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When enough people abandon the belief that war is inevitable,it will become unthinkable.
War is conducted for corporate Empire. Therefore,the first step to ending war is ending corporate control of the US government.
All social justice efforts lead to the end of war, the ultimate injustice. Those who work for justice are Soldiers For Peace.
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Spain is joining the effort to oppose austerity measures that have sent shock
waves throughout the European Union. The lesson from the voters in recent
elections to governments that accepted austerity as the price to pay for
subservience to European banksters was not lost on government leaders in
Madrid. In Italy, Greece and other nations where leaders submitted to Merkel’s
IMF-inspired austerity measures, those politicians and there parties lost power
when the people resisted.
Spain is in a unique position to resist attempts by the European titans of
banking to impose the Shock Doctrine throughout the EU. In this case, the idea is to extort taxpayer money by lending it the funds to pay back debts
resulting from the fallout from the derivatives scam that these bankers profited
handsomely from. The quid pro quo is the adoption of economic "reforms" that benefit international investors at the expense of the citizens of those nations who are then made to pay tribute to them in perpetuity. These payments constitute an ever-growing proportion of the GDPs of these nations because the austerity measures cripple the economies of debtor nations.
Spain’s rejection of the “generous” offer of the Central
Bank of Germany and other lenders to provide loans at low interest in exchange
for crippling austerity measures is a milestone in the fight against austerity and the war against the workers of the world. It falls short of the daring open revolt against austerity in Iceland but may be the first step toward renouncing debt by other nations.
With the fourth largest economy in the European Union, Spain can put real pressure
on European banksters to lend money without austerity conditions that have
proven a disaster in Greece, Ireland and elsewhere. It is a simple maxim of
economics that the only sane response to economic contraction in the private
sector is expansion of the government’s role in providing jobs. That is a
notion that seems difficult for banksters and other international corporate
terrorists to understand. To them, life is a game of Monopoly and helping
others achieve and maintain a decent lifestyle at the expense of their bottom
lines is cheating.
The Greek economy is collapsing and with it Greek society is falling apart.
With soaring unemployment and a shredded social safety net, the suicide rate is
dramatically increasing. Those who can afford it are hoarding money in
anticipation of default and a return to a drachma drastically reduced in value
by the debts a profligate government has accumulated. It is ironic that in the
birthplace of democracy the People’s voice has been drowned out by the cries of
foul of the banksters in other EU nations. The same is true in the US, the
birthplace of the experiment in modern democracy that appears to be failing
since corporations were handed the reins of government there.
It can truly be said that we are all Greeks now, at risk of having the wealth
produced by the worker stolen by the parasite class who control government in
nations around the world. Those who profit from the sweat of others do so by
bribing politicians to put the interests of multinational corporations over
those of their own citizens. In the US and some other nations, this has been accomplished
by financing the campaigns of those willing to be their Puppets in return for
wealth and power. That is why the people of the United States must come together
to Take Back America for the People, if not for the sake of the Peoples of the
world then in their own self-interest, which are in the end are one and the
same.
It will require constitutional change to ban all expenditures by special
interest groups in American elections. That is why we are all Egyptians now as
well. Egypt’s bid for democracy has been stymied by the military rulers’
defiance of calls for fundamental constitutional change that would allow for
democratic elections and lead to a government of, by and or the People. Having
become dependent on US taxpayer money used to bribe them to guard Israel’s southern
border, the leaders of the Egyptian military are understandably reluctant to
allow real democracy to undermine their privileged positions.
The only way that the Peoples of Earth will ever gain sovereignty in their own
nations is for them to come together to build a united international front
against fascism and war. Having suffered decades of fascist rule, Spaniards
have a special responsibility. Descendents of the victims of the massacres in
the Spanish Civil War have a moral responsibility to lead the effort to create
a democratic New World Order. Together we can end the dreams of the international
corporate terrorists who seek to establish a permanent fascist New World Order
in which we are all economic slaves of a small cabal of elites.
There is hope that we will be aided by the blindness of those who would become
Masters of the Universe. It is clear that they cannot foresee the imminent
demise of their plans for conquest in the global game of Risk as the long game
of Monopoly winds down to its predictable end. The leaders of the war against
the workers of the world do not seem to understand a fundamental principle of
warfare: The aggressor has no real allies, only other nations that will play
along when it suits the purposes of their leaders. As the global economy
collapses, expect to see these self-appointed Masters of the Universe
turn on one another in a feeding frenzy.As in any game of Monopoly, there is after all only one winner. If we refuse to play by their rules, it is we who will come out winners.
It may be a good time to invest in popcorn. It should be quite a show.
In order to study the problem of how psychopaths came to control the United States government and use it to further the expansion of the Anglo-American Empire to create a fascist New World Order, it is instructive to consider the evolution of the Africanized bee, commonly referred to as the killer bee.
Like the rise of fascist power, the problem of killer bees was caused by the carelessness of those working to improve the species who did not appreciate the consequences of their actions. The bee was bred for its superior adaptability to hostile environments and its superior skill at gathering honey. This is a close analogy to the way that the super-rich economic elite were encouraged over time to become ever more aggressive in their pursuit of wealth. The myth that anyone can succeed in America was fostered by the notion that individual rights were supreme, even when they conflict with the rights of society as a whole.
Like these insects, the economic elite have been spreading until they now have invaded every nation in the world to one degree or another. In the US, the control of the government is almost entirely in the hands of the Puppet-masters of the government. This makes these international corporate terrorists particularly dangerous. They have increased in numbers to the point that when they swarm they become a danger to the life of democracy in America. Their invasion and control of the Hive mind that is the collective consciousness of Southerners mirrors the invasion of the killer bees in the same geographic region. Both types of insect are equally dangerous to individuals when in a swarm.
Unlike killer bees, the economic elite in America are not cross-bred but as in other royal lineages are quite inbred. That is the key to exterminating their wealth and power. While greed merely makes them stupid, inbreeding leads to genetic defects that make them developmentally disabled. As a result, they never develop the compassion necessary to become fully human. Having never suffered sufficiently, they lack the capability of understanding the consequences of their actions and are at great risk of the mental illness of greed. This manifests as the delusion that they alone are ordained by God to rule over their fellow Americans, who they regard as economic slaves fit only to serve their whims and gratify their boundless sense of entitlement.
The lack of ability to understand how normal people think is the great advantage of the People over these psychopaths. Our view of the world is one in which compassion is a given and cooperation does not depend solely on immediate reward. Friendship to us means caring about others, while for them it is a means to satisfy their selfish ends and is absent when the “friend” is unable or unwilling to serve their self-centered interests. It is a lonely world for those who like killer bees are driven to outcompete their seemingly weaker relatives with whom they share common genes.
Amateur sociologists like Ayn Rand and professional biologists like E.O. Wilson differ on the relative survival value of cooperation versus competition. While Rand has argued that all species survive by selfish competition, Wilson and others point out that it is only through cooperation but insect species and other animals and even plants have survived environmental stressors that have caused the extinction of more genetically diverse species. It is the willfull ignorance of the selfish that will inevitably result in their removal from the gene pool as the waste of protoplasm that they are.
There have been other invasions of aggressive species throughout the history of humankind, but never one so deadly as the worldwide invasion of the fascists who now control much of the world. Other Empires have risen and collapsed from the accumulated weight of the greed and immorality that is the inevitable result of their unbounded lust for wealth and power. In this global age, the destruction of this latest Empire could come with blinding speed if the People of the Earth come to realize the collective power that a People united can wield in the cause of liberty and justice for all. It is this knowledge of our interdependence that is our greatest weapon in the war against fascism and war.
The only way to protect ourselves from killer bees and other dangerous insects like the corporate elite is to keep them separated so that they cannot swarm. By working one interest group against another, we can use their own tactics of dividing and conquering to eradicate the selfish and destructive mutant species of fascists from the world. As an example, if we focused our organizing efforts to unite the Left and Right to fight the universally unpopular medical insurance companies we would force their Puppets in Congress to abandon them to their fate in the interests of their own political survival. After that we attack the centralized energy interests of coal, oil and nuclear that are leaving a swath of environmental destruction and war in the wake of their advance. Finally, the banksters will be isolated with no one left to defend them against the righteous fury of a People too long denied economic justice because of their wealth and power.
The way to simultaneously attack all of these interests is to attack the Queen bee which is corporate personhood. This is the source of power of the drones that are destroying the planet with their endless search for the honey that is money. This will require a constitutional amendment and that will require a united front against fascism and war that is built on the common interests of all the people of the United States who are artificially divided into Left and Right, Democrat and Republican, religious and irreligious and other self-imposed distinctions.
When the people of the United States end the un-Civil War and unite to finish the Revolution, democracy will be restored. The Left and Right must eventually come together to end fascism in America. Then it will be up to us to determine whether we want to live in a nation that values individual privilege over the collective good. A People who are not virtuous enough to run their own government in the best interests of all is a People that do not value democracy. As long as one of us is not free, none of us is truly free.
I have a deep faith in the essential goodness of all people so have no doubt as to the outcome. Democracy is the most deeply held value of all Americans and all those who understand its true nature. Self-government is the ultimate means of obtaining liberty and justice for all. Until we put this belief into action we risk losing the liberty we cherish. If the dis-United States of America can once more strive to form a more perfect union, the last and greatest hope for Mankind shall not perish from the Earth.
OUR GOAL: The eradication of war by restoring democracy in America.
OUR MISSION: To challenge the US Congress to put the needs of the people above those of their plutocratic sponsors. We can only establish democracy in America and the world by working together to abolish the "rights" of corporations and those who control them to determine the collective destiny of the Peoples of the United States and of the world.
THE PROBLEM: is not that the American government does not work. It works fine for those who own it, just not for the people of America. It is corporate control of Congress that permits the enslavement of Peoples of other nations and ultimately, Americans as well.
Now that the global economic elite are bringing their tools of subjugation to the United States, we must fight back together to ensure that the hope of government of the People, by the People and for the People does not perish from the Earth.
Together, we can mend the social fabric of a broken nation and assure liberty and justice for all the Peoples of the planet we share.
War and lack of health care are symptoms of the same disease: corporate control of the US government. That is why we must take back America for the people by working to pass a Constitutional amendment to get corporate money out of elections and abolish corporate personhood. This is the essential first step to creating true representative government.
Until Americans learn to fight their common enemy instead of each other, there is no reason to expect real change. We must put aside our differences to fight the imposition of a corporate New World Order if we are going to ensure that our children grow up in a rational, sustainable world where war is but a memory.