social control, society, technology, Work
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Algorithmic Control and the Revolution of Desire
By Alfie Brown Source: ROAR Magazine Last year, Stanford University published a study confirming what many of us may long have suspected: that your computer can predict what you want with more accuracy than your spouse or your friends. Your … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, conditioning, consciousness, culture, media, Philosophy, Psy-ops, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technology
Tagged Algorithms, big data, Corporate Control, Cyborgs, Data Collection, Google, Guy Debord, Philosophy, Pokémon Go, Psycho-Geography, Public Space, social control, State Control, surveillance state, technology, Uber
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The United States of Work
Employers exercise vast control over our lives, even when we’re not on the job. How did our bosses gain power that the government itself doesn’t hold? By Miya Tokumitsu Source: New Republic Work no longer works. “You need to acquire … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Economics, Financial Crisis, Health, Labor, society, Sociology, Technology, Work
Tagged automation, Corporations, corporatocracy, culture, Economics, economy, Elizabeth Anderson, Employment, financial crisis, Government, James Livingston, Labor, Postcapitalism, Postwork Society, technology, UBI, Universal Basic Income, Welfare, Work
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