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erronis

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1. This shadow government has been going on since forever

Reply to cantbeserious (Original post)

Sun Jan 31, 2016, 02:28 PM

Jan 2016

We think that it is something that started with Reagan.

It was warned about by Eisenhower as the MI(P)C - the P for Political was dropped by Ike's advisors.

The U.S. has done this since the Revolutionary War. Profiteers have made profits since the first recorded wars in written history - and before that.

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Inside Washington's Shadowy Power Elite [View all] cantbeserious Jan 2016 OP

This shadow government has been going on since forever erronis Jan 2016 #1

Yes - Know Thy Enemy - Oligarchs, Corporations, Banks And Their Media Minions And MIC Henchmen cantbeserious Jan 2016 #2

This cites a paper by Gilens and Page erronis Jan 2016 #3

Yes - Know Thy Enemy - Oligarchs, Corporations, Banks And Their Media Minions And MIC Henchmen cantbeserious Jan 2016 #4

Not a hopeful picture, but at least it's the damn truth. n/t 99th_Monkey Jan 2016 #5