Puppet Governance

CORPORATE POWER

See also Corporate Business and Public-Private Partnership.

OLIGARCHY

See also Corporate Inversions and Grift.

CONSERVATIVE SOCIOPATHS

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  Nepotism in the UK government's public spending grift

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  Conservative Party government uses Coronavirus to grift public money

LIBERAL HYPOCRITES

1. California is America's largest and wealthiest state, by far, with an economy the size of South Korea or Italy. It is a blue state with a Democratic Party supermajority. In American terms this means it is entirely controlled by the more left-wing, socialist-friendly party 'looking out for the people not big business'. That's the sales pitch, anyway. Reality is another hypocrisy paradigm.
   • Democratic Party Governor Newsom of California pledges to ban fracking by 2024; then issues 20 new permits.
   • Associated Press: California approves more new oil and gas in 2020 up by 180% despite another pledge to discontinue fossil fuel permits.
2. Flint Michigan has unsafe drinking water. It's been that way since 2014, under Democratic President Obama and has continued into the Republican Presidency of Donald Trump. It's a useful case study of corruption, negligence, confidence trickery, false assurances and corporate responsibility. [1]
   • Step by Step to the lead contamination of water in Flint, Michigan
   • 87 cases, 10 fatal, of Legionella bacteria found in Flint area; connection to water crisis unclear
   • Flint Michigan water crisis - timeline 2011 to October 2020
   • Federal court orders bottled water delivery to residents in Flint MI
   • Journalist for Status Coup, Jordan Chariton (documentary "Flushing Flint) argues the water in Flint is still contaminated
   • Final 2500 lead pipes to be replaced in Flint MI by end of 2020 says Mayor

CORRUPTION INFO

1. Watch out for "perception" or "polling" or "public opinion about" presentation. These are invariably bullshit: propaganda or filler misdirection. Data is not a matter for opinion. Perception is of interest to politicians trying to get elected but it's no way to derive facts from data.