My own awakening to the reality of how predatory capitalism ruins the world was gifted to me by Naomi Klein’s Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, and driven home by whistleblower John Perkins, his Confessions of an Economic Hitman. So when I come across stories like these, from the ICIJ (International Consortium of Investigative Journalists) —

Evicted and Abandoned: The World Bank’s Broken Promise to the Poor

— I’m not surprised.

If you don’t have time to read these books, then at least if you might please just ponder this terrific Andy Singer “cartoon,” a succinct flow chart depicting the decision tree of U.S. Foreign Policy. Nothing will change until enough of us wake up to the spreading horror.

Which reminds me. Do you realize that, as I predicted, “they” took the opportunity to hide behind the latest psyops story ( racist Church massacre by lone gunman) to pass the TPP?

Chart via Keith.