person:charles hugh smith

oftwominds-Charles Hugh Smith: The Demise of Dissent: Why the #Web Is Becoming Homogenized
▻http://charleshughsmith.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-demise-of-dissent-why-web-is.html

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We’ve all heard that the problem with the web is fake news, i.e. unsubstantiated or erroneous content that’s designed to mislead or sow confusion.

The problem isn’t just fake news—it’s the homogenization of the web, that is, the elimination or marginalization of independent voices of skepticism and dissent.

There are four drivers of this homogenization:
1. The suppression of dissent under the guise of ridding the web of propaganda and fake news—in other words, dissent is labeled fake news as a cover for silencing critics and skeptics.
2. The sharp decline of advertising revenues flowing to web publishers, both major outlets and small independent publishers like Of Two Minds.
3. The majority of advert revenues now flow into the coffers of the quasi-monopolies Facebook and Google.
4. Publishers are increasingly dependent on these quasi-monopolies for readers and visibility: any publisher who runs afoul of #Facebook and #Google and is sent to Digital Siberia effectively vanishes.

#marginalisation #dissidence #internet

Via naked capitalism

“D.C.-la-folle” dans le “tourbillon crisique”
▻http://www.dedefensa.org/article/dc-la-folle-dans-le-tourbillon-crisique

“D.C.-la-folle” dans le “tourbillon crisique”

Un article d’analyse (du 20 octobre 2017) de du commentzteur et auteur de tendance libertarienne Charles Hugh Smith, sur le site Washington’s Blog, développe une appréciation générale de la prospective de la situation à Washington D.C., dite “D.C.-la-folle”. Le thème qu’aborde Smith concerne la possibilité existante d’une victoire politique d’un côté ou de l’autre (disons les pro-Trump et les anti-Trump), notamment sinon essentiellement sur la question de la destitution du président Trump. Le débat est ainsi résumé dans le premier paragraphe :

« A ceux d’entre nous qui comprennent que la totalité de l’actuel statu quo du Système à Washington D.C. est pourri, la confiance affichée par chacun des deux camps idéologiques que leur parti sortira sauf de toutes les (...)

oftwominds-Charles Hugh Smith: The One Chart You Need to Predict the Future
▻http://charleshughsmith.blogspot.fr/2015/03/the-one-chart-you-need-to-predict-future.html

oftwominds-Charles Hugh Smith: This Is How Empires Collapse
▻http://charleshughsmith.blogspot.fr/2014/04/this-is-how-empires-collapse.html

Before an empire collapses, it first erodes from within. The collapse may appear sudden, but the processes of internal rot hollowed out the resilience, resolve, purpose and vitality of the empire long before its final implosion.
What are these processes of internal rot? Here are a few of the most pervasive and destructive forces of internal corrosion:

“Self worth and meaning can only arise where there is no profit generated” - Charles Hugh Smith