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Here’s How We’ll Have Labor Shortages and High Unemployment at the Same Time
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds This is how we’ll end up with severe shortages of truly skilled labor and high unemployment of those who lack the necessary skills. The labor force and the job market are referred to as if … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Labor, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technocracy, Work
Tagged Economic Collapse, Economics, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, Oligarchy, recession, Retirement, Self-Relience, skilled labor, unemployment, Work
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Flattening the curve or flattening the global poor? How Covid lockdowns obliterate human rights and crush the most vulnerable
By Stavroula Pabst and Max Blumenthal Source: The Grayzone Marketed as life-saving public health measures, lockdowns triggered death and economic devastation on a global scale while doing little to slow the spread of Covid-19. Now, they’re back with a vengeance. … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, Health, imperialism, Inequality, Labor, Mass Incarceration, news, Oligarchy, police state, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, Work
Tagged Australia, Austria, Big Pharma, Big Tech, Christian Parenti, COVID vaccinations, Covid Variants, Covid-19, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Dystopia, Economics, fascism, geopolitics, Germany, Global Hunger, Honduras, India, Lockdowns, Mass Incarceration, Mass Poverty, Mexico, Neil Ferguson, New Zealand, Oligarchy, Omicron, Pandemic, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2, society, South Africa, Technocracy, Uganda, unemployment, vaccine mandates, Zero-COVID
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Freedom Rider: How the billionaires rule
Predatory capitalism has driven down wages and created a dystopia for workers. By Margaret Kimberley Source: Intrepid Report President Calvin Coolidge said, “The business of America is business.” The expression is memorable because it always rang true. But nearly 100 … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Oligarchy, Recession, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Amazon.com, culture, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, economic inequality, Economics, elites, financial crisis, General Strike, Jeff Bezos, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Poverty, rulng class, society, unemployment
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The Number Of Billionaires In America Has Absolutely Exploded During The Pandemic
By Michael Snyder Source: Investment Watch Blog For the wealthy and the ultra-wealthy, happy days are here again. Even though we have just been through one of the most difficult 12 months in our history, the number of billionaires has increased … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Labor, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Work
Tagged Billionaires, Covid-19, Economic Collapse, economic depression, economic inequality, Economics, elites, financial crisis, food prices, Oligarchy, Pandemic, Plutocracy, unemployment, wall street, Wealth Gap, Wealthy Class
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What “Normal” Are We Returning To? The Depression Nobody Dares Acknowledge
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds Perhaps we need an honest national dialog about declining expectations, rising inequality, social depression and the failure of the status quo. Even as the chirpy happy-talk of a return to normal floods the airwaves, … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, Corporate Crime, corporate news, culture, Dystopia, Economics, education, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Labor, media, Oligarchy, Psychology, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Work
Tagged American exceptionalism, Anger, Corporate Welfare, culture, despair, downward mobility, Economic Collapse, economic inequality, Economics, Education, financial crisis, Inequality, Middle Class, Oligarchy, psychology, recession, social defeat, society, Sociology, systemic injustice, unemployment, Wealth Disparity
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America’s Economy Cannot Survive Another Lockdown, And The Cult Of The Reset Knows It
By Brandon Smith Source: Alt-Market.us The U.S. economy has been on the verge of collapse for at least a decade, ever since the crash of 2008 and the subsequent explosion in fiat stimulus from the Federal Reserve. While the mainstream … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, conditioning, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, History, Inequality, news, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Technocracy
Tagged Bailouts, coronavirus, Covid-19, Economics, elites, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, Globalists, Justin Trudeau, Klaus Shwab, lockdown, Oligarchy, Poverty, Technocracy, The Great Reset, unemployment, World Economic Forum, zombie economy
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As Millions Face Eviction, Senate Proposes Nearly $700 Billion for Pentagon
By John Vibes Source: Activist Post As millions face eviction and line up at food banks throughout the country, waiting for another stimulus payment that will seemingly never come, the Senate Appropriations Committee is proposing a $696 billion Pentagon spending … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Housing Crisis, military spending, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged 2021 Pentagon spending bill, Corporate Welfare, eviction, F-35, financial crisis, Homelessness, military spending, Mitch McConnell, Nancy Pelosi, Poverty, unemployment
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The Economy Continues To Unravel Despite All Stimulus Measures
By Brandon Smith Source: Alt-Market.com Since the pandemic lockdowns were first implemented in the US I have been more concerned with the government and central bank response than the virus itself. As I have noted in past articles, the pandemic … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged central banks, coronavirus, Covid-19, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, Economics, elites, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, Pandemic, unemployment
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