Noam Chomsky and Glenn Greenwald "How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful"
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The basis for power elite membership is institutional power, namely an influential position within a prominent private or public organization. One study of power elites in the USA under George W. Bush identified 7,314 institutional positions of power encompassing 5,778 individuals.[15] A later study of US society found that the demographics of this elite group broke down as follows: Age Corporate leaders average about 60 years of age. The heads of foundations, law, education, and civic organizations average around 62 years of age. Government-sector members about 56. Gender Women are barely represented among corporate leadership in the institutional elite and women only contribute roughly 20 percent in the political realm. They do appear more among top positions when it comes to cultural affairs, education, and foundations. Ethnicity White Anglo-Saxons dominate in the power elite, with Protestants representing about 80 percent of the top business leaders and about 73 percent of members of Congress. Education Nearly all the leaders are college-educated with almost half having advanced degrees. About 54 percent of the big-business leaders and 42 percent of the government elite are graduates of just 12 heavily endowed, prestigious universities. Social Clubs Most holders of top position in the power elite possess exclusive membership in one or more social clubs. About a third belong to a small number of especially prestigious clubs in major cities like New York, Chicago, Boston, and D.C.[16] In the 1970s an organized set of policies promoted reduced taxes, especially for the wealthy, and a steady corrosion of the welfare safety net.[17] Starting with legislation in the 1980s, the wealthy banking community successfully lobbied for reduced regulation.[18] The wide range of financial and social capital accessible to the power elite gives their members heavy influence in economic and political decision making, allowing them to move toward attaining desired outcomes. Sociologist Christopher Doob gives a hypothetical alternative stating that these elite individuals would consider themselves the overseers of the national economy, appreciating that it is not only a moral but a practical necessity to focus beyond their group interests. Doing so would hopefully alleviate various destructive conditions affecting large numbers of less affluent citizens. Mills determined that there is an "inner core" of the power elite involving individuals that are able to move from one seat of institutional power to another. They therefore have a wide range of knowledge and interests in many influential organizations, and are, as Mills describes, "professional go-betweens of economic, political, and military affairs."[19] Relentless expansion of capitalism and the globalizing of economic and military power binds leaders of the power elite into complex relationships with nation states that generate global-scale class divisions. Sociologist, Manuel Castells, writes in The Rise of the Network Society that contemporary globalization does not mean that "everything in the global economy is global."[20] So, a global economy becomes characterized by fundamental social inequalities with respect to "the level of integration, competitive potential and share of the benefits from economic growth."[21] Castells cites a kind of "double movement" where on one hand, "valuable segments of territories and people" become "linked in the global networks of value making and wealth appropriation," while, on the other, "everything and everyone" that is not valued by established networks gets "switched off... and ultimately discarded."[21] The wide-ranging effects of global capitalism ultimately affect everyone on the planet as economies around the world come to depend on the functioning of global financial markets, technologies, trade and labor.
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The Rule of Law requires everyone to be equal before the Law. This is
not the case in Samoa. Political opponents are harshly punished while
HRPP candidates use `culture' to sideline electoral petitions. Corrupt
officials escape punishment while ordinary Samoans are jailed for minor
matters. Every week $2 tala is taken from the pay packet of every
person employed by the government. This is not a tax and is never
justified. This theft means tens of thousands go into someone's pocket
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Professor Chomsky is a Brilliant fundamentalist on issues. One could say that he doesn't explicitously give a remedy for these shortcomings, however the idea of information is to have the public think as intelligently and expeditiously about what to do. There are many other points of view.Think for yourself with those views. Otherwise we go with knee jerk reactions like Trump.
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Jeff Epstein is a perfect example of thi$
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The funny thing is that if you hear Paulson talk, or Bernanke talk about the growing instability in the world they frame "populism" as the problem. Mario Draghi was quoted as saying their "projections" foretold of the rise of candidates like Trump. Of which projections he's talking of course we are not privy. I don't see how these masters of the universe really don't understand how important the rule of law is. I agree with Greenwald that this phenomena probably started as an import of American Exceptionalism. I guess they actually believe they can create a two tiered system which encompasses "one law for me, and another for thee."
I would say that Greenwald's 90%/10% analogy actually applies to the perception pushed by the media. Actually on internet forums, uncontrolled by media spin, 99% are opposed to the degradation of law, maybe even 99.999%. I almost NEVER see an comment anymore that is apologetic of the behavior of the status quo. -
Well, yeah. Ever hear of machiavelli ?
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Please remember the Iran - Iraq War of 1980 - 88, in which a million muslims were killed by other muslims. That is, by far, the bigger death toll in the Middle East, in recent times. And nobody intervened and there were few refugees. The muslims will cause their own suffering without any help from the West. . And then Iraq attacked and occupied Kuwait because Saddam wanted ALL the oil. These are the undeniable facts. . . And now there is the slaughter in Yemen, which we don't see on the biased Western Media. People have to understand the muslim mind. To them, when muslims kill muslims, it is the way of Allah. They can rationalise that. . . But when non-muslims kill far fewer muslims they crank up the muslim lying machine and blame EVERYTHING on the West. . . . . . . . There is an obvious pattern, all over the world, where ever you find muslims, muslims make suffering and enjoy killing. This comes from their religion. Their religion tells them that life on Earth is hell, so they make it so. This is called "self-fulfilling prophecy." .
Glenn Greenwald knows that he is lying; you can see it on his face. -
I wonder if all of this Fracking in the US could trigger seeismic activity which causes California to fall into the sea?
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Noam Chomsky, Why aren't you talking about the real core of these problems you're listing? Isn't it a fact that the Banking Cartels have funded every single war and charged interest on top of that? You probably are linked to the banking Cartel and just because your old & soft spoken doesn't mean you can't be behind all the killings and torture your murdering us by this fake YouTube time line your probably a demon embodied in human flesh. I think I'm right if I'm not then u know I'm not afraid to speak.
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"Using law as an antithesis of cohersion, which is the exact opposite of what it is supposed to be."
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Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gaddafi, Usama Bin Laden: examples of U.S. politics of assassination. Pragmatism in command.
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C'mon. Fantastic Video. rightful cheese What's happening, guys. 11
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Don't start with legitimizing Rockefeller imf if u expect me to take anything on your mind seriously. 2:24 done
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This video reminds me of my second decade on this Blue Marble. My trade was carpentry and I remember a day when I was tasked to install the symbolic plaque of balanced/ equal justice of law above the judges tables in a makeshift court house in some commercial building in Queens New York back in the Eighties.I was only given instructions to mount these plaques above the judges desks. How high above the desks I should place them was therefore left up to me.I decided to place those plaques as high as the ceiling of the rooms allowed.Wondering if any of the judges that would come to sit at those desks would ever bother to take a look up at them...
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Bush and Obama should here this speach after they are tried and before they are hanged, of coarse 911 gatekeeper Chompsky should swing from the gallows poles as well in this patriots opinion.
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How the law is used to destroy equality. WTF. I think he means.......how NOAM CHOMSKY would change the law so that he can see his objectives achieved. This is a disgrace. It's very typical of these Anarcho-Syndicalist types to talk about this GRAND SCHEME OF EQUALITY and then completely ignore that we live in a world of economic scarcity. Then they talk of POWER. Fuck yeah. Take away the power over the businessmen. WE ARE AGAINST POWER. FUCK YEAH. SHORTER WORKING HOURS. Worker's Rights. FUCK YEAH. FRUITS OF OUR LABOR FUCK YEAH. MORE STUFF FOR US. It's a fantasy in lala land. And I mean that for certain. What they don't understand is what they are advocating is for a different type of system to emerge. A SYSTEM OF FULL STATE POWER. SPECIFICALLY TOTALITARIANISM. If any of you anarcho syndicalists want to debate me on this point, I can guarantee you I will change you mind. That or you are ignorant of how things are. If you can stump me bring it on.
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Greenwald has a brain! Chomsky has several.
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Most americans still think they live in a democracy and would rather watch the simpsons than this, I doubt they could understand it anyway.
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So fucking Jews Glen Greenwald and Chomsky are stating facts that people have known since time immemorial and children learn at the age of 8, on their own.
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Noam Chomsky and Glenn Greenwald "How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful"
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...Age Corporate leaders average about 60 years of age. The heads of foundations, law, education, and civic organizations average around 62 years of age. Government-sector members about 56.
Gender Women are barely represented among corporate leadership in the institutional elite and women only contribute roughly 20 percent in the political realm. They do appear more among top positions when it comes to cultural affairs, education, and foundations.
Ethnicity White Anglo-Saxons dominate in the power elite, with Protestants representing about 80 percent of the top business leaders and about 73 percent of members of Congress.
Education Nearly all the leaders are college-educated with almost half having advanced degrees. About 54 percent of the big-business leaders and 42 percent of the government elite are graduates of just 12 heavily endowed, prestigious universities.
Social Clubs Most holders of top position in the power elite possess exclusive membership in one or more social clubs. About a third belong to a small number of especially prestigious clubs in major cities like New York, Chicago, Boston, and D.C.[16]
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I think this ol pinko can still fill a hefty geezer diaper and thats about it
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