The First Global Revolution: A Report by the Council of The Club of Rome

by Alexander King, Bertrand Schneider

In the 1970s, the Club of Rome launched the book "The Limits to Growth". Essential reading for all those concerned about the future of the planet, the book was translated into 37 languages. Now, President Emeritus Alexander King and Secretary General Bertrand Schneider review global problems 20 years on, offering both a warning and an approach to a possible solution to world problems. Topics covered by this book include the need for the world to convert from a military to a civil economy, the recognition of the disastrous short-term effects of exploitation by First World countries of Third World poverty and need, and the containment of global warming: the need to reduce global emissions of carbon dioxide, to encourage reforestation, to conserve traditional forms of energy and develop alternatives,

Genres: History, Conspiracy Theories, Nonfiction, Politics

286 pages, Paperback

First published September 3, 1991

Reviews

[Keith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ever heard of a theory known as global warming? Sure ya have. But have you ever heard of a group known as the 'Club of Rome'? Well the CoR is to global warming what a pitcher is to baseball. You can't possibly understand the game without understanding that position. Sounds kinda silly huh? But guess what? This prestigious group made up of 100 of our most prominent figures (including Al Gore, Maurice Strong, Mikhail Gorbachev, Dalia Lama, David Rockfeller, Bill Clinton and Bill Gates, just to name a few) is another well funded Non Governmental Organization along the lines of the CFR and the Royal Institute of International Affairs. This book is a report written in the 1990's but CoR's first report titled "The Limits to Growth was written back in 1974! Wanna know what Al Gore and the rest of them thought about Democracy and humanity? Well, here's a just a little taste...sleep tight.

"It would seem that humans need a common motivation, namely a common adversary, to organize and act together in the vacuum; such a motivation must be found to bring the divided nations together to face an outside enemy, either a real one or else ONE INVENTED for the purpose."

"The common enemy of humanity is man."

"In searching for a new enemy to unite us, WE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA that pollution, the threat of global warming, water shortages, famine and the like would FIT THE BILL. All these dangers are caused by human intervention, and it is only through changed attitudes and behavior that they can be overcome. The real enemy then, is humanity itself."

"The old democracies have functioned reasonably well over the last 200 years, but they appear now to be in a phase of complacent stagnation with little evidence of real leadership and innovation."

Favorite Quote: "Democracy is not a panacea. It cannot organize everything and it is unaware of its own limits. These facts must be faced squarely. Sacrilegious though it may sound, DEMOCRACY IS NO LONGER WELL SUITED FOR THE TASKS AHEAD. The complexity and the technical nature of many of today's problems do not always allow elected representatives to make competent decisions at the right time."

[David · Rating 1 out of 5]

As The Limits to Growth encouraged the formation of global advisory NGOs to solve the issues plaguing mankind as generated and venerated by bogus computer modelling, The First Global Revolution does the same though with a larger focus on Climate Change. This was one of the first thinktank documents to really get people fired up about the whole man made climate change thing. Famous quote from this doc:

"In searching for a common enemy against whom we can unite, we came up with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming, water shortages, famine and the like, would fit the bill. In their totality and their interactions these phenomena do constitute a common threat which must be confronted by everyone together"

Someone went looking for a problem for their solution. Central planner and globalist wet dream. Maurice Strong really took this idea and ran with it.

[Chi Chi · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Club of Rome was formed in 1968 in a private gather at the Rockefeller estate in Bellagio, Italy. This 'think tanks' doctrine is included among to pages of this book. To me, the most important revelation of bothe the book and organization is the paragraph on page 75. "In searching for a common enemy against whom we can unite, we came up with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming, water shortages, famine and the like, would fit the bill. In their totality and their interactions these phenomena do constitute a common threat which must be confronted by everyone together...."

[Honeywine]

Only a handful of pages in and it already reeks with the stench of centralized planners

[Barbc]

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