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Trilateralism: The Trilateral Commission and Elite Planning for World Management
A highly-readable,wide-ranging study of the Trilateral Commission and the worldwide strategies of trilateralism. It demystifies national and international events, power, propaganada, and policy making from World War II through the sixties and seventies and into the eighties.
605 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 1980
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January 20, 2009
My thesis bible...
March 3, 2017
Ha, ha — this book, written as a stinging indictment and a forced attempt at transparency gives you, guess what, an insider's look at the "Good Guys"!
Yes, that's right folks: comparatively speaking, this organization, formed by David Rockefeller and Zbigniew Brzezinski as a direct response to the "Nixon shocks" (taking us off the gold standard, thwarting attempts to grasp there was an economically-reaching multinational world out there, etc.) with all their warts and awkward phrasing and even gross indifference to human life and unions and democracy ... they're more out in the open than the oligarchs in Russia, the CPC regime in China, and the alt-right nuts and god-knows-what contingents that have "overlapped" enough to give us President Smurf!
Yup, you betcha: you won't even hear of secretive meetings amongst these folks, any more than you would 'bout those bound by Omertà!
Sayonara, hope! Best to grab what infrastructure you can, and pray not everyone's ground will shift under everyone's feet.
(Still ... knowing about the prongs of the purposes of Capitalism, between its "accumulation" and "legitimation" functions, help ya navigate, sorta, what way up there people are thinkin'!)
This book came out in 1980, and is an exemplary effort (you can tell because it makes your head spin from trying to "adjust," not unlike doing 1600m as a run when you've been used to 100-200m!).
Thank goodness for Powell's! Tough shit about your "lefty-saints" who clogged the drains, and missed the point: all life is as-lived shit! They bummed you out for nothin'.
Don't believe in geopolitical stage(s)? Good luck tryin' to stay afloat!
Yes, that's right folks: comparatively speaking, this organization, formed by David Rockefeller and Zbigniew Brzezinski as a direct response to the "Nixon shocks" (taking us off the gold standard, thwarting attempts to grasp there was an economically-reaching multinational world out there, etc.) with all their warts and awkward phrasing and even gross indifference to human life and unions and democracy ... they're more out in the open than the oligarchs in Russia, the CPC regime in China, and the alt-right nuts and god-knows-what contingents that have "overlapped" enough to give us President Smurf!
Yup, you betcha: you won't even hear of secretive meetings amongst these folks, any more than you would 'bout those bound by Omertà!
Sayonara, hope! Best to grab what infrastructure you can, and pray not everyone's ground will shift under everyone's feet.
(Still ... knowing about the prongs of the purposes of Capitalism, between its "accumulation" and "legitimation" functions, help ya navigate, sorta, what way up there people are thinkin'!)
This book came out in 1980, and is an exemplary effort (you can tell because it makes your head spin from trying to "adjust," not unlike doing 1600m as a run when you've been used to 100-200m!).
Thank goodness for Powell's! Tough shit about your "lefty-saints" who clogged the drains, and missed the point: all life is as-lived shit! They bummed you out for nothin'.
Don't believe in geopolitical stage(s)? Good luck tryin' to stay afloat!
April 6, 2023
Trilateralism is a term coined by political economist Holly Sklar to describe the relationship between three powerful regions in the world: North America, Western Europe, and Japan. Sklar argued that these regions share similar political and economic interests and have formed an informal alliance to advance their mutual interests.
According to Sklar, the Trilateral Commission, a non-governmental organization founded in 1973, serves as a key vehicle for promoting trilateral cooperation. The Commission is composed of influential individuals from politics, business, and academia in the three regions, and it aims to foster closer ties and understanding among them.
Sklar's book "Trilateralism: The Trilateral Commission and Elite Planning for World Management" argues that the Trilateral Commission is a powerful force in shaping global economic policy and promoting the interests of multinational corporations. She suggests that the Commission operates in secrecy and is undemocratic, and that its policies often benefit the wealthy and powerful at the expense of ordinary people.
While Sklar's views on Trilateralism are controversial, her work has contributed to debates about the role of non-governmental organizations in shaping global economic policy and the distribution of power in the international system.
GPT
According to Sklar, the Trilateral Commission, a non-governmental organization founded in 1973, serves as a key vehicle for promoting trilateral cooperation. The Commission is composed of influential individuals from politics, business, and academia in the three regions, and it aims to foster closer ties and understanding among them.
Sklar's book "Trilateralism: The Trilateral Commission and Elite Planning for World Management" argues that the Trilateral Commission is a powerful force in shaping global economic policy and promoting the interests of multinational corporations. She suggests that the Commission operates in secrecy and is undemocratic, and that its policies often benefit the wealthy and powerful at the expense of ordinary people.
While Sklar's views on Trilateralism are controversial, her work has contributed to debates about the role of non-governmental organizations in shaping global economic policy and the distribution of power in the international system.
GPT
October 20, 2014
some decent arguments regarding international financial architecture and so forth, but any time someone starts mouthing off about the trilateral commission, the council on foreign relations, and other allegedly "elite management" organs, I start looking for the tinfoil hats.
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