twttimlinnet · 70-79, M
It is through education that the changes needed to correct our societies imbalances can occur. The mind set of millions have been shaped, programed and otherwise manipulated by a power structure that continues to be a self-perpetuating cartel.
JollyRoger · 70-79, M
My first word: Amen!
@twttimlinnet - please correct me if I twist your statements.
Yes. Now rather than use the word "oligarchs" I'm going to simplify that for the folks who might be reading this. Government depends on 'trusted friends' to achieve its goals. Those goals are defined by technology, natural resources, purchased foreign support (puppet governments), and 'big' businesses of other types. The government taps on the shoulders of these agencies to do its bidding and the payment the agencies receive is 'influence on the government' i.e., "I did you a favor, now you do one for me." The network finally becomes so cumbersome that the government can't satisfy all of the 'markers' that are being called. This is when the government gets overcome and the agency heads (oligarchs) start dictating what the government should do. That is where the USA is today. The companies that supply to the defence the country i.e, the "Military Complex"; the companies that build the buildings, those that build the highways i.e.,all of the 'infrastructure' that the expanding commerce depends upon; the intelligence community (the CIA + various 'think-tanks'): They all control the decisions and actions that the government takes.
Looking back through history you'll remember countries such as Rome, Greece, England, France, Germany, Russia, The Netherlands and many others who became empires through imperialism. There comes a time though when management of the vast acquired estate becomes impossible and the fringes start to be frayed by other competitors who sometimes try to seize back their own territory or just compete to enlarge their own empires. You see that now with China 'hacking' into databases and 'buying' favour in the South Pacific; African countries are shutting out American interests in favor of Russia nurturing them; and internally - people from foreign lands coming to the empire's nest where they see their own future as being profitable and to escape the unsettling skirmishes caused by the competing interests in their homelands.
The people in the 'homeland' see the unsettled horizons too and they look at their government to restore the order they are accustomed to having.... but the government can't settle it because there are too many competing interests for it to manage.
Now... you may say: "Let's change the leadership." but the fact is that even a change of leadership won't change the demands being made on the government i.e., the 'markers' owed are still out there and anyone inheriting the leadership still has to honor them. So: What can be done?
Think on that and I'll let someone else put in some ideas.
@twttimlinnet - please correct me if I twist your statements.
Yes. Now rather than use the word "oligarchs" I'm going to simplify that for the folks who might be reading this. Government depends on 'trusted friends' to achieve its goals. Those goals are defined by technology, natural resources, purchased foreign support (puppet governments), and 'big' businesses of other types. The government taps on the shoulders of these agencies to do its bidding and the payment the agencies receive is 'influence on the government' i.e., "I did you a favor, now you do one for me." The network finally becomes so cumbersome that the government can't satisfy all of the 'markers' that are being called. This is when the government gets overcome and the agency heads (oligarchs) start dictating what the government should do. That is where the USA is today. The companies that supply to the defence the country i.e, the "Military Complex"; the companies that build the buildings, those that build the highways i.e.,all of the 'infrastructure' that the expanding commerce depends upon; the intelligence community (the CIA + various 'think-tanks'): They all control the decisions and actions that the government takes.
Looking back through history you'll remember countries such as Rome, Greece, England, France, Germany, Russia, The Netherlands and many others who became empires through imperialism. There comes a time though when management of the vast acquired estate becomes impossible and the fringes start to be frayed by other competitors who sometimes try to seize back their own territory or just compete to enlarge their own empires. You see that now with China 'hacking' into databases and 'buying' favour in the South Pacific; African countries are shutting out American interests in favor of Russia nurturing them; and internally - people from foreign lands coming to the empire's nest where they see their own future as being profitable and to escape the unsettling skirmishes caused by the competing interests in their homelands.
The people in the 'homeland' see the unsettled horizons too and they look at their government to restore the order they are accustomed to having.... but the government can't settle it because there are too many competing interests for it to manage.
Now... you may say: "Let's change the leadership." but the fact is that even a change of leadership won't change the demands being made on the government i.e., the 'markers' owed are still out there and anyone inheriting the leadership still has to honor them. So: What can be done?
Think on that and I'll let someone else put in some ideas.
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