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Tag Archives: Wealth Divide
Why Post-Coronavirus America Will Have Massive Poverty
By Eric Zuesse Source: Strategic Culture Foundation The way that Congress and the President structured America’s coronavirus bailout legislation, the protections that go to the super-wealthy start immediately, but the protections that go to the neediest — the soaring numbers … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Inequality, media, news, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged 0.1%, bailout, Billionaires, bondholders, coronavirus, corporate media, corporatocracy, Covid-19, Deep State, Economic Collapse, Economics, elites, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, Lobbyists, Monetary Policy, Oligarchy, Pandemic, Poverty, stockholders, Wealth Divide
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Our Hopelessly Dysfunctional Democracy
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds When the system is rigged, “democracy” is just another public-relations screen to mask the unsavory reality of Oligarchy. Democracy in America has become a hollow shell. The conventional markers of democracy–elections and … Continue reading
Posted in civil liberties, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Health, History, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged Cartels, civil liberties, Clinton Foundation, Corruption, Democracy, economic inequality, empire, Fareed Zakaria, healthcare, imperialism, income gap, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Wealth Divide
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Stop Pretending the Rich Care About You
By Dr. Bones Source: The Conjure House One of the terrible things about being a lone bastion of bomb-throwing, fire-starting, up-against-the-wall-fascist-killing type of Anarchism is you have to mingle and jive with the enemy. Like a Seminole off the reservation … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anarchism, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, culture, divide and conquer, Economics, Film, Financial Crisis, Labor, media, Neoliberalism, news, propaganda, Revolution, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, war
Tagged Anarchism, Class War, corporate media, Donald Trump, economic crisis, economic inequality, Economics, Free Trade, hollywood, Identity Politics, income gap, Jobs, Labor, Liberals, Meryl Streep, Neoliberalism, Poverty, wall street, war, Wealth Divide
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Five Studies: The Psychology of the Ultra-Rich, According to the Research
Bernie Sanders says that billionaires have “psychiatric issues.” He’s not entirely incorrect. By Livia Gershon Source: Pacific Standard “Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, culture, Economics, Psychology, Science, Social Control, society
Tagged 1%, bernie sanders, economic inequality, empathy, Global Elite, happiness, income gap, International Elite, Money, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, psychology, Ultr-Rich, Upper Class, Wealth, Wealth Divide, Wealthy Class
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Mainstream Economics Warns Out-of-Control Inequality Harms the Economy…But Corrupt Government Policy Keeps Increasing Inequality
Who’s Who of Prominent Economists Agree: Inequality Harms Economic Growth By WashingtonsBlog A who’s who of prominent liberal and conservative economists in government and academia have now said that runaway inequality harms economic growth, including: Current Fed chair Janet Yellen … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, consciousness, Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, Financial Crisis, History, Labor, Recession, Social Control, society, Uncategorized, Work
Tagged Capital Gains, Class Warfare, Economic Collapse, Economic Growth, economic inequality, Government Corruption, Outsourcing, unemployment, Wages, wall street, WashingtonsBlog, Wealth Disparity, Wealth Divide, Wealth Gap
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