Posted on 11/06/2016 7:02:26 AM PST by CharlesOConnell
Kleptocracy: A form of government in which corrupt rulers (kleptocrats) use their power to exploit the people and natural resources of their own territory in order to extend their personal wealth and political power. - Wikipedia.
Until now, the present generation of ultra-rich ruthlessly exploit the media disninformation technicians, the Winston Smiths, to bring billions under the sway of mass delusion.
But is there potential for the media to take advantage of their present idea hegemony, to stage a coup, to overthrow their masters? In past centuries, the was the concern with the Military. (You likely never heard that the ultra-rich almost overthrew the American government in the 1930s, the so-called Wall St. Plot; if they had succeeded, a military strong man would have succeeded FDR.) By the time you heard the braying of the left against a non-existent Military coup in Seven Days in May, it was a safe subject. (Imagine Gen. Curtis LeMay overthrowing the Ultra-Rich, America's 60 Families!)
But there are various strange emanations of the information sector overthrowing the Ultra-Rich. We think of Vladimir Putin as an intelligence strong-man, but his native class (warriors, priest-intellectuals, merchants, peasant-famers) is can be interpretetd as a Russian equivalent of the Fifth Estate.
In the West, William Randolph Hearst wielded his power through newspaper advertising.
In the East, information control of the political process only had short-term success under the Soviets with the dictatorship of Yuri Andropov.
But post-Soviet, the information sector achieved lasting power in the person of Vlad the lover of children, who famously overthrew various Oligarchs. (NY Times: There are no more Russian Oligarchs.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd2Z3nXnLD0
Is there any potential for the media to overthrow the Soros-Buffett-Gates axis in the American Banana Republic?
We are governed by a corrupt web of seaweed.
I hear kelp’s good eating. Kind of like poke salad.
Unleash the sea urchins !
They could but why would they? They participate n it!
There is no exploitation going on; our traitorous media are willing participants.
An anti elite, anti Marxist media?? Ain’t gonna happen. The media has been admitted to to elite class and will do anything to remain there.
The media is owned by the progressive cabal that has taken over our country. They are the ones who helped overthrow the constitutional republic.
Meme time:
Kleptocracy Street, Washington DC (where all the lobbyists hang out...)
No.
The kleptocrats donating to the politicians are the same kleptocrats the media gets it’s advertising income from.
The media is protected with monopolistic laws and has common interest with politicians to serve the kleptocrats.
Thngs that would help:
Mandated ala carte cable programming. This would give the audience more effect upon the income streams of the individual channels. With bundling channels can have few viewers and still occupy cable space- excluding others that would be more popular.
Remove anti-First Amendment laws and regulations.
Over the air programming no longer has the monopolistic advantages it once did. Licenses should be allocated solely on cost, not “community service” or other political ends.
Not while the media is a part of the corrupt Kleptocracy
The media are willing participants, with very few exceptions. The possibility of “outside channels” has been massively reduced by the USA giving up control of Internet addressing. Eventually the UN and its puppeteers will stop the flow of any unapproved information.
Mark
Now corporations are just run as profit centers. The presidents and CEOs don't really care as much about the products and services they are creating. They just want to know how much profit they can skim off the top.
So there really no longer is a financial sector, a media sector, an oil sector, etc. There is just the market and market participants and market makers.
One sector will not of its own accord decide to topple the other sectors. Its in all of their interests to keep the market going and the profits rolling in.
The good news is that they won't want the market to be disturbed by a massive war, atomic explosions, etc. The bad news is that just because they don't want those things doesn't mean they won't blunder into them, e.g. the crisis in the Middle East, Ukraine, China Sea, etc.
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