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In the run up to the #USPresidentialElections2020 when the characters & stories seem more mind-boggling than ever, it can be difficult to discern...
'How the fuck did the world end up here'?
Some great answers/insight here #Kleptopia
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In the run up to the #USPresidentialElections2020 when the characters & stories seem more mind-boggling than ever, it can be difficult to discern...
'How the fuck did the world end up here'?
Some great answers/insight here #Kleptopia
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Uncivil & Outright Criminal Behaviour seems to have been normalised throughout societies everywhere;
- Politics
- Crony Capitalism
- Social Media
- Reality TV
... Even Sport
I've tried to get my head around it with the help of some good books & following smart journo's
Uncivil & Outright Criminal Behaviour seems to have been normalised throughout societies everywhere;
- Politics
- Crony Capitalism
- Social Media
- Reality TV
... Even Sport
I've tried to get my head around it with the help of some good books & following smart journo's
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To understand the rise of;
-Strongman leaders
-Autocrats
-Dictators
-Kleptocrats
-Crooks
-Spooks
-Shady financiers
-Conmen
& other maniacal actors worldwide, there's some good reading in the pics below & above
#politicains #bankers #crooks #spooks #crime #money #power
To understand the rise of;
-Strongman leaders
-Autocrats
-Dictators
-Kleptocrats
-Crooks
-Spooks
-Shady financiers
-Conmen
& other maniacal actors worldwide, there's some good reading in the pics below & above
#politicains #bankers #crooks #spooks #crime #money #power
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Politicians & leaders everywhere have embraced #disinformation & reframe history to distort the present while they attempt power grabs
They use opaque #offshore financial networks to extract wealth and move it around the world #FinCENFiles
Then there's #SocialMedia
Politicians & leaders everywhere have embraced #disinformation & reframe history to distort the present while they attempt power grabs
They use opaque #offshore financial networks to extract wealth and move it around the world #FinCENFiles
Then there's #SocialMedia
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#SocialMedia is an Attention & Engagement economy
It's business model is aimed at #hype & #clicks
#algorithms favour salacious, surprising, blood boiling & often untrue info
It now spreads further, faster & deeper than any previous form of news media
We have a Problem
#SocialMedia is an Attention & Engagement economy
It's business model is aimed at #hype & #clicks
#algorithms favour salacious, surprising, blood boiling & often untrue info
It now spreads further, faster & deeper than any previous form of news media
We have a Problem
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It created competing realities for different groups which can result in the crazy partisan type conversations we all see around us regularly
#trumpbidendebate
Before 2005, if you weren't interested in #politics & #currentaffairs you could blissfully ignore
Now
It created competing realities for different groups which can result in the crazy partisan type conversations we all see around us regularly
#trumpbidendebate
Before 2005, if you weren't interested in #politics & #currentaffairs you could blissfully ignore
Now
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You're drawn into #politics & #currentaffairs via every screen you see
It can be overwhelming & seem bat-shit crazy
So if you're not a discerning consumer of this type of news (& you get your info from #facebook )
Can send people a bit
#anxiety
#confusion
#depression
You're drawn into #politics & #currentaffairs via every screen you see
It can be overwhelming & seem bat-shit crazy
So if you're not a discerning consumer of this type of news (& you get your info from #facebook )
Can send people a bit
#anxiety
#confusion
#depression
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Trusting the #news we get gives us all an anchor point & common understanding - It's comforting and is hopefully based on #facts
The main emotional response #socialmedia seems to engender is #Fear & #Anger
#WarOfTheWorlds #OrsonWells #FakeNews
https://aeon.co/essays/a-radio-play-about-radio-that-became-the-first-fake-news-story
Trusting the #news we get gives us all an anchor point & common understanding - It's comforting and is hopefully based on #facts
The main emotional response #socialmedia seems to engender is #Fear & #Anger
#WarOfTheWorlds #OrsonWells #FakeNews
https://aeon.co/essays/a-radio-play-about-radio-that-became-the-first-fake-news-story
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#RealityTV has a lot to answer for too!
In a push for more & more content, around 2000 Reality TV became the de rigueur for broadcasters
Churn out Inexpensive, engaging & less filtered
It also re-launched a bankrupt #DonaldTrump via #TheApprentice FFS!
On that note..
#RealityTV has a lot to answer for too!
In a push for more & more content, around 2000 Reality TV became the de rigueur for broadcasters
Churn out Inexpensive, engaging & less filtered
It also re-launched a bankrupt #DonaldTrump via #TheApprentice FFS!
On that note..
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It offered a platform to some very questionable characters who would have previously been marginalised in society (criminal / outrageously brash / extreme)!
Dodgy characters filtered into #sport too
Reality, decency & cultural norms often seem passé today
How to fix it?
It offered a platform to some very questionable characters who would have previously been marginalised in society (criminal / outrageously brash / extreme)!
Dodgy characters filtered into #sport too
Reality, decency & cultural norms often seem passé today
How to fix it?
#Moneylaundering in & unregulated #gambling in #football 
#Drugs and #criminalcartels in #boxing
Checks & Balances seem to be eroding...
Globalisation has opened sport up to Transnational Organised Crime
Social Media & TV Legitimises questionable characters!
#Drugs and #criminalcartels in #boxing
Checks & Balances seem to be eroding...
Globalisation has opened sport up to Transnational Organised Crime
Social Media & TV Legitimises questionable characters!
Here's a topical story today #WiganAthletic 
(Also see; #CharltonAthletic #BuryAFC #Macclesfield etc)
Similar Patters - Similar Cast Of Characters
#Moneylaundering #Football ??
@david_conn @KieranMaguire @AdamCrafton_ @tariqpanja @DuffofBrentford
https://london-post.co.uk/wigan-athletic-takeover-in-chaos-as-former-charlton-athletic-director-looks-to-gain-control/
(Also see; #CharltonAthletic #BuryAFC #Macclesfield etc)
Similar Patters - Similar Cast Of Characters
#Moneylaundering #Football ??
@david_conn @KieranMaguire @AdamCrafton_ @tariqpanja @DuffofBrentford
https://london-post.co.uk/wigan-athletic-takeover-in-chaos-as-former-charlton-athletic-director-looks-to-gain-control/
Money needs laundering (Proceeds of Crime/Capital Flights etc)
Football Club financial difficulty
Middle-man/broker
Front company/shells/bagmen
Dodgy Lawyers/Solicitors
Dodgy Auditors/Administrators
Poor scrutiny/Regulation
Acq/Placement
BUST OUT
Rinse&Repeat
Football Club financial difficultyMiddle-man/brokerFront company/shells/bagmenDodgy Lawyers/SolicitorsDodgy Auditors/AdministratorsPoor scrutiny/RegulationAcq/PlacementBUST OUTRinse&Repeat
For casual football fans who are confused by these continuous #fraud (s) and scratching their heads thinking...
"It must be OK because big companies who are highly regulated are involved in the processes"
Think again!
#Auditors #Banks #Football
@FD @tomburgis @JamesPiotr
"It must be OK because big companies who are highly regulated are involved in the processes"
Think again!
#Auditors #Banks #Football
@FD @tomburgis @JamesPiotr
There seems to be a proliferation of these types of frauds involving sport
@JackPittBrooke @david_conn @nicolatallantsw @MiloPete
- Money Laundering (Source of Drugs, Financial Scams/Investment schemes/Trafficking/Capital Flight)
- Layered through property developers..
@JackPittBrooke @david_conn @nicolatallantsw @MiloPete
- Money Laundering (Source of
Drugs, Financial Scams/Investment schemes/Trafficking/Capital Flight)- Layered through property developers..
If you needed reminding that wherever there are large money flows & weak regulations, there will be organised crime ... READ THIS!
#Gangsters hold to #QPR Directors head at Half Time @EFL
@mr_gillard (link below) is BRILLIANT!
https://thebristolcable.org/series/cornerman/episode/bangers-and-mash-football-and-boxing/
#Gangsters hold
to #QPR Directors head at Half Time @EFL @mr_gillard (link below) is BRILLIANT!
https://thebristolcable.org/series/cornerman/episode/bangers-and-mash-football-and-boxing/
https://thebristolcable.org/series/cornerman/episode/bangers-and-mash-football-and-boxing/
@mr_gillard book #forqueenandcurrency explains the type of fraud that goes on too (Rufus #charlton / #ponzi)
His book #Legacy also gives an interesting insight into #Organisedcrime links to #Westham
Brilliant journalist! Buy his books. They are 
@mr_gillard book #forqueenandcurrency explains the type of fraud that goes on too (Rufus #charlton / #ponzi)
His book #Legacy also gives an interesting insight into #Organisedcrime links to #Westham
Brilliant journalist!
Buy his books. They are
Before #Paldini was held at gunpoint in the Directors Box at Half Time at #QPR he'd instigated his own "hostile takeover" which reads like a scene from @Succession_HBO https://www.questia.com/newspaper/1G1-136851691/the-truth-behind-the-paladini-power-game-how-the
