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Tag Archives: wealth
‘You play with our world, like it’s your little toy’
Dylan put it into words. I am singing it now. I cannot believe we are seeing a beautiful land and its people being attacked in the 21st century, with the most cruel weapons. The industries that made these weapons are … Continue reading
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Tagged finite resources, greed, sadism, wealth, weapons industry
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Cotton and Wool Blending
Like much of our knowledge and language, the word ‘cotton’ comes from Arabic ‘quton’. As with wool and silk, so cotton is a natural fabric and is comfortable to the most sensitive skin. It is soft yet strong; is absorbent; … Continue reading
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Tagged British colonialism, climate change, cotton blending, cotton industry, Covid, disease, ecology, GMO, India, organic cotton, overpopulation, poverty, textiles, Tuberculosis, wealth, wool and cotton
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Covid-19-driven need
“With few exceptions, the richer the wealthy become, the more selfish they behave, from severely diminished contributions to charities to the failure to exert leadership to reverse the breakdown of society. Take all the failures of the election machinery from … Continue reading
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Tagged coronavirus, covid 19, elections, elite, military expenditure, military industrial complex, pandemic, poverty, USA, wealth
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Pandemic and benefits to banks
“Pam Martens and Russ Martens have been very critical of the role of the Federal Reserve and BlackRock in the current economic crisis. They have anticipated that, if the current drift of events continues, American taxpayers will once again be … Continue reading
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Tagged benefits to banks, debt, debt burden, elite, hunger, liquidity, poverty, starvation, tax payers, wealth, winners and losers
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Meat Processing Plants: Covid 19
As we all now know, if we didn’t before, meat is processed by workers who are forced to operate in close proximity. As a result many have succumbed to Covid 19. “Latino communities and all communities of color in the … Continue reading
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Tagged covid 19, diet, health, labour protection, low paid workers, meat consumption, meat processing plants, poverty, wealth
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Coveted Gold
The motivation of humans to control others, destroy those who stand in their way, seems to spring from coveting that which belongs to others. I have researched the hunger for gold prior to the desire of Columbus to set sail … Continue reading
New World, New Food and Concepts of Western Supremacy
Cacique (tribe leader) – perhaps how the Taíno leader may have looked when meeting Columbus.See epicworldhistory In 1492 the indigenous people who lived in the Caribbean and Florida were Taíno, a tribe of the Arawak Indians. At the time of … Continue reading
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Tagged 15th century, Americas, Arawak, Columbus, genocide, gold, greed, New World, power, Roman Catholic Church, supremacy delusions, Taíno, wealth, world food
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Adam Smith: Part XI
When Adam Smith was 17, Britain was at war against Spain, ostensibly due to an old grievance of a Captain Robert Jenkins. His merchant ship was boarded by Spanish coast guards and Jenkins had his ear sliced off by one of … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th century, adam smith, Afghanistan, Britain, Carnatic War, Empire building, India, profit from war, Silesian war, trade, war, wealth
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Adam Smith (1723 – 1790)
I have used the timeline from the BBC Timeline of British history which provide a flavour of what was happening during the lifetime of Adam Smith. His father (same name) was a Judge Advocate after qualifying as a solicitor (called Writers at … Continue reading
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