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War as an “Investment.” The Bizarre Business-Speak of Mass Killing – Counter Information
Did you know the Russia-Ukraine War is a great “investment” for the United States? A terrific opportunity to kill lots of Russians and to destroy lots of their military equipment at a relatively cheap cost to us? (Just don’t mention the price paid by Ukraine.) It gives new meaning to the expression “making a killing” … Continue reading War as an “Investment.” The Bizarre Business-Speak of Mass Killing – Counter Information
It’s a capitalist world: No country on Earth respects labor rights
America Convulses in Pain, Fed Bails Out the Wealthy – YouTube
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/9xXSX5Yl0NIWhat's so insidious about the Fed's bailouts of investors in hedge funds, stocks, bonds, leveraged loans, and other often risky assets in a crisis? The destruction of capitalism.America Convulses in Pain, Fed Bails Out the Wealthy - YouTube
Our Grim Future: Restored Neoliberalism or Hybrid Neofascism? — Strategic Culture
To counterpunch zombie neoliberalism, those believing another world is possible dream of a social-democratic revival; wealth redistribution; or at least neoliberalism with a human faceIn his latest book, La Desaparicion de los Rituales, Byung-Chul Han shows how total communication, especially in a time of pandemic, now coincides with total vigilance: “Domination impersonates freedom. Big Data generates … Continue reading Our Grim Future: Restored Neoliberalism or Hybrid Neofascism? — Strategic Culture
The Illusion Of The ‘Free Market’ – Paradox Of State Punishing People For Drug Use
Professor of Political Science and Law, Bernard Harcourt explores the exponential increase in imprisonment in the US and the irony of our touting freedom and the free market when we have a higher rate of imprisonment than any other country -- a full one percent of the adult population! Professor Harcourt, chairman of the University of … Continue reading The Illusion Of The ‘Free Market’ – Paradox Of State Punishing People For Drug Use