Concentrated Wealth + Widespread Stupidity = End Of Democracy
Concentrated Wealth + Widespread Stupidity = End Of Democracy by Eric Zuesse Posted July 21, 2015 On 27 August 2012, the Republican commentator, Mike Lofgren, headlined in The American Conservative, “The Revolt of the Rich,” and he dumped upon his fellow...Education: the Next Corporate Frontier
Education: the Next Corporate Frontier by Kristen Steele Posted July 15, 2015 Over the last thirty years or so, private corporations have been steadily taking over school systems all around the world. Going hand in hand with “free” trade and development,...What’s Good About Guaranteed Basic Income
What’s Good About Guaranteed Basic Income by Thom Hartmann Posted July 6, 2015 If conservatives really want to do away with “wasteful” and “overly bureaucratic” social services in the US – services like Medicaid, Social Security and...The System Is Broken: Americans No Longer Believe In Its Institutions
The System Is Broken: Americans No Longer Believe In Its Institutions by Mac Slavo Posted June 22, 2015 It’s not difficult to see that the foundation is crumbling. A new Gallup poll has found that already low “confidence” in our system of government,...Financial Predators and Parasites Want to Live, Regardless of the Cost
Financial Predators and Parasites Want to Live, Regardless of the Cost By Charles Hugh Smith Posted June 19, 2015 Want to earn a 1,000% return on your investment? It’s very difficult to do so by producing a good or service. By any measure, the easiest,...Quotable Sayings
You do not become a billionaire through labor. You become a billionaire through inheritance, corruption or economic rents – or, in most cases, some mixture of all three.
Grace Blakeley
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Mainstream American liberals think they’re clear-eyed because they can see the propaganda strings being pulled by Fox and Donald Trump, and mainstream American conservatives think they’re clear-eyed because they can see the propaganda strings being pulled by MSNBC and the Democrats, but the propaganda strings on both trace back to the same puppet master. And seeing that is just the beginning.
Caitlin Johnstone
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You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.
Deepak Chopra
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It is obvious that the US government is destroying Assange to signal to journalists the consequences of publishing information. It is therefore also obvious that any journalist who fails to use whatever platform they have to speak out against Assange’s persecution has no intention of ever publishing anything that the US government doesn’t want published. Their silence on or support for what is being done to this man can and should be taken as an admission that they are nothing other than state propagandists.
Caitlin Johnstone
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It’s quite fitting that the – imperially pre-determined – judicial fate of Julian Assange is being played out in Britain, the home of George Orwell.
Pepe Escobar
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