Monstrous Hybrids. Beware of “monstrous moral hybrids” — a TIMN perspective. The Empathy Deficit. Are Power And Compassion Mutually Exclusive? The fact that many cultures emphasize the concept of “noblesse oblige” (the idea that with great power and prestige come responsibilities) suggests that power may diminish a tendency to help others.
Psychologist Gerben A. van Kleef (University of Amsterdam) and his colleagues from University of California, Berkeley, examined how power influences emotional reactions to the suffering of others. A group of undergraduates completed questionnaires about their personal sense of power, which identified them to the researchers as either being high-power or low-power. The students were then randomly paired up and had to tell their partner about an event which had caused them emotional suffering and pain.
Their partners then rated their emotions after hearing the story. A Plutocracy Ruled by Self-Centered Jerks? Two studies released last week confirmed what most of us already knew: the ultra-wealthy tend to be narcissistic and have a greater sense of entitlement than the rest of us, and Congress only pays attention to their interests.
Both studies are consistent with earlier research. In the first study, published in the current Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Paul Piff of UC Berkeley conducted five experiments which demonstrated that “higher social class is associated with increased entitlement and narcissism.” OBAMA APPOINTS MONSANTO'S VICE PRESIDENT AS SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE COMMISSIONER AT THE FDA.
Leaked documents reveal US diplomats actually work for Monsanto. (NaturalNews) Biotech giant Monsanto has been genetically modifying the world's food supply and subsequently breeding environmental devastation for years, but leaked documents now reveal that Monsanto has also deeply infiltrated the United States government.
With leaked reports revealing how U.S. diplomats are actually working for Monsanto to push their agenda along with other key government officials, Monsanto's grasp on international politics has never been clearer. Amazingly, the information reveals that the massive corporation is also intensely involved in the passing and regulations concerning the very GM ingredients they are responsible for. In fact, the information released by WikiLeaks reveals just how much power Monsanto has thanks to key positions within the United States government and elsewhere. LittleSis - Profiling the powers that be. List of United States political families. Three brothers from one of America's political families: John, Robert, and Edward Kennedy, pictured together in July 1960.
During its history, the United States has seen many families who have repeatedly produced notable politicians from their ranks, and these historic U.S. political families have had a significant impact on politics in the United States and the Americas. Many of these families have moved to national prominence from a state or regional power base. The Kennedys, for example, are particularly associated with Massachusetts; the Long family is identified with Louisiana, the Harrisons and Lees with Virginia, the Roosevelts with New York, the Daleys with Illinois and more specifically Chicago, the Muhlenbergs with Pennsylvania, and the Tafts with Ohio. Alphabetical list[edit] See also[edit] References[edit] External references[edit]
Billionaires. They rule. k0pv0.jpg (JPEG Image, 2400 × 1507 pixels) - Scaled (60. Wealth, Income, and Power. By G.
William Domhoff This document presents details on the wealth and income distributions in the United States, and explains how we use these two distributions as power indicators. Ghetto Physics. “Try never to ultimately be an individual of succeeding, but rather a person of worth.”
You see inside our race to turning into a hit kind we’ve learned every one of the marks of the successful man in the exterior and also have learned them good enough to fool a lot people into believing we are what we are making an attempt to sell. We all know the way to dress like a successful individual would dress ; we learn the way to communicate like success, as well as walk like success. For a couple of us, we’ve set our eyes to the purpose of being a real success such a lot that we’ve forgotten the most serious and considerably inbuilt parts of being a real real success ; that’s first to finally be a person of worth.
In his sparetime he made papers for the patent office he worked at. He was encircled by socialites who pulled him from his work however he solidly found means to excuse himself and he might be straight back off to work doing something productive with his life again. GhettoPhysics: Official Movie Trailer. At Davos, Leaders are Debating Whether Corporations are More Powerful Than Governments. In 2008, after Lehman Brothers fell and the financial crisis and global recession began, the conventional wisdom was that we were entering an era in which government would take back power from business.
In fact, just the opposite has happened. The high profile political figures here at Davos disappointed — Merkel was angry and depressed by turns, and Geithner was defensive. Europe remains a mess, the U.S. vulnerable, and emerging markets — the only bright spot in the last three years — are slowing down. Politicians have few solutions to the huge problems of the day — labor bifurcation, debt, and inequality. Markets want answers, but leaders can’t give them — in part because for them, nearly any sort of action poses political risk. Obama Trade Document Leaked, Revealing New Corporate Powers And Broken Campaign Promises.
WASHINGTON -- A critical document from President Barack Obama's free trade negotiations with eight Pacific nations was leaked online early Wednesday morning, revealing that the administration intends to bestow radical new political powers upon multinational corporations, contradicting prior promises.
The capitalist network that runs the world - physics-math - 19 October 2011. AS PROTESTS against financial power sweep the world this week, science may have confirmed the protesters' worst fears.
An analysis of the relationships between 43,000 transnational corporations has identified a relatively small group of companies, mainly banks, with disproportionate power over the global economy. The study's assumptions have attracted some criticism, but complex systems analysts contacted by New Scientist say it is a unique effort to untangle control in the global economy. Pushing the analysis further, they say, could help to identify ways of making global capitalism more stable. The idea that a few bankers control a large chunk of the global economy might not seem like news to New York's Occupy Wall Street movement and protesters elsewhere (see photo). Study shows powerful corporations really do control the world's finances. A Small Group of Companies Have Enormous Power Over the World. October 31, 2012 | Like this article?
Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. In October of 2011, New Scientist reported that a scientific study on the global financial system was undertaken by three complex systems theorists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland. Talk to Al Jazeera - Noam Chomsky: The responsibility of privilege. Letters at 3AM: The Curious Case of the Missing Quotation: Jimmy Carter says the U.S. has no functioning democracy at present, and the press goes silent - Columns.
American Fascism: Ralph Nader Decries How Big Business Has Taken Control of the U.S. Government. This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AARON MATÉ: For the rest of the hour, we’re joined by Ralph Nader, consumer advocate, corporate critic, attorney, author, activist and former presidential candidate. For well over four decades, Ralph has helped us drive safer cars, eat healthier food, breathe better air, drink cleaner water and work in safer environments. His devotion to political reform and citizens’ activism has fueled a number of critical policy victories and the creation of generations of watchdogs and activists to carry them forward.
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