Planet Earth is run by psychopaths.

Planet Earth is run by psychopaths that hide behind slick marketing, ‘freedom’ propaganda and ‘economic growth’ rhetoric, while they construct a global system of Incorporated Totalitarianism.

In the Middle Ages, average folks found it hard to figure out they were being manipulated by the Royal monarchies who claimed a ‘divine right to rule’. Ordinary people from past centuries could not see how the network of elites and oligarchs were linked, because the illiterate masses were indoctrinated to obey authority and to live in fear. In today’s world, Planet Earth is ruled by super-wealthy people, who use their outrageous fortunes to control society for their own material and political gain. These oligarchs are colluding for economic gain and conspiring to augment even more political power. Armies of professional political elites serve them. Together, they comprise a highly-networked transnational capitalist class. This corporate totalitarian core has bought Planet Earth. All of the major media outlets are owned by a handful of corporations.

Map of inter-relationships between Board of Directors of Disney, CBS, Viacom, Time-Warner, and GE and others. 

(Map from http://theyrule.net/map_310)

Despite Republican fear-mongering about big government, Americans favor taxing the wealthy to expand aid to the poor, and want Congress to rectify this inequality by levying higher taxes on the super-rich and increasing rates on people making over $1 million a year. Americans also support steep progressive reform on Wall Street, with 58% of likely voters in favor of breaking up the big financial institutions.

The four big US banks (J.P. Morgan, Bank of America, Citicorp, Wells Fargo) and the major companies and organizations their board members are affiliated with. (Map from http://theyrule.net/map_672)

Concerning the infusion of money in politics, Americans want campaign finance reform with near unanimity, and half would personally vote for a law establishing the government funding of federal campaigns. The support for reform is strong across party lines, with a prodigious 80% of Republicans, 84% of Independents, and 90% of Democrats believing money plays too large a role in the political process. Other polls show three in four Americans think there is too much money in politics and disagree with the concept of unregulated campaign finance.

Americans also support a substantial raise for low-wage workers, with 63% in favor of a $15 minimum wage by 2020, and 75% in favor of $12.50 by the same year. Other polls show that a majority of swing-state Republican voters support an increase, and 69% of working people favor an increase to $15. Concerning workers’ rights, a majority also want to improve scheduling for chain-store and fast-food restaurant employees.

On the power of money and big business in general, 75% of Americans think large corporations have too much influence in the country. With top CEOs making 373 times what their workers do, Americans think the government should take action to narrow the gap: one-third of Republicans want to cap the income of corporate executives, and 59% of Americans support government restriction of CEO pay.

Likewise, there is very strong support for universal health care. Just over 50% of Americans support a single-payer system, and 65% of voters think every American should have access to quality healthcare. Most Americans would be willing to pay higher taxes so everyone could have care, and put more faith in the government’s ability to hold down health-care costs than the private sector’s. 58% of Americans support a Medicare-for-all system, and a majority of Americans think the government should ensure coverage. A majority of voters in Republican states support Medicaid expansion as well, as do 55% of Republicans. A majority of Americans also support Social Security, with 65% of Americans in favor of its expansion.