Illusion of choice: 6 corporations control 90% of US media outlets, 10 corporations control almost every product bought by consumers globally, 1 non-profit institution controls US presidential debates, 1 family owns the banks in all but 3 countries across the globe...
408 2017-05-05 by okokok7654
Showing these numbers to your family and friends might help them realize that much of the world really is controlled by a small percentage of people. Sources: 6 corporations 10 corporations and goods Presidential Debates I couldn't find a "credible" list related to the Rothschilds and banking (hm, wonder why) but here's the link anyways
I've realized that one of the best ways to see the media control first hand is during commercial breaks... Notice how all of them seem to go on commercial at the same time, forcing us to have advertisement after advertisement shoved down our throats. Channels don't have to compete for viewers anymore because they're all owned by the same corporations who make billions in profit annually via media advertisements from the same corporations who control almost all of the goods we buy.
In 2014, 36% of an hour-long TV show was dedicated to commercials and I would argue that the percentage is higher now, but because the study hasn't been updated, we don't know for sure.
In 2016, $195.76bil was spent on media advertisementsin America and Statista has projected that number to rise to $242.77bil by 2020. Worldwide, $569.65bil was spent on media advertisements in 2015 and is projected to rise to $719.20bil by 2019.
Oh and as a side note, did you know that America and New Zealand are the only 2 countries who allow direct-to-consumer ads for prescription drugs? That link has a lot of great information related to Big Pharma and advertising but here are some of the most notable things I found:
-In 2015, Big Pharma spent record breaking $5.4bil on direct to consumer ads, and "the bulk of these ads appear on TV at a rate of 80 ads per hour of programming."
-The amount of money spent on Big Pharma ads has increased by 60% over the past 4 years.
-The $5.4bil paid off for Big Pharma in 2015 because Americans spent a record $457bil on prescription drugs that same year.
-The top 4 TV networks (CBS, ABC, NBC and Fox) take the majority of the advertisement budget, and CBS profited the most, bringing in $511mil
Big pharma spends more on marketing than on research
I gotta get back to work so I'll try to add more info later but hopefully this is enough to show how much consumerism has taken over the globe and how consolidation and control are the reason the 1% continue to line their pockets, leaving the rest of us out to dry.
32 comments
n/a Marks161718 2017-05-05
I wish I was that rich and powerfull.
n/a okokok7654 2017-05-05
I get where you're coming from but I don't wish that at all... Being rich is one thing but being rich and having so much power is entirely different. No one should have that much power, regardless of their wealth.
n/a CatBedParadise 2017-05-05
OP, mobile won't let me access your graphic--can you post separately?
n/a okokok7654 2017-05-05
Here's the 10 corporations one, is that what you're talking about? http://m.imgur.com/k0pv0?r
n/a DeyH8UsCuzDeyAnus 2017-05-05
Talking about voting/affecting change with your consuming habits I was happy to realise without having tried too hard that I do not support or financially endorse any of those core 10.
The 10's of satellite companies however....poss. some of them haven't scanned them all yet.
Fuck those 10 core companies.
They literally sell death.
n/a TheGayMafia 2017-05-05
[2007] In Guilty Plea, OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma to Pay $600 Million. The company that makes the narcotic painkiller OxyContin and three current and former executives pleaded guilty in federal court to criminal charges that they misled regulators, doctors and patients about the drug’s risk of addiction and its potential to be abused. Company sales officials were allowed to draw their own fake scientific charts which showed a lower addictive potential, which they then distributed to doctors.
Purdue Pharma paid 600 million in fines, but they make 3 B illion per year from OxyContin.
The Sackler Family 100 percent owns Purdue Pharma and have more money than the Rockefellers.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexmorrell/2015/07/01/the-oxycontin-clan-the-14-billion-newcomer-to-forbes-2015-list-of-richest-u-s-families/#177fd07275e0
n/a EvilPhd666 2017-05-05
Wonder how much they've been making off Afghan Opium?
n/a High_Level_Insider_ 2017-05-05
Yes, it's all controlled by a fairly small group of people.
But that doesn't mean we can't fix it. Most of the problems we're concerned about can be fixed in a very short time, so long as we focus on solutions and build consensus around them.
n/a downisupp 2017-05-05
what can you tell me about psychopaths ? i been reading alot about it but never found anything about how the consciousness work at psychopaths. how would a psychopath react to something like LSD or other psychedelics ?
n/a okokok7654 2017-05-05
You should read/listen to the book 'The Sociopath Next Door'
n/a High_Level_Insider_ 2017-05-05
http://ponerology.com/
n/a DeyH8UsCuzDeyAnus 2017-05-05
Funny I, or more accurately Jon Ronson, can answer that.
In his book "The Psychopath Test", which I recommend, he retold an account of an early psychologist or psychiatrist who attempted to break the mental defenses or render the power of the psychopaths mind lessened or momentarily compromised via LSD therapy in a prison setting........all sitting around completely naked to emphasise the openness inducing, vulnerability aspect.
One psycho. Jon spoke to unfortunately simply said it enabled him to be a better psychopath and gave him more insight into how to better manipulate people including the psychiatrist one would assume.
Funny huh.
n/a broccoleet 2017-05-05
Ron Swanson?
n/a DeyH8UsCuzDeyAnus 2017-05-05
Who dat?
http://www.jonronson.com/psycho.html
n/a Smiley_Iris 2017-05-05
Swan Ronson?
n/a DeyH8UsCuzDeyAnus 2017-05-05
Quon Bronson?
n/a downisupp 2017-05-05
damn.. do you know if there is any thing that can make a psychopath normal? or is the best alternative a bullet to the head?
n/a YouandWhoseArmy 2017-05-05
Over consolidation is the #1 threat to people and it is not talked about at all.
We can never reform anything if a few businesses control everything. Many of these companies dwarf whole countries in power.
Break them all up.
Media. Telecom. Technology Banks Food production Pharma Insurance
Etc etc etc.
n/a DeyH8UsCuzDeyAnus 2017-05-05
Consolidation for them.
Compartmentalisation for us.
n/a irondumbell 2017-05-05
They should do this every one hundred years or so.
n/a Mylon 2017-05-05
Yeah! We'll call it the economic revolution! And we'll erect tall structures with sharp blades powered by gravity to sever the connections between these massive corporations!
n/a EvilPhd666 2017-05-05
But you're "punishing success".
n/a rebuilt11 2017-05-05
Time for some trust busters if you ask me.
n/a threesixzero 2017-05-05
All media run by 6 corps, all owned by Israelis. All politicians are bought, by Israelis. All govts are indebted to central banks, run by Israelis. Why were we in Syria again? Something about terror? lol
n/a LightBringerFlex 2017-05-05
Israel wants us to support Isis. That is why we are in Syria.
n/a threesixzero 2017-05-05
Yes that is what I was alluding to. The whole war on terror was launched for the Zionists, the same people who controlled-demolitioned the WTC.
n/a qualityspoork 2017-05-05
It not even the money I'm worried about. They have so much technology at their disposal and people willing to kill with said technology because they can offer everlasting riches to those who obey. How are you supposed to fight that?
I don't mean to get biblical, but America has given the devil a platform to recreate the world in his own image. Who knows, maybe this new world is better than one some god would have created.
n/a unruly_mattress 2017-05-05
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothschild_family#Modern_businesses.2C_investments_and_philanthropy
The list you posted was certainly incredible.
n/a Lord_Augastus 2017-05-05
More like the illusion of freedom.
n/a bigtimedime 2017-05-05
So your "source" cites as its "source" a chart found on reddit? Lol. The OP tosses a bunch of random facts around like its some kind of evidence. Even admits he cant find a credible source to prove his BS claim that all global banking is controlled by one family.
This post is a perfect example of why no one takes this subreddit seriously... Just one big cluster F....
n/a IKissThisGuy 2017-05-05
Imagine how hard it would be to change all that when two largely unregulated "private clubs," the DNC and RNC, decide who gets to go to White House, and in many districts, who goes to Congress.
n/a broccoleet 2017-05-05
Ron Swanson?
n/a downisupp 2017-05-05
damn.. do you know if there is any thing that can make a psychopath normal? or is the best alternative a bullet to the head?
n/a DeyH8UsCuzDeyAnus 2017-05-05
Talking about voting/affecting change with your consuming habits I was happy to realise without having tried too hard that I do not support or financially endorse any of those core 10.
The 10's of satellite companies however....poss. some of them haven't scanned them all yet.
Fuck those 10 core companies.
They literally sell death.