This is America, writes Caitlin Johnstone. This is what America is designed to be. The head of a vast, globe-spanning empire needs its rank-and-file citizens to be poor, powerless, and brainwashed at all times.
Tag: Oligarchy
Chris Hedges: Don’t be Fooled by the Cancel Culture Wars
COVID-19: These Migrant Workers Did Not Suddenly Fall from the Sky
Bloomberg’s Rising Polls Show Power of Billionaire Narrative Control
As long as a small elite group are able to manipulate the way people think and vote, then you don’t have democracy, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
‘I Will Hold You in My Arms a Day After the War’
Vijay Prashad reflects on neoliberal orthodoxy, the latest meeting of tired decision makers in Davos and a hybrid war in Latin America that is creating the conditions for chaos.
The Oligarchy’s Plans for Our Future Keep Getting Dumber
Caitlin Johnstone discards the high-flown dogma around space colonization and challenges readers to accept themselves and life on planet Earth.
Do U.S. Oligarchs Exist? Not in Mainstream Media
We hear incessantly about Russian oligarchs. But do they also exist in the United States? You wouldn’t know it by watching cable news, says Jeff Cohen.
The Iron Law of Oligarchy Returns
America likes to think of itself as a land of the Great Middle Class with a government “of, by and for the people.” But that reality has changed drastically over the past several decades, as money and power have created a…
America’s Mad Dash to Oligarchy
Since Ronald Reagan’s “supply-side” tax cuts for the rich followed by other giveaways like eliminating the “death tax” so billionaires can pass on their fortunes to lucky heirs the United States has been on a mad dash to oligarchy, as Bill Moyers…