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59. The counterfeit culture - why collapse is inevitable By Mike Adams Editor of NaturalNews.com
http://www.naturalnews.com/033491_counterfeit_culture.h...

Through a devolving web of greed, self-serving power and a departure from fundamental ethics, Western culture has, over the last hundred years, become the counterfeit culture.

Nothing is real anymore -- not the food, not the money, and certainly not the evening news. And because it's not real, it's not sustainable. That's why it's headed for collapse, which is all too real, as many people are about to find out.

In the mean time, here are some observations about the counterfeit culture in which we all frustratingly find ourselves. It's all about corporations, governments and institutions being "in the business of" counterfeiting something -- faking something or pretending to create something of value when they really aren't. Ring a bell?


  1. The Federal Reserve is in the business of counterfeiting money.

    The mainstream media is in the business of counterfeiting news.

  2. The pharmaceutical industry is in the business of counterfeiting medicine (Biopracy! They are stealing molecules from nature then counterfeiting their own patented variations.)

  3. The medical schools are in the business of counterfeiting medical degrees. (When a doctor graduates from medical school, he still knows virtually nothing about nutrition.)

  4. Doctors are in the business of counterfeiting false medical authority.

  5. The mega-sized food corporations are in the business of counterfeiting food. (Processed cheese food product, anyone?)

  6. The global consumer product companies are in the business of manufacturing counterfeit consumer products such a "baby oil" (which is really a petroleum product). AT LEAST IT ISN'T MADE OUT OF BABIES!--DEMETER

  7. Social networks like Facebook are in the business of counterfeiting friends. (Please LIKE this article, okay?)

  8. Cookie-cutter home builders are in the business of constructing counterfeit homes out of plywood, styrofoam and sheetrock... many these homes will not be standing in just 20 years.

  9. Local city councils are in the business of counterfeiting power. (Obey or be punished!)

  10. Public schools are in the business of counterfeiting school diplomas. (Huh? What? Who needs to learn how to write, anyway?)

  11. The Pentagon is in the business of counterfeiting war. (Don't have a war to fight? Bomb the World Trade Center and blame it on someone!)

  12. Mainstream historians are in the business of counterfeiting history. (Everything you were taught about history in public school is a lie...)

  13. The globalist banksters are in the business of counterfeiting debt. (You thought it was money, didn't ya? But it's really just debt.)




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  -Weekend Economists Play End Games Labor Day Weekend 2011 (9/2-5) Demeter  Sep-02-11 07:21 PM   #0 
  - While it is likely that no banks will fail tonight  Demeter   Sep-02-11 07:27 PM   #1 
  - FHFA Sues 17 Banks Over Massive Mortgage Losses At Fannie and Freddie  Demeter   Sep-02-11 07:30 PM   #2 
  - I'm curious as to why Wells Fargo is not on this list...  midnight   Sep-03-11 08:01 AM   #71 
  - You aren't the only one...see just a few posts down  Demeter   Sep-03-11 08:17 AM   #74 
     - Thanks...  midnight   Sep-05-11 12:52 AM   #106 
  - Looks like a good start.  plumbob   Sep-03-11 03:48 PM   #95 
  - Clusterstock adds  Demeter   Sep-02-11 07:32 PM   #3 
  - VIDEO from CNBC  Demeter   Sep-02-11 07:34 PM   #4 
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  - KABOOM!  Demeter   Sep-02-11 07:42 PM   #6 
  - Will Buffett take a bath?  Po_d Mainiac   Sep-02-11 09:06 PM   #41 
     - We'll just have to wait and see  Demeter   Sep-02-11 09:11 PM   #43 
     - ...  Po_d Mainiac   Sep-02-11 09:28 PM   #45 
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  - It takes a perverse kind of discipline to do this column  Demeter   Sep-02-11 08:44 PM   #36 
     - It takes REMARKABLE discipline to do this thread -  bread_and_roses   Sep-03-11 10:13 AM   #86 
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     - It always is  Demeter   Sep-03-11 06:20 AM   #57 
  - The counterfeit culture - why collapse is inevitable By Mike Adams Editor of NaturalNews.com  Demeter   Sep-03-11 06:44 AM   #59 
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  - Are You sure about that?  Demeter   Sep-03-11 03:17 PM   #93 
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  - The Great Bank Robbery  Pale Blue Dot   Sep-03-11 10:47 AM   #88 
  - Toons tell the tale  sce56   Sep-03-11 11:25 AM   #90 
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  - Even Goldman Sachs Now Expects A Tremendous Financial Collapse  Pale Blue Dot   Sep-04-11 08:03 AM   #100 
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  - Summer Rerun: Bankruptcy Cramdown Defeated: Banksters Again Prevail Over Real Economy  Demeter   Sep-05-11 03:46 AM   #107 
  - A Preview of Thursday's Jobs Speech: He's Got Nothin' By Stephanie Kelton  Demeter   Sep-05-11 04:10 AM   #108 
  - "We need work that makes sense and work that sustains us"  bread_and_roses   Sep-05-11 09:11 AM   #117 
  - China bought back a lot of BofA assets  Demeter   Sep-05-11 04:13 AM   #109 
  - QE3 no silver bullet for markets  Demeter   Sep-05-11 04:16 AM   #110 
  - More data to come on the ‘zero’ jobs market  Demeter   Sep-05-11 04:18 AM   #111 
  - Avoiding Last Place: Some Things We Don't Outgrow  Demeter   Sep-05-11 04:21 AM   #112 
  - "Stocks Are Down! Obama’s Unpopular! Wait, Who Gives a F...  bread_and_roses   Sep-05-11 07:41 AM   #114 
  - "the shock news late last week that no new jobs were created in America last month. "  bread_and_roses   Sep-05-11 07:57 AM   #116 
     - Maybe they couldn't get away with lying about creating phantom jobs again  DemReadingDU   Sep-05-11 04:35 PM   #118 
 

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