Arun D. Ellis's Blog, page 55
April 23, 2016
Extract from my book 'Daydream Believers'
Something in the Wind - 16
The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe.
You have to make it fall.
Che Guevara
The Preacher stood at the edge of the stage and stared out, "The time has come," he said, "we are perilously close to the tipping point. If we don't take back our world soon then there is the distinct possibility we will never be able to, that the inheritors of our planet, namely our children, have no idea what it is they are meant to take back."
He started to pace slowly, "Our world is defined by greed, we are led by acquisitive individuals, seduced by beautiful and airbrushed images of damaged individuals. Our souls and minds have been corrupted to the extent that we see only the desperate need for more, a remorseless quest to own this or that, to live vicariously in this PS game, this or that soap, mimic this celebrity or that, use this perfume or have that phone or iPad or tablet. Even more devastating is the fact that the minds and souls of our children have become so corrupted from such an early stage in their development that they have no concept of life before the new religion of greed and selfishness, of self-aggrandisement at the expense of others, at the expense of nature and of our very world."
"This has been nurtured by our leaders for they are the most avaricious amongst us. It is our leaders who have allowed this disease to infest our society where our children are unable to empathise with the each other, with nature, with mankind as a whole. Where our children live their lives via the internet, watching porn, or texting and tweeting nonsense back and forth, where they are unremittingly seduced by adverts on TV, on their PCs, on their tablets or on their mobiles, where they are encouraged to engage in mindless drivel such as 'text your name and your boyfriend’s name and we will tell you if your relationship will last' for which they end up paying a fee, ad infinitum."
He paused, "Our leaders have allowed total commercialism to engulf humanity and they have fostered our basest instincts and our most corrupt urges. They have allowed the high priests of the commercial world to invade our minds and the minds of our young with images of superiority, images that will appear to make us better than others when all the while our actions are making us possibly the worst generation of humans to have ever existed on this planet."
He ignored the gasps of denial that met his words and stopped in the centre of the stage, "Our leaders have created this egotistical and maniacal world of the diseased mind and corrupt soul simply to enable them to rise above everyone else like gods. They have allowed the devil to roam free upon the land, the devil who stokes our most base and evil emotions and desires. Our leaders have encouraged our fall from grace."
He started to pace again, "They have actively consorted with those who would foist the urges of greed and selfishness not just upon us but also upon our weak and developing young, so much so that if we were to try and change our world it is possible that the young would resist us."
He stopped again, "Our leaders have created the religion of consumerism and they have nurtured its growth within the belly of society, they have pandered to the high priests in advertising, in marketing and they have prostituted themselves to the commercial bankers, to the energy giants, to the business consortiums, to the city and they have sold our world and our future and the future of our children who don't know, and may possibly never know, what they have lost."
He started to pace again, "Our leaders have created a religion that has now become greater and stronger than even they could've imagined. This evil beast is now more powerful than its high priests, than its managing directors, than any banking community, than the city itself, for this beast lives off its own energy."
He turned, "It is alive and will resist its destruction, it will send our children out against us, to fight and resist every change that we try to make, every effort at self-discipline, every effort at self-improvement, every effort at changing and improving the world, every attempt to assist the helpless and downtrodden will be crushed by the forces of consumerism, of the forces of greed, of the forces of EVIL."
He raced to the front of the stage, "For be assured the beast does indeed walk the earth!" he shouted, "but it is not as some biblical horned animal, it is as the seed of contempt and selfishness planted deep in the minds and souls of every one of us and it is made manifest in the form of pride, envy, gluttony, lust, anger, avarice and sloth."
He stood and raised his arms, "For these deadly sins are no longer considered to be such, now they are held aloft as goals and ambitions, they are sold to us daily, hourly and sold to our children the minute they can sit and watch a TV, the minute they can operate a mobile or play on a tablet."
He raced across the front of the stage, "All the evil of the world exists in our new government approved and government endorsed religion. So I say to you it is our leaders who have failed us. It is our leaders who have literally lead us down this path. It is our leaders who we must hold responsible and it is our leaders who we must remove forthwith."
Then he was gone. Barry was shaken to his core; this was a call for revolution and it was on camera.
The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe.
You have to make it fall.
Che Guevara
The Preacher stood at the edge of the stage and stared out, "The time has come," he said, "we are perilously close to the tipping point. If we don't take back our world soon then there is the distinct possibility we will never be able to, that the inheritors of our planet, namely our children, have no idea what it is they are meant to take back."
He started to pace slowly, "Our world is defined by greed, we are led by acquisitive individuals, seduced by beautiful and airbrushed images of damaged individuals. Our souls and minds have been corrupted to the extent that we see only the desperate need for more, a remorseless quest to own this or that, to live vicariously in this PS game, this or that soap, mimic this celebrity or that, use this perfume or have that phone or iPad or tablet. Even more devastating is the fact that the minds and souls of our children have become so corrupted from such an early stage in their development that they have no concept of life before the new religion of greed and selfishness, of self-aggrandisement at the expense of others, at the expense of nature and of our very world."
"This has been nurtured by our leaders for they are the most avaricious amongst us. It is our leaders who have allowed this disease to infest our society where our children are unable to empathise with the each other, with nature, with mankind as a whole. Where our children live their lives via the internet, watching porn, or texting and tweeting nonsense back and forth, where they are unremittingly seduced by adverts on TV, on their PCs, on their tablets or on their mobiles, where they are encouraged to engage in mindless drivel such as 'text your name and your boyfriend’s name and we will tell you if your relationship will last' for which they end up paying a fee, ad infinitum."
He paused, "Our leaders have allowed total commercialism to engulf humanity and they have fostered our basest instincts and our most corrupt urges. They have allowed the high priests of the commercial world to invade our minds and the minds of our young with images of superiority, images that will appear to make us better than others when all the while our actions are making us possibly the worst generation of humans to have ever existed on this planet."
He ignored the gasps of denial that met his words and stopped in the centre of the stage, "Our leaders have created this egotistical and maniacal world of the diseased mind and corrupt soul simply to enable them to rise above everyone else like gods. They have allowed the devil to roam free upon the land, the devil who stokes our most base and evil emotions and desires. Our leaders have encouraged our fall from grace."
He started to pace again, "They have actively consorted with those who would foist the urges of greed and selfishness not just upon us but also upon our weak and developing young, so much so that if we were to try and change our world it is possible that the young would resist us."
He stopped again, "Our leaders have created the religion of consumerism and they have nurtured its growth within the belly of society, they have pandered to the high priests in advertising, in marketing and they have prostituted themselves to the commercial bankers, to the energy giants, to the business consortiums, to the city and they have sold our world and our future and the future of our children who don't know, and may possibly never know, what they have lost."
He started to pace again, "Our leaders have created a religion that has now become greater and stronger than even they could've imagined. This evil beast is now more powerful than its high priests, than its managing directors, than any banking community, than the city itself, for this beast lives off its own energy."
He turned, "It is alive and will resist its destruction, it will send our children out against us, to fight and resist every change that we try to make, every effort at self-discipline, every effort at self-improvement, every effort at changing and improving the world, every attempt to assist the helpless and downtrodden will be crushed by the forces of consumerism, of the forces of greed, of the forces of EVIL."
He raced to the front of the stage, "For be assured the beast does indeed walk the earth!" he shouted, "but it is not as some biblical horned animal, it is as the seed of contempt and selfishness planted deep in the minds and souls of every one of us and it is made manifest in the form of pride, envy, gluttony, lust, anger, avarice and sloth."
He stood and raised his arms, "For these deadly sins are no longer considered to be such, now they are held aloft as goals and ambitions, they are sold to us daily, hourly and sold to our children the minute they can sit and watch a TV, the minute they can operate a mobile or play on a tablet."
He raced across the front of the stage, "All the evil of the world exists in our new government approved and government endorsed religion. So I say to you it is our leaders who have failed us. It is our leaders who have literally lead us down this path. It is our leaders who we must hold responsible and it is our leaders who we must remove forthwith."
Then he was gone. Barry was shaken to his core; this was a call for revolution and it was on camera.
April 19, 2016
Corporate take over in the New World Order
The poverty of our century is not, as poverty was before, the result of natural scarcity,
but of a set of priorities imposed upon the rest of the world by the rich.
Consequently, the modern poor are not pitied...but written off as trash.
John Berger
In the 1980s and 1990s an economic revolution began that we call globalisation.
That economic revolution has led us to the brink of economic, social and cultural collapse.
When the crash comes, as it will, the world will be thrown back into a period of stagnation highlighted only by extreme violence.
So what was this economic revolution?
The wealthy were given the opportunity to invest heavily in overseas developing markets where working conditions and salaries are pitiful: maximising their returns.
Those developing markets have been transformed in the subsequent years into strong industrial markets with vast foreign investments; however, they have limited value as consumer markets as the workforce is underpaid. The economies themselves are also over inflated and dependent on the foreign investment without which they will crash.
Meanwhile the countries where these investments originated have been converted into service based economies by their political leaders. Unfortunately service based economies aren't strong enough to drive sufficient consumerism to feed the hungry corporate entities that demand ever more profits for their investors.
Consequently banks in the west lent ever more money to low paid workers to maintain demand for products made in the third world so that the rich global 1% could continue to receive interest on investments.
The global 1% having earned vast sums then 'off shored' their earnings to avoid national taxation.
Governments don't have any money; they get their money from taxation.
The 99% in the west are no longer earning enough to fund state commitments because they now work in a service based economy instead of an industrial based economy, ergo, lower salary, less tax being paid.
The global 1% having off shored their earnings aren't paying taxes. Corporations are registered abroad and thus avoid corporation tax.
Net result: western governments, deprived of tax revenue are forced to borrow or find other ways to fund education, health, armed forces, police forces, roads, infrastructure, etc. and start to build up debt.
An example of this borrowing in practice in the UK, the government resorted to Private Finance Initiatives (PFI) to build hospitals and schools etc. which enabled the global 1% to invest in public building with massive, guaranteed returns funded by the tax payer.
Western workers started to get poorer, borrowing more and more. This was unsustainable; the poor became too poor to service their debts, spiralling into destitution and defaulting on their loans.
The global 1% started to get richer than anyone had ever been before, benefitting from tax avoidance, possibly evasion and high dividends from corporations avoiding corporation tax.
This insanity continued for a number of years until it culminated in the crash of 2008. This was always predictable, not simply because of the sub-primes or the Credit Default Swaps (CDSs) or any other of the so called 'exotics' that the banks dreamt up to maintain their profits and ability to pay competitive dividends to the global 1%, but because the whole thing was a house of cards, waiting to collapse.
To add insult to injury, once the inevitable collapse happened, the politicians, servants of the global 1%, appropriated taxpayers' money to bail out the banks, so that they could continue to produce dividends for the global 1%.
The poor were then plunged into austerity in order to recoup this money to the various treasuries across the globe to pay for health etc.
In addition to this:
The west has been waging a 'war on terror' for 10 years, at huge financial cost to the US &UK taxpayer, a massive human cost and resulting in the virtual destruction of Iraq, Syria and Libya. The 'war on terror' allowed the Neo-Conservatives to implement a 'Plan for the New American Century' which is aligned with the objectives of the 'Oded Yinon Plan - 'A Plan for Israel in the 1980s'; the expansion of Israel to become the most dominant force in the Middle East.
It is the nature of war that huge profits can be made. This war is no different and the global 1% has made a great deal of profit, profit which again has managed to avoid the taxman.
Western politicians, servants of the global 1%, have appropriated taxpayers' money to fund 'rebuilding' of these countries destroyed by the western military and given the work to large western multi-nationals, excluding the indigenous companies.
This 'rebuilding' work was never properly begun and hasn't been completed although billions have been siphoned off by the many corporations involved, once again paying large dividends to the global 1%.
Where are we now?
Nation states thus underfunded, having to borrow to continue to provide services are forced into unimaginable debt to the tune of trillions.
The 99%, forced to bail out the banks, fund the 'war of terror' and subsidise private investment, struggle with ever-reducing public services and find themselves in crippling debt.
The global 1% get ever richer and richer.
So what happens next?
The total dollar value of global debt is $58,500,000,000,000.00 ($58.5 trillion)
Soon the global economy will collapse, probably starting in Japan where debt is 261% of GDP. China's false growth rate figures will be exposed and it is likely she will try to cut her losses, possibly dumping her American debt. Following this, America will slide into irretrievable recession worse than anything ever before imagined. South America will collapse into chaos and revolutions. Europe will collapse under the burden of debt and fracture possibly into civil wars. The Middle East will continue to tear itself apart in a religious revolution.
The global 1%, having foreseen this, will have shifted their shares into land and gold, and will ride out the storm on their yachts; when it's calm they will return to business as usual.
The rest of us will be destitute, foraging for food and water and begging for scraps at their tables.
Suggestion: stock up, make contingency plans and arm yourself.
but of a set of priorities imposed upon the rest of the world by the rich.
Consequently, the modern poor are not pitied...but written off as trash.
John Berger
In the 1980s and 1990s an economic revolution began that we call globalisation.
That economic revolution has led us to the brink of economic, social and cultural collapse.
When the crash comes, as it will, the world will be thrown back into a period of stagnation highlighted only by extreme violence.
So what was this economic revolution?
The wealthy were given the opportunity to invest heavily in overseas developing markets where working conditions and salaries are pitiful: maximising their returns.
Those developing markets have been transformed in the subsequent years into strong industrial markets with vast foreign investments; however, they have limited value as consumer markets as the workforce is underpaid. The economies themselves are also over inflated and dependent on the foreign investment without which they will crash.
Meanwhile the countries where these investments originated have been converted into service based economies by their political leaders. Unfortunately service based economies aren't strong enough to drive sufficient consumerism to feed the hungry corporate entities that demand ever more profits for their investors.
Consequently banks in the west lent ever more money to low paid workers to maintain demand for products made in the third world so that the rich global 1% could continue to receive interest on investments.
The global 1% having earned vast sums then 'off shored' their earnings to avoid national taxation.
Governments don't have any money; they get their money from taxation.
The 99% in the west are no longer earning enough to fund state commitments because they now work in a service based economy instead of an industrial based economy, ergo, lower salary, less tax being paid.
The global 1% having off shored their earnings aren't paying taxes. Corporations are registered abroad and thus avoid corporation tax.
Net result: western governments, deprived of tax revenue are forced to borrow or find other ways to fund education, health, armed forces, police forces, roads, infrastructure, etc. and start to build up debt.
An example of this borrowing in practice in the UK, the government resorted to Private Finance Initiatives (PFI) to build hospitals and schools etc. which enabled the global 1% to invest in public building with massive, guaranteed returns funded by the tax payer.
Western workers started to get poorer, borrowing more and more. This was unsustainable; the poor became too poor to service their debts, spiralling into destitution and defaulting on their loans.
The global 1% started to get richer than anyone had ever been before, benefitting from tax avoidance, possibly evasion and high dividends from corporations avoiding corporation tax.
This insanity continued for a number of years until it culminated in the crash of 2008. This was always predictable, not simply because of the sub-primes or the Credit Default Swaps (CDSs) or any other of the so called 'exotics' that the banks dreamt up to maintain their profits and ability to pay competitive dividends to the global 1%, but because the whole thing was a house of cards, waiting to collapse.
To add insult to injury, once the inevitable collapse happened, the politicians, servants of the global 1%, appropriated taxpayers' money to bail out the banks, so that they could continue to produce dividends for the global 1%.
The poor were then plunged into austerity in order to recoup this money to the various treasuries across the globe to pay for health etc.
In addition to this:
The west has been waging a 'war on terror' for 10 years, at huge financial cost to the US &UK taxpayer, a massive human cost and resulting in the virtual destruction of Iraq, Syria and Libya. The 'war on terror' allowed the Neo-Conservatives to implement a 'Plan for the New American Century' which is aligned with the objectives of the 'Oded Yinon Plan - 'A Plan for Israel in the 1980s'; the expansion of Israel to become the most dominant force in the Middle East.
It is the nature of war that huge profits can be made. This war is no different and the global 1% has made a great deal of profit, profit which again has managed to avoid the taxman.
Western politicians, servants of the global 1%, have appropriated taxpayers' money to fund 'rebuilding' of these countries destroyed by the western military and given the work to large western multi-nationals, excluding the indigenous companies.
This 'rebuilding' work was never properly begun and hasn't been completed although billions have been siphoned off by the many corporations involved, once again paying large dividends to the global 1%.
Where are we now?
Nation states thus underfunded, having to borrow to continue to provide services are forced into unimaginable debt to the tune of trillions.
The 99%, forced to bail out the banks, fund the 'war of terror' and subsidise private investment, struggle with ever-reducing public services and find themselves in crippling debt.
The global 1% get ever richer and richer.
So what happens next?
The total dollar value of global debt is $58,500,000,000,000.00 ($58.5 trillion)
Soon the global economy will collapse, probably starting in Japan where debt is 261% of GDP. China's false growth rate figures will be exposed and it is likely she will try to cut her losses, possibly dumping her American debt. Following this, America will slide into irretrievable recession worse than anything ever before imagined. South America will collapse into chaos and revolutions. Europe will collapse under the burden of debt and fracture possibly into civil wars. The Middle East will continue to tear itself apart in a religious revolution.
The global 1%, having foreseen this, will have shifted their shares into land and gold, and will ride out the storm on their yachts; when it's calm they will return to business as usual.
The rest of us will be destitute, foraging for food and water and begging for scraps at their tables.
Suggestion: stock up, make contingency plans and arm yourself.
Extract from my book 'Corpalism'
Corpalism
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7:25 p.m.
“All I’m saying,” said the Pirate, “is that the super heroes stick up for the establishment.”
“They do not.” said Mr. Spock.
“No, no,” said the Pirate, “hear me out, they all fight to preserve the status quo and thus defend and preserve the rights of the rich.”
“Rubbish,” said Mr. Spock.
“Okay,” said the Pirate, “what about Batman?”
“Well, he’s rich anyway,” said Mr. Spock, “so it’s hardly surprising.”
“All the villains, who’ve had what can only be described as a raw deal, are all victimised by this dude with loadsa cash who has the law in his back pocket and can spend as much as he wants on god knows what kind of weapons.” said the Pirate.
“OK, but look at the Penguin and the Joker,” said Mr. Spock, “They were pretty evil dudes, man.”
“Really?” questioned the Pirate, “I’d like to see how you turned out if your parents dumped you down a sewer just for being deformed and ugly… Batman’s parents loved him but were gunned down, he inherited a fortune and look at what kind of nut job he turned into.”
“Oh what?” said Spock, “Penguin and Joker are insane, they have to be put down or they’ll kill everyone just for laughs.”
“It still doesn’t change my point,” said the Pirate, “all super heroes stick up for the establishment, there’s never one that fights for the rights of the ordinary man.”
“What about the Hulk?” said Mr. Spock, “He’s always attacking the establishment?”
“Yeah, but not with purpose,” said the Pirate, “it’s always random and chaotic.”
“So?” said Mr. Spock, “It still disproves your point.”
“No, because the Hulk isn’t fighting for anyone or any particular cause and he’s portrayed as bad for what he does; the establishment is always portrayed as being on the side of right.”
“Yeah, but you always feel sorry for the Hulk though, don’t you,” said Mr. Spock.
“That’s not the same thing, that’s just sympathy for another poor sucker who got screwed by the establishment.”
“Okay, Spider Man,” said Mr. Spock, “He fights villains and he protects everyone.”
“Hey, you two” Charlie Chaplin interrupted with a bang of his glass, “any chance we can talk about something else?”
“But again,” said the Pirate, “he’s fighting crime and geezers who are stealing huge amounts of money from the banks or the state. He’s maintaining the status quo.”
“No he’s not,” said Mr. Spock, “he’s always defending the little guy.” Charlie Chaplin nodded vigorously, and nudged the Lone Ranger to do likewise.
“Only because the little guy gets in the way of the action,” said the Pirate, “the real plot is always about power, wealth and greed and that is way above the average person’s status so it has to be about protecting the rich again, about protecting those with all the wealth against those who are trying to take it.”
“That’s bollocks,” said Mr. Spock, “Okay what about Superman, he’s always sticking up for the man in the street.”
“Again,” said the Pirate, “that’s only because the little man gets in the way.”
“Rubbish,” said Mr. Spock, “this is all just silly twaddle.”
“No it’s not,” said the Pirate, “and I can prove it.”
“Okay prove it,” said Mr. Spock.
“Yeah, prove it” mimicked Charlie.
“Okay,” said the Pirate, “all of the super heroes, they
all have special powers, right?”
“Right.”
“Which lifts them above all others, am I right?”
“Yeah, that’s right, that being the point of super powers….”
“And enables them to fight crime?”
“Right.”
“Right” echoed Charlie, now seriously bored.
“But the only crime they fight is against the poor down and outs who are resorting to the only means they have available, namely violent crime, to get ahead in this warped and twisted world. Does Batman ever arrest a banker? Does Superman ever grab hold of a devious politician? Does Spiderman ever…..”
“Oh what?” said Charlie, “now, that’s just silly…hey, Tranny isn’t he bein’ silly…” He looked across at the Transvestite who was completely absorbed, trying to win back all the money he’d lost on the fruit machine “oh, don’t bother…”
“No, it’s not,” said the Pirate, “everyone knows that the real crime is white collar crime.”
“He’s right, you know” said Hiawatha.
“What?” said Mr. Spock, “I didn’t even know you were even listening?”
“I wasn’t,” said Hiawatha, “but it’s our round so the Lone Ranger is getting ‘em in.”
“Oh,” said Mr. Spock, “but you’re both wrong.”
“No, we’re not,” said Hiawatha, “it’s all just part of our social conditioning and it starts when we’re young.”
“Here we go,” said Charlie, “Karla Marx is off and running.”
“No,” said Hiawatha, “I’m not going to say anything else other than that the whole deal with super heroes, as the Pirate says, is to protect the rich, protect the powerful, maintain the state and to punish the poor villain who is just trying to get ahead.”
“Poor villain who’s just trying to get ahead?” wailed Mr. Spock, “are you completely mad, woman? We’re talking about some real sick fucks here.”
“Actually we’re talking about comic books,” said Hiawatha, “which isn’t quite the same thing…and don’t call me ‘woman’.”
“Huh,” sighed Mr. Spock, “well you’ve ruined that simple pleasure for me, haven’t you.”
“No,” said Hiawatha, “because the underlying truth remains the same, comic book heroes and the spin off films are all designed to get us to relate to the rich and the wealthy and to want to fight to maintain the status quo, to fight to keep the rich and the poor in their accustomed place.”
“No!” hissed Charlie, “that’s a big leap!”
“She’s right,” said the Pirate, “and as I was saying, these super heroes have super powers but do they ever use them to lead the people in a revolutionary war of freedom?”
“A what?” said Mr. Spock.
“A revolutionary war of freedom, he said” Hiawatha responded crisply, “and I agree…does Superman ever fly to Thailand and free the kids slaving in the sweat shops owned by the rich corporations? No, he doesn’t. Does Batman ever break into prison and free the wrongfully convicted and over sentenced black man whose rights were trampled on when he was incarcerated? No, he doesn’t. Does Spider man ever break into a house in suburbia and beat up the abusive and violent husband? No, he doesn’t.”
“Do the Fantastic Four ever fly out to third world countries and defend the rights of the poor civilians against greedy American corporations? No, they don’t,” said the Pirate, not to be outdone.
“They’re all just tools used by the state to maintain the status quo,” said Hiawatha.
“But they are entertaining, though,” said Charlie, trying to lighten the atmosphere.
“The truth is, we’ve forgotten who the real heroes are,” said Hiawatha, “all we have now are fantasy heroes, rich celebs, movie stars who are just pretending to be heroes, pop stars and sports stars. What happened to real heroes like William Wilberforce or Lord Shaftesbury or Abe Lincoln or Washington or….?”
“Washington was a traitor,” said the Pirate, “and he led the revolution against us.”
“Against the King,” said Hiawatha.
“Oh yeah,” said the Pirate, “That’s okay then.”
“Oh, that’s ok then” mimicked Charlie, making a silly face, quite difficult to spot when dressed as a clown.
“And Oliver Cromwell, and …” said Hiawatha.
“My favourite,” said the Pirate, “Ollie Cromwell, cut off that bastard king’s head.”
“Oh yeah and what about Danton, Robespierre and Napoleon?” said Mr. Spock, “heroes or villains?”
“Ask the French,” said the Pirate.
“Yeah right,” said Mr. Spock, “you just use the argument you want.”
“Actually I think the French revolution was good for the people,” said Hiawatha, “Okay it got a little out of hand….”
“A little out of hand?” said Mr. Spock, “Napoleon tried to take over the world.”
“Well he wouldn’t’ve done if the monarchies hadn’t tried to crush the revolution and tell me, what was so different between the French revolution and the American Revolution and our own revolution?” demanded Hiawatha.
“Well…” began Mr. Spock.
“Wow, it’s a crush up there” said the Lone Ranger returning to the table, drinks in hand, “If any of you lot want crisps say so now before it gets really chocker…”
“Yeah,” said the Pirate, “salt’n’vinegar.”
“Pork scratchins please,” said Mr. Spock.
“Oh yeah, me too,” said the Pirate.
“Make up your bloody mind,” said the Lone Ranger.
“I’ll have salt and vinegar as well,” said Hiawatha.
“As well as who? I’m having pork scratchins.”
“Cheese and Onion,” said Charlie Chaplin.
“What about Tranny?” asked the Lone Ranger.
“He’s in his own world,” said the Pirate, nodding over at the fruit machine, “just get him salt’n’vinegar.”
“He likes plain,” said Hiawatha.
The Lone Ranger gave her a dark look.
“Well, I can’t help it,” she muttered, “I’m just sayin’.”
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7:25 p.m.
“All I’m saying,” said the Pirate, “is that the super heroes stick up for the establishment.”
“They do not.” said Mr. Spock.
“No, no,” said the Pirate, “hear me out, they all fight to preserve the status quo and thus defend and preserve the rights of the rich.”
“Rubbish,” said Mr. Spock.
“Okay,” said the Pirate, “what about Batman?”
“Well, he’s rich anyway,” said Mr. Spock, “so it’s hardly surprising.”
“All the villains, who’ve had what can only be described as a raw deal, are all victimised by this dude with loadsa cash who has the law in his back pocket and can spend as much as he wants on god knows what kind of weapons.” said the Pirate.
“OK, but look at the Penguin and the Joker,” said Mr. Spock, “They were pretty evil dudes, man.”
“Really?” questioned the Pirate, “I’d like to see how you turned out if your parents dumped you down a sewer just for being deformed and ugly… Batman’s parents loved him but were gunned down, he inherited a fortune and look at what kind of nut job he turned into.”
“Oh what?” said Spock, “Penguin and Joker are insane, they have to be put down or they’ll kill everyone just for laughs.”
“It still doesn’t change my point,” said the Pirate, “all super heroes stick up for the establishment, there’s never one that fights for the rights of the ordinary man.”
“What about the Hulk?” said Mr. Spock, “He’s always attacking the establishment?”
“Yeah, but not with purpose,” said the Pirate, “it’s always random and chaotic.”
“So?” said Mr. Spock, “It still disproves your point.”
“No, because the Hulk isn’t fighting for anyone or any particular cause and he’s portrayed as bad for what he does; the establishment is always portrayed as being on the side of right.”
“Yeah, but you always feel sorry for the Hulk though, don’t you,” said Mr. Spock.
“That’s not the same thing, that’s just sympathy for another poor sucker who got screwed by the establishment.”
“Okay, Spider Man,” said Mr. Spock, “He fights villains and he protects everyone.”
“Hey, you two” Charlie Chaplin interrupted with a bang of his glass, “any chance we can talk about something else?”
“But again,” said the Pirate, “he’s fighting crime and geezers who are stealing huge amounts of money from the banks or the state. He’s maintaining the status quo.”
“No he’s not,” said Mr. Spock, “he’s always defending the little guy.” Charlie Chaplin nodded vigorously, and nudged the Lone Ranger to do likewise.
“Only because the little guy gets in the way of the action,” said the Pirate, “the real plot is always about power, wealth and greed and that is way above the average person’s status so it has to be about protecting the rich again, about protecting those with all the wealth against those who are trying to take it.”
“That’s bollocks,” said Mr. Spock, “Okay what about Superman, he’s always sticking up for the man in the street.”
“Again,” said the Pirate, “that’s only because the little man gets in the way.”
“Rubbish,” said Mr. Spock, “this is all just silly twaddle.”
“No it’s not,” said the Pirate, “and I can prove it.”
“Okay prove it,” said Mr. Spock.
“Yeah, prove it” mimicked Charlie.
“Okay,” said the Pirate, “all of the super heroes, they
all have special powers, right?”
“Right.”
“Which lifts them above all others, am I right?”
“Yeah, that’s right, that being the point of super powers….”
“And enables them to fight crime?”
“Right.”
“Right” echoed Charlie, now seriously bored.
“But the only crime they fight is against the poor down and outs who are resorting to the only means they have available, namely violent crime, to get ahead in this warped and twisted world. Does Batman ever arrest a banker? Does Superman ever grab hold of a devious politician? Does Spiderman ever…..”
“Oh what?” said Charlie, “now, that’s just silly…hey, Tranny isn’t he bein’ silly…” He looked across at the Transvestite who was completely absorbed, trying to win back all the money he’d lost on the fruit machine “oh, don’t bother…”
“No, it’s not,” said the Pirate, “everyone knows that the real crime is white collar crime.”
“He’s right, you know” said Hiawatha.
“What?” said Mr. Spock, “I didn’t even know you were even listening?”
“I wasn’t,” said Hiawatha, “but it’s our round so the Lone Ranger is getting ‘em in.”
“Oh,” said Mr. Spock, “but you’re both wrong.”
“No, we’re not,” said Hiawatha, “it’s all just part of our social conditioning and it starts when we’re young.”
“Here we go,” said Charlie, “Karla Marx is off and running.”
“No,” said Hiawatha, “I’m not going to say anything else other than that the whole deal with super heroes, as the Pirate says, is to protect the rich, protect the powerful, maintain the state and to punish the poor villain who is just trying to get ahead.”
“Poor villain who’s just trying to get ahead?” wailed Mr. Spock, “are you completely mad, woman? We’re talking about some real sick fucks here.”
“Actually we’re talking about comic books,” said Hiawatha, “which isn’t quite the same thing…and don’t call me ‘woman’.”
“Huh,” sighed Mr. Spock, “well you’ve ruined that simple pleasure for me, haven’t you.”
“No,” said Hiawatha, “because the underlying truth remains the same, comic book heroes and the spin off films are all designed to get us to relate to the rich and the wealthy and to want to fight to maintain the status quo, to fight to keep the rich and the poor in their accustomed place.”
“No!” hissed Charlie, “that’s a big leap!”
“She’s right,” said the Pirate, “and as I was saying, these super heroes have super powers but do they ever use them to lead the people in a revolutionary war of freedom?”
“A what?” said Mr. Spock.
“A revolutionary war of freedom, he said” Hiawatha responded crisply, “and I agree…does Superman ever fly to Thailand and free the kids slaving in the sweat shops owned by the rich corporations? No, he doesn’t. Does Batman ever break into prison and free the wrongfully convicted and over sentenced black man whose rights were trampled on when he was incarcerated? No, he doesn’t. Does Spider man ever break into a house in suburbia and beat up the abusive and violent husband? No, he doesn’t.”
“Do the Fantastic Four ever fly out to third world countries and defend the rights of the poor civilians against greedy American corporations? No, they don’t,” said the Pirate, not to be outdone.
“They’re all just tools used by the state to maintain the status quo,” said Hiawatha.
“But they are entertaining, though,” said Charlie, trying to lighten the atmosphere.
“The truth is, we’ve forgotten who the real heroes are,” said Hiawatha, “all we have now are fantasy heroes, rich celebs, movie stars who are just pretending to be heroes, pop stars and sports stars. What happened to real heroes like William Wilberforce or Lord Shaftesbury or Abe Lincoln or Washington or….?”
“Washington was a traitor,” said the Pirate, “and he led the revolution against us.”
“Against the King,” said Hiawatha.
“Oh yeah,” said the Pirate, “That’s okay then.”
“Oh, that’s ok then” mimicked Charlie, making a silly face, quite difficult to spot when dressed as a clown.
“And Oliver Cromwell, and …” said Hiawatha.
“My favourite,” said the Pirate, “Ollie Cromwell, cut off that bastard king’s head.”
“Oh yeah and what about Danton, Robespierre and Napoleon?” said Mr. Spock, “heroes or villains?”
“Ask the French,” said the Pirate.
“Yeah right,” said Mr. Spock, “you just use the argument you want.”
“Actually I think the French revolution was good for the people,” said Hiawatha, “Okay it got a little out of hand….”
“A little out of hand?” said Mr. Spock, “Napoleon tried to take over the world.”
“Well he wouldn’t’ve done if the monarchies hadn’t tried to crush the revolution and tell me, what was so different between the French revolution and the American Revolution and our own revolution?” demanded Hiawatha.
“Well…” began Mr. Spock.
“Wow, it’s a crush up there” said the Lone Ranger returning to the table, drinks in hand, “If any of you lot want crisps say so now before it gets really chocker…”
“Yeah,” said the Pirate, “salt’n’vinegar.”
“Pork scratchins please,” said Mr. Spock.
“Oh yeah, me too,” said the Pirate.
“Make up your bloody mind,” said the Lone Ranger.
“I’ll have salt and vinegar as well,” said Hiawatha.
“As well as who? I’m having pork scratchins.”
“Cheese and Onion,” said Charlie Chaplin.
“What about Tranny?” asked the Lone Ranger.
“He’s in his own world,” said the Pirate, nodding over at the fruit machine, “just get him salt’n’vinegar.”
“He likes plain,” said Hiawatha.
The Lone Ranger gave her a dark look.
“Well, I can’t help it,” she muttered, “I’m just sayin’.”
Extract from my book 'Daydream Believers'
Daydream Believers
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Prologue
The world is governed by very different personages
from what is imagined
by those who are not behind the scenes.
Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (1844)
Of all the women in the group, for Sir Digby Chalfont, a connoisseur, one stood out. She was tall, with impeccably cut gleaming bronze hair. He noted the Givenchy Pandora box bag slung over the shoulder of her black crepe trouser suit, a Tyrwhitt, if he was not mistaken, and the raspberry shirt that softened the aquiline face was certainly an Emilio Pucci. He imagined a crop twitching against her Eleonaro black riding boots; the thought causing him to smile as he homed in. He had no idea of her standing in the group, although the clothes gave a hint to her status, he cared little; she was the most attractive person in the room and he intended to make himself known to her; his newly acquired knighthood must be good for something.
The faint silk scent of the window drapes was now combined with the perfume of luxurious colognes. The Chairman, a portly man with a well-used face, experienced the effect without enjoyment; well used to the smell of money. Taking advantage of his central seat on the small platform he surveyed the room. He was impressed all over again at the power of the Committee; to summon two hundred people from the international political, military, industrial and social elites at such short notice and achieve their attendance was no mean feat. Clusters of men, mostly white and middle-aged, their dark, sombre suits offset by a few in full dress uniform, others in crisp white djellabas and several in multi-coloured dashikis. He noted the women; not enough to tip the balance. All were veterans of this type of gathering, some chatting easily to each other, most keeping their own counsel. At his nod, the man who'd been awaiting the signal detached himself from the group and walked to the podium; tall, slim, dark hair at the distinguished stage.
Kurt Silverman, Head of the Institute of Research. He cut an athletic figure; he looked good and he knew it. He also knew that he was amongst those for whom personal appearance mattered less than power and holdings; in that respect he was not their equal, he was there to serve them. The view offered to him from the uplifted podium was of rows of seats, each one occupied by a glossy A4 booklet he'd prepared and placed there earlier.
Gradually, as if in response to an unspoken suggestion, members of the group began to move to their seats. After a short time the Chairman rose to his feet, his dark grey Kiton suit struggling valiantly to contain and command his ample body. "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome," he said, his voice carrying without effort to the back of the room. Given the ratio of male to female and, more pertinently, the balance of power he might have been forgiven for saying, 'welcome gentlemen'. Having caught the eagle eye of the auburn-haired woman in black, seated next to Sir Digby, such a lapse had been rendered impossible. He waved his hand towards the podium, introduced Kurt in a few crisp words and resumed his seat.
Kurt spoke, his voice betraying a slight nervousness; this was an august company and he would have been a fool not to have regard for their power, "Thank you for inviting me here to deliver, for your consideration, the proposed solution to the most pressing issue of our times; 'Peak Oil'."
He paused, making deliberate eye contact with the front row, then continued, "As you know, in the 70s it was estimated we would reach Peak Oil somewhere around 2015, after which the rate of production was expected to enter terminal decline, giving us a global fuel crisis somewhere about 2075."
He clicked a hand held device and the screen behind him came to life, showing a map of the location of the last known oil reserves, "However, increased warfare, rises in manufacturing and rampant population growth has meant a massively increased demand. We passed Peak Oil in 2005. As a result, we will reach the projected fuel crisis much sooner than expected."
He clicked again and the screenshot changed, "Of course, we took steps over the last few decades to try and contain the situation. Thanks to the work of the Neo Liberals in the eighties and nineties we were able to offset the increasing costs of oil production by shifting costs of manufacturing to the more cost effective labour force of the third world."
Kurt indicated with a smile the six-strong delegation from China, all male, in identical Prince of Wales check suits and to his eye, with identical faces. He gestured to the smaller group from India, two serious-looking men and one elderly, petite, sari-clad woman.
"You may recall it was estimated that we'd need a further three decades before the third world would be strong enough to take over the consumption of the West."
He paused before delivering the punch line, "I'm happy to say our recent studies have revealed that the new consumers are there in abundance as we speak, and more than able to take up the slack."
A few heads looked up at this revelation, most didn't react at all. Kurt had no time to wonder if they'd already had this information, he had to move on to the crux of the matter.
"This being the case not only have we no further need of the northern hemisphere labour market, we now have no interest in their continued ability to buy our products. In short we have no further need to sustain this part of the population."
Kurt was moving with poise now, as another chart appeared on the screen showing world population levels, "You will be aware of various natural phenomena supporting our aims of constraining population growth; the greatest of which are Aids and famine. The policy of appearing to work towards their eradication whilst achieving very little seems to be working. That takes care of Africa. Helpfully, Eastern and Southern European countries are being depopulated via sustained civil war and ethnic cleansing."
He paused, then, "Rapid economic cleansing is also underway; highly desirable areas of France and Spain are being de-populated and in the UK, London is being cleared to make way for settlement by the very wealthy, with the rest of the South-East to follow."
He couldn't prevent the smug grin that crossed his face; he'd recently snapped up some exquisite properties just outside Primrose Hill, so felt he had to follow up with, "Of course, you will get first pick of these prime slices of real estate as they become available. In fact, I believe you can book your plots now, is that right, Mr. Chairman?"
The Chairman rose awkwardly, caught out by the change of subject, but the words flowed with practiced ease, "Superior Homes has created an exclusive brochure, copies of which will be available in the foyer as you leave conference. You'll find outline plans for a deluxe chateau in an average lot size of 3,000 hectares in the new territories. "
An electric buzz swept the room.
Kurt judged the time was right for the big announcement, "However, attritional reduction of population in these areas is not enough for our needs. We must contain America, the biggest oil consumer on the planet." Kurt looked round the room, then invested his voice with strength, "We now need to move into the last phase of our plan, which we are calling 'Operation Downsize'. I'd like to introduce General Nathan Goldhirsch of the US Army who will explain it to you."
The US contingent stirred in their seats and a tall man in full dress uniform rose to his feet and headed towards the platform. "That's US Marine Corps, Kurt," he said, smiling. There was a smattering of laughter, quickly suppressed.
"Okay," said the General, his frown bringing them back to complete order, "let's get down to business. We need to reduce the US of A population by at least 25% and we can't pussy-foot around. Economic destabilisation brings its own problems and we have one helluva civilian army out there, all armed. If they get a sniff of what's going on all hell will break loose. So, we gotta do it quickly." He turned to the screen and pointed at the image that appeared, "This here is La Palma, one of the Canary Islands."
A hush settled on the room, this was where it started to get serious.
The screen changed. "And this is the Cumbre Vieja volcano, it is extremely volatile." The screen changed again, "This is the western face of the volcano, which is gradually collapsing. One day, in the natural course of things this side will fall into the sea creating a mega tsunami which will sweep across the Atlantic, ravage the Bahamas and reach the Eastern seaboard in a matter of hours."
He allowed the magnitude of the pronouncement a few moments to settle then delivered the coup de grace, "Well, we don't have time to wait for the natural course of things, ladies and gentlemen, so we intend to blow the whole damn thing sky high. And we're doing it soon."
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Prologue
The world is governed by very different personages
from what is imagined
by those who are not behind the scenes.
Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (1844)
Of all the women in the group, for Sir Digby Chalfont, a connoisseur, one stood out. She was tall, with impeccably cut gleaming bronze hair. He noted the Givenchy Pandora box bag slung over the shoulder of her black crepe trouser suit, a Tyrwhitt, if he was not mistaken, and the raspberry shirt that softened the aquiline face was certainly an Emilio Pucci. He imagined a crop twitching against her Eleonaro black riding boots; the thought causing him to smile as he homed in. He had no idea of her standing in the group, although the clothes gave a hint to her status, he cared little; she was the most attractive person in the room and he intended to make himself known to her; his newly acquired knighthood must be good for something.
The faint silk scent of the window drapes was now combined with the perfume of luxurious colognes. The Chairman, a portly man with a well-used face, experienced the effect without enjoyment; well used to the smell of money. Taking advantage of his central seat on the small platform he surveyed the room. He was impressed all over again at the power of the Committee; to summon two hundred people from the international political, military, industrial and social elites at such short notice and achieve their attendance was no mean feat. Clusters of men, mostly white and middle-aged, their dark, sombre suits offset by a few in full dress uniform, others in crisp white djellabas and several in multi-coloured dashikis. He noted the women; not enough to tip the balance. All were veterans of this type of gathering, some chatting easily to each other, most keeping their own counsel. At his nod, the man who'd been awaiting the signal detached himself from the group and walked to the podium; tall, slim, dark hair at the distinguished stage.
Kurt Silverman, Head of the Institute of Research. He cut an athletic figure; he looked good and he knew it. He also knew that he was amongst those for whom personal appearance mattered less than power and holdings; in that respect he was not their equal, he was there to serve them. The view offered to him from the uplifted podium was of rows of seats, each one occupied by a glossy A4 booklet he'd prepared and placed there earlier.
Gradually, as if in response to an unspoken suggestion, members of the group began to move to their seats. After a short time the Chairman rose to his feet, his dark grey Kiton suit struggling valiantly to contain and command his ample body. "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome," he said, his voice carrying without effort to the back of the room. Given the ratio of male to female and, more pertinently, the balance of power he might have been forgiven for saying, 'welcome gentlemen'. Having caught the eagle eye of the auburn-haired woman in black, seated next to Sir Digby, such a lapse had been rendered impossible. He waved his hand towards the podium, introduced Kurt in a few crisp words and resumed his seat.
Kurt spoke, his voice betraying a slight nervousness; this was an august company and he would have been a fool not to have regard for their power, "Thank you for inviting me here to deliver, for your consideration, the proposed solution to the most pressing issue of our times; 'Peak Oil'."
He paused, making deliberate eye contact with the front row, then continued, "As you know, in the 70s it was estimated we would reach Peak Oil somewhere around 2015, after which the rate of production was expected to enter terminal decline, giving us a global fuel crisis somewhere about 2075."
He clicked a hand held device and the screen behind him came to life, showing a map of the location of the last known oil reserves, "However, increased warfare, rises in manufacturing and rampant population growth has meant a massively increased demand. We passed Peak Oil in 2005. As a result, we will reach the projected fuel crisis much sooner than expected."
He clicked again and the screenshot changed, "Of course, we took steps over the last few decades to try and contain the situation. Thanks to the work of the Neo Liberals in the eighties and nineties we were able to offset the increasing costs of oil production by shifting costs of manufacturing to the more cost effective labour force of the third world."
Kurt indicated with a smile the six-strong delegation from China, all male, in identical Prince of Wales check suits and to his eye, with identical faces. He gestured to the smaller group from India, two serious-looking men and one elderly, petite, sari-clad woman.
"You may recall it was estimated that we'd need a further three decades before the third world would be strong enough to take over the consumption of the West."
He paused before delivering the punch line, "I'm happy to say our recent studies have revealed that the new consumers are there in abundance as we speak, and more than able to take up the slack."
A few heads looked up at this revelation, most didn't react at all. Kurt had no time to wonder if they'd already had this information, he had to move on to the crux of the matter.
"This being the case not only have we no further need of the northern hemisphere labour market, we now have no interest in their continued ability to buy our products. In short we have no further need to sustain this part of the population."
Kurt was moving with poise now, as another chart appeared on the screen showing world population levels, "You will be aware of various natural phenomena supporting our aims of constraining population growth; the greatest of which are Aids and famine. The policy of appearing to work towards their eradication whilst achieving very little seems to be working. That takes care of Africa. Helpfully, Eastern and Southern European countries are being depopulated via sustained civil war and ethnic cleansing."
He paused, then, "Rapid economic cleansing is also underway; highly desirable areas of France and Spain are being de-populated and in the UK, London is being cleared to make way for settlement by the very wealthy, with the rest of the South-East to follow."
He couldn't prevent the smug grin that crossed his face; he'd recently snapped up some exquisite properties just outside Primrose Hill, so felt he had to follow up with, "Of course, you will get first pick of these prime slices of real estate as they become available. In fact, I believe you can book your plots now, is that right, Mr. Chairman?"
The Chairman rose awkwardly, caught out by the change of subject, but the words flowed with practiced ease, "Superior Homes has created an exclusive brochure, copies of which will be available in the foyer as you leave conference. You'll find outline plans for a deluxe chateau in an average lot size of 3,000 hectares in the new territories. "
An electric buzz swept the room.
Kurt judged the time was right for the big announcement, "However, attritional reduction of population in these areas is not enough for our needs. We must contain America, the biggest oil consumer on the planet." Kurt looked round the room, then invested his voice with strength, "We now need to move into the last phase of our plan, which we are calling 'Operation Downsize'. I'd like to introduce General Nathan Goldhirsch of the US Army who will explain it to you."
The US contingent stirred in their seats and a tall man in full dress uniform rose to his feet and headed towards the platform. "That's US Marine Corps, Kurt," he said, smiling. There was a smattering of laughter, quickly suppressed.
"Okay," said the General, his frown bringing them back to complete order, "let's get down to business. We need to reduce the US of A population by at least 25% and we can't pussy-foot around. Economic destabilisation brings its own problems and we have one helluva civilian army out there, all armed. If they get a sniff of what's going on all hell will break loose. So, we gotta do it quickly." He turned to the screen and pointed at the image that appeared, "This here is La Palma, one of the Canary Islands."
A hush settled on the room, this was where it started to get serious.
The screen changed. "And this is the Cumbre Vieja volcano, it is extremely volatile." The screen changed again, "This is the western face of the volcano, which is gradually collapsing. One day, in the natural course of things this side will fall into the sea creating a mega tsunami which will sweep across the Atlantic, ravage the Bahamas and reach the Eastern seaboard in a matter of hours."
He allowed the magnitude of the pronouncement a few moments to settle then delivered the coup de grace, "Well, we don't have time to wait for the natural course of things, ladies and gentlemen, so we intend to blow the whole damn thing sky high. And we're doing it soon."
April 16, 2016
Corporate take over in the New World Order
The poverty of our century is not, as poverty was before, the result of natural scarcity,
but of a set of priorities imposed upon the rest of the world by the rich.
Consequently, the modern poor are not pitied...but written off as trash.
John Berger
In the 1980s and 1990s an economic revolution began that we call globalisation.
That economic revolution has led us to the brink of economic, social and cultural collapse.
When the crash comes, as it will, the world will be thrown back into a period of stagnation highlighted only by extreme violence.
So what was this economic revolution?
The wealthy were given the opportunity to invest heavily in overseas developing markets where working conditions and salaries are pitiful: maximising their returns.
Those developing markets have been transformed in the subsequent years into strong industrial markets with vast foreign investments; however, they have limited value as consumer markets as the workforce is underpaid. The economies themselves are also over inflated and dependent on the foreign investment without which they will crash.
Meanwhile the countries where these investments originated have been converted into service based economies by their political leaders. Unfortunately service based economies aren't strong enough to drive sufficient consumerism to feed the hungry corporate entities that demand ever more profits for their investors.
Consequently banks in the west lent ever more money to low paid workers to maintain demand for products made in the third world so that the rich global 1% could continue to receive interest on investments.
The global 1% having earned vast sums then 'off shored' their earnings to avoid national taxation.
Governments don't have any money; they get their money from taxation.
The 99% in the west are no longer earning enough to fund state commitments because they now work in a service based economy instead of an industrial based economy, ergo, lower salary, less tax being paid.
The global 1% having off shored their earnings aren't paying taxes. Corporations are registered abroad and thus avoid corporation tax.
Net result: western governments, deprived of tax revenue are forced to borrow or find other ways to fund education, health, armed forces, police forces, roads, infrastructure, etc. and start to build up debt.
An example of this borrowing in practice in the UK, the government resorted to Private Finance Initiatives (PFI) to build hospitals and schools etc. which enabled the global 1% to invest in public building with massive, guaranteed returns funded by the tax payer.
Western workers started to get poorer, borrowing more and more. This was unsustainable; the poor became too poor to service their debts, spiralling into destitution and defaulting on their loans.
The global 1% started to get richer than anyone had ever been before, benefitting from tax avoidance, possibly evasion and high dividends from corporations avoiding corporation tax.
This insanity continued for a number of years until it culminated in the crash of 2008. This was always predictable, not simply because of the sub-primes or the Credit Default Swaps (CDSs) or any other of the so called 'exotics' that the banks dreamt up to maintain their profits and ability to pay competitive dividends to the global 1%, but because the whole thing was a house of cards, waiting to collapse.
To add insult to injury, once the inevitable collapse happened, the politicians, servants of the global 1%, appropriated taxpayers' money to bail out the banks, so that they could continue to produce dividends for the global 1%.
The poor were then plunged into austerity in order to recoup this money to the various treasuries across the globe to pay for health etc.
In addition to this:
The west has been waging a 'war on terror' for 10 years, at huge financial cost to the US &UK taxpayer, a massive human cost and resulting in the virtual destruction of Iraq, Syria and Libya. The 'war on terror' allowed the Neo-Conservatives to implement a 'Plan for the New American Century' which is aligned with the objectives of the 'Oded Yinon Plan - 'A Plan for Israel in the 1980s'; the expansion of Israel to become the most dominant force in the Middle East.
It is the nature of war that huge profits can be made. This war is no different and the global 1% has made a great deal of profit, profit which again has managed to avoid the taxman.
Western politicians, servants of the global 1%, have appropriated taxpayers' money to fund 'rebuilding' of these countries destroyed by the western military and given the work to large western multi-nationals, excluding the indigenous companies.
This 'rebuilding' work was never properly begun and hasn't been completed although billions have been siphoned off by the many corporations involved, once again paying large dividends to the global 1%.
Where are we now?
Nation states thus underfunded, having to borrow to continue to provide services are forced into unimaginable debt to the tune of trillions.
The 99%, forced to bail out the banks, fund the 'war of terror' and subsidise private investment, struggle with ever-reducing public services and find themselves in crippling debt.
The global 1% get ever richer and richer.
So what happens next?
The total dollar value of global debt is $58,500,000,000,000.00 ($58.5 trillion)
Soon the global economy will collapse, probably starting in Japan where debt is 261% of GDP. China's false growth rate figures will be exposed and it is likely she will try to cut her losses, possibly dumping her American debt. Following this, America will slide into irretrievable recession worse than anything ever before imagined. South America will collapse into chaos and revolutions. Europe will collapse under the burden of debt and fracture possibly into civil wars. The Middle East will continue to tear itself apart in a religious revolution.
The global 1%, having foreseen this, will have shifted their shares into land and gold, and will ride out the storm on their yachts; when it's calm they will return to business as usual.
The rest of us will be destitute, foraging for food and water and begging for scraps at their tables.
Suggestion: stock up, make contingency plans and arm yourself.
but of a set of priorities imposed upon the rest of the world by the rich.
Consequently, the modern poor are not pitied...but written off as trash.
John Berger
In the 1980s and 1990s an economic revolution began that we call globalisation.
That economic revolution has led us to the brink of economic, social and cultural collapse.
When the crash comes, as it will, the world will be thrown back into a period of stagnation highlighted only by extreme violence.
So what was this economic revolution?
The wealthy were given the opportunity to invest heavily in overseas developing markets where working conditions and salaries are pitiful: maximising their returns.
Those developing markets have been transformed in the subsequent years into strong industrial markets with vast foreign investments; however, they have limited value as consumer markets as the workforce is underpaid. The economies themselves are also over inflated and dependent on the foreign investment without which they will crash.
Meanwhile the countries where these investments originated have been converted into service based economies by their political leaders. Unfortunately service based economies aren't strong enough to drive sufficient consumerism to feed the hungry corporate entities that demand ever more profits for their investors.
Consequently banks in the west lent ever more money to low paid workers to maintain demand for products made in the third world so that the rich global 1% could continue to receive interest on investments.
The global 1% having earned vast sums then 'off shored' their earnings to avoid national taxation.
Governments don't have any money; they get their money from taxation.
The 99% in the west are no longer earning enough to fund state commitments because they now work in a service based economy instead of an industrial based economy, ergo, lower salary, less tax being paid.
The global 1% having off shored their earnings aren't paying taxes. Corporations are registered abroad and thus avoid corporation tax.
Net result: western governments, deprived of tax revenue are forced to borrow or find other ways to fund education, health, armed forces, police forces, roads, infrastructure, etc. and start to build up debt.
An example of this borrowing in practice in the UK, the government resorted to Private Finance Initiatives (PFI) to build hospitals and schools etc. which enabled the global 1% to invest in public building with massive, guaranteed returns funded by the tax payer.
Western workers started to get poorer, borrowing more and more. This was unsustainable; the poor became too poor to service their debts, spiralling into destitution and defaulting on their loans.
The global 1% started to get richer than anyone had ever been before, benefitting from tax avoidance, possibly evasion and high dividends from corporations avoiding corporation tax.
This insanity continued for a number of years until it culminated in the crash of 2008. This was always predictable, not simply because of the sub-primes or the Credit Default Swaps (CDSs) or any other of the so called 'exotics' that the banks dreamt up to maintain their profits and ability to pay competitive dividends to the global 1%, but because the whole thing was a house of cards, waiting to collapse.
To add insult to injury, once the inevitable collapse happened, the politicians, servants of the global 1%, appropriated taxpayers' money to bail out the banks, so that they could continue to produce dividends for the global 1%.
The poor were then plunged into austerity in order to recoup this money to the various treasuries across the globe to pay for health etc.
In addition to this:
The west has been waging a 'war on terror' for 10 years, at huge financial cost to the US &UK taxpayer, a massive human cost and resulting in the virtual destruction of Iraq, Syria and Libya. The 'war on terror' allowed the Neo-Conservatives to implement a 'Plan for the New American Century' which is aligned with the objectives of the 'Oded Yinon Plan - 'A Plan for Israel in the 1980s'; the expansion of Israel to become the most dominant force in the Middle East.
It is the nature of war that huge profits can be made. This war is no different and the global 1% has made a great deal of profit, profit which again has managed to avoid the taxman.
Western politicians, servants of the global 1%, have appropriated taxpayers' money to fund 'rebuilding' of these countries destroyed by the western military and given the work to large western multi-nationals, excluding the indigenous companies.
This 'rebuilding' work was never properly begun and hasn't been completed although billions have been siphoned off by the many corporations involved, once again paying large dividends to the global 1%.
Where are we now?
Nation states thus underfunded, having to borrow to continue to provide services are forced into unimaginable debt to the tune of trillions.
The 99%, forced to bail out the banks, fund the 'war of terror' and subsidise private investment, struggle with ever-reducing public services and find themselves in crippling debt.
The global 1% get ever richer and richer.
So what happens next?
The total dollar value of global debt is $58,500,000,000,000.00 ($58.5 trillion)
Soon the global economy will collapse, probably starting in Japan where debt is 261% of GDP. China's false growth rate figures will be exposed and it is likely she will try to cut her losses, possibly dumping her American debt. Following this, America will slide into irretrievable recession worse than anything ever before imagined. South America will collapse into chaos and revolutions. Europe will collapse under the burden of debt and fracture possibly into civil wars. The Middle East will continue to tear itself apart in a religious revolution.
The global 1%, having foreseen this, will have shifted their shares into land and gold, and will ride out the storm on their yachts; when it's calm they will return to business as usual.
The rest of us will be destitute, foraging for food and water and begging for scraps at their tables.
Suggestion: stock up, make contingency plans and arm yourself.
