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What Was Covid Really About? Triggering A Multi-Trillion Dollar Global Debt Crisis. “Ramping up an Imperialist Strategy”?
Covid, Capitalism, Friedrich Engels and Boris Johnson By Colin Todhunter Source: Global Research “And thus it renders more and more evident the great central fact that the cause of the miserable condition of the working class is to be sought, … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Big Pharma, Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, Health, imperialism, Inequality, Labor, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy, Work
Tagged Africa, Boris Johnson, capitalism, Covid-19, culture, Debt Crisis, Economic Collapse, empire, financial crisis, Friedrich Engels, geopolitics, IMF, imperialism, Public Health, society, Technocracy, Welfare, Work, World Bank
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The Engineered Stagflationary Collapse Has Arrived – Here’s What Happens Next
By Brandon Smith Source: Alt-Market.us In my 16 years as an alternative economist and political writer I have spent around half that time warning that the ultimate outcome of the Federal Reserve’s stimulus model would be a stagflationary collapse. Not … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Neoliberalism, news, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Work
Tagged central banks, Debt, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, Economics, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, Great Reset, Inflation, Interest Rates, Jerome Powell, Oligarchy, rationing, society, stagflation, Work
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America Is Now a Kleptocrapocracy
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds I’ve coined a new portmanteau word to describe America’s descent: kleptocrapocracy, a union of kleptocracy (a nation ruled by kleptocrats) and crapocracy, a nation drowning in a moral sewer of rampant self-interest in which … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, education, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Health, Inequality, Labor, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy, Work
Tagged Academia, Big Tech, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, Economics, Education, financial crisis, healthcare, Kleptocracy, kleptocrapocracy, Labor, Oligarchy, Technocracy, Work
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The U.S. Economy In a Nutshell: When Critical Parts Are On “Indefinite Back Order,” the Machine Grinds to a Halt
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds Setting aside the “transitory inflation” parlor game for a moment, let’s look at what happens when critical parts are unavailable for whatever reason, for example, they’re on back order or indefinite back order, i.e. the … Continue reading
Posted in Consumerism, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Labor, Neoliberalism, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Work
Tagged Corporate Globalization, culture, Economic Collapse, Economics, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, Inflation, Labor, Neoliberalism, scarcities, shortages, society, supply chains, Systemic Collapse, Work
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Jeff Bezos Embodies the Cruel Autocracy of Neoliberal Capitalism
Amazon CEO and richest-man-in-the-world Jeff Bezos wants you to work as much as he does—for one millionth of the pay By Branko Marcetic Source: In These Times “Is Jeff Bezos a horrible boss and is that good?” That was the question … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Environment, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Labor, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technocracy, Work
Tagged Amazon.com, Autocracy, Blue Origin, Economic Collapse, economic inequality, Economics, environment, financial crisis, Jeff Bezos, Kshama Sawant, Labor, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, washington post, Work
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On Capitalism and the Machine
By Megan Sherman Source: Global Research In 1935, reflecting on the creed of productivity which prevailed in modern technological societies, Bertrand Russell, philosopher, pacifist and devout humanist wrote that: “I think that there is far too much work done in the world, … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, imperialism, Labor, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technocracy, Technology, Work
Tagged Aldous Huxley, Bertrand Russell, Brave New World, capitalism, Dystopia, Economics, Fordism, Henry Ford, Labor, Philosophy, Stephen Hawking, Technocracy, technology, Work
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Costs Are Spiraling Out of Control
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds And how do we pay for these spiraling out of control costs? By borrowing more, of course. If we had to choose one “big picture” reason why the vast majority of households … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Economics, education, elites, Financial Crisis, Health, Inequality, Labor, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Work
Tagged anti-trust, asset inflation, Cartels, central banks, Debt, Economic Collapse, Economics, Education, financial crisis, healthcare, Housing, Housing Bubble, Labor, Monopolies, Student loan debt, Wage Stagnation, Wages, Work
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The Economic Crash So Far: A Look At The Real Numbers
By Brandon Smith Source: Alt-Market.com There are many problems when attempting to track a faltering economy. For one, the people in government generally do not want the public to know when the system is in decline because this looks bad … Continue reading
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Tagged BLS, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Conspiracy theory, Debt, Economic Crash, Economics, elites, Federal Reserve, Financial Bubble, financial crisis, GDP, Housing Crisis, Labor, millennials, Real Wages, recession, Retirement, Stock Market, U.S. manufacturing, unemployment, Work
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