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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...
& #39;How the fuck did the world end up here& #39;?

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

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I& #39;ve tried to get my head around it with the help of some good books & following smart journo& #39;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& #39;s some good reading in the pics below & above

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#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

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They use opaque #offshore financial networks to extract wealth and move it around the world #FinCENFiles

Then there& #39;s #SocialMedia

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4/Politicians & leaders everywhere have embraced #disinformation & reframe history to distort the present while they attempt power grabs https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=

They use opaque #offshore financial networks to extract wealth and move it around the world #FinCENFiles Then there& #39;s #SocialMedia https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤪" title="Zany face" aria-label="Emoji: Zany face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📵" title="Handys verboten" aria-label="Emoji: Handys verboten">" title="4/Politicians & leaders everywhere have embraced #disinformation & reframe history to distort the present while they attempt power grabs https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌎" title="Amerika auf dem Globus" aria-label="Emoji: Amerika auf dem Globus">They use opaque #offshore financial networks to extract wealth and move it around the world #FinCENFiles Then there& #39;s #SocialMedia https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤪" title="Zany face" aria-label="Emoji: Zany face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📵" title="Handys verboten" aria-label="Emoji: Handys verboten">">

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#SocialMedia is an Attention & Engagement economy

It& #39;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

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#trumpbidendebate

Before 2005, if you weren& #39;t interested in #politics & #currentaffairs you could blissfully ignore

Now

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You& #39;re drawn into #politics & #currentaffairs via every screen you see

It can be overwhelming & seem bat-shit crazy

So if you& #39;re not a discerning consumer of this type of news (& you get your info from #facebook )
Can send people a bit

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#anxiety
#confusion
#depression

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Trusting the #news we get gives us all an anchor point & common understanding - It& #39;s comforting and is hopefully based on #facts

The main emotional response #socialmedia seems to engender is #Fear & #Anger

#WarOfTheWorlds #OrsonWells #FakeNews

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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

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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?

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#Moneylaundering in & unregulated #gambling in #football

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#Drugs and #criminalcartels in #boxing

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Checks & Balances seem to be eroding...

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Globalisation has opened sport up to Transnational Organised Crime

Social Media & TV Legitimises questionable characters!

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Here& #39;s a topical story today #WiganAthletic

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(Also see; #CharltonAthletic #BuryAFC #Macclesfield etc)

Similar Patters - Similar Cast Of Characters

#Moneylaundering #Football ??

@david_conn @KieranMaguire @AdamCrafton_ @tariqpanja @DuffofBrentford

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Money needs laundering (Proceeds of Crime/Capital Flights etc)

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Rinse&Repeat

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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!

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#Auditors #Banks #Football

@FD @tomburgis @JamesPiotr

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There seems to be a proliferation of these types of frauds involving sport

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@JackPittBrooke @david_conn @nicolatallantsw @MiloPete

- Money Laundering (Source of

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- Layered through property developers..

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥊" title="Boxhandschuh" aria-label="Emoji: Boxhandschuh"> @JackPittBrooke @david_conn @nicolatallantsw @MiloPete - Money Laundering (Source of https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💰" title="Geldsack" aria-label="Emoji: Geldsack"> Drugs, Financial Scams/Investment schemes/Trafficking/Capital Flight)- Layered through property developers.." title="There seems to be a proliferation of these types of frauds involving sport https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⚽️" title="Fußball" aria-label="Emoji: Fußball">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥊" title="Boxhandschuh" aria-label="Emoji: Boxhandschuh"> @JackPittBrooke @david_conn @nicolatallantsw @MiloPete - Money Laundering (Source of https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💰" title="Geldsack" aria-label="Emoji: Geldsack"> 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!

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#Gangsters hold

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@mr_gillard (link below) is BRILLIANT!

https://thebristolcable.org/series/cornerman/episode/bangers-and-mash-football-and-boxing/">https://thebristolcable.org/series/co...

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https://thebristolcable.org/series/cornerman/episode/bangers-and-mash-football-and-boxing/">https://thebristolcable.org/series/co...

@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!

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📕" title="Geschlossenes Buch" aria-label="Emoji: Geschlossenes Buch"> Buy his books. They are

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Episode 2: Bangers and mash from football to boxing

The gangster jailed for drugs and blackmail who courted footballers, boxers and MMA fighters.

https://thebristolcable.org/series/cornerman/episode/bangers-and-mash-football-and-boxing/

Before #Paldini was held at gunpoint in the Directors Box at Half Time at #QPR he& #39;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">https://www.questia.com/newspaper...

The Truth Behind the Paladini Power Game; How the Former Club Chairman and Chief Executive Were...

Read this article on Questia.

https://www.questia.com/newspaper/1G1-136851691/the-truth-behind-the-paladini-power-game-how-the

Andrew Barclay of Barclay Bro& #39;s lineage when he tried to purchase #CAFC;

"Joke of a situation.
Rename Charlatan Athletic until situation resolved with stable leaders/owners ?
EFL farting around whilst clubs go under & stripped to the bone by conmen. V Sad."

#Southall #Bassini

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