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#138: Drugs and Addiction in a Neoliberal Oligarchy

#138: Drugs and Addiction in a Neoliberal Oligarchy

Released Wednesday, 14th February 2024
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#138: Drugs and Addiction in a Neoliberal Oligarchy

#138: Drugs and Addiction in a Neoliberal Oligarchy

#138: Drugs and Addiction in a Neoliberal Oligarchy

#138: Drugs and Addiction in a Neoliberal Oligarchy

Wednesday, 14th February 2024
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This week I dive into neoliberalism and oligarchy, 2 systems the USA has repeatedly rejected despite their current resurgence of late. The war on drugs is part of a larger move to privatize public systems like medicine, post office services or policing, and to allow profiteering by rich folks who can step in to provide gear and services for these new markets once managed and paid for by the government.

For more about Clarence Thomas 's grifts, see The Nation article here.
Read more about the call for Clarence Thomas to excuse himself in Trump ballet case here.
For more about 6 corporations controlling 90% of our media, see the short article here.
More about Newt Gringrich's (and Frank Luntz's), "Language: A Mechanism of Control" here.
For stats on wealth/income gains between 1944-2014, check out this article by Thom Hartmann. 

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