Stories By Charles Hugh Smith
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Controlling the Herd
Fearmongering Propaganda Is Immensely Profitable–and Distracting
November 14, 2016The self-serving Neoliberal Elite's CNN/mainstream media did a magnificent job of profiting from fearmongering while distracting...
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Editor's Choice
Who Lost: A Biased Media, Pundits, Pollsters, Political Parties, Warmongers, the Corporatocracy, Pay-to-Play Grifters, Neoliberals
November 10, 2016Fake Progressives are perfectly fine with soaring inequality and corrupt governance, as long as everyone's public...
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Controlling the Herd
The Source of our Rage: The Ruling Elite Is Protected from the Consequences of its Dominance
November 9, 2016The system is rigged to benefit the few, who use their wealth and power to protect...
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Editor's Choice
“Nothing Good Can Come of This Election”–and That’s Good
November 4, 2016We the citizens and voters have to stop being enablers of systemic corruption.
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Crime/Police State
Hillary Is The Perfection of a Corrupt System
November 3, 2016The corruption of pay-to-play and the commingling of public and private influence is not the failing...
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Editor's Choice
Hillary and the Ghosts of Watergate
November 1, 2016If there is any lesson to be learned from the ghosts of Watergate, it is that...
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Conspiracy Fact and Theory
These Blast Points on Hillary’s Campaign… Only The Deep State Is So Precise
October 31, 2016I submit another much more powerful dynamic is in play: the upper ranks of the Deep...
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Controlling the Herd
The Ruling Elite Has Lost the Consent of the Governed
October 20, 2016Brimming with hubris and self-importance, the ruling Elite and mainstream media cannot believe they have lost...
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Economy and Finance
It’s Time We Crush the Putrid Roach Motels of Philanthro-Crony-Capitalism, Starting with the Clinton Foundation
October 7, 2016The crony-capitalist and philanthro-crony-capitalist corruption in the U.S. has reached levels that put Lower Slobovia to...
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Economy and Finance
When Did Our Elites Become Self-Serving Parasites?
October 4, 2016The moral bankruptcy of our financial and political elites is self-evident. Combine financialization, neoliberalism and moral...
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Conspiracy Fact and Theory
The Mainstream Media Bet the Farm on Hillary… and Lost. Bad.
September 16, 2016Dear mainstream media: you have lost your credibility because you are incapable of skeptical inquiry into...
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Conspiracy Fact and Theory
Welfare State: Our Selfie Society Is Incompatible with Democracy
September 12, 2016This is how republics turn into failed democracies: bread and circuses for everyone, wealthfare for the...
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Conspiracy Fact and Theory
Our System Criminalizes a Safe Painkiller & Promotes Big Pharma’s Addictive Killer Opiates
August 25, 2016If this isn't the perfect example of how there's actually a war against the people...
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Conspiracy Fact and Theory
What the Fed Hasn’t Fixed (and, Instead, Actually Made Worse)
August 19, 2016The Fed has not only failed to fix what's broken in the U.S. economy--it has actively...
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Conspiracy Fact and Theory
The More the Establishment Freaks Out Over Trump, the More Attractive He Becomes
August 11, 2016Donald Trump's candidacy upsets this neofeudal natural order, and thus he (and everyone who supports him)...
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Economy and Finance
Revealing the Real Rate of Inflation Would Crash the System
August 3, 2016The entire status quo would immediately implode.
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Armageddon Scenarios
The U.S. Market’s Diagnosis: Schizophrenic Disconnect from Reality, Bipolar Mania, Psychotic Delusions of Wealth
July 27, 2016If you think a delusional market is healthy, it's time for a psychiatric exam.
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Armageddon Scenarios
The Global Political/Economic State Feels Precarious for a Good Reason: It Is Precarious
July 8, 2016Being told everything's rock-solid while the ground beneath us is rumbling isn't terribly persuasive, and some...
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Economy and Finance
While the Middle Class Is Dying, the Upper Middle Class Keeps Getting Richer
June 23, 2016The paper claims the upper middle class has grown from 12.9% of the population in 1979...
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Conspiracy Fact and Theory
The War on Cash Is a War on Your Freedom to Opt Out
May 24, 2016Cash is a proxy for the freedom to maintain some privacy in an era of Big...
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Economy and Finance
Dear Homeowner: If You’re Paying $260,000 in Property Taxes over 20 Years, What Exactly Do You “Own”?
May 19, 2016The homeowner "owns" the obligation to pay local tax authorities $130,000 per decade for the right...
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Conspiracy Fact and Theory
If Hillary Isn’t Indicted, the Rule of Law and the Republic Are Dead
March 22, 2016Once the Oligarchy is above the law, the Republic is already dead.
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Economy and Finance
A Teachable Moment: That Young Person’s Viral Complaint About Her Job at Yelp Doesn’t Realize the Real Minimum Wage Is $0
February 26, 2016Whatever you lack, you will have to acquire in order to be competitive in this environment.
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Armageddon Scenarios
Just Like Rome: What’s Eroding the Middle Class?
January 22, 2016This erosion of a self-employed, independent middle class was an important pre-condition for the collapse of...
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Conspiracy Fact and Theory
If You Want to Limit the Power of the Super-Wealthy, Stop Using their Money
January 7, 2016Isn't it obvious that whomever controls the digital "printing press" of new money controls everything?
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Armageddon Scenarios
Honey, I Shrunk the Middle Class: Only 1/3 of Households Qualify
December 29, 2015If we consider the qualitative requirements, it is unlikely that more than one-third of households qualify...
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Economy and Finance
Is Oil Close to a Tradable Bottom?
December 14, 2015By all accounts, the world is awash with oil.
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Armageddon Scenarios
Housing Bubble 2 — in One Chart
December 7, 2015The gap between real house prices and real earnings is now even wider than it was...
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Conspiracy Fact and Theory
Sorry, “Feel the Bern” Fans: President Sanders Won’t Change Anything
October 21, 2015Fans of Obama learned the hard way that hope and change are quietly dumped the moment...
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Conspiracy Fact and Theory
China: Doomed If You Do, Doomed If You Don’t
September 8, 2015Whichever option China chooses, it loses.