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Through archive and interviews with academics, political scientists, psychologists, former lobbyists and even a former doorman at 740 Park, Gibney's film is a polemical look at the socio-economic political landscape of contemporary USA.
...which is related to the subject matter of the op.
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
When will Americans demand that their greedy politicians listen to Academics like this one? It's clear to anybody who pays attention that educated people, the truly educated, are screaming at the top of their lungs that this is not sustainable, and that the average person is being screwed.
~Tenth
Originally posted by DENBY
I believe that the Conglomorates came to be in the 1960s-70s.
IE- Gulf+Western who also owned ABC/Paramount.
(Oil/Power/Media - Production & Distribution & Desemination)
The People who dared to question the status quo were labeled Hippies/Freaks/Commies & Disillusional Drug Addicted Flower Children.
Hence the 'War on Drugs'.
Originally posted by poet1b
reply to post by gangdumstyle
Wrong, the banks run the governments, all of them.
The banks control the money supply, and the governments now due the bidding of the banks.
You are the one who has bought into the propaganda.
Originally posted by gangdumstyle
Originally posted by poet1b
reply to post by gangdumstyle
Wrong, the banks run the governments, all of them.
The banks control the money supply, and the governments now due the bidding of the banks.
You are the one who has bought into the propaganda.
The government controls the bank... ALWAYS HAS AND ALWAYS WILL!!
It will do what the government wants it to do as will the citizens..
BANKS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM...
Governments are the problem!!!!!!
See NOW how big brother has YOU really the one eating its BS...?????
edit on 6-1-2013 by gangdumstyle because: (no reason given)
The so-called Basel III accord, known for the Swiss city in which it has historically been negotiated, required banks to greatly thicken their capital cushions and come up with trillions of dollars of liquidity. The banking industry argued that the changes were overkill and would prompt them to dramatically reduce lending. Regulators ultimately accepted some of those arguments, and agreed to delay or ease key elements of the rules.
Meanwhile, questions are mounting in some countries, including the U.S., over whether the package will be implemented at all. It is up to individual countries to decide how to apply the rules to their financial institutions.
Originally posted by poet1b
reply to post by gangdumstyle
Straight from the headlines.
online.wsj.com...
The so-called Basel III accord, known for the Swiss city in which it has historically been negotiated, required banks to greatly thicken their capital cushions and come up with trillions of dollars of liquidity. The banking industry argued that the changes were overkill and would prompt them to dramatically reduce lending. Regulators ultimately accepted some of those arguments, and agreed to delay or ease key elements of the rules.
Meanwhile, questions are mounting in some countries, including the U.S., over whether the package will be implemented at all. It is up to individual countries to decide how to apply the rules to their financial institutions.
In other words, dare to regulate us and we will crash your economies. If we, the bankers fail, governments must bail us out, or we will crash your economies.
Sachs says the main thing to remember about the corporatocracy is that it looks after its own.