Economic planning: the kind that’s concerned with how we organise our entire economy … In capitalism the singular goal of profit animates economic decisions. How Companies Plan the Economy, Youtube 30.49, Second Thought 2023
We need a plan for how to continue living on this planet, meeting our needs, organising ourself collectively to manage our material requirements and our well-being. ibid.
Market capitalism is stuck in a constant boom and bust cycle that throws millions of people into sudden poverty. ibid.
Insider: ‘Starvation wages’: Walmart and McDonald’s among firms with the most workers on food stamps and Medicaid, according to a Bernie-Sanders-commissioned report. ibid. Grace Dean 19th November 2020
Walmart is the epitome of capitalist business practices. ibid.
Walmart looks a lot like a country with a planned economy. ibid.
It’s capitalists escaping the markets’ negative consequences as much as possible, and giving themselves more predictable outcomes than markets provide. ibid.
Walmart: Collaborative Planning, Forecasting & Replenishment. ibid.
Each book examines the financing and the contributions made by Wall Street by international bankers to the development of that specific form of socialism. Antony C Sutton: interview 1980, ‘The Best Enemies Money Can Buy’, Youtube 39.59, 2012
The Soviets were supplying the North Vietnamese 1972 … The Gorky plant which was built by the Ford Motor Company … We were supplying equipment to the Gorky plant … I thought this was morally wrong. ibid.
The original financing of Hitler in the years 1922 came only partly from Germany. One of the most prominent Americans concerned with financing Hitler was Henry Ford. ibid.
Amongst the corporations that transferred money to Hitler I find not only I G Farben, which is quite widely known, but also German General Electric, AEG, which is under control of General Electric in the United States … Osram … Standard Oil … ITT … American corporations financed Hitler through their subsidiaries. ibid.
In practice the German General Electric plants were not bombed. ibid.
The Ford plant in Cologne should have been a prime military target. ibid.
Every single Russian industry was rebuilt or restarted by foreign corporations. ibid.
Averell Harriman came out of the Soviet Union financially with a profit. ibid.
At any given moment roughly 10,000 Boeing aircraft are in service in more than 150 countries. Downfall: The Case Against Boeing, 2022
2018: And then two planes drop out of the sky. ibid.
Boeing Withheld Information on 737 Model, According to Safety Experts & Others. ibid. The Wall Street Journal
Boeing would not publicly consider that something was wrong with the design of the aeroplane. ibid.
‘We are going to be issuing an emergency order of prohibition to ground all fights of 737Max8 and the 737Max9.’ ibid. Trump
‘Expecting more with less … We saw the company change before our eyes.’ ibid. ex-employee
‘Over time the lazer focus on safety that had been traditional was compromised.’ ibid.
‘Boeing whistleblowers have said that anybody who reported a problem at the South Carolina plant was either fired or let go or moved on.’ ibid.
‘Widespread pattern inside Boeing of deceitful behaviour.’ ibid.
Amazon: The world’s biggest only retailer. Their founder is one of the richest men on the planet. The Great Amazon Heist, Channel 4 2023
Amazon patented cages for workers to work in in 2016. ibid.
For a while now trouble has been brewing between Amazon and sections of its workforce. And it was all coming to a head here. Coventry. ibid.
Amazon has reacted pretty badly to workers trying to form a union in the past. ibid.
They didn’t really trust their own staff at all. ibid.
It felt like we were being surveilled at every second. ibid.
‘I got back pain we well. Standing for 10 hours.’ ibid. Employee
Amazon was hotter on surveillance than health and safety. ibid.
Amazon are flooding the world with piss [bottles ejected by drivers] ibid.
Amazon don’t actually pay much tax. ibid.
Dopesick ***** 2021 starring Michael Keaton & Peter Sarsgaard & Michael Stuhlbarg & Will Pouter & John Hoogenakker & Kaitlyn Dever & Rosario Dawson & Jake McDorman & Ray McKinnon et al, director Danny Strong
The time has come to redefine the nature of pain. And for too long the American medical community has been ignoring chronic pain, and this has created an epidemic of suffering. When we live with we are not living our true selves. We are not living our best selves. Dopesick I, Richard Sackler, family meeting, Hulu/Disney+ 2021
You don’t chase a market, you create it. ibid.
Their sales reps brought it up continuously. ibid. doctor’s evidence
Ten times more than what we’ve spent on anything. ibid. Purdue board meeting
They’ve been marketing the drug and pushing it on doctors. ibid. investigator’ talk
It has transformed the entire district. ibid.
The DEA was investigating Purdue last year. ibid.
Purdue has so many levels of deniability. ibid.
It takes anxiety away. You just take the medicine and go. ibid. TV advert
The largest sales force in pharmaceutical history. ibid. company sales promotion
Less than 1% of people become addicted to Oxycontin. ibid.
Your most effective talking point is the FDA label. ibid.
I think I can make this the biggest drug in the world. ibid. Richard
Have there been spikes in crime related to it? ibid. rozzer on raid
A bag filled with Oxycontin pills for distribution. ibid.
Is there something I should know about the approval process? ibid.
The [FDA] guy that approved it goes to work for the company. ibid. attorney
A new drug. The FDA said it’s safe. Dopsick II: Breakthrough Pain
Let’s hold more weekend seminars to explain to physicians how truly revolutionary this drug really is. ibid. Richard
The drug didn’t always worked as Purdue claimed. ibid. evidence
We’ll figure this out. It’s an excellent drug. ibid. Richard
The greatest painkiller in the history of civilisation … Double the dose. ibid.
Oh yeah, he was Oxy-cuted. ibid. wife reveals death of husband to attorneys
These pills are a lot more dangerous than that video claims. ibid. attorney to promotional doctor
The pills stopped working cause my tolerance grew. ibid. victim to attorneys
But a black kid selling weed can go to jail for decades. ibid.
Emergency Rooms See a Sharp Rise in Overdoses, Prescription Painkillers to Blame. ibid. newspaper article
Bridget: How many kids in your school are on Oxycontin? ibid.
Kid: I don’t know. About half. ibid.
What appears as corruption is just how the system works. ibid. investigating attorney
If it were me I’d charge them with Criminal Misbranding. ibid.
Overdose rates are so much higher on Oxycontin. ibid.
It’s time to double the dose again and I present to you the 80 mg pill. Dopesick III: The 5th Vital Sign, sales promotion
The medical community must make pain the fifth vital sign. ibid.
Individualize the Dose. ibid.
I want to look into launching OC in Germany. ibid. Richard
A single prescription drug is filling up jails in rural areas. ibid.
As we make our family the most philanthropic in America. ibid. family party toast
I try not to sell that stuff … ibid. pharmacist to Bridget
They are lying to doctors and patients about the dangers of the drug. ibid. Bridget
Pain societies have infiltrated the hospital rooms. ibid. rozzer/patient
Did you find a Purdue connection with other Pain Societies? ibid. rozzer/patient back to work
We’re going to cure the world of its pain. ibid. Richard
Pursue claimed the coating was difficult to get around … They’d just crush it out and snort it. Dopesick IV: Pseudo-Addition
We are so proud to be honouring my great brother Arthur Sackler into the Medical Advertising Hall of Fame. ibid. Uncle Mortimer
Geezer: This one’s [family photo montage] missing the zombies Valium turned the patients into. ibid.
Richard: He got away with it.
Richard: Pseudo-addiction: How did you come up with it? ibid.
Dissident Quack: … What they need is more medication. ibid.
They are available in every pharmacy in the country. ibid. Bridget gives evidence to FDA
The solution is simple, you know, you up the dose. ibid. medical rep
It’s just poison … You ever come back here … ibid.
Addiction rates, overdoses and crime are on the rise across the country because of this drug. ibid.
There is an entire school of though espousing opioids as being practically non-addictive. ibid. evidence
It was the first time I felt normal in my whole life. ibid. Betsy