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The Second and Final Gilded Age
The Second and Final Gilded Age New data shows that the total wealth of the top 1% of Americans just hit a record $44 trillion. Corporate profits are also hitting record highs, raking in $2.8 trillion in the last three months of 2023 alone. And that’s after taxes. It won’t surprise you to hear, given these massive numbers, […]
The world on the brink of the abyss. Looking at the real danger
The world on the brink of the abyss. Looking at the real danger The neoliberal ideology of unrestrained markets has led to a global crisis. Humanity now faces an existential threat as the result of global dominance by corporations, whose ultimate goal is at odds with human flourishing Back in 1947, as the world was […]
Covid: A Collision of Historical and Scientific Illiteracy
Covid: A Collision of Historical and Scientific Illiteracy It’s been a year since I’ve written anything for this blog. The reason, frankly, is that I have been at a loss for words. What has happened to human society in the last two years has been, for anyone with an understanding of history, beyond belief. Of […]
Super Serious News Reporting: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Super Serious News Reporting: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ Hi I’m a very serious news reporter. The Russians are controlling our thoughts with Facebook memes and scrambling our brains with invisible ray gun attacks. In other news, capitalism is working fine and our wars […]
Corporate Greed the ‘Real Culprit Behind Rising Prices,’ Researchers Say
Corporate Greed the ‘Real Culprit Behind Rising Prices,’ Researchers Say “The more sway mega-corporations have over our economy, the more power they have to gouge customers, squeeze Main Street, and exploit workers.” Amid mounting data showing that people are paying more for food at grocery stores around the United States, a new analysis out Wednesday reveals how corporate […]
How Democrat and Republican parties work together against “We, the People”: Ralph Nader explains
How Democrat and Republican parties work together against “We, the People”: Ralph Nader explains Politicians from both parties exploit voters on behalf of their big corporate bosses. — polarized – divided or cause to be divided into two sharply contrasting groups or sets of opinions or beliefs. ***** Ralph Nader the Warrior “‘Polarization’ is the word most associated […]
The Corporations Are The Government: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
The Corporations Are The Government: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ You’d think the revelation that the CIA planned to assassinate an award-winning journalist for journalistic activity would have been a bigger deal. ❖ Capitalism hinders progress because it ensures that all mass-scale human behavior will be driven by […]
Conspiracy theories aside, there is something fishy about the Great Reset
Conspiracy theories aside, there is something fishy about the Great Reset It’s a corporate takeover of global governance that affects our food, our data and our vaccines Last year’s WEF summit had the theme ’the Great Reset’ EThamPhoto / Alamy Stock Photo ‘The Great Reset’ conspiracy theories don’t seem to want to die. The theories […]
Why the Global Economy Is Unraveling
Why the Global Economy Is Unraveling Global supply chain logjams and global credit/financial crises aren’t bugs, they’re intrinsic features of Neoliberalism’s fully financialized global economy. To understand why the global economy is unraveling, we have to look past the headlines to the primary dynamic of globalization: Neoliberalism, the ideological orthodoxy which holds that introducing market […]
Tyranny, Inc.
Tyranny, Inc. What government wants to do but cannot, it can require corporations to do for it If you’ve read the Parable of the Seasteader, you’ll already know that at sufficient scale the public/private distinction collapses — a private entity of sufficient size can have all the power of a public entity. It is certainly arguable […]
India’s One-Day General Strike Largest in History
India’s One-Day General Strike Largest in History If those who struck on Nov. 26 formed a country, it would be the fifth largest in the world after China, India, the United States and Indonesia, writes Vijay Prashad. India’s general strike on Nov. 26, 2020. (IndustriALL Global Union, Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Farmers and agricultural workers […]
The Global Elite Have Far More Control Over Us Than Most People Would Dare To Imagine
The Global Elite Have Far More Control Over Us Than Most People Would Dare To Imagine No matter where you fall on the political spectrum, you probably agree that the global elite have too much power and influence. It has been said that “money is power”, and today that seems to be more true than […]
Climate Crisis Means the Ruling Class has Failed. Can the Working Class Inherit the Earth?
Climate Crisis Means the Ruling Class has Failed. Can the Working Class Inherit the Earth? The climate crisis is proof positive that the ruling class is an utter failure — but it will not fall on its own. Can the working class rise to the challenge? It sure will help if we understand that our class […]
