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Tag Archives: Wealth Inequality
Omens, Portents, Karma and the Mandate of Heaven
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds The question of legitimacy isn’t limited to China. what makes humans unique among social mammals? Some say humor, I would nominate superstition: regardless of how hard we promote our rationality and logic, humanity … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, consciousness, Corruption, culture, Economics, elites, Empire, Environment, Health, Inequality, Labor, Oligarchy, Psychology, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Corruption, culture, Debt, Economics, environment, Exploitation, Government, Karma, Michael Snyder, natural disasters, Plagues, political disenfranchisement, self-aggrandizement, society, Superstition, Viruses, Wealth Inequality
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Financial Feudalism
By Michael Krieger Source: Liberty Blitzkrieg “Happy 18th Birthday! Meet your new Daddy,” read one website advertisement. “Do you have strong oral skills? We’ve got a job for you!” cooed another. A message on another billboard directed at the “daddies” … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Health, Housing Crisis, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Debt, Economics, elites, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, healthcare, Housing Crisis, Neo Feudalism, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Wealth Inequality
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“Why Don’t You Just Get a Better Job” and Other Dumb Shit People Say to Low-Income Earners Stuck in Precarious Work
By Chloe Ann King Source: The Hampton Institute For most of my working life I have been stuck in the hospitality industry which is lowly paid, painfully precarious and poorly regulated. In New Zealand, where I live, hospitality employers mostly … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, Financial Crisis, Labor, Recession, Social Control, society, Sociology, Work
Tagged Aotearoa, Dystopia, Economic Disparity, Economic Insecurity, Economics, Financial Crash, Hillary Clinton, income gap, Labor, Minimum Wage, New Zealand, Poverty, Precariat, Service Worker, Tony Robbins, Unions, Wealth Inequality, Work
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Why Americans Must Demolish the Political Duopoly and Create a New Progressive Alliance
By Thomas Baldwin Source: Dandelion Salad A Call to Action! “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”– Albert Einstein Duopoly: “preponderant influence or control by two political powers.” Demolish: “to destroy by breaking … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, Conspiracy, Corporate Crime, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Dirty Politics, divide and conquer, Dystopia, Empire, Financial Crisis, History, Recession, Revolution, Social Control, society, State Crime
Tagged corporate media, Corporatist Party, corporatocracy, Democrats, Duopoly, Electoral Reform Coalition, Electoral System, income gap, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Popular Resistance, Presidential Elections, Ralph Nader, Republicans, Third Party Candidates, Two Party System, Wealth Inequality
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The 1% Versus the 99%: Realignment, Repression or Revolution
Wealth Inequality Is Putting the US on Course for a Showdown By Klaus Marre Source: WhoWhatWhy.org The richest 20 Americans now own as much wealth as the country’s poorest 152 million people combined. That is just one of the findings … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, civil disobedience, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Economics, education, Financial Crisis, History, Recession, Revolution, Social Control, society
Tagged 1%, 99%, American Dream, bernie sanders, capitalism, College Tuition, Donald Trump, economic crisis, Great Depression, Inequality, Middle Class, Millenials, Realignment, recession, Repression, Revolution, Socialism, Wealth Disparity, Wealth Inequality
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Yes, Global Wealth Inequality is Unjust
By Jessica Flanigan Source: Bleeding Heart Libertarians Jonathan Anomaly asks, “Is global wealth inequality unjust?” Anomaly and Dan Moller suggest that global wealth inequality may be less unjust than a lot of people think because rich countries have good political … Continue reading
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Tagged economic inequality, Immigration, Open Borders, Systemic Povertic, Wealth Gap, Wealth Inequality
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The “Makers” and “Takers” — Not Who You Think
By Kevin Carson Source: Center for a Stateless Society The old “53% vs. 47%” meme that got so much attention in the 2012 election resurfaced this week when it came out that Colorado gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez apparently first coined … Continue reading
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