I worked in two different Middle Eastern countries for over 10 years. When there, you quickly learn the meaning of the word "baksheesh", which is basically bribery. People say it out loud. And it's openly implied in various situations that you must give this "gift" of money to get a result you want. In America, bribery also exists as…
I worked in two different Middle Eastern countries for over 10 years. When there, you quickly learn the meaning of the word "baksheesh", which is basically bribery. People say it out loud. And it's openly implied in various situations that you must give this "gift" of money to get a result you want. In America, bribery also exists as we all know. But for a long time I foolishly thought it was more limited in scope, expected here and there, but not so pervasive as noted by Malone. What a shock to process the fact that corruption saturates pretty much every corner of government, business, finance, the list is long.
Whitney Webb's two-part Epstein book series is a veritable catalogue of corruption that dates back to the Robber Baron era. To think that Jeffrey Epstein was not a billionaire pedophile, but rather was a deep state operative with global intelligence and political ties that include the British royal family, six U.S. presidential administrations, the Israeli government, and major defense contractors is enough of a reminder of how ugly and deep it goes.
I haven’t started reading them yet, although I did read the first few pages of Volume 1…oh my God! It boggles my mind where she got all this information! It’s truly a major work! And it’s all footnoted. And I thought RFK’s book was crazy!
Yes, I tend to agree. Although I've never seen it up close, I've read enough that what you describe is the way most of the world works. Apparently to include our own nation. In a wider sense, favoritism is a near-universal human feature. In fact, it's part of what keeps a large part of the world in poverty. For example, in many African cultures there's a VERY strong expectation that one
will take care of one's [very] extended family. You could call this socialism at the family or tribe level Such cultural norms no doubt have survival value in extremely primitive conditions, but it's damned hard to conduct anything resembling Western capitalism when all the profits must go to supporting a large number of non-producers.
I worked in two different Middle Eastern countries for over 10 years. When there, you quickly learn the meaning of the word "baksheesh", which is basically bribery. People say it out loud. And it's openly implied in various situations that you must give this "gift" of money to get a result you want. In America, bribery also exists as we all know. But for a long time I foolishly thought it was more limited in scope, expected here and there, but not so pervasive as noted by Malone. What a shock to process the fact that corruption saturates pretty much every corner of government, business, finance, the list is long.
Whitney Webb's two-part Epstein book series is a veritable catalogue of corruption that dates back to the Robber Baron era. To think that Jeffrey Epstein was not a billionaire pedophile, but rather was a deep state operative with global intelligence and political ties that include the British royal family, six U.S. presidential administrations, the Israeli government, and major defense contractors is enough of a reminder of how ugly and deep it goes.
I just bought both volumes. The information is off the richter!
The books were a challenge to read, at least for me. Whitney bombards the reader with facts: names, dates, entities, agencies, countries.
I haven’t started reading them yet, although I did read the first few pages of Volume 1…oh my God! It boggles my mind where she got all this information! It’s truly a major work! And it’s all footnoted. And I thought RFK’s book was crazy!
Did you know that Maxwell was buying rights to all of our Water? That’s before she was taken to Prison.
How does one buy rights to our water? I would not have thought that possible.
Yes, I tend to agree. Although I've never seen it up close, I've read enough that what you describe is the way most of the world works. Apparently to include our own nation. In a wider sense, favoritism is a near-universal human feature. In fact, it's part of what keeps a large part of the world in poverty. For example, in many African cultures there's a VERY strong expectation that one
will take care of one's [very] extended family. You could call this socialism at the family or tribe level Such cultural norms no doubt have survival value in extremely primitive conditions, but it's damned hard to conduct anything resembling Western capitalism when all the profits must go to supporting a large number of non-producers.
I too was shocked when I faced up to the truth of this. It sickens me to my core.