Silent CoupMatt Kennard, Claire Provost
Silent Coup
by Matt Kennard, Claire Provost · first published 2022
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Sure: two somewhat recent books that cover this are "Silent Coup" by Claire Provost and Matt Kennard, and "The Divide" by Jason Hickel. Another that covers this topic is "Superimperialism" by Michael Hudson. The purpose of the IMF is not to help countries out of some…
In case you don't see the comment above, a few books that I know cover this topic include "Superimperialism" (Hudson), "Silent Coup" (Kennard), and "The Divide" (Hickel).
…And unfortunately, the tech industry is now going in that direction (with YC now accepting MIC projects, lazy zero-alpha investors and VCs are crawling to the DoD infinite-money-glitch teat). Read "Silent Coup" by Matt Kennard & Claire Provost[https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Silent_Coup/gjmvEAAAQ...]
on “EU: Definition of "potential terrorists" opens door to broad information-sharing” ↗…certain scale (above $10 trillion, let's say) and a certain domain of activity (embedded AI, synthetic biology, nuclear fusion, asteroid mining, and similar). [1] 2023, Claire Provost, Matt Kennard, Silent Coup. How Corporations Overthrew Democracy, Bloomsbury Academic, https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/silent-coup-9781350269989/
on “JP Morgan accidentally deletes evidence in record retention screwup” ↗No, we're not at all in agreement that "Nixon was a criminal" (details on request ... although, it's been 4 decades in general, and a couple decades since I read Silent Coup). Therefore prosecuting him because he was an anti-Communist Republican would not have been good. While this doesn't address my greater point, look at all the bogus prosecutions of Reagan Administration…
on “DOJ Elevated Its Charges Against Swartz Because Internet Rallied on His Behalf” ↗This is the premise of the book "Silent Coup". It explores how western companies use the the Investor–state dispute settlement system to usurp the will of countries to control their own resources. ICC (International Chamber of Commerce in Switzerland)…
on “Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia” ↗