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We should ALL be outraged by the FED's actions. Since 1913...
This sounds like TRUTH to me... Audit the FED, end the FED...
Greg
Friday, December 4, 2009
Core 'issues'
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Wow... this gal seems like such a wonderful person... We need many more people like her out there fighting for what is 'morally right' over what is 'profitable' for the company they find themselves 'chained' to...
When she speaks of having empathy with/for others you can tell it is from her heart. You can tell there is a battle raging within her to actually do what she can to try to 'really' help others vs the, as she calls them, 'inherently evil' policies of the company for which she toils...
She presents a very clear picture of the way America is now... It truly seems that it has become 'us vs them'. While Federal Reserve interest rates remain at or near never before seen lows, apparently for eternity, she speaks of Americans struggling with 29.99% credit card interest rates, 15.00 'fees' just to make a payment!, 39.00 late fees, 39.00 over limit fees....
It HAS to be so obvious to everyone just how little the life/security/situation of Americans mean to corporate elites. All 'they' see are dollars... nothing else matters. It is the same with our government...
But we, the people, have managed to hold onto the 'values' that have always made America the great nation she is.
This sets up a rather extreme 'clash of cultures', IMO...
A dramatic clash is coming... a clash between historical American 'values' vs the greed and corruption of corporate America and our government.
The 'system' that exists in America now is SO unfair that NO ONE should participate in it at all!
It is *my* opinion that both corporate America and our government have already lost the battle... 'they' have already failed. 'They', currently, are making a massive effort to 'convince America' that 'nothing' has changed... That everything is as it always has been.
'They' contimue to PRETEND there is nothing 'morally wrong' with entrapping under-educated Americans, young and old alike, with extremely 'punitive' legal contracts that they do not understand... This is now considered 'standard practice' in American business. It is just a normal part of the worship of 'fiat currency' that permeates American business and government. 'They' want us to believe that corporations and government itself have done nothing wrong at all... That 'things' are as they should be.
It is my own personal belief that things in America will not improve significantly until/unless nearly 40% of business' go bankrupt
You see... IF corporations and government were to actually DO what is 'right', 'fair', 'just', for the American people then our economy would totally collapse immediately! 'They' simply CANNOT 'afford' to do anything that is right and fair for the American people. 'They' have fallen into their own trap. Their 'evil?' plans have worked far too well! Far too many Americans find themselves 'ensnared' in the multiple 'debt traps' set by, nearly, every corporation in America.
Just a few things that 'bother' me...
Mail-in rebates (Normally these use a great deal of 'complexity' to make most a pure FRAUD)
Fine print (It will bite you in the ass almost every single time! 'They' always have ALL the advantage! Read some of these damned things! 'They' can do virtually ANYTHING THEY WANT! And YOU have virtually NO recourse! Don't sign it!)
'Painfully' high interest rates (While the FED remains at or near ZERO for the banks...)
NO yield at all for savings! As 'they' attempt to FORCE everyone into the maket...
Utility companies (Time for a rate increase... time for a rate increase... time for a rate increase... time for a rate increase... (customer 'service' charges...) time for a rate increase...))
Taxes (taxes and MORE taxes... on EVERYTHING! Breathing will be taxed soon! As part of health insurance 'reform' no doubt...)
Data manipulation (by the government/FED The lie of 'growth' vs the reality of demographics, lies about spending and borrowing being 'good' for the economy when 'they' SHOULD be pushing financial literacy and saving!) (The 'hiding' of the TRUE unemployment number... the TRUE GDP numbers, the TRUE money supply numbers, the TRUE CPI numbers, the TRUE reason for the dollar's recent weakness, the TRUTH about what the 'private' Federal Reserve has done and is doing with OUR tax dollars! check Shadow Government Statistics for details...)
Credit cards (The greatest weapon of mass destruction ever created in the USA) - (Extreme debt trap #1) (I like to think that to a credit card company getting a customer buried completely in debt feels about like one of us having the good fortune of hooking into a 6 pound bass... Sweet...)
Rent to own (For the MOST uneducated of the uneducated...)
Payday loans (For the MOST uneducated of the uneducated...('I got ME some CASH!' (some 'fiat currency anyway...))) Who CARES what the interest rate is???) (For a $15 charge on a $100 2-week payday loan, the APR is 26 × 15% = 390% but the EAR (effective annual rate) is (1.1526 − 1) × 100% = 3,685%)
Cable/Satellite (See cell phones...)
Cell phone (Rip off legally binding contracts with the best of them... These bastards (sorry...) charge you for even 'thinking' about doing something with your phone...)
Insurance (Insurance for EVERYTHING! (Pet health insurance anyone???) 29 MILLION hits on Google... And Americans are about to be FORCED to purchase a 'product' (Health Care 'insurance') from a 'private' (for profit) company for the first time in American history!)
Car dealerships (They HAVE to recruit these sales people/finance 'officers' right out of some school (or prison) for scammers... IF a person 'allows' them to do it they will load up your 'car loan' with THOUSANDS of dollars worth of extra 'crap'! Mainly and namely, once again, INSURANCE!)
Real estate (Hire 3 attorney's to look over that contract just to be safe...)
Retail in general (Everything costs 6x too much, 6x more than you can do it yourself, think about it... Anything you can make yourself at home will cost you at least 6 times as much to have a business 'sell' it to you...)
Laws/ordinances/codes/regulations (There are SO many and there is SO much 'complexity' that you are 'doomed' before you even start...)
Employment (You'll get a better idea of what people are forced to 'endure' in many workplaces when you watch the video below.) (It is my opinion that business could no longer care less about what might be 'fair' treatment of their customers. The best they do is to try to have 'good' call centers to give customers the run around. So many 'common' business practices today simply 'violate' employees own personally held moral beliefs and values.)
Retirement (Forget about it... Markets are so nuts now with all the governmental/FED/Central Bank/Sovereign wealth fund manipulation to take money away from YOU so it can be handed to members of the 'collapsed financial system' that 'Sound financial planning' no longer even exists! It's an impossibility! NO ONE knows what is going to take place in ANY asset class!)
Education school loans (Just one more trick to increase the 'debt load' on Americans... Only the government itself gets a huge 'cut' of this one...)
Health cares completely unsustainable costs (There is NO 'plan' to reduce costs and there never WILL be! The ONLY 'plans' being considered now are how to dramatically INCREASE YOUR COSTS through federally 'mandated' health care COSTS for ALL, under the threat of fines/imprisonment, and taxation throughout the health care industry that YOU will end up paying...)
Drug companies (They seek to have every single American in the country on as many drugs as they possibly can! Whatever it is that 'ails' you there is a drug available for it. Watch out for the government 'mandating' the taking of some sort of DRUGS for all Americans soon!)
Blatant illegal scams (that NO ONE seems to be able to control at all!)
The ONLY way for Americans to remain 'safe' in the current economy is to NEVER sign their name to ANYTHING without first having it closely examined by a qualified attorney!
There can be NO trust in American business OR government. 'They' continually PROVE themselves to be totally untrustworthy... Don't be a fool... TRUST NO ONE!
Which why *my* advice to all Americans is and has been to STOP PLAYING this ridiculous 'game'! STOP signing your name on ANY dotted line without SERIOUS due diligence! Buy what you NEED, not what you WANT. Purchase 'used' merchandise whenever possible to accomplish two important 'goals'. 1> It saves you a ton of money 2> It keeps money out of the hands of those corporate elites who knowingly seek to destroy America only to move, happily, on to running the SAME SCAM in China and Indian!
I hope this video will convince many many more Americans that their own personal values are far more important than any 'job' will ever be... Lets all agree to stand up FOR each other and AGAINST tyranny...
Wow... this gal seems like such a wonderful person... We need many more people like her out there fighting for what is 'morally right' over what is 'profitable' for the company they find themselves 'chained' to...
When she speaks of having empathy with/for others you can tell it is from her heart. You can tell there is a battle raging within her to actually do what she can to try to 'really' help others vs the, as she calls them, 'inherently evil' policies of the company for which she toils...
She presents a very clear picture of the way America is now... It truly seems that it has become 'us vs them'. While Federal Reserve interest rates remain at or near never before seen lows, apparently for eternity, she speaks of Americans struggling with 29.99% credit card interest rates, 15.00 'fees' just to make a payment!, 39.00 late fees, 39.00 over limit fees....
It HAS to be so obvious to everyone just how little the life/security/situation of Americans mean to corporate elites. All 'they' see are dollars... nothing else matters. It is the same with our government...
But we, the people, have managed to hold onto the 'values' that have always made America the great nation she is.
This sets up a rather extreme 'clash of cultures', IMO...
A dramatic clash is coming... a clash between historical American 'values' vs the greed and corruption of corporate America and our government.
The 'system' that exists in America now is SO unfair that NO ONE should participate in it at all!
It is *my* opinion that both corporate America and our government have already lost the battle... 'they' have already failed. 'They', currently, are making a massive effort to 'convince America' that 'nothing' has changed... That everything is as it always has been.
'They' contimue to PRETEND there is nothing 'morally wrong' with entrapping under-educated Americans, young and old alike, with extremely 'punitive' legal contracts that they do not understand... This is now considered 'standard practice' in American business. It is just a normal part of the worship of 'fiat currency' that permeates American business and government. 'They' want us to believe that corporations and government itself have done nothing wrong at all... That 'things' are as they should be.
It is my own personal belief that things in America will not improve significantly until/unless nearly 40% of business' go bankrupt
You see... IF corporations and government were to actually DO what is 'right', 'fair', 'just', for the American people then our economy would totally collapse immediately! 'They' simply CANNOT 'afford' to do anything that is right and fair for the American people. 'They' have fallen into their own trap. Their 'evil?' plans have worked far too well! Far too many Americans find themselves 'ensnared' in the multiple 'debt traps' set by, nearly, every corporation in America.
Just a few things that 'bother' me...
Mail-in rebates (Normally these use a great deal of 'complexity' to make most a pure FRAUD)
Fine print (It will bite you in the ass almost every single time! 'They' always have ALL the advantage! Read some of these damned things! 'They' can do virtually ANYTHING THEY WANT! And YOU have virtually NO recourse! Don't sign it!)
'Painfully' high interest rates (While the FED remains at or near ZERO for the banks...)
NO yield at all for savings! As 'they' attempt to FORCE everyone into the maket...
Utility companies (Time for a rate increase... time for a rate increase... time for a rate increase... time for a rate increase... (customer 'service' charges...) time for a rate increase...))
Taxes (taxes and MORE taxes... on EVERYTHING! Breathing will be taxed soon! As part of health insurance 'reform' no doubt...)
Data manipulation (by the government/FED The lie of 'growth' vs the reality of demographics, lies about spending and borrowing being 'good' for the economy when 'they' SHOULD be pushing financial literacy and saving!) (The 'hiding' of the TRUE unemployment number... the TRUE GDP numbers, the TRUE money supply numbers, the TRUE CPI numbers, the TRUE reason for the dollar's recent weakness, the TRUTH about what the 'private' Federal Reserve has done and is doing with OUR tax dollars! check Shadow Government Statistics for details...)
Credit cards (The greatest weapon of mass destruction ever created in the USA) - (Extreme debt trap #1) (I like to think that to a credit card company getting a customer buried completely in debt feels about like one of us having the good fortune of hooking into a 6 pound bass... Sweet...)
Rent to own (For the MOST uneducated of the uneducated...)
Payday loans (For the MOST uneducated of the uneducated...('I got ME some CASH!' (some 'fiat currency anyway...))) Who CARES what the interest rate is???) (For a $15 charge on a $100 2-week payday loan, the APR is 26 × 15% = 390% but the EAR (effective annual rate) is (1.1526 − 1) × 100% = 3,685%)
Cable/Satellite (See cell phones...)
Cell phone (Rip off legally binding contracts with the best of them... These bastards (sorry...) charge you for even 'thinking' about doing something with your phone...)
Insurance (Insurance for EVERYTHING! (Pet health insurance anyone???) 29 MILLION hits on Google... And Americans are about to be FORCED to purchase a 'product' (Health Care 'insurance') from a 'private' (for profit) company for the first time in American history!)
Car dealerships (They HAVE to recruit these sales people/finance 'officers' right out of some school (or prison) for scammers... IF a person 'allows' them to do it they will load up your 'car loan' with THOUSANDS of dollars worth of extra 'crap'! Mainly and namely, once again, INSURANCE!)
Real estate (Hire 3 attorney's to look over that contract just to be safe...)
Retail in general (Everything costs 6x too much, 6x more than you can do it yourself, think about it... Anything you can make yourself at home will cost you at least 6 times as much to have a business 'sell' it to you...)
Laws/ordinances/codes/regulations (There are SO many and there is SO much 'complexity' that you are 'doomed' before you even start...)
Employment (You'll get a better idea of what people are forced to 'endure' in many workplaces when you watch the video below.) (It is my opinion that business could no longer care less about what might be 'fair' treatment of their customers. The best they do is to try to have 'good' call centers to give customers the run around. So many 'common' business practices today simply 'violate' employees own personally held moral beliefs and values.)
Retirement (Forget about it... Markets are so nuts now with all the governmental/FED/Central Bank/Sovereign wealth fund manipulation to take money away from YOU so it can be handed to members of the 'collapsed financial system' that 'Sound financial planning' no longer even exists! It's an impossibility! NO ONE knows what is going to take place in ANY asset class!)
Education school loans (Just one more trick to increase the 'debt load' on Americans... Only the government itself gets a huge 'cut' of this one...)
Health cares completely unsustainable costs (There is NO 'plan' to reduce costs and there never WILL be! The ONLY 'plans' being considered now are how to dramatically INCREASE YOUR COSTS through federally 'mandated' health care COSTS for ALL, under the threat of fines/imprisonment, and taxation throughout the health care industry that YOU will end up paying...)
Drug companies (They seek to have every single American in the country on as many drugs as they possibly can! Whatever it is that 'ails' you there is a drug available for it. Watch out for the government 'mandating' the taking of some sort of DRUGS for all Americans soon!)
Blatant illegal scams (that NO ONE seems to be able to control at all!)
The ONLY way for Americans to remain 'safe' in the current economy is to NEVER sign their name to ANYTHING without first having it closely examined by a qualified attorney!
There can be NO trust in American business OR government. 'They' continually PROVE themselves to be totally untrustworthy... Don't be a fool... TRUST NO ONE!
Which why *my* advice to all Americans is and has been to STOP PLAYING this ridiculous 'game'! STOP signing your name on ANY dotted line without SERIOUS due diligence! Buy what you NEED, not what you WANT. Purchase 'used' merchandise whenever possible to accomplish two important 'goals'. 1> It saves you a ton of money 2> It keeps money out of the hands of those corporate elites who knowingly seek to destroy America only to move, happily, on to running the SAME SCAM in China and Indian!
I hope this video will convince many many more Americans that their own personal values are far more important than any 'job' will ever be... Lets all agree to stand up FOR each other and AGAINST tyranny...
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Glenn Beck and Peter Schiff Economic Tyranny
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"Maybe if we stop spending the politicians are toast but we're toast if we keep spending." - Peter Schiff
Love them or hate them in *my* opinion these two guys have the economy right.
We're trying to add to the TOP of a bubble... Our kleptocratic government and banking system is 'blowing' like never before. This is merely a continuation of the failed 'techniques/policies/manipulation' used after 9/11 that got us into this situation in the first place!
Our ENTIRE ECONOMY is a FRAUD! It's ALL built on DEBT!
'They' KNOW this! 'They' think the 'answer' is to HIDE THE FACTS from the American people!
The majority of the money now in our 'economy' is nothing more than zeros and ones in a CPU at the FED (or on the balance sheets of bankrupt banks).
It's NOT REAL MONEY!
'They' simply 'create' money out of thin air to hand it over to the banks! How much of the 24 TRILLION DOLLARS that have been 'passed out' ended up in YOUR pocket?! 'WE', the people, are expected to cover ALL of our debt, even though we HAVE NO JOBS, while the government and banks are expected to cover NONE of theirs! 'They' just PRINT MONEY to pay the bills! This is blatant FRAUD! When/if WE do it it is called counterfeiting!
Why? Why are 'they', our government and financial elites, working so hard to prop up a system that has ALREADY FAILED?
Because if the 'system' fails 'they' fail... (Paulson himself has said as much) it's truly THAT simple...
It's ALL about THEM. NONE of this is about us... The whole game to date has been about nothing more than pumping newly printed/FABRICATED money into the FAILED/BANKRUPT banking system so the FAILED/BANKRUPT banking system can use it to MANIPULATE the market to stuff themselves full of 'fiat currency' for he purpose of 'extending the lie' that the economy is improving. And this ONLY to save the asses of greedy corrupt politicians and financial elites!
I FEAR what their 'true plan', their 'hidden agenda', really is... It's coming... We are getting very close to experiencing 'change' that we never imagined possible before now... (Think collapse of the Soviet Union).
Think collapse of the United States of America...
It HAS to STOP! It HAS to BE stopped... And 'we', the people, are the only ones who CAN stop it.
The alarm is going off... now... please wake up America...
"Maybe if we stop spending the politicians are toast but we're toast if we keep spending." - Peter Schiff
Love them or hate them in *my* opinion these two guys have the economy right.
We're trying to add to the TOP of a bubble... Our kleptocratic government and banking system is 'blowing' like never before. This is merely a continuation of the failed 'techniques/policies/manipulation' used after 9/11 that got us into this situation in the first place!
Our ENTIRE ECONOMY is a FRAUD! It's ALL built on DEBT!
'They' KNOW this! 'They' think the 'answer' is to HIDE THE FACTS from the American people!
The majority of the money now in our 'economy' is nothing more than zeros and ones in a CPU at the FED (or on the balance sheets of bankrupt banks).
It's NOT REAL MONEY!
'They' simply 'create' money out of thin air to hand it over to the banks! How much of the 24 TRILLION DOLLARS that have been 'passed out' ended up in YOUR pocket?! 'WE', the people, are expected to cover ALL of our debt, even though we HAVE NO JOBS, while the government and banks are expected to cover NONE of theirs! 'They' just PRINT MONEY to pay the bills! This is blatant FRAUD! When/if WE do it it is called counterfeiting!
Why? Why are 'they', our government and financial elites, working so hard to prop up a system that has ALREADY FAILED?
Because if the 'system' fails 'they' fail... (Paulson himself has said as much) it's truly THAT simple...
It's ALL about THEM. NONE of this is about us... The whole game to date has been about nothing more than pumping newly printed/FABRICATED money into the FAILED/BANKRUPT banking system so the FAILED/BANKRUPT banking system can use it to MANIPULATE the market to stuff themselves full of 'fiat currency' for he purpose of 'extending the lie' that the economy is improving. And this ONLY to save the asses of greedy corrupt politicians and financial elites!
I FEAR what their 'true plan', their 'hidden agenda', really is... It's coming... We are getting very close to experiencing 'change' that we never imagined possible before now... (Think collapse of the Soviet Union).
Think collapse of the United States of America...
It HAS to STOP! It HAS to BE stopped... And 'we', the people, are the only ones who CAN stop it.
The alarm is going off... now... please wake up America...
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
The First Four Trumpets
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Excerpt from 2008 - God's Final Witness -Ronald Weinland (p117) -FREE book download
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The First Four Trumpets
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The first four trumpet blasts will announce four powerfully
destructive events that will bring about the total collapse of
the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia,
New Zealand, and some countries of Western Europe. The
direct effect of all four events is first and foremost upon the
United States.
The events, declared by these first four trumpets, are a
prophetic fulfillment of the symbolism contained in the events of
9-11, when the World Trade Towers and the Pentagon were
struck by terrorism. It is during the time of the first four trumpets
when the symbolism of 9-11 is accomplished; the economy,
government and military might of the greatest nation on earth is
struck a fatal blow.
The chain reaction, which will follow, is the very thing that
will lead immediately into World War III. It will be the last war
that mankind will ever fight! Before this final three and one-half
years comes to a complete end, all military forces around the
world will have been destroyed, every economy will be
decimated, several billion people will have died, and vast
destruction will cover every part of the earth.
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Excerpt from 2008 - God's Final Witness -Ronald Weinland (p117) -FREE book download
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Greg
Excerpt from 2008 - God's Final Witness -Ronald Weinland (p117) -FREE book download
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The First Four Trumpets
---
The first four trumpet blasts will announce four powerfully
destructive events that will bring about the total collapse of
the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia,
New Zealand, and some countries of Western Europe. The
direct effect of all four events is first and foremost upon the
United States.
The events, declared by these first four trumpets, are a
prophetic fulfillment of the symbolism contained in the events of
9-11, when the World Trade Towers and the Pentagon were
struck by terrorism. It is during the time of the first four trumpets
when the symbolism of 9-11 is accomplished; the economy,
government and military might of the greatest nation on earth is
struck a fatal blow.
The chain reaction, which will follow, is the very thing that
will lead immediately into World War III. It will be the last war
that mankind will ever fight! Before this final three and one-half
years comes to a complete end, all military forces around the
world will have been destroyed, every economy will be
decimated, several billion people will have died, and vast
destruction will cover every part of the earth.
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Excerpt from 2008 - God's Final Witness -Ronald Weinland (p117) -FREE book download
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Greg
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Consumerism - part 2
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Meet Edward Bernays...
Bernays was one of the first to attempt to manipulate public opinion using the subconscious.
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After experiencing a wonderfully insightful video provided to me by @profitsee I am compelled to once again tackle the evils of consumerism armed with new knowledge... new insight...
If we are ever to 'fight back' then we damned well better know who the enemy is and how the enemy operates. No?
We MUST be able to shake off the 'psychological chains' which have been used to bind us, if we are to survive. We are the people of the world... The world belongs to US, not the elites who seek to control us mind, body and soul, through whatever means necessary...
The video, to which I will supply a link at the bottom of this post, is two hours in length and worth every single second of anyone's time, IMO. It is a history of the 'planned manipulation' of humankind dated to the early 1920's. It discusses Freud's insights into the inner working of the human mind and the rise of Edward Bernays as the father of 'Public Relations' and the creator of 'The Engineering of Consent'. It is a video that clearly explains how people, the world over, have been intentionally manipulated and molded into, in many cases, who we are today. At the behest of elites, aided by psychologists and marketing genius', who seek power and wealth through control of the human psyche.
Obviously this leads one to ask... Are 'we' really so foolish? So naive as to be easily manipulated by elites in both government and industry? No... not really... We are 'people' who experience the same needs, wants and desires the world over. The elites are the ones who differentiate themselves from us, not we from them.
It seems that Freud and Bernays considered the masses to be 'stupid', to be filled with uncontrolled passions and desires that presented a danger to society. The study of the human mind presented many amazing, enlightening insights as to what a human being is, how human beings 'react' to various stimuli. I fault not the study of the human mind. What I find great fault with is the hoarding and abuse of this knowledge, by elites, for the sole purpose of manipulating human beings in such a way as to coerce them into behaving in specific ways that are not, necessarily, beneficial to themselves but solely for the benefit of governmental and corporate elites.
The elites consider 'us', the people of the world, to be not much more than 'cattle'. To be 'ruled', to be 'controlled', to be 'manipulated', at will... For their own benefit. This is ESPECIALLY true in the United States of America.
Do others, besides myself, see the way in which the opinions, concerns, voices of the American people, right here, right now, are completely ignored by the ruling elites?
We, the people of the world, need to revert to 'need' over 'want'. We, the people of the world, need to shake ourselves FREE from the 'chains' of forced consumerism. Our Chinese and Indian friends are in 'grave danger' of falling prey to the same scheme that has destroyed America...
How do we, indeed how can we hope to shake free from decades of psychological manipulation at the hands of our kleptocratic governmental and corporate elites? Through the acquisition of knowledge. Through a thorough understanding of who the enemy is and what their 'tactics' are. And through communication, as never before.
We, Americans, have allowed ourselves to be 'conditioned' as 'passive consumers'. We have become not much more than lap dogs subject to the whims and desires of governmental and corporate elites. We are all 'taught' at an early age, through a government controlled 'public' education system, to be 'good citizens'. To conform our own behavior to the 'social norms' as they are defined by the very same elites who provide our 'free' education. Conflict of interest?!
Is it not quite obvious to all that the media itself is controlled, to a large degree, by the same elites who wish to enslave us? That the media's main role and purpose is to convince us of the virtuous motivations and actions of our own individual governments? Is it not the media's 'assignment' to convince the 'people' when war is good or when war is bad? Is it not the duty of the media to convince us who the 'bad' guys are and that we, regardless of origin, are the 'good' guys? This applies to just about every industrialized nation, every (independent?) government in the world.
What we have today, in *my* opinion, is a world wide form of oppressive social control. We, the people of the world, are not how we should be... This is not 'who' we are... This is, in large part, who we have been designed to be. We are all but 'servants' to the elites...
This is nothing less than a war for our very souls my friends... If 'we' fail to take it seriously I promise you, with all my heart, that the elites will NEVER fail to take it seriously... It has served them well for many decades now. It is TIME for the enlightenment of human beings!
The elites use tremendous resources, scientific enlightenment, psychological manipulation, whatever means necessary, to achieve their own lofty goals of wealth and power, of self gratification, at our expense...
Check out what planned obsolescence means...
Planned obsolescence or built-in obsolescence[1] is the process of a product becoming obsolete and/or non-functional after a certain period or amount of use in a way that is planned or designed by the manufacturer.[1] Planned obsolescence has potential benefits for a producer because the product fails and the consumer is under pressure to purchase again, whether from the same manufacturer (a replacement part or a newer model), or from a competitor which might also rely on planned obsolescence. [1] The purpose of planned obsolescence is to hide the real cost per use from the consumer, and charge a higher price than they would otherwise be willing to pay (or would be unwilling to spend all at once).
From that point on, "planned obsolescence" became Stevens' catchphrase. By his definition, planned obsolescence was...
"Instilling in the buyer the desire to own something a little newer, a little better, a little sooner than is necessary."
Is this not war at a most basic level? Is it not being perpetrated on us by elites? It seems that maybe to elites ALL is war... No? 'They' seek to use every single thing at their disposal to control our behavior. 'They' have more resources than do we... It IS psychological 'warfare' and China and India are he next 'targets' on the world stage. China and India are already firmly targeted as the world's next economic engine, as the world's next generation of 'shopper classes'.
So all is lost? Yes and no... in my opinion... We have ONE thing now that 'we', the people of the world, have never had at our disposal before... Communication on a grand scale. The evil plots and plans of the elites, world wide, must fail... 'We', the people of the world, have the ability to make that happen. There are only 2 things, as I see it, that the elites cannot live without... Were we to begin to systematically remove these things from their grasp we could truly 'change the world' for the betterment of human beings.
Money and power.
And, quite conveniently in my opinion, if we just remove the money alone then the power of the elites will also vanish. This is NOT rocket science! Even 'we', the people of the world, even the dumbed-down 'shopper classes' can DO this!
Simply STOP buying... Purchase what you 'need' and only what you 'need'. Not what you 'want'. That is the way Americans used to be... before...
STOP purchasing what you 'want'... What you 'want' can wait... That is what defines it as a 'want'... Americans 'want' way too much... Americans 'need' way to little... Do not ALLOW the elites to cast Americans aside as 'depleted shoppers/consumers' only to move on to corrupt the lives, the very existance, of our Chinese and Indian friends...
The reign of the elites must end... 'They' have already, practically, destroyed themselves... Lets all communicate, lets all cooperate, to 'finish them'...
As 'we', the people of the world...
"We must shift America from a needs- to a desires-culture. People must be trained to desire, to want new things, even before the old have been entirely consumed. [...] Man's desires must overshadow his needs." -Paul Mazer (a Wall Street banker working for Lehman Brothers in the 1930s)
Here is the promised link to 'The Engineering of Consent' video (2 hours total)
Greg
Meet Edward Bernays...
Bernays was one of the first to attempt to manipulate public opinion using the subconscious.
He felt this manipulation was necessary in society, which he regarded as irrational and dangerous as a result of the 'herd instinct' that Trotter had described.[citation needed] Adam Curtis's award-winning 2002 documentary for the BBC, The Century of the Self, pinpoints Bernays as the originator of modern public relations, and Bernays was named one of the 100 most influential Americans of the 20th century by Life magazine.[2]
"If we understand the mechanism and motives of the group mind, is it not possible to control and regiment the masses according to our will without their knowing about it? The recent practice of propaganda has proved that it is possible, at least up to a certain point and within certain limits."---
After experiencing a wonderfully insightful video provided to me by @profitsee I am compelled to once again tackle the evils of consumerism armed with new knowledge... new insight...
If we are ever to 'fight back' then we damned well better know who the enemy is and how the enemy operates. No?
We MUST be able to shake off the 'psychological chains' which have been used to bind us, if we are to survive. We are the people of the world... The world belongs to US, not the elites who seek to control us mind, body and soul, through whatever means necessary...
The video, to which I will supply a link at the bottom of this post, is two hours in length and worth every single second of anyone's time, IMO. It is a history of the 'planned manipulation' of humankind dated to the early 1920's. It discusses Freud's insights into the inner working of the human mind and the rise of Edward Bernays as the father of 'Public Relations' and the creator of 'The Engineering of Consent'. It is a video that clearly explains how people, the world over, have been intentionally manipulated and molded into, in many cases, who we are today. At the behest of elites, aided by psychologists and marketing genius', who seek power and wealth through control of the human psyche.
Obviously this leads one to ask... Are 'we' really so foolish? So naive as to be easily manipulated by elites in both government and industry? No... not really... We are 'people' who experience the same needs, wants and desires the world over. The elites are the ones who differentiate themselves from us, not we from them.
It seems that Freud and Bernays considered the masses to be 'stupid', to be filled with uncontrolled passions and desires that presented a danger to society. The study of the human mind presented many amazing, enlightening insights as to what a human being is, how human beings 'react' to various stimuli. I fault not the study of the human mind. What I find great fault with is the hoarding and abuse of this knowledge, by elites, for the sole purpose of manipulating human beings in such a way as to coerce them into behaving in specific ways that are not, necessarily, beneficial to themselves but solely for the benefit of governmental and corporate elites.
The elites consider 'us', the people of the world, to be not much more than 'cattle'. To be 'ruled', to be 'controlled', to be 'manipulated', at will... For their own benefit. This is ESPECIALLY true in the United States of America.
Do others, besides myself, see the way in which the opinions, concerns, voices of the American people, right here, right now, are completely ignored by the ruling elites?
We, the people of the world, need to revert to 'need' over 'want'. We, the people of the world, need to shake ourselves FREE from the 'chains' of forced consumerism. Our Chinese and Indian friends are in 'grave danger' of falling prey to the same scheme that has destroyed America...
How do we, indeed how can we hope to shake free from decades of psychological manipulation at the hands of our kleptocratic governmental and corporate elites? Through the acquisition of knowledge. Through a thorough understanding of who the enemy is and what their 'tactics' are. And through communication, as never before.
We, Americans, have allowed ourselves to be 'conditioned' as 'passive consumers'. We have become not much more than lap dogs subject to the whims and desires of governmental and corporate elites. We are all 'taught' at an early age, through a government controlled 'public' education system, to be 'good citizens'. To conform our own behavior to the 'social norms' as they are defined by the very same elites who provide our 'free' education. Conflict of interest?!
Is it not quite obvious to all that the media itself is controlled, to a large degree, by the same elites who wish to enslave us? That the media's main role and purpose is to convince us of the virtuous motivations and actions of our own individual governments? Is it not the media's 'assignment' to convince the 'people' when war is good or when war is bad? Is it not the duty of the media to convince us who the 'bad' guys are and that we, regardless of origin, are the 'good' guys? This applies to just about every industrialized nation, every (independent?) government in the world.
What we have today, in *my* opinion, is a world wide form of oppressive social control. We, the people of the world, are not how we should be... This is not 'who' we are... This is, in large part, who we have been designed to be. We are all but 'servants' to the elites...
This is nothing less than a war for our very souls my friends... If 'we' fail to take it seriously I promise you, with all my heart, that the elites will NEVER fail to take it seriously... It has served them well for many decades now. It is TIME for the enlightenment of human beings!
The elites use tremendous resources, scientific enlightenment, psychological manipulation, whatever means necessary, to achieve their own lofty goals of wealth and power, of self gratification, at our expense...
Check out what planned obsolescence means...
Planned obsolescence or built-in obsolescence[1] is the process of a product becoming obsolete and/or non-functional after a certain period or amount of use in a way that is planned or designed by the manufacturer.[1] Planned obsolescence has potential benefits for a producer because the product fails and the consumer is under pressure to purchase again, whether from the same manufacturer (a replacement part or a newer model), or from a competitor which might also rely on planned obsolescence. [1] The purpose of planned obsolescence is to hide the real cost per use from the consumer, and charge a higher price than they would otherwise be willing to pay (or would be unwilling to spend all at once).
From that point on, "planned obsolescence" became Stevens' catchphrase. By his definition, planned obsolescence was...
"Instilling in the buyer the desire to own something a little newer, a little better, a little sooner than is necessary."
Is this not war at a most basic level? Is it not being perpetrated on us by elites? It seems that maybe to elites ALL is war... No? 'They' seek to use every single thing at their disposal to control our behavior. 'They' have more resources than do we... It IS psychological 'warfare' and China and India are he next 'targets' on the world stage. China and India are already firmly targeted as the world's next economic engine, as the world's next generation of 'shopper classes'.
So all is lost? Yes and no... in my opinion... We have ONE thing now that 'we', the people of the world, have never had at our disposal before... Communication on a grand scale. The evil plots and plans of the elites, world wide, must fail... 'We', the people of the world, have the ability to make that happen. There are only 2 things, as I see it, that the elites cannot live without... Were we to begin to systematically remove these things from their grasp we could truly 'change the world' for the betterment of human beings.
Money and power.
And, quite conveniently in my opinion, if we just remove the money alone then the power of the elites will also vanish. This is NOT rocket science! Even 'we', the people of the world, even the dumbed-down 'shopper classes' can DO this!
Simply STOP buying... Purchase what you 'need' and only what you 'need'. Not what you 'want'. That is the way Americans used to be... before...
STOP purchasing what you 'want'... What you 'want' can wait... That is what defines it as a 'want'... Americans 'want' way too much... Americans 'need' way to little... Do not ALLOW the elites to cast Americans aside as 'depleted shoppers/consumers' only to move on to corrupt the lives, the very existance, of our Chinese and Indian friends...
The reign of the elites must end... 'They' have already, practically, destroyed themselves... Lets all communicate, lets all cooperate, to 'finish them'...
As 'we', the people of the world...
"We must shift America from a needs- to a desires-culture. People must be trained to desire, to want new things, even before the old have been entirely consumed. [...] Man's desires must overshadow his needs." -Paul Mazer (a Wall Street banker working for Lehman Brothers in the 1930s)
Here is the promised link to 'The Engineering of Consent' video (2 hours total)
Greg
Monday, November 30, 2009
Consumerism
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None of the 'things' (below) seem very 'far fetched' to me these days... People, in general, seem to scoff at the idea of modern day 'civil war' or an 'insurgency' within the United States. *I* see the United States as STILL pretty much North vs South... Also, to me, one of the main causes of all the 'strife' in the United States right now is the fact that our kleptocratic government and financial elites INSIST on propping up the 'failed economic policies' of the last few decades. I suspect that is because 'they' have nothing with which to replace the current 'system'... Meaning as the current financial system goes so goes our government. If the current financial system were to fail so would our government fail...
As you know, if you already read my blog, I have never advocated for violence in any way. The answer to me is the 're-education' of the dumbed down 'shopper class' in the United States who, even today, continues to be willingly 'manipulated' by greedy corrupt politicians and corporate elites...
The consumer/shopper class reacts to Black Friday/Cyber Monday in the same way that pavlov's dog's reacted to the bell...
One of Pavlov's dogs, Pavlov Museum, Ryazan, Russia
Definition: behaviorism (also very interesting)
A process of behavior modification by which a subject comes to respond in a desired manner to a previously neutral stimulus that has been repeatedly presented along with an unconditioned stimulus that elicits the desired response.
Definitions of consumerism on the Web:
- the theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically beneficial
- Consumerism is the equation of personal happiness with consumption and the purchase of material possessions. ...
None of the 'things' (below) seem very 'far fetched' to me these days... People, in general, seem to scoff at the idea of modern day 'civil war' or an 'insurgency' within the United States. *I* see the United States as STILL pretty much North vs South... Also, to me, one of the main causes of all the 'strife' in the United States right now is the fact that our kleptocratic government and financial elites INSIST on propping up the 'failed economic policies' of the last few decades. I suspect that is because 'they' have nothing with which to replace the current 'system'... Meaning as the current financial system goes so goes our government. If the current financial system were to fail so would our government fail...
As you know, if you already read my blog, I have never advocated for violence in any way. The answer to me is the 're-education' of the dumbed down 'shopper class' in the United States who, even today, continues to be willingly 'manipulated' by greedy corrupt politicians and corporate elites...
The consumer/shopper class reacts to Black Friday/Cyber Monday in the same way that pavlov's dog's reacted to the bell...
Legacy
The concept for which Pavlov is famous is the "conditioned reflex" (or in his own words the conditional reflex: the translation of условный рефлекс into English is debatable) he developed jointly with his assistant Ivan Filippovitch Tolochinov in 1901.[8] Tolochinov, whose own term for the phenomenon had been "reflex at a distance", communicated the results at the Congress of Natural Sciences in Helsinki in 1903.[9] As Pavlov's work became known in the West, particularly through the writings of John B. Watson, the idea of "conditioning" as an automatic form of learning became a key concept in the developing specialism of comparative psychology, and the general approach to psychology that underlay it, behaviorism. The British philosopher Bertrand Russell was an enthusiastic advocate of the importance of Pavlov's work for philosophy of mind.
Pavlov's research on conditional reflexes greatly influenced not only science, but also popular culture. The phrase "Pavlov's dog" is often used to describe someone who merely reacts to a situation rather than using critical thinking. Pavlovian conditioning was a major theme in Aldous Huxley's dystopian novel, Brave New World, and also to a large degree in Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow.
What Is Behaviorism?
By Kendra Van Wagner, About.com Guide
The term behaviorism refers to the school of psychology founded by John B. Watson based on the belief that behaviors can be measured, trained, and changed. Behaviorism was established with the publication of Watson's classic paper Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It (1913).
Behaviorism holds that only observable behaviors should be studied, as cognition and mood are too subjective. According to behaviorist theory, our responses to environmental stimuli shapes our behaviors. Important concepts such as classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and reinforcement have arisen from behaviorism.
Dictionary: classical conditioning (also interesting)
A process of behavior modification by which a subject comes to respond in a desired manner to a previously neutral stimulus that has been repeatedly presented along with an unconditioned stimulus that elicits the desired response.
Who among you would NOT believe that our government, our Federal Reserve and our banks/corporations/retailers would not LOVE to have the ability to use 'conditioned reflex' and/or 'behaviorism/classical conditioning' knowledge and expertise to drive an economy. What incredible 'power' 'they' must feel 'they' have over such a large portion of the American populace...
Behavioral economics and behavioral finance are closely related fields that have evolved to be a separate branch of economic and financial analysis which applies scientific research on human and social, cognitive and emotional factors to better understand economic decisions by consumers, borrowers, investors, and how they affect market prices, returns and the allocation of resources.
Behavioral economics is that branch of one, which deals with the study and application of analysis with scientific approach on social,emotional factors for understanding the consumers,investors and the market,and the resources.
The field is primarily concerned with the bounds of rationality (selfishness, self-control) of economic agents. Behavioral models typically integrate insights from psychology with neo-classical economic theory. Behavioral Finance has become the theoretical basis for technical analysis.[1]
Behavioral analysts are mostly concerned with the effects of market decisions, but also those of public choice, another source of economic decisions with some similar biases towards promoting self-interest.
Turns out that 'they' always have used this 'knowledge' to their benefit and, as we now clearly see, 'they' were very willing to use it to the detriment of the American people as long as it led to record corporate profits quarter after quarter and as long as substantial amounts of these 'profits' were continually funneled to our kleptocratic government elites in the form of 'campaign contributions' at the tip of the iceberg.
There are 'reasons' that there are 237 Millionaires in Congress - Political Hotsheet - CBS News
Nov 6, 2009 ... Report Finds That 44 Percent of Lawmakers are Millionaires Vs. One Percent of Americans
*I* do NOT begrudge people for accumulating wealth... It's an activity I rather enjoy myself ;) But I sure would like to see an 'honest' breakdown of how many of these 'people' became millionaires AFTER their political career began...
You see I, personally, feel strongly that our government and our banks/corporations have simply 'shoved the American people to the side', out of the way, while 'they' have pursued their economic 'models' and 'behavioral sciences' for decades now...
And once again 'they' have 'outsmarted' themselves... 'They' are so much more 'intelligent' than the American populace. So much more 'educated'. So much more 'knowledgeable'. So much more 'ambitious'. So much more 'dedicated'. Than we... the people...
The American 'citizenry' to our elites is merely a 'population' (cattle if you prefer) to be manipulated for financial and/or political gain... At least in *my* opinion that is where we have ended up after decades of 'psychological abuse/warfare'.
I hope many more people will begin to realize that all of the things that are happening in our society are not random occurrences of fate. There is MUCH complexity involved. Complexity is one of the favorite 'tools' used against the citizenry to keep them 'in their place'. The things that 'occur' in our society and economy, in our 'politics', domestically and abroad, in our foreign relations/wars and interactions with foreign central banks are not, and never have been, random in nature to be dealt with by the whims of currently elected officials... It is very important, to me, that people understand and realize that world governments and now world financial elites as well, plan FAR in advance. Most of us are but 'pawns in the game'. 'They' have used every single tool at their disposal to control and manipulate the human condition. Not for the betterment of humanity... but for ever growing personal political and financial power...
If this belief makes me appear to be a One World Government conspiracy 'nut case' so be it... Or am I just a 'nut case', who fears an oppressive manipulative government controlled by greed, wealth and lust for power...
The main point I am trying to make today is that our government and our corporate elites are not stupid. That 'they' seek to use use science and knowledge against the citizens of the world to further increase their own power.
Do you not hear the calls now for Chinese consumerism? It is fast becoming kick the Americans to the curb, they have been consumed, time to kick that Chinese machine into gear... And Indian as well of course... Just swap out the 'consumers' for a better positioned group, demographically speaking... None of it is about US... it is ALL about wealth and power...
How much longer will American consumers instinctively rush to the local mall at the 'ringing of the bell'? How long before the Chinese and Indians, conditionally, do the same?
How much longer will the 'human race' be manipulated by elites to fulfill their own personal needs of wealth, personal gratification and their lust for ever growing power?
Will the 'people of the world' ever unite and say ENOUGH! (???)
I hate 'consumerism'... not 'capitalism'... I hate omnipotent (almighty: having unlimited power ) governments and corporations. I want the 'people' of the world to stand up and do the right thing...
But maybe I am not an Ancient_Warrior... maybe I am an Ancient_Dreamer... after all...
Greg
Corporatism is a system of economic, political, and social organization where corporate groups such as business, ethnic, farmer, labour, military, patronage, or religious groups are joined together into a single governing body in which the different groups are mandated to negotiate with each other to establish policies in the interest of the multiple groups within the body.[1] Corporatism views society as being alike to an organic body in which each corporate group is viewed as a necessary organ for society to function properly.[2] Corporatism is based on the sociological concept of functionalism.[3] Countries that have corporatist systems typically utilize strong state intervention to direct corporatist policies and to prevent conflict between the groups.[4]
The word "corporatism" is derived from the Latin word for body, corpus. This meaning was not connected with the specific notion of a business corporation, but rather a general reference to anything collected as a body.
Corporatism has been supported from various proponents, including: absolutists, capitalists, conservatives, fascists, progressives, reactionaries and theologians.[5]
Political scientists may also use the term corporatism to describe a practice whereby a state, through the process of licensing and regulating officially-incorporated social, religious, economic, or popular organizations, effectively co-opts their leadership or circumscribes their ability to challenge state authority by establishing the state as the source of their legitimacy, as well as sometimes running them, either directly or indirectly through corporations. This usage is particularly common in the area of East Asian studies, and is sometimes also referred to as state corporatism. Some analysts have applied the term neocorporatism to certain practices in Western European countries, such as the Tupo in Finland and Proporz system in Austria.[6] At a popular level in recent years "corporatism" has been used in a pejorative context to refer to the application of corporatism by fascist regimes[7] or to mean the promotion of the interests of private business corporations in government over the interests of the public.The French Revolution and the overthrow of absolutist corporatism
In the aftermath of the French Revolution, the existing absolutist corporatist system was completely dismantled due to its support of social hierarchy and special "corporate privilege" for the Roman Catholic Church.[16] The new French government saw corporatism's emphasis on group rights as inconsistent with the government's promotion of individual rights.[17] Subsequently corporatist systems and corporate privilege throughout Europe were abolished in response to the French Revolution.[18] From 1789 to the 1850s, most supporters of corporatism were reactionaries.[19] A number of reactionary corporatists favoured corporatism in order to end liberal capitalism and restore the feudal system
Civil war
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A civil war is a war between organized groups within a single nation state,[1] or, less commonly, between two nations created from a formerly-united nation state.[2] The aim of one side may be to take control of the nation or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies.[1] It is high-intensity conflict, often involving regular armed forces, that is sustained, organized and large-scale. Civil wars result in large numbers of casualties and the consumption of large resources.[3]
Civil wars since the end of World War II have lasted on average just over four years, a dramatic rise from the one-and-a-half year average of the 1900-1944 period. While the rate of emergence of new civil wars has been relatively steady since the mid-1800s, the increasing length of those wars resulted in increasing numbers of wars ongoing at any one time. For example, there were no more than five civil wars underway simultaneously in the first half of the twentieth century, while over 20 concurrent civil wars were occurring at the end of the Cold War, before a significant decrease as conflicts strongly associated with the superpower rivalry came to an end. Since 1945, civil wars have resulted in the deaths of over 25 million people, as well as the forced displacement of millions more. Civil wars have further resulted in economic collapse; Burma (Myanmar), Uganda and Angola are examples of nations that were considered to have promising futures before being engulfed in civil wars.[4]
Scholars investigating the cause of civil war are attracted by two opposing theories, greed versus grievance. Roughly stated: are conflicts caused by who people are, whether that be defined in terms of ethnicity, religion or other social affiliation, or do conflicts begin because it is in the economic best interests of individuals and groups to start them? Scholarly analysis supports the conclusion that economic and structural factors are more important than those of identity in predicting occurrences of civil war.Definitions of insurgency on the Web:
- an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict
wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn - An insurgency is an armed rebellion against a constituted authority (for example an authority recognised as such by the United Nations) when those ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgency - rebellion; revolt; the state of being insurgent
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/insurgency - insurgent - guerrilla: a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
- insurgent - in opposition to a civil authority or government
wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
Definitions of revolution on the Web:
- a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving; "the industrial revolution was also a cultural revolution"
- the overthrow of a government by those who are governed
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