Zeitgeist: Addendum (2008)

1. - THE OLD APPEALS

2. TO RACIAL, SEXUAL, AND RELIGIOUS CHAUVINISM,

3. TO RABID NATIONALIST FERVOR ARE BEGINNING NOT TO WORK.

4. - THE BUSINESS OF WHO I AM

5. AND WHETHER I'M GOOD OR BAD OR ACHIEVING OR NOT —

6. ALL THAT'S LEARNED ALONG THE WAY.

7. - IT'S JUST A RIDE, AND WE CAN CHANGE IT ANY TIME WE WANT.

8. IT'S ONLY A CHOICE.

9. NO EFFORT, NO WORK, NO JOB, NO SAVINGS OF MONEY.

10. - I REALIZED THAT I HAD THE GAME WRONG.

11. THE GAME WAS TO FIND OUT WHAT I ALREADY WAS.

12. - WE WERE SAYING

13. HOW VERY IMPORTANT IT IS

14. TO BRING ABOUT IN THE HUMAN MIND THE RADICAL REVOLUTION.

15. THE CRISIS...

16. IS A CRISIS IN CONSCIOUSNESS.

17. A CRISIS

18. THAT CANNOT ANYMORE ACCEPT THE OLD NORMS,

19. THE OLD PATTERNS,

20. THE ANCIENT TRADITIONS.

21. AND CONSIDERING WHAT THE WORLD IS NOW,

22. WITH ALL THE MISERY, CONFLICT,

23. DESTRUCTIVE BRUTALITY, AGGRESSION, AND SO ON...

24. MAN IS STILL AS HE WAS.

25. HE'S STILL BRUTAL, VIOLENT,

26. AGGRESSIVE, ACQUISITIVE, COMPETITIVE.

27. AND HE HAS BUILT A SOCIETY ALONG THESE LINES.

28. - SOCIETY TODAY IS COMPOSED OF A SERIES OF INSTITUTIONS...

29. FROM POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS, LEGAL INSTITUTIONS,

30. RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS,

31. TO INSTITUTIONS OF SOCIAL CLASS, FAMILIAL VALUES,

32. AND OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALIZATION.

33. IT IS OBVIOUS THE PROFOUND INFLUENCE

34. THESE TRADITIONALIZED STRUCTURES

35. HAVE IN SHAPING OUR UNDERSTANDINGS AND PERSPECTIVES.

36. YET OF ALL THE SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS WE ARE BORN INTO,

37. DIRECTED BY, AND CONDITIONED UPON,

38. THERE SEEMS TO BE NO SYSTEM

39. AS TAKEN FOR GRANTED AND MISUNDERSTOOD

40. AS THE MONETARY SYSTEM.

41. TAKING ON NEARLY RELIGIOUS PROPORTIONS,

42. THE ESTABLISHED MONETARY INSTITUTION EXISTS AS ONE

43. OF THE MOST UNQUESTIONED FORMS OF FAITH THERE IS.

44. HOW MONEY IS CREATED,

45. THE POLICIES BY WHICH IT IS GOVERNED,

46. AND HOW IT TRULY AFFECTS SOCIETY

47. ARE UNREGISTERED INTERESTS

48. OF THE GREAT MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION.

49. IN A WORLD WHERE 1% OF THE POPULATION

50. EARNS 40% OF THE PLANET'S WEALTH...

51. IN A WORLD WHERE 34,000 CHILDREN DIE EVERY SINGLE DAY

52. FROM POVERTY AND PREVENTABLE DISEASES...

53. AND WHERE 50% OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION

54. LIVES ON LESS THAN $2 A DAY...

55. ONE THING IS CLEAR — SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG.

56. AND WHETHER WE ARE AWARE OF IT OR NOT,

57. THE LIFEBLOOD OF ALL OF OUR ESTABLISHED INSTITUTIONS,

58. AND THUS SOCIETY ITSELF, IS MONEY.

59. THEREFORE, UNDERSTANDING THIS INSTITUTION OF MONETARY POLICY

60. IS CRITICAL TO UNDERSTANDING WHY OUR LIVES ARE THE WAY THEY ARE.

61. UNFORTUNATELY, ECONOMICS

62. IS OFTEN VIEWED WITH CONFUSION AND BOREDOM.

63. ENDLESS STREAMS OF FINANCIAL JARGON

64. COUPLED WITH INTIMIDATING MATHEMATICS

65. QUICKLY DETERS PEOPLE FROM ATTEMPTS AT UNDERSTANDING IT.

66. HOWEVER, THE FACT IS,

67. THE COMPLEXITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM

68. IS A MERE MASK

69. DESIGNED TO CONCEAL ONE

70. OF THE MOST SOCIALLY PARALYZING STRUCTURES

71. HUMANITY HAS EVER ENDURED.

72. A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO,

73. THE CENTRAL BANK OF THE UNITED STATES, THE FEDERAL RESERVE,

74. PRODUCED A DOCUMENT ENTITLED "MODERN MONEY MECHANICS."

75. THIS PUBLICATION

76. DETAILED THE INSTITUTIONALIZED PRACTICE OF MONEY CREATION

77. AS UTILIZED BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE

78. AND THE WEB OF GLOBAL COMMERCIAL BANKS IT SUPPORTS.

79. ON THE OPENING PAGE, THE DOCUMENT STATES ITS OBJECTIVE —

80. "THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOOKLET

81. "IS TO DESCRIBE THE BASIC PROCESS OF MONEY CREATION

82. IN A FRACTIONAL RESERVE BANKING SYSTEM."

83. IT THEN PROCEEDS TO DESCRIBE THIS FRACTIONAL RESERVE PROCESS

84. THROUGH VARIOUS BANKING TERMINOLOGY,

85. THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DECIDES IT NEEDS SOME MONEY,

86. SO IT CALLS UP THE FEDERAL RESERVE

87. AND REQUESTS, SAY, $10 BILLION.

88. THE FED REPLIES, SAYING, "SURE.

89. WE'LL BUY $10 BILLION IN GOVERNMENT BONDS FROM YOU."

90. SO THE GOVERNMENT TAKES SOME PIECES OF PAPER,

91. PAINTS SOME OFFICIAL-LOOKING DESIGNS ON THEM,

92. AND CALLS THEM TREASURY BONDS.

93. THEN IT PUTS A VALUE ON THESE BONDS TO THE SUM OF $10 BILLION

94. AND SENDS THEM OVER TO THE FED.

95. IN TURN, THE PEOPLE AT THE FED

96. DRAW UP A BUNCH OF IMPRESSIVE PIECES OF PAPER THEMSELVES,

97. ONLY THIS TIME CALLING THEM "FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES,"

98. ALSO DESIGNATING A VALUE OF $10 BILLION TO THE SET.

99. THE FED THEN TAKES THESE NOTES AND TRADES THEM FOR THE BONDS.

100. ONCE THIS EXCHANGE IS COMPLETE, THE GOVERNMENT

101. THEN TAKES THE $10 BILLION IN FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES

102. AND DEPOSITS IT INTO A BANK ACCOUNT.

103. AND UPON THIS DEPOSIT,

104. PAPER NOTES OFFICIALLY BECOME LEGAL TENDER MONEY,

105. ADDING $10 BILLION TO THE U.S. MONEY SUPPLY.

106. AND THERE IT IS — $10 BILLION IN NEW MONEY HAS BEEN CREATED.

107. OF COURSE, THIS EXAMPLE IS A GENERALIZATION,

108. FOR IN REALITY, THIS TRANSACTION WOULD OCCUR ELECTRONICALLY

109. WITH NO PAPER USED AT ALL.

110. IN FACT, ONLY 3% OF THE U.S. MONEY SUPPLY

111. EXISTS IN PHYSICAL CURRENCY.

112. THE OTHER 97% ESSENTIALLY EXISTS IN COMPUTERS ALONE.

113. NOW, GOVERNMENT BONDS ARE, BY DESIGN, INSTRUMENTS OF DEBT,

114. AND WHEN THE FED PURCHASES THESE BONDS

115. WITH MONEY IT ESSENTIALLY CREATED OUT OF THIN AIR,

116. THE GOVERNMENT IS ACTUALLY PROMISING TO PAY BACK THAT MONEY

117. TO THE FED.

118. IN OTHER WORDS, THE MONEY WAS CREATED OUT OF DEBT.

119. THIS MIND-NUMBING PARADOX OF HOW MONEY, OR VALUE,

120. CAN BE CREATED OUT OF DEBT, OR LIABILITY,

121. WILL BECOME MORE CLEAR AS WE FURTHER THIS EXERCISE.

122. SO, THE EXCHANGE HAS BEEN MADE,

123. AND NOW $10 BILLION SITS IN A COMMERCIAL BANK ACCOUNT.

124. HERE'S WHERE IT GETS REALLY INTERESTING,

125. FOR, AS BASED ON THE FRACTIONAL RESERVE PRACTICE,

126. THAT $10 BILLION DEPOSIT

127. INSTANTLY BECOMES PART OF THE BANK'S RESERVES,

128. JUST AS ALL DEPOSITS DO.

129. AND REGARDING RESERVE REQUIREMENTS,

130. AS STATED IN "MODERN MONEY MECHANICS,"

131. A BANK MUST MAINTAIN LEGALLY REQUIRED RESERVES

132. EQUAL TO A PRESCRIBED PERCENTAGE OF ITS DEPOSITS.

133. IT THEN QUANTIFIES THIS BY STATING,

134. "UNDER CURRENT REGULATIONS,

135. "THE RESERVE REQUIREMENT AGAINST MOST TRANSACTION ACCOUNTS

136. IS 10%."

137. THIS MEANS THAT WITH A $10 BILLION DEPOSIT,

138. 10%, OR $1 BILLION, IS HELD AS THE REQUIRED RESERVE,

139. WHILE THE OTHER $9 BILLION IS CONSIDERED AN EXCESSIVE RESERVE

140. AND CAN BE USED AS THE BASIS FOR NEW LOANS.

141. NOW, IT IS LOGICAL TO ASSUME THAT THIS $9 BILLION

142. IS LITERALLY COMING OUT OF THE EXISTING $10 BILLION DEPOSIT.

143. HOWEVER, THIS IS ACTUALLY NOT THE CASE.

144. WHAT REALLY HAPPENS IS THAT THE $9 BILLION

145. IS SIMPLY CREATED OUT OF THIN AIR

146. ON TOP OF THE EXISTING $10 BILLION DEPOSIT.

147. THIS IS HOW THE MONEY SUPPLY IS EXPANDED.

148. AS STATED IN "MODERN MONEY MECHANICS,"

149. "OF COURSE, THEY," THE BANKS,

150. "DO NOT REALLY PAY OUT LOANS

151. "FROM THE MONEY THEY RECEIVE AS DEPOSITS.

152. "IF THEY DID THIS, NO ADDITIONAL MONEY WOULD BE CREATED.

153. "WHAT THEY DO WHEN THEY MAKE LOANS

154. IS TO ACCEPT PROMISSORY NOTES" — LOAN CONTRACTS —

155. "IN EXCHANGE FOR CREDITS" — MONEY —

156. TO THE BORROWERS' TRANSACTION ACCOUNTS."

157. IN OTHER WORDS, THE $9 BILLION CAN BE CREATED OUT OF NOTHING

158. SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE IS A DEMAND FOR SUCH A LOAN

159. AND THAT THERE IS A $10 BILLION DEPOSIT

160. TO SATISFY THE RESERVE REQUIREMENTS.

161. NOW, LET'S ASSUME THAT SOMEBODY WALKS INTO THIS BANK

162. AND BORROWS THE NEWLY AVAILABLE $9 BILLION.

163. THEY WILL THEN MOST LIKELY TAKE THAT MONEY

164. AND DEPOSIT IT INTO THEIR OWN BANK ACCOUNT.

165. THE PROCESS THEN REPEATS,

166. FOR THAT DEPOSIT BECOMES PART OF THE BANK'S RESERVES.

167. 10% IS ISOLATED,

168. AND, IN TURN, 90% OF THE $9 BILLION, OR $8.1 BILLION,

169. IS NOW AVAILABLE AS NEWLY CREATED MONEY FOR MORE LOANS.

170. AND, OF COURSE, THAT $8.1 BILLION

171. CAN BE LOANED OUT AND REDEPOSITED,

172. CREATING AN ADDITIONAL $7.2 BILLION, TO $6.5 BILLION,

173. TO $5.9 BILLION, ET CETERA.

174. THIS DEPOSIT-MONEY-CREATION LOAN CYCLE

175. CAN TECHNICALLY GO ON TO INFINITY.

176. THE AVERAGE MATHEMATICAL RESULT IS THAT ABOUT $90 BILLION

177. CAN BE CREATED ON TOP OF THE ORIGINAL $10 BILLION.

178. IN OTHER WORDS,

179. FOR EVERY DEPOSIT THAT EVER OCCURS IN THE BANKING SYSTEM,

180. ABOUT NINE TIMES THAT AMOUNT CAN BE CREATED OUT OF THIN AIR.

181. - MONEY JITTERS?

182. ASK THE OBLIGING BANK OF AMERICA

183. FOR A JAR OF SOOTHING INSTANT MONEY — M-O-N-E-Y —

184. IN THE FORM OF A CONVENIENT PERSONAL LOAN.

185. - SO, NOW THAT WE UNDERSTAND HOW MONEY IS CREATED

186. BY THIS FRACTIONAL RESERVE BANKING SYSTEM,

187. A LOGICAL-YET-ELUSIVE QUESTION MIGHT COME TO MIND —

188. WHAT IS ACTUALLY GIVING THIS NEWLY CREATED MONEY VALUE?

189. THE ANSWER — THE MONEY THAT ALREADY EXISTS.

190. THE NEW MONEY ESSENTIALLY STEALS VALUE

191. FROM THE EXISTING MONEY SUPPLY,

192. FOR THE TOTAL POOL OF MONEY IS BEING INCREASED

193. IRRESPECTIVE TO DEMAND FOR GOODS AND SERVICES.

194. AND AS SUPPLY AND DEMAND FINDS EQUILIBRIUM, PRICES RISE,

195. DIMINISHING THE PURCHASING POWER OF EACH INDIVIDUAL DOLLAR.

196. THIS IS GENERALLY REFERRED TO AS INFLATION,

197. AND INFLATION IS ESSENTIALLY A HIDDEN TAX ON THE PUBLIC.

198. - WHAT IS THE ADVICE THAT YOU GENERALLY GET?

199. AND THAT IS INFLATE THE CURRENCY.

200. THEY DON'T SAY, "DEBASE THE CURRENCY."

201. THEY DON'T SAY, "DEVALUE THE CURRENCY."

202. THEY DON'T SAY, "CHEAT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SAVED."

203. THEY SAY, "LOWER THE INTEREST RATES."

204. THE REAL DECEPTION IS WHEN WE DISTORT THE VALUE OF MONEY,

205. WHEN WE CREATE MONEY OUT OF THIN AIR.

206. WE HAVE NO SAVINGS, AND YET THERE'S SO-CALLED "CAPITAL."

207. SO MY QUESTION BOILS DOWN TO THIS —

208. HOW IN THE WORLD

209. CAN WE EXPECT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS OF INFLATION —

210. THAT IS, THE INCREASE IN THE SUPPLY MONEY —

211. WITH MORE INFLATION?

212. - OF COURSE, IT CAN'T.

213. THE FRACTIONAL RESERVE SYSTEM OF MONETARY EXPANSION

214. IS INHERENTLY INFLATIONARY,

215. FOR THE ACT OF EXPANDING THE MONEY SUPPLY

216. WITHOUT THERE BEING A PROPORTIONAL EXPANSION

217. OF GOODS AND SERVICES IN THE ECONOMY

218. WILL ALWAYS DEBASE A CURRENCY.

219. IN FACT, A QUICK GLANCE

220. AT THE HISTORICAL VALUES OF THE U.S. DOLLAR,

221. VERSUS THE MONEY SUPPLY,

222. REFLECTS THIS POINT DEFINITIVELY,

223. FOR THE INVERSE RELATIONSHIP IS OBVIOUS.

224. ONE DOLLAR IN 1913

225. REQUIRED $21.60 IN 2007 TO MATCH VALUE.

226. THAT IS A 96% DEVALUATION

227. SINCE THE FEDERAL RESERVE CAME INTO EXISTENCE.

228. NOW, IF THIS REALITY OF INHERENT AND PERPETUAL INFLATION

229. SEEMS ABSURD AND ECONOMICALLY SELF-DEFEATING,

230. HOLD THAT THOUGHT,

231. FOR ABSURDITY IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT

232. IN REGARD TO HOW OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM REALLY OPERATES.

233. FOR IN OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM,

234. MONEY IS DEBT, AND DEBT IS MONEY.

235. HERE IS A CHART OF THE U.S. MONEY SUPPLY FROM 1950 TO 2006.

236. HERE IS A CHART OF THE U.S. NATIONAL DEBT

237. FOR THE SAME PERIOD.

238. HOW INTERESTING IT IS THAT THE TRENDS ARE VIRTUALLY THE SAME,

239. FOR THE MORE MONEY THERE IS, THE MORE DEBT THERE IS.

240. THE MORE DEBT THERE IS, THE MORE MONEY THERE IS.

241. TO PUT IT A DIFFERENT WAY, EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR IN YOUR WALLET

242. IS OWED TO SOMEBODY BY SOMEBODY.

243. FOR, REMEMBER, THE ONLY WAY THAT MONEY CAN COME INTO EXISTENCE

244. IS FROM LOANS.

245. THEREFORE, IF EVERYONE IN THE COUNTRY

246. WERE ABLE TO PAY OFF ALL DEBTS, INCLUDING THE GOVERNMENT,

247. THERE WOULD NOT BE ONE DOLLAR IN CIRCULATION.

248. IN FACT, THE LAST TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY

249. THE NATIONAL DEBT WAS COMPLETELY PAID OFF

250. WAS IN 1835, AFTER PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON

251. SHUT DOWN THE CENTRAL BANK THAT PRECEDED THE FEDERAL RESERVE.

252. IN FACT, JACKSON'S ENTIRE POLITICAL PLATFORM

253. ESSENTIALLY REVOLVED AROUND HIS COMMITMENT

254. TO SHUT DOWN THE CENTRAL BANK, STATING AT ONE POINT...

255. UNFORTUNATELY, HIS MESSAGE WAS SHORT-LIVED,

256. AND INTERNATIONAL BANKERS

257. PROCEEDED TO INSTALL ANOTHER CENTRAL BANK IN 1913 —

258. THE FEDERAL RESERVE.

259. AND AS LONG AS THIS INSTITUTION EXISTS,

260. PERPETUAL DEBT IS GUARANTEED.

261. NOW, SO FAR, WE HAVE DISCUSSED THE REALITY THAT MONEY

262. IS CREATED OUT OF DEBT THROUGH LOANS.

263. THESE LOANS ARE BASED ON A BANK'S RESERVES,

264. AND RESERVES ARE DERIVED FROM DEPOSITS.

265. AND THROUGH THIS FRACTIONAL RESERVE SYSTEM,

266. ANY ONE DEPOSIT CAN CREATE NINE TIMES ITS ORIGINAL VALUE,

267. IN TURN DEBASING THE EXISTING MONEY SUPPLY,

268. RAISING PRICES IN SOCIETY.

269. AND SINCE ALL THIS MONEY IS CREATED OUT OF DEBT

270. AND CIRCULATED RANDOMLY THROUGH COMMERCE,

271. PEOPLE BECOME DETACHED FROM THEIR ORIGINAL DEBT,

272. AND A DISEQUILIBRIUM EXISTS

273. WHERE PEOPLE ARE FORCED TO COMPETE FOR LABOR

274. IN ORDER TO PULL ENOUGH MONEY OUT OF THE MONEY SUPPLY

275. TO COVER THEIR COSTS OF LIVING.

276. AS DYSFUNCTIONAL AND BACKWARDS AS ALL OF THIS MIGHT SEEM,

277. THERE IS STILL ONE THING WE HAVE OMITTED FROM THIS EQUATION,

278. AND IT IS THIS ELEMENT OF THE STRUCTURE

279. WHICH REVEALS THE TRULY FRAUDULENT NATURE

280. OF THE SYSTEM ITSELF —

281. THE APPLICATION OF INTEREST.

282. WHEN THE GOVERNMENT BORROWS MONEY FROM THE FED,

283. OR WHEN A PERSON BORROWS MONEY FROM A BANK,

284. IT ALMOST ALWAYS HAS TO BE PAID BACK WITH ACCRUED INTEREST.

285. IN OTHER WORDS, ALMOST EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR THAT EXISTS

286. MUST BE EVENTUALLY RETURNED TO A BANK

287. WITH INTEREST PAID, AS WELL.

288. BUT IF ALL MONEY IS BORROWED FROM THE CENTRAL BANK

289. AND IS EXPANDED BY COMMERCIAL BANKS THROUGH LOANS,

290. ONLY WHAT WOULD BE REFERRED TO AS THE PRINCIPAL

291. IS BEING CREATED IN THE MONEY SUPPLY.

292. SO, THEN, WHERE IS THE MONEY

293. TO COVER ALL OF THE INTEREST THAT IS CHARGED?

294. NOWHERE.

295. IT DOESN'T EXIST.

296. THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THIS ARE STAGGERING,

297. FOR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY OWED BACK TO THE BANKS

298. WILL ALWAYS EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF MONEY

299. THAT IS AVAILABLE IN CIRCULATION.

300. THIS IS WHY INFLATION IS A CONSTANT IN THE ECONOMY,

301. FOR NEW MONEY IS ALWAYS NEEDED

302. TO HELP COVER THE PERPETUAL DEFICIT BUILT INTO THE SYSTEM

303. CAUSED BY THE NEED TO PAY THE INTEREST.

304. WHAT THIS ALSO MEANS IS THAT MATHEMATICALLY,

305. DEFAULTS AND BANKRUPTCY ARE LITERALLY BUILT INTO THE SYSTEM,

306. AND THERE WILL ALWAYS BE POOR POCKETS OF SOCIETY

307. THAT GET THE SHORT END OF THE STICK.

308. AN ANALOGY WOULD BE A GAME OF MUSICAL CHAIRS,

309. FOR ONCE THE MUSIC STOPS, SOMEBODY IS LEFT OUT TO DRY.

310. AND THAT'S THE POINT.

311. IT INVARIABLY TRANSFERS TRUE WEALTH

312. FROM THE INDIVIDUAL TO THE BANKS,

313. FOR IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO PAY FOR YOUR MORTGAGE,

314. THEY WILL TAKE YOUR PROPERTY.

315. THIS IS PARTICULARLY ENRAGING

316. WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT NOT ONLY IS SUCH A DEFAULT INEVITABLE

317. DUE TO THE FRACTIONAL RESERVE PRACTICE,

318. BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF THE FACT

319. THAT THE MONEY THAT THE BANK LOANED TO YOU

320. DIDN'T EVEN LEGALLY EXIST IN THE FIRST PLACE.

321. IN 1969, THERE WAS A MINNESOTA COURT CASE

322. INVOLVING A MAN NAMED JEROME DALY,

323. WHO WAS CHALLENGING THE FORECLOSURE OF HIS HOME

324. BY THE BANK WHICH PROVIDED THE LOAN TO PURCHASE IT.

325. HIS ARGUMENT WAS THAT THE MORTGAGE CONTRACT

326. REQUIRED BOTH PARTIES, BEING HE AND THE BANK,

327. EACH PUT UP A LEGITIMATE FORM OF PROPERTY FOR THE EXCHANGE.

328. IN LEGAL LANGUAGE, THIS IS CALLED "CONSIDERATION."

329. MR. DALY EXPLAINED THAT THE MONEY

330. WAS, IN FACT, NOT THE PROPERTY OF THE BANK,

331. FOR IT WAS CREATED OUT OF NOTHING

332. AS SOON AS THE LOAN AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED.

333. REMEMBER WHAT "MODERN MONEY MECHANICS" STATED ABOUT LOANS?

334. "WHAT THEY DO WHEN THEY MAKE LOANS

335. IS TO ACCEPT PROMISSORY NOTES IN EXCHANGE FOR CREDITS."

336. "RESERVES ARE UNCHANGED BY THE LOAN TRANSACTIONS.

337. "BUT DEPOSIT CREDITS CONSTITUTE NEW ADDITIONS

338. TO THE TOTAL DEPOSITS OF THE BANKING SYSTEM."

339. IN OTHER WORDS, THE MONEY

340. DOESN'T COME OUT OF THEIR EXISTING ASSETS.

341. THE BANK IS SIMPLY INVENTING IT, PUTTING UP NOTHING OF ITS OWN,

342. EXCEPT FOR THEORETICAL LIABILITY ON PAPER.

343. AS THE COURT CASE PROGRESSED,

344. THE BANK'S PRESIDENT, MR. MORGAN, TOOK THE STAND,

345. AND IN THE JUDGE'S PERSONAL MEMORANDUM,

346. HE RECALLED THAT THE "PLAINTIFF" —

347. THE BANK'S PRESIDENT —

348. "ADMITTED THAT, IN COMBINATION WITH THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK,

349. "DID CREATE THE MONEY AND CREDIT UPON ITS BOOKS

350. "BY BOOKKEEPING ENTRY.

351. "THE MONEY AND CREDIT FIRST CAME INTO EXISTENCE

352. "WHEN THEY CREATED IT.

353. "MR. MORGAN ADMITTED THAT NO UNITED STATES LAW OR STATUTE

354. "EXISTED WHICH GAVE HIM THE RIGHT TO DO THIS.

355. "A LAWFUL CONSIDERATION MUST EXIST

356. "AND BE TENDERED TO SUPPORT THE NOTE.

357. "THE JURY FOUND THAT THERE WAS NO LAWFUL CONSIDERATION,

358. AND I AGREE."

359. HE ALSO POETICALLY ADDED,

360. "ONLY GOD CAN CREATE SOMETHING OF VALUE OUT OF NOTHING."

361. AND UPON THIS REVELATION,

362. THE COURT REJECTED THE BANK'S CLAIM FOR FORECLOSURE,

363. AND DALY KEPT HIS HOME.

364. THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS COURT DECISION ARE IMMENSE,

365. FOR EVERY TIME YOU BORROW MONEY FROM A BANK,

366. WHETHER IT IS A MORTGAGE LOAN OR A CREDIT-CARD CHARGE,

367. THE MONEY GIVEN TO YOU IS NOT ONLY COUNTERFEIT,

368. IT IS AN ILLEGITIMATE FORM OF CONSIDERATION

369. AND, HENCE, VOIDS THE CONTRACT TO REPAY,

370. FOR THE BANK NEVER HAD THE MONEY AS PROPERTY TO BEGIN WITH.

371. UNFORTUNATELY, SUCH LEGAL REALIZATIONS

372. ARE SUPPRESSED AND IGNORED,

373. AND THE GAME OF PERPETUAL WEALTH TRANSFER AND PERPETUAL DEBT

374. CONTINUES.

375. AND THIS BRINGS US TO THE ULTIMATE QUESTION — WHY?

376. DURING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR,

377. PRESIDENT LINCOLN BYPASSED THE HIGH-INTEREST LOANS

378. OFFERED BY THE EUROPEAN BANKS

379. AND DECIDED TO DO WHAT THE FOUNDING FATHERS ADVOCATED,

380. WHICH WAS TO CREATE

381. AN INDEPENDENT AND INHERENTLY DEBT-FREE CURRENCY.

382. IT WAS CALLED "THE GREENBACK."

383. SHORTLY AFTER THIS MEASURE WAS TAKEN,

384. AN INTERNAL DOCUMENT CIRCULATED BETWEEN PRIVATE BRITISH

385. AND AMERICAN BANKING INTERESTS STATED...

386. THE FRACTIONAL RESERVE POLICY

387. PERPETRATED BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE

388. WHICH HAS SPREAD IN PRACTICE

389. TO THE GREAT MAJORITY OF BANKS IN THE WORLD

390. IS, IN FACT, A SYSTEM OF MODERN SLAVERY.

391. THINK ABOUT IT.

392. MONEY IS CREATED OUT OF DEBT.

393. WHAT DO PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY ARE IN DEBT?

394. THEY SUBMIT TO EMPLOYMENT TO PAY IT OFF.

395. BUT IF MONEY CAN ONLY BE CREATED OUT OF LOANS,

396. HOW CAN SOCIETY EVER BE DEBT-FREE?

397. IT CAN'T.

398. AND THAT'S THE POINT.

399. AND IT IS THE FEAR OF LOSING ASSETS,

400. COUPLED WITH THE STRUGGLE

401. TO KEEP UP WITH THE PERPETUAL DEBT AND INFLATION

402. INHERENT IN THE SYSTEM,

403. COMPOUNDED BY THE INESCAPABLE SCARCITY

404. WITHIN THE MONEY SUPPLY ITSELF

405. CREATED BY THE INTEREST THAT CAN NEVER BE REPAID

406. THAT KEEPS THE WAGE SLAVE IN LINE,

407. RUNNING ON THE HAMSTER WHEEL WITH MILLIONS OF OTHERS,

408. IN EFFECT POWERING AN EMPIRE

409. THAT TRULY BENEFITS ONLY THE ELITE AT THE TOP OF THE PYRAMID.

410. FOR AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHO ARE YOU REALLY WORKING FOR?

411. THE BANKS.

412. MONEY IS CREATED IN A BANK AND INVARIABLY ENDS UP IN A BANK.

413. THEY ARE THE TRUE MASTERS,

414. ALONG WITH THE CORPORATIONS AND GOVERNMENTS THEY SUPPORT.

415. PHYSICAL SLAVERY REQUIRES PEOPLE TO BE HOUSED AND FED.

416. ECONOMIC SLAVERY REQUIRES PEOPLE TO FEED AND HOUSE THEMSELVES.

417. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST INGENIOUS SCAMS FOR SOCIAL MANIPULATION

418. EVER CREATED,

419. AND AT ITS CORE,

420. IT IS AN INVISIBLE WAR AGAINST THE POPULATION.

421. DEBT IS THE WEAPON USED TO CONQUER AND ENSLAVE SOCIETIES,

422. AND INTEREST IS ITS PRIME AMMUNITION.

423. AND AS THE MAJORITY WALKS AROUND OBLIVIOUS TO THIS REALITY,

424. THE BANKS, IN COLLUSION WITH GOVERNMENTS AND CORPORATIONS,

425. CONTINUE TO PERFECT AND EXPAND THEIR TACTICS

426. OF ECONOMIC WARFARE,

427. SPAWNING NEW BASES,

428. SUCH AS THE WORLD BANK AND INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND,

429. WHILE ALSO INVENTING A NEW TYPE OF SOLDIER —

430. THE BIRTH OF THE ECONOMIC HIT MAN.

431. - WE ECONOMIC HIT MEN REALLY HAVE BEEN THE ONES RESPONSIBLE

432. FOR CREATING THIS FIRST TRULY GLOBAL EMPIRE.

433. AND WE WORK MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.

434. BUT PERHAPS THE MOST COMMON

435. IS THAT WE WILL IDENTIFY A COUNTRY

436. THAT HAS RESOURCES OUR CORPORATIONS COVET, LIKE OIL,

437. AND THEN ARRANGE A HUGE LOAN TO THAT COUNTRY FROM THE WORLD BANK

438. OR ONE OF ITS SISTER ORGANIZATIONS.

439. BUT THE MONEY NEVER ACTUALLY GOES TO THE COUNTRY.

440. INSTEAD, IT GOES TO OUR BIG CORPORATIONS

441. TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN THAT COUNTRY —

442. POWER PLANTS, INDUSTRIAL PARKS, PORTS —

443. THINGS THAT BENEFIT A FEW RICH PEOPLE IN THAT COUNTRY,

444. IN ADDITION TO OUR CORPORATIONS,

445. BUT REALLY DON'T HELP THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE AT ALL.

446. HOWEVER, THOSE PEOPLE, THE WHOLE COUNTRY,

447. IS LEFT HOLDING A HUGE DEBT.

448. IT'S SUCH A BIG DEBT THEY CAN'T REPAY IT.

449. AND THAT'S PART OF THE PLAN — THAT THEY CAN'T REPAY IT.

450. AND SO, AT SOME POINT, WE ECONOMIC HIT MEN

451. GO BACK TO THEM AND SAY,

452. "LISTEN, YOU OWE US A LOT OF MONEY.

453. "YOU CAN'T PAY YOUR DEBT,

454. "SO SELL YOUR OIL REAL CHEAP TO OUR OIL COMPANIES.

455. "ALLOW US TO BUILD A MILITARY BASE IN YOUR COUNTRY

456. "OR SEND TROOPS IN SUPPORT OF OURS

457. "TO SOMEPLACE IN THE WORLD LIKE IRAQ

458. "OR VOTE WITH US ON THE NEXT U.N. VOTE

459. "TO HAVE THEIR ELECTRIC UTILITY COMPANY PRIVATIZED

460. "AND THEIR WATER AND SEWAGE SYSTEM PRIVATIZED

461. "AND SOLD TO U.S. CORPORATIONS

462. OR OTHER MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS."

463. SO THERE'S THAT WHOLE MUSHROOMING THING,

464. AND IT'S SO TYPICAL OF THE WAY THE I.M.F.

465. AND THE WORLD BANK WORK,

466. IS YOU PUT A COUNTRY IN DEBT,

467. AND IT'S SUCH A BIG DEBT IT CAN'T PAY IT,

468. AND THEN YOU OFFER TO REFINANCE THAT DEBT

469. AND PAY EVEN MORE INTEREST,

470. AND YOU DEMAND THIS QUID PRO QUO,

471. WHICH YOU CALL A CONDITIONALITY OR GOOD GOVERNANCE,

472. WHICH MEANS BASICALLY

473. THAT THEY'VE GOT TO SELL OFF THEIR RESOURCES,

474. INCLUDING MANY OF THEIR SOCIAL SERVICES,

475. THEIR UTILITY COMPANIES, THEIR SCHOOL SYSTEMS SOMETIMES,

476. THEIR PENAL SYSTEMS, THEIR INSURANCE SYSTEMS

477. TO FOREIGN CORPORATIONS.

478. SO IT'S A DOUBLE, TRIPLE, QUADRUPLE WHAMMY.

479. THE PRECEDENT FOR ECONOMIC HIT MEN

480. REALLY BEGAN BACK IN THE EARLY '50s

481. WHEN DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED MOSSADEGH,

482. WHO WAS ELECTED IN IRAN —

483. HE WAS CONSIDERED TO BE THE HOPE

484. FOR DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND AROUND THE WORLD.

485. HE WAS TIME MAGAZINE'S MAN OF THE YEAR.

486. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE'D RUN ON AND BEGAN TO IMPLEMENT

487. WAS THE IDEA THAT FOREIGN OIL COMPANIES

488. NEEDED TO PAY THE IRANIAN PEOPLE A LOT MORE FOR THE OIL

489. THAT THEY WERE TAKING OUT OF IRAN,

490. AND THE IRANIAN PEOPLE SHOULD BENEFIT FROM THEIR OWN OIL.

491. STRANGE POLICY.

492. WE DIDN'T LIKE THAT, OF COURSE,

493. BUT WE WERE AFRAID TO DO WHAT WE NORMALLY WERE DOING,

494. WHICH WAS TO SEND IN THE MILITARY.

495. INSTEAD, WE SENT IN ONE C.I.A. AGENT — KERMIT ROOSEVELT —

496. TEDDY ROOSEVELT'S RELATIVE.

497. AND KERMIT WENT IN WITH A FEW MILLION DOLLARS

498. AND WAS VERY, VERY EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT.

499. AND IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME,

500. HE MANAGED TO GET MOSSADEGH OVERTHROWN

501. AND BROUGHT IN THE SHAH OF IRAN TO REPLACE HIM,

502. WHO ALWAYS WAS FAVORABLE TO OIL.

503. AND IT WAS EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE.

504. - MOBS OVERFLOW TEHRAN.

505. ARMY OFFICERS SHOUT THAT MOSSADEGH HAS SURRENDERED

506. AND HIS REGIME AS VIRTUAL DICTATOR OF IRAN IS ENDED.

507. PICTURES OF THE SHAH PARADED THROUGH THE STREETS

508. AS SENTIMENT REVERSES.

509. THE SHAH IS WELCOMED HOME.

510. - SO, BACK HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, IN WASHINGTON,

511. PEOPLE LOOKED AROUND AND SAID, "WOW. THAT WAS EASY AND CHEAP."

512. SO THIS ESTABLISHED A WHOLE NEW WAY OF MANIPULATING COUNTRIES,

513. OF CREATING EMPIRE.

514. THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH ROOSEVELT

515. WAS THAT HE WAS A CARD-CARRYING C.I.A. AGENT,

516. AND HAD HE BEEN CAUGHT,

517. THE RAMIFICATIONS COULD HAVE BEEN PRETTY SERIOUS.

518. SO VERY QUICKLY, AT THAT POINT,

519. THE DECISION WAS MADE TO USE PRIVATE CONSULTANTS

520. TO CHANNEL THE MONEY THROUGH THE WORLD BANK OR THE I.M.F.

521. OR ONE OF THE OTHER SUCH AGENCIES,

522. TO BRING IN PEOPLE LIKE ME, WHO WORKED FOR PRIVATE COMPANIES,

523. SO THAT IF WE GOT CAUGHT,

524. THERE WOULD BE NO GOVERNMENTAL RAMIFICATIONS.

525. WHEN ARBENZ BECAME PRESIDENT OF GUATEMALA,

526. THE COUNTRY WAS VERY MUCH UNDER THE THUMBS

527. OF UNITED FRUIT COMPANY, THE BIG INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONS.

528. AND ARBENZ RAN ON THIS TICKET THAT SAID, YOU KNOW,

529. "WE WANT TO GIVE THE LAND BACK TO THE PEOPLE."

530. AND ONCE HE TOOK POWER,

531. HE WAS IMPLEMENTING POLICIES THAT WOULD DO EXACTLY THAT —

532. GIVE LAND RIGHTS BACK TO THE PEOPLE.

533. UNITED FRUIT DIDN'T LIKE THAT VERY MUCH.

534. AND SO THEY HIRED A PUBLIC-RELATIONS FIRM,

535. LAUNCHED A HUGE CAMPAIGN IN THE UNITED STATES

536. TO CONVINCE THE UNITED STATES —

537. THE PEOPLE, THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES,

538. AND THE PRESS OF THE UNITED STATES,

539. AND THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES

540. THAT ARBENZ WAS A SOVIET PUPPET

541. AND THAT IF WE ALLOWED HIM TO STAY IN POWER,

542. THE SOVIETS WOULD HAVE A FOOTHOLD IN THIS HEMISPHERE.

543. AND THAT, AT THAT POINT IN TIME,

544. WAS A HUGE FEAR ON EVERYBODY'S MIND

545. OF THE RED TERROR OR THE COMMUNIST TERROR.

546. AND SO TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT,

547. OUT OF THIS PUBLIC-RELATIONS CAMPAIGN

548. CAME A COMMITMENT ON THE PART OF THE C.I.A. AND THE MILITARY

549. TO TAKE THIS MAN OUT.

550. AND, IN FACT, WE DID.

551. WE SENT IN PLANES. WE SENT IN SOLDIERS.

552. WE SENT IN JACKALS.

553. WE SENT EVERYTHING IN TO TAKE HIM OUT AND DID TAKE HIM OUT.

554. AND AS SOON AS HE WAS REMOVED FROM OFFICE,

555. THE NEW GUY THAT TOOK OVER AFTER HIM

556. BASICALLY REINSTATED EVERYTHING

557. TO THE BIG INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONS,

558. INCLUDING UNITED FRUIT.

559. ECUADOR, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS,

560. HAD BEEN RULED BY PRO-U.S. DICTATORS —

561. OFTEN RELATIVELY BRUTAL.

562. THEN IT WAS DECIDED

563. THAT THEY WERE GONNA HAVE A TRULY DEMOCRATIC ELECTION.

564. JAIME ROLDóS RAN FOR OFFICE,

565. AND HIS MAIN GOAL, HE SAID, AS PRESIDENT

566. WOULD BE TO MAKE SURE THAT ECUADOR'S RESOURCES

567. WERE USED TO HELP THE PEOPLE.

568. AND HE WON OVERWHELMINGLY

569. BY MORE VOTES THAN ANYBODY HAD EVER WON ANYTHING IN ECUADOR.

570. AND HE BEGAN TO IMPLEMENT THESE POLICIES

571. TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROFITS FROM OIL

572. WENT TO HELP THE PEOPLE.

573. WELL, WE DIDN'T LIKE THAT IN THE UNITED STATES.

574. I WAS SENT DOWN AS ONE OF SEVERAL ECONOMIC HIT MEN

575. TO CHANGE ROLDóS, TO CORRUPT HIM,

576. TO BRING HIM AROUND,

577. TO LET HIM KNOW, YOU KNOW, "OKAY. YOU KNOW,

578. "YOU CAN GET VERY RICH — YOU AND YOUR FAMILY —

579. "IF YOU PLAY OUR GAME,

580. "BUT IF YOU CONTINUE

581. "TO TRY TO KEEP THESE POLICIES YOU'VE PROMISED,

582. YOU'RE GONNA GO."

583. HE WOULDN'T LISTEN.

584. HE WAS ASSASSINATED.

585. AS SOON AS THE PLANE CRASHED, THE WHOLE AREA WAS CORDONED OFF.

586. THE ONLY PEOPLE ALLOWED IN WERE U.S. MILITARY FROM A NEARBY BASE

587. AND SOME OF THE ECUADORIAN MILITARY.

588. WHEN AN INVESTIGATION WAS LAUNCHED,

589. TWO OF THE KEY WITNESSES DIED IN CAR ACCIDENTS

590. BEFORE THEY HAD A CHANCE TO TESTIFY.

591. A LOT OF VERY, VERY STRANGE THINGS THAT WENT ON

592. AROUND THE ASSASSINATION OF JAIME ROLDóS.

593. I, LIKE MOST PEOPLE WHO HAVE REALLY LOOKED AT THIS CASE,

594. HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT THAT IT WAS AN ASSASSINATION,

595. AND, OF COURSE, IN MY POSITION AS AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN,

596. I WAS ALWAYS EXPECTING SOMETHING TO HAPPEN TO JAIME.

597. WHETHER IT BE A COUP OR ASSASSINATION, I WASN'T SURE,

598. BUT THAT HE WOULD BE TAKEN DOWN

599. BECAUSE HE WAS NOT BEING CORRUPTED.

600. HE WOULD NOT ALLOW HIMSELF TO BE CORRUPTED

601. THE WAY WE WANTED TO CORRUPT HIM.

602. OMAR TORRIJOS, PRESIDENT OF PANAMA,

603. WAS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE.

604. I REALLY, REALLY LIKED HIM. HE WAS VERY CHARISMATIC.

605. HE WAS A GUY WHO REALLY WANTED TO HELP HIS COUNTRY.

606. WHEN I TRIED TO BRIBE HIM OR CORRUPT HIM,

607. HE SAID, "LOOK, JOHN" — HE CALLED ME "JUANITO" —

608. HE SAID, "LOOK, JUANITO, I DON'T NEED THE MONEY.

609. "WHAT I REALLY NEED IS FOR MY COUNTRY TO BE TREATED FAIRLY.

610. "I NEED FOR THE UNITED STATES

611. "TO REPAY THE DEBTS THAT YOU OWE MY PEOPLE

612. "FOR ALL THE DESTRUCTION YOU'VE DONE HERE.

613. "I NEED TO BE IN A POSITION

614. "WHERE I CAN HELP OTHER LATIN-AMERICAN COUNTRIES

615. "WIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE

616. "AND BE FREE OF THIS TERRIBLE PRESENCE FROM THE NORTH.

617. "YOU PEOPLE ARE EXPLOITING US SO BADLY.

618. "I NEED TO HAVE THE PANAMA CANAL

619. "BACK IN THE HANDS OF THE PANAMANIAN PEOPLE.

620. "THAT'S WHAT I WANT.

621. "AND SO LEAVE ME ALONE.

622. "DON'T — YOU KNOW, DON'T TRY TO —

623. DON'T TRY TO BRIBE ME."

624. IT WAS 1981,

625. AND IN MAY, JAIME ROLDóS WAS ASSASSINATED.

626. AND OMAR WAS VERY AWARE OF THIS.

627. TORRIJOS GOT HIS FAMILY TOGETHER,

628. AND HE SAID, "I'M PROBABLY NEXT, BUT IT'S OKAY

629. "BECAUSE I HAVE DONE WHAT I CAME HERE TO DO.

630. "I RENEGOTIATED THE CANAL.

631. THE CANAL WILL NOW BE IN OUR HANDS."

632. HE'D JUST FINISHED NEGOTIATING THE TREATY WITH JIMMY CARTER.

633. IN JUNE OF THAT SAME YEAR, JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER,

634. HE ALSO WENT DOWN IN AN AIRPLANE CRASH,

635. WHICH, THERE'S NO QUESTION,

636. WAS EXECUTED BY C.I.A.-SPONSORED JACKALS.

637. A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EVIDENCE

638. THAT ONE OF TORRIJOS' SECURITY GUARDS HANDED HIM,

639. AT THE LAST MOMENT AS HE WAS GETTING ON THE PLANE,

640. A TAPE RECORDER —

641. A SMALL TAPE RECORDER THAT CONTAINED A BOMB.

642. IT IS INTERESTING TO ME HOW THIS SYSTEM

643. HAS CONTINUED PRETTY MUCH THE SAME WAY

644. FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS,

645. EXCEPT THE ECONOMIC HIT MEN

646. HAVE GOTTEN BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER.

647. THEN WE COME UP WITH, VERY RECENTLY,

648. WHAT HAPPENED IN VENEZUELA.

649. IN 1998, HUGO CHAVEZ GETS ELECTED PRESIDENT

650. FOLLOWING A LONG LINE OF PRESIDENTS

651. WHO HAD BEEN VERY CORRUPT

652. AND BASICALLY DESTROYED THE ECONOMY OF THE COUNTRY.

653. AND CHAVEZ WAS ELECTED AMIDST ALL THAT.

654. CHAVEZ STOOD UP TO THE UNITED STATES,

655. AND HE'D DONE IT PRIMARILY DEMANDING THAT VENEZUELAN OIL

656. BE USED TO HELP THE VENEZUELAN PEOPLE.

657. WELL, WE DIDN'T LIKE THAT IN THE UNITED STATES.

658. SO IN 2002, A COUP WAS STAGED,

659. WHICH — THERE'S NO QUESTION IN MY MIND,

660. IN MOST OTHER PEOPLE'S MINDS,

661. THAT THE C.I.A. WAS BEHIND THAT COUP.

662. THE WAY THAT THAT COUP WAS FOMENTED WAS VERY REFLECTIVE

663. OF WHAT KERMIT ROOSEVELT HAD DONE IN IRAN —

664. OF PAYING PEOPLE TO GO OUT INTO THE STREETS TO RIOT,

665. TO PROTEST, TO SAY THIS CHAVEZ WAS VERY UNPOPULAR.

666. YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN GET A FEW THOUSAND PEOPLE TO DO THAT,

667. TELEVISION CAN MAKE IT LOOK LIKE IT'S THE WHOLE COUNTRY,

668. AND THINGS START TO MUSHROOM.

669. EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF CHAVEZ, HE WAS SMART ENOUGH,

670. AND THE PEOPLE WERE SO STRONGLY BEHIND HIM

671. THAT THEY OVERCAME IT,

672. WHICH WAS A PHENOMENAL MOMENT IN THE HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA.

673. IRAQ, ACTUALLY, IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE

674. OF THE WAY THE WHOLE SYSTEM WORKS.

675. SO, WE ECONOMIC HIT MEN ARE THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE.

676. WE GO IN, WE TRY TO CORRUPT THE GOVERNMENTS

677. AND GET THEM TO ACCEPT THESE HUGE LOANS,

678. WHICH WE THEN USE AS LEVERAGE TO BASICALLY OWN THEM.

679. IF WE FAIL, AS I FAILED IN PANAMA WITH OMAR TORRIJOS

680. AND IN ECUADOR WITH JAIME ROLDóS —

681. MEN WHO REFUSED TO BE CORRUPTED —

682. THEN THE SECOND LINE OF DEFENSE IS, WE SEND IN THE JACKALS,

683. AND THE JACKALS EITHER OVERTHROW GOVERNMENTS,

684. OR THEY ASSASSINATE.

685. AND ONCE THAT HAPPENS AND A NEW GOVERNMENT COMES IN,

686. BOY, IT'S GONNA TOE THE LINE

687. BECAUSE THE NEW PRESIDENT KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF HE DOESN'T.

688. IN THE CASE OF IRAQ, BOTH OF THOSE THINGS FAILED.

689. ECONOMIC HIT MEN WERE NOT ABLE

690. TO GET THROUGH TO SADDAM HUSSEIN.

691. WE TRIED VERY HARD.

692. WE TRIED TO GET HIM TO ACCEPT A DEAL VERY SIMILAR

693. TO WHAT THE HOUSE OF SAUD HAD ACCEPTED IN SAUDI ARABIA,

694. BUT HE WOULDN'T ACCEPT IT.

695. AND SO THE JACKALS WENT IN TO TAKE HIM OUT.

696. THEY COULDN'T DO IT. HIS SECURITY WAS VERY GOOD.

697. AFTER ALL, HE HAD ONE TIME WORKED FOR THE C.I.A.

698. HE'D BEEN HIRED TO ASSASSINATE A FORMER PRESIDENT OF IRAQ

699. AND FAILED.

700. BUT HE KNEW THE SYSTEM.

701. SO, IN '91, WE SENT IN THE TROOPS,

702. AND WE TAKE OUT THE IRAQI MILITARY.

703. SO WE ASSUME AT THAT POINT

704. THAT SADDAM HUSSEIN IS GONNA COME AROUND.

705. WE COULD HAVE TAKEN HIM OUT, OF COURSE, AT THE TIME,

706. BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO.

707. HE'S THE KIND OF STRONG MAN WE LIKE.

708. HE CONTROLS HIS PEOPLE.

709. WE THOUGHT HE COULD CONTROL THE KURDS

710. AND KEEP THE IRANIANS IN THEIR BORDER

711. AND KEEP PUMPING OIL FOR US.

712. AND THEN ONCE WE TOOK OUT HIS MILITARY,

713. NOW HE'S GONNA COME AROUND.

714. SO THE ECONOMIC HIT MEN GO BACK IN IN THE '90s WITHOUT SUCCESS.

715. IF THEY'D HAD SUCCESS, HE'D STILL BE RUNNING THE COUNTRY.

716. WE'D BE SELLING HIM ALL THE FIGHTER JETS HE WANTS

717. AND EVERYTHING ELSE HE WANTS.

718. BUT THEY COULDN'T. THEY DIDN'T HAVE SUCCESS.

719. THE JACKALS COULDN'T TAKE HIM OUT AGAIN.

720. SO WE SENT THE MILITARY IN ONCE AGAIN,

721. AND THIS TIME, WE DID THE COMPLETE JOB AND TOOK HIM OUT,

722. AND IN THE PROCESS, CREATED OURSELVES

723. SOME VERY, VERY LUCRATIVE CONSTRUCTION DEALS

724. TO RECONSTRUCT A COUNTRY THAT WE'D ESSENTIALLY DESTROYED,

725. WHICH IS A PRETTY GOOD DEAL

726. IF YOU OWN CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES — BIG ONES.

727. SO, YOU KNOW, IRAQ SHOWS THE THREE STAGES.

728. THE ECONOMIC HIT MEN FAILED THERE.

729. THE JACKALS FAILED THERE.

730. AND AS A FINAL MEASURE, THE MILITARY GOES IN.

731. AND IN THAT WAY, WE'VE REALLY CREATED AN EMPIRE.

732. BUT WE'VE DONE IT VERY, VERY SUBTLY.

733. IT'S CLANDESTINE.

734. ALL THE EMPIRES OF THE PAST WERE BUILT ON THE MILITARY,

735. AND EVERYBODY KNEW THEY WERE BUILDING THEM.

736. THE BRITISH KNEW THEY WERE BUILDING THEM,

737. THE FRENCH, THE GERMANS, THE ROMANS, THE GREEKS.

738. AND THEY WERE PROUD OF IT.

739. AND THEY ALWAYS HAD SOME EXCUSE, LIKE SPREADING CIVILIZATION,

740. SPREADING SOME RELIGION, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

741. BUT THEY KNEW THEY WERE DOING IT.

742. WE DON'T.

743. THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES

744. HAVE NO IDEA THAT WE'RE LIVING OFF THE BENEFITS

745. OF A CLANDESTINE EMPIRE,

746. THAT TODAY THERE'S MORE SLAVERY IN THE WORLD THAN EVER BEFORE.

747. AND THEN YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF,

748. "WELL, IF IT'S AN EMPIRE, THEN WHO'S THE EMPEROR?"

749. OBVIOUSLY, OUR PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES ARE NOT EMPERORS.

750. AN EMPEROR'S SOMEONE WHO'S NOT ELECTED,

751. DOESN'T SERVE A LIMITED TERM,

752. AND DOESN'T REPORT TO ANYONE, ESSENTIALLY.

753. SO YOU CAN'T CLASSIFY OUR PRESIDENTS THAT WAY.

754. BUT WE DO HAVE WHAT I CONSIDER

755. TO BE THE EQUIVALENT OF THE EMPEROR.

756. AND IT'S WHAT I CALL THE CORPORATOCRACY.

757. THE CORPORATOCRACY IS THIS GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS

758. WHO RUN OUR BIGGEST CORPORATIONS,

759. AND THEY REALLY ACT AS THE EMPEROR OF THIS EMPIRE.

760. THEY CONTROL OUR MEDIA

761. EITHER THROUGH DIRECT OWNERSHIP OR ADVERTISING.

762. THEY CONTROL MOST OF OUR POLITICIANS

763. BECAUSE THEY FINANCE THEIR CAMPAIGNS,

764. EITHER THROUGH THEIR CORPORATIONS

765. OR THROUGH PERSONAL CONTRIBUTIONS

766. THAT COME OUT OF CORPORATIONS.

767. THEY'RE NOT ELECTED, AND THEY DON'T SERVE A LIMITED TERM.

768. THEY DON'T REPORT TO ANYBODY.

769. AND AT THE VERY TOP OF THE CORPORATOCRACY,

770. YOU REALLY CAN'T TELL WHETHER THE PERSON'S

771. WORKING FOR A PRIVATE CORPORATION OR THE GOVERNMENT

772. BECAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS MOVING BACK AND FORTH.

773. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT A GUY WHO, ONE MOMENT,

774. IS THE PRESIDENT OF A BIG CONSTRUCTION COMPANY,

775. LIKE HALLIBURTON,

776. AND THE NEXT MOMENT, HE'S VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,

777. OR THE PRESIDENT WHO WAS IN THE OIL BUSINESS.

778. AND THIS IS TRUE WHETHER YOU GET DEMOCRATS OR REPUBLICANS

779. IN THE OFFICE.

780. YOU HAVE THEM MOVING BACK AND FORTH

781. THROUGH THE REVOLVING DOOR.

782. AND IN A WAY, OUR GOVERNMENT IS INVISIBLE A LOT OF THE TIME,

783. AND ITS POLICIES ARE CARRIED OUT BY OUR CORPORATIONS

784. ON ONE LEVEL OR ANOTHER.

785. AND THEN AGAIN, THE POLICIES OF THE GOVERNMENT

786. ARE BASICALLY FORGED BY THE CORPORATOCRACY

787. AND THEN PRESENTED TO THE GOVERNMENT,

788. AND THEY BECOME GOVERNMENT POLICY.

789. SO IT'S AN INCREDIBLY COZY RELATIONSHIP.

790. THIS ISN'T A CONSPIRACY-THEORY TYPE OF THING.

791. THESE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO GET TOGETHER AND PLOT TO DO THINGS.

792. THEY ALL BASICALLY WORK UNDER ONE PRIMARY ASSUMPTION,

793. AND THAT IS THAT THEY MUST MAXIMIZE PROFITS,

794. REGARDLESS OF THE SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL COST.

795. - THIS PROCESS OF MANIPULATION BY THE CORPORATOCRACY

796. THROUGH THE USE OF DEBTS, BRIBERY, AND POLITICAL OVERTHROW

797. IS CALLED GLOBALIZATION.

798. JUST AS THE FEDERAL RESERVE KEEPS THE AMERICAN PUBLIC

799. IN A POSITION OF INDENTURED SERVITUDE

800. THROUGH PERPETUAL DEBT, INFLATION, AND INTEREST,

801. THE WORLD BANK AND I.M.F. SERVE THIS ROLE ON A GLOBAL SCALE.

802. THE BASIC SCAM IS SIMPLE —

803. PUT A COUNTRY IN DEBT EITHER BY ITS OWN INDISCRETION

804. OR THROUGH CORRUPTING THE LEADER OF THAT COUNTRY,

805. THEN IMPOSE CONDITIONALITIES OR STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT POLICIES,

806. OFTEN CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING —

807. CURRENCY DEVALUATION.

808. WHEN THE VALUE OF A CURRENCY DROPS,

809. SO DOES EVERYTHING VALUED IN IT.

810. THIS MAKES INDIGENOUS RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO PREDATOR COUNTRIES

811. AT A FRACTION OF THEIR WORTH.

812. LARGE FUNDING CUTS FOR SOCIAL PROGRAMS.

813. THESE USUALLY INCLUDE EDUCATION AND HEALTHCARE,

814. COMPROMISING THE WELL-BEING AND INTEGRITY OF THE SOCIETY,

815. LEAVING THE PUBLIC VULNERABLE TO EXPLOITATION.

816. PRIVATIZATION OF STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES.

817. THIS MEANS THAT SOCIALLY IMPORTANT SYSTEMS

818. CAN BE PURCHASED AND REGULATED BY FOREIGN CORPORATIONS

819. FOR PROFIT.

820. FOR EXAMPLE, IN 1999,

821. THE WORLD BANK INSISTED THAT THE BOLIVIAN GOVERNMENT

822. SELL THE PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM OF ITS THIRD-LARGEST CITY

823. TO A SUBSIDY OF THE U.S. CORPORATION BECHTEL.

824. AS SOON AS THIS OCCURRED, WATER BILLS

825. FOR THE ALREADY-IMPOVERISHED LOCAL RESIDENTS SKYROCKETED.

826. IT WASN'T UNTIL AFTER A FULL-BLOWN REVOLT BY THE PEOPLE

827. THAT THE BECHTEL CONTRACT WAS NULLIFIED.

828. THEN THERE'S TRADE LIBERALIZATION,

829. OR THE OPENING UP OF THE ECONOMY

830. THROUGH REMOVING ANY RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN TRADE.

831. THIS ALLOWS FOR A NUMBER OF ABUSIVE ECONOMIC MANIFESTATIONS,

832. SUCH AS TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS

833. BRINGING IN THEIR OWN MASS-PRODUCED PRODUCTS,

834. UNDERCUTTING THE INDIGENOUS PRODUCTION

835. AND RUINING LOCAL ECONOMIES.

836. AN EXAMPLE IS JAMAICA,

837. WHICH, AFTER ACCEPTING LOANS AND CONDITIONALITIES

838. FROM THE WORLD BANK,

839. LOST ITS LARGEST CASH-CROP MARKETS

840. DUE TO COMPETITION WITH WESTERN IMPORTS.

841. TODAY, COUNTLESS FARMERS ARE OUT OF WORK,

842. FOR THEY ARE UNABLE TO COMPETE WITH THE LARGE CORPORATIONS.

843. ANOTHER VARIATION IS THE CREATION

844. OF NUMEROUS SEEMINGLY UNNOTICED, UNREGULATED,

845. INHUMANE SWEATSHOP FACTORIES,

846. WHICH TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE IMPOSED ECONOMIC HARDSHIP.

847. ADDITIONALLY, DUE TO PRODUCTION DEREGULATION,

848. ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION IS PERPETUAL,

849. AS A COUNTRY'S RESOURCES ARE OFTEN EXPLOITED

850. BY THE INDIFFERENT CORPORATIONS

851. WHILE OUTPUTTING LARGE AMOUNTS OF DELIBERATE POLLUTION.

852. - THE LARGEST ENVIRONMENTAL LAWSUIT

853. IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD TODAY

854. IS BEING BROUGHT ON BEHALF

855. OF 30,000 ECUADORIAN AND AMAZONIAN PEOPLE AGAINST TEXACO,

856. WHICH IS NOW OWNED BY CHEVRON — SO IT'S AGAINST CHEVRON —

857. BUT FOR ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY TEXACO.

858. THEY ESTIMATE IT TO BE MORE THAN 18 TIMES WHAT THE EXXON VALDEZ

859. DUMPED INTO THE COAST OF ALASKA.

860. IN THE CASE OF ECUADOR, IT WASN'T AN ACCIDENT.

861. THE OIL COMPANIES DID IT INTENTIONALLY.

862. THEY KNEW THEY WERE DOING IT TO SAVE MONEY OUT THERE,

863. RATHER THAN ARRANGING FOR A PROPER DISPOSAL.

864. - FURTHERMORE, A CURSORY GLANCE

865. AT THE PERFORMANCE RECORD OF THE WORLD BANK

866. REVEALS THAT THE INSTITUTION, WHICH PUBLICLY CLAIMS

867. TO HELP POOR COUNTRIES DEVELOP AND ALLEVIATE POVERTY,

868. HAS DONE NOTHING BUT INCREASE POVERTY AND THE WEALTH GAP

869. WHILE CORPORATE PROFITS SOAR.

870. IN 1960, THE INCOME GAP

871. BETWEEN THE 1/5 OF THE WORLD'S PEOPLE IN THE RICHEST COUNTRIES

872. VERSUS THE 1/5 IN THE POOREST COUNTRIES WAS 30 TO 1.

873. BY 1998, IT WAS 74 TO 1.

874. WHILE GLOBAL GNP ROSE 40% BETWEEN 1970 AND 1985,

875. THOSE IN POVERTY ACTUALLY INCREASED BY 17%.

876. WHILE FROM 1985 TO 2000,

877. THOSE LIVING ON LESS THAN ONE DOLLAR A DAY INCREASED BY 18%.

878. EVEN THE JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE OF THE U.S. CONGRESS

879. ADMITTED THAT THERE IS A MERE 40% SUCCESS RATE

880. OF ALL WORLD BANK PROJECTS.

881. IN THE LATE 1960s,

882. THE WORLD BANK INTERVENED IN ECUADOR WITH LARGE LOANS.

883. DURING THE NEXT 30 YEARS, POVERTY GREW FROM 50% TO 70%.

884. UNDER- OR UNEMPLOYMENT GREW FROM 15% TO 70%.

885. PUBLIC DEBT INCREASED FROM $240 MILLION TO $16 BILLION,

886. WHILE THE SHARE OF RESOURCES ALLOCATED TO THE POOR

887. WENT FROM 20% TO 6%.

888. IN FACT, BY THE YEAR 2000, 50% OF ECUADOR'S NATIONAL BUDGET

889. HAD TO BE ALLOCATED FOR PAYING ITS DEBTS.

890. IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD BANK

891. IS, IN FACT, A U.S. BANK SUPPORTING U.S. INTERESTS,

892. FOR THE UNITED STATES HOLDS VETO POWER OVER DECISIONS,

893. AS IT IS THE LARGEST PROVIDER OF CAPITAL.

894. AND WHERE DID IT GET THIS MONEY?

895. YOU GUESSED IT.

896. IT MADE IT OUT OF THIN AIR

897. THROUGH THE FRACTIONAL RESERVE BANKING SYSTEM.

898. OF THE WORLD'S TOP 100 ECONOMIES,

899. AS BASED ON ANNUAL GDP,

900. 51 ARE CORPORATIONS,

901. AND 47 OF THAT 51 ARE U.S.-BASED.

902. WALMART, GENERAL MOTORS, AND EXXON

903. ARE MORE ECONOMICALLY POWERFUL

904. THAN SAUDI ARABIA, POLAND, NORWAY, SOUTH AFRICA,

905. FINLAND, INDONESIA, AND MANY OTHERS.

906. AND AS PROTECTIVE TRADE BARRIERS ARE BROKEN DOWN,

907. CURRENCIES TOSSED TOGETHER

908. AND MANIPULATED IN FLOATING MARKETS

909. AND STATE ECONOMIES OVERTURNED

910. IN FAVOR OF OPEN COMPETITION AND GLOBAL CAPITALISM,

911. THE EMPIRE EXPANDS.

912. - YOU GET UP ON YOUR LITTLE 21-INCH SCREEN

913. AND HOWL ABOUT AMERICA AND DEMOCRACY.

914. THERE IS NO AMERICA.

915. THERE IS NO DEMOCRACY.

916. THERE IS ONLY IBM AND I.T.T. AND AT&T

917. AND DUPONT, DOW,

918. UNION CARBIDE, AND EXXON.

919. THOSE ARE THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD TODAY.

920. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE RUSSIANS

921. TALK ABOUT IN THEIR COUNSELS OF STATE —

922. KARL MARX?

923. THEY GET OUT THEIR LINEAR-PROGRAMMING CHARTS,

924. STATISTICAL DECISION THEORIES, MIN AND MAX SOLUTIONS,

925. AND COMPUTE THE PRICE-COST PROBABILITIES

926. OF THEIR TRANSACTIONS AND INVESTMENTS, JUST LIKE WE DO.

927. WE NO LONGER LIVE

928. IN A WORLD OF NATIONS AND IDEOLOGIES, MR. BEALE.

929. THE WORLD IS A COLLEGE OF CORPORATIONS

930. INEXORABLY DETERMINED

931. BY THE IMMUTABLE BYLAWS OF BUSINESS.

932. THE WORLD IS A BUSINESS, MR. BEALE.

933. - THE WORLD IS BEING TAKEN OVER BY A HANDFUL OF BUSINESS POWERS

934. WHO DOMINATE THE NATURAL RESOURCES WE NEED TO LIVE

935. WHILE CONTROLLING THE MONEY WE NEED TO OBTAIN THESE RESOURCES.

936. THE END RESULT WILL BE WORLD MONOPOLY,

937. BASED NOT ON HUMAN LIFE, BUT FINANCIAL AND CORPORATE POWER.

938. AND AS THE INEQUALITY GROWS,

939. NATURALLY, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE BECOMING DESPERATE,

940. SO THE ESTABLISHMENT WAS FORCED TO COME UP WITH A NEW WAY

941. TO DEAL WITH ANYONE WHO CHALLENGES THE SYSTEM.

942. SO THEY GAVE BIRTH TO THE TERRORIST.

943. THE TERM "TERRORIST" IS AN EMPTY DISTINCTION

944. DESIGNED FOR ANY PERSON OR GROUP

945. WHO CHOOSES TO CHALLENGE THE ESTABLISHMENT.

946. THIS ISN'T TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE FICTIONAL AL-QAEDA,

947. WHICH WAS ACTUALLY THE NAME OF A COMPUTER DATABASE

948. OF THE U.S.-SUPPORTED MUJAHIDEEN IN THE 1980s.

949. IN 2007, THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RECEIVED $161.8 BILLION

950. FOR THE SO-CALLED GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM.

951. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM CENTER,

952. IN 2004, ROUGHLY 2,000 PEOPLE WERE KILLED INTERNATIONALLY

953. DUE TO SUPPOSED TERRORIST ACTS.

954. OF THAT NUMBER, 70 WERE AMERICAN.

955. USING THIS NUMBER AS A GENERAL AVERAGE,

956. WHICH IS EXTREMELY GENEROUS,

957. IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE

958. THAT TWICE AS MANY PEOPLE DIE FROM PEANUT ALLERGIES A YEAR

959. THAN FROM TERRORIST ACTS.

960. CONCURRENTLY, THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN AMERICA

961. IS CORONARY HEART DISEASE,

962. KILLING ROUGHLY 450,000 EACH YEAR.

963. AND IN 2007,

964. THE GOVERNMENT'S ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR RESEARCH ON THIS ISSUE

965. WAS ABOUT $3 BILLION.

966. THIS MEANS THAT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IN 2007

967. SPENT 54 TIMES THE AMOUNT FOR PREVENTING TERRORISM

968. THAN IT SPENT FOR PREVENTING A DISEASE

969. WHICH KILLS 6,600 TIMES MORE PEOPLE ANNUALLY

970. THAN TERRORISM DOES.

971. YET AS THE NAME "TERRORISM" AND "AL-QAEDA"

972. ARE ARBITRARILY STAMPED ON EVERY NEWS REPORT

973. RELATING TO ANY ACTION TAKEN AGAINST U.S. INTERESTS,

974. THE MYTH GROWS WIDER.

975. IN MID-2008, THE U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL

976. ACTUALLY PROPOSED THAT THE U.S. CONGRESS

977. OFFICIALLY DECLARE WAR AGAINST THE FANTASY.

978. NOT TO MENTION AS OF JULY 2008,

979. THERE ARE NOW OVER 1 MILLION PEOPLE

980. CURRENTLY ON THE U.S. TERRORIST WATCH LIST.

981. THESE SO-CALLED COUNTERTERRORISM MEASURES,

982. OF COURSE, HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH SOCIAL PROTECTION

983. AND EVERYTHING TO DO WITH PRESERVING THE ESTABLISHMENT

984. AMONGST THE GROWING ANTI-AMERICAN SENTIMENT

985. BOTH DOMESTICALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY,

986. WHICH IS LEGITIMATELY FOUNDED

987. ON THE GREED-BASED CORPORATE-EMPIRE EXPANSION

988. THAT IS EXPLOITING THE WORLD.

989. THE TRUE TERRORISTS OF OUR WORLD

990. DO NOT MEET AT THE DOCKS AT MIDNIGHT

991. OR SCREAM "ALLAHU AKBAR" BEFORE SOME VIOLENT ACTION.

992. THE TRUE TERRORISTS OF OUR WORLD WEAR $5,000 SUITS

993. AND WORK IN THE HIGHEST POSITIONS

994. OF FINANCE, GOVERNMENT, AND BUSINESS.

995. SO, WHAT DO WE DO?

996. HOW DO WE STOP A SYSTEM OF GREED AND CORRUPTION

997. THAT HAS SO MUCH POWER AND MOMENTUM?

998. HOW DO WE STOP THIS ABERRANT GROUP BEHAVIOR

999. WHICH FEELS NO COMPASSION FOR, SAY, THE MILLIONS

1000. SLAUGHTERED IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN

1001. SO THE CORPORATOCRACY

1002. CAN CONTROL ENERGY RESOURCES AND OPIUM PRODUCTION

1003. FOR WALL STREET PROFIT?

1004. - OH, MAN! ANOTHER ONE!

1005. - HOW DO WE STOP A SYSTEM OF GREED AND CORRUPTION

1006. THAT CONDEMNS POOR POPULATIONS TO SWEATSHOP SLAVERY

1007. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MADISON AVENUE?

1008. OR THAT ENGINEERS FALSE-FLAG TERROR ATTACKS

1009. FOR THE SAKE OF MANIPULATION?

1010. OR THAT GENERATES BUILT-IN MODES OF SOCIAL OPERATION

1011. WHICH ARE INHERENTLY EXPLOITATIVE?

1012. OR THAT SYSTEMATICALLY REDUCES CIVIL LIBERTIES

1013. AND VIOLATES HUMAN RIGHTS

1014. IN ORDER TO PROTECT ITSELF FROM ITS OWN SHORTCOMINGS?

1015. HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THE NUMEROUS COVERT INSTITUTIONS,

1016. SUCH AS THE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS,

1017. THE TRILATERAL COMMISSION, AND THE BILDERBERG GROUP

1018. AND OTHER UNDEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GROUPS,

1019. WHICH, BEHIND CLOSED DOORS,

1020. COLLUDE TO CONTROL THE POLITICAL, FINANCIAL,

1021. SOCIAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL ELEMENTS OF OUR LIVES?

1022. IN ORDER TO FIND THE ANSWER,

1023. WE MUST FIRST FIND THE TRUE UNDERLYING CAUSE,

1024. FOR THE FACT IS,

1025. THE SELFISH, CORRUPT POWER- AND PROFIT-BASED GROUPS

1026. ARE NOT THE TRUE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM.

1027. THEY ARE SYMPTOMS.

1028. - MY NAME IS JACQUE FRESCO.

1029. I'M AN INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER AND A SOCIAL ENGINEER.

1030. I'M VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN SOCIETY AND DEVELOPING A SYSTEM

1031. THAT MIGHT BE SUSTAINABLE FOR ALL PEOPLE.

1032. FIRST OF ALL, THE WORD "CORRUPTION"

1033. IS A MONETARY INVENTION — THAT ABERRANT BEHAVIOR —

1034. BEHAVIOR THAT'S DISRUPTIVE TO THE WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE.

1035. WELL, YOU'RE DEALING WITH HUMAN BEHAVIOR,

1036. AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR APPEARS TO BE ENVIRONMENTALLY DETERMINED,

1037. MEANING IF YOU WERE RAISED BY THE SEMINOLE INDIANS AS A BABY,

1038. NEVER SAW ANYTHING ELSE, YOU'D HOLD THAT VALUE SYSTEM.

1039. AND THIS GOES FOR NATIONS.

1040. IT GOES FOR INDIVIDUALS, FOR FAMILIES —

1041. THEY TRY TO INDOCTRINATE THEIR CHILDREN

1042. TO THEIR PARTICULAR FAITH AND THEIR COUNTRY

1043. AND MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE THEY'RE PART OF THAT.

1044. AND THEY BUILD A SOCIETY, WHICH THEY CALL ESTABLISHED.

1045. THEY ESTABLISH A WORKABLE POINT OF VIEW

1046. AND TEND TO PERPETUATE THAT,

1047. WHEREAS ALL SOCIETIES ARE REALLY EMERGENT, NOT ESTABLISHED.

1048. AND SO, THEY FIGHT NEW IDEAS

1049. THAT WOULD INTERFERE WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT.

1050. GOVERNMENTS TRY TO PERPETUATE THAT WHICH KEEPS THEM IN POWER.

1051. PEOPLE ARE NOT ELECTED TO POLITICAL OFFICE

1052. TO CHANGE THINGS.

1053. THEY'RE PUT THERE TO KEEP THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE.

1054. SO, YOU SEE, THE BASIS OF CORRUPTION IS IN OUR SOCIETY.

1055. LET ME MAKE IT CLEAR —

1056. ALL NATIONS, THEN, ARE BASICALLY CORRUPT

1057. BECAUSE THEY TEND TO UPHOLD EXISTING INSTITUTIONS.

1058. I DON'T MEAN TO UPHOLD OR DOWNGRADE ALL NATIONS,

1059. BUT COMMUNISM, SOCIALISM, FASCISM,

1060. THE FREE-ENTERPRISE SYSTEM, AND ALL OTHER SUBCULTURES

1061. ARE THE SAME.

1062. THEY ARE ALL BASICALLY CORRUPT.

1063. - THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTIC

1064. OF OUR SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS

1065. IS THE NECESSITY FOR SELF-PRESERVATION.

1066. WHETHER DEALING WITH A CORPORATION,

1067. A RELIGION, OR A GOVERNMENT,

1068. THE FOREMOST INTEREST IS TO PRESERVE THE INSTITUTION ITSELF.

1069. FOR INSTANCE, THE LAST THING AN OIL COMPANY WOULD EVER WANT

1070. IS THE UTILIZATION OF ENERGY THAT WAS OUTSIDE OF ITS CONTROL,

1071. FOR IT MAKES THAT COMPANY LESS RELEVANT TO SOCIETY.

1072. LIKEWISE, THE COLD WAR AND THE COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION

1073. WAS, IN REALITY, A WAY TO PRESERVE AND PERPETUATE

1074. THE ESTABLISHED ECONOMIC AND GLOBAL HEGEMONY

1075. OF THE UNITED STATES.

1076. SIMILARLY, RELIGIONS

1077. CONDITION PEOPLE TO FEEL GUILTY FOR NATURAL INCLINATIONS,

1078. EACH CLAIMING TO OFFER THE ONLY PATH

1079. TO FORGIVENESS AND SALVATION.

1080. AT THE HEART OF THIS INSTITUTIONAL SELF-PRESERVATION

1081. LIES THE MONETARY SYSTEM,

1082. FOR IT IS MONEY

1083. THAT PROVIDES THE MEANS FOR POWER AND SURVIVAL.

1084. THEREFORE, JUST AS A POOR PERSON

1085. MIGHT BE FORCED TO STEAL IN ORDER TO SURVIVE,

1086. IT IS A NATURAL INCLINATION TO DO WHATEVER IS NEEDED

1087. TO CONTINUE AN INSTITUTION'S PROFITABILITY.

1088. THIS MAKES IT INHERENTLY DIFFICULT

1089. FOR PROFIT-BASED INSTITUTIONS TO CHANGE,

1090. FOR IT PUTS IN JEOPARDY

1091. NOT ONLY THE SURVIVAL OF LARGE GROUPS OF PEOPLE,

1092. BUT ALSO THE COVETED MATERIALISTIC LIFESTYLES

1093. ASSOCIATED WITH AFFLUENCE AND POWER.

1094. THEREFORE, THE PARALYZING NECESSITY

1095. TO PRESERVE AN INSTITUTION,

1096. REGARDLESS OF ITS SOCIAL RELEVANCE,

1097. IS LARGELY ROOTED IN THE NEED FOR MONEY, OR PROFIT.

1098. - "WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?" IS THE WAY PEOPLE THINK.

1099. AND SO, IF A MAN MAKES MONEY SELLING A CERTAIN PRODUCT,

1100. NATURALLY, HE'S GONNA FIGHT THE EXISTENCE OF ANOTHER PRODUCT

1101. THAT MAY THREATEN HIS INSTITUTION.

1102. THEREFORE, PEOPLE CANNOT BE FAIR,

1103. AND PEOPLE DO NOT TRUST EACH OTHER.

1104. A GUY WILL COME OVER TO YOU AND SAY,

1105. "I GOT JUST THE HOUSE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR."

1106. HE'S A SALESMAN.

1107. WHEN A DOCTOR SAYS, "I THINK YOUR KIDNEY HAS TO COME OUT,"

1108. I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S TRYING TO PAY OFF A YACHT

1109. OR THAT MY KIDNEY HAS TO COME OUT.

1110. IT'S HARD IN A MONETARY SYSTEM TO TRUST PEOPLE.

1111. IF YOU CAME INTO MY STORE AND I SAID,

1112. "THIS LAMP THAT I'VE GOT IS PRETTY GOOD,

1113. BUT THE LAMP NEXT DOOR IS MUCH BETTER,"

1114. I WOULDN'T BE IN BUSINESS VERY LONG.

1115. IT WOULDN'T WORK.

1116. IF I WERE ETHICAL, IT WOULDN'T WORK.

1117. SO WHEN YOU SAY, "INDUSTRY CARES FOR PEOPLE," THAT'S NOT TRUE.

1118. THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO BE ETHICAL.

1119. SO YOUR SYSTEM IS NOT DESIGNED

1120. TO SERVE THE WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE.

1121. IF YOU STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT —

1122. THERE WOULD BE NO OUTSOURCING OF JOBS IF THEY CARED ABOUT PEOPLE.

1123. INDUSTRY DOES NOT CARE.

1124. THEY ONLY HIRE PEOPLE 'CAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN AUTOMATED YET.

1125. SO DON'T TALK ABOUT DECENCY AND ETHICS.

1126. WE CANNOT AFFORD IT AND REMAIN IN BUSINESS.

1127. - IT IS IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT

1128. THAT REGARDLESS OF THE SOCIAL SYSTEM,

1129. WHETHER FASCIST, SOCIALIST, CAPITALIST, OR COMMUNIST,

1130. THE UNDERLYING MECHANISM

1131. IS STILL MONEY, LABOR, AND COMPETITION.

1132. COMMUNIST CHINA

1133. IS NO LESS CAPITALISTIC THAN THE UNITED STATES.

1134. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE

1135. IS THE DEGREE BY WHICH THE STATE INTERVENES IN ENTERPRISE.

1136. THE REALITY IS THAT MONETARY-ISM, SO TO SPEAK,

1137. IS THE TRUE MECHANISM THAT GUIDES THE INTERESTS

1138. OF ALL THE COUNTRIES ON THE PLANET.

1139. THE MOST AGGRESSIVE AND, HENCE, DOMINANT VARIATION

1140. OF THIS MONETARY-ISM IS THE FREE-ENTERPRISE SYSTEM.

1141. THE FUNDAMENTAL PERSPECTIVE AS PUT FORTH

1142. BY EARLY FREE-MARKET ECONOMISTS LIKE ADAM SMITH

1143. IS THAT SELF-INTEREST IN COMPETITION

1144. LEADS TO SOCIAL PROSPERITY,

1145. AS THE ACT OF COMPETITION CREATES INCENTIVE,

1146. WHICH MOTIVATES PEOPLE TO PERSEVERE.

1147. HOWEVER, WHAT ISN'T TALKED ABOUT

1148. IS HOW A COMPETITION-BASED ECONOMY

1149. INVARIABLY LEADS TO STRATEGIC CORRUPTION...

1150. POWER AND WEALTH CONSOLIDATION...

1151. SOCIAL STRATIFICATION...

1152. TECHNOLOGICAL PARALYSIS...

1153. LABOR ABUSE...

1154. AND ULTIMATELY A COVERT FORM OF GOVERNMENT DICTATORSHIP

1155. BY THE RICH ELITE.

1156. THE WORD "CORRUPTION" IS OFTEN DEFINED AS "MORAL PERVERSION."

1157. IF A COMPANY DUMPS TOXIC WASTE INTO THE OCEAN TO SAVE MONEY,

1158. MOST PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THIS AS CORRUPT BEHAVIOR.

1159. ON A MORE SUBTLE LEVEL,

1160. WHEN WALMART MOVES INTO A SMALL TOWN

1161. AND FORCES SMALL BUSINESSES TO SHUT DOWN,

1162. FOR THEY ARE UNABLE TO COMPETE, A GRAY AREA EMERGES.

1163. FOR WHAT EXACTLY IS WALMART DOING WRONG?

1164. WHY SHOULD THEY CARE

1165. ABOUT MOM-AND-POP ORGANIZATIONS THEY DESTROY?

1166. YET EVEN MORE SUBTLY, WHEN A PERSON GETS FIRED FROM THEIR JOB

1167. BECAUSE A NEW MACHINE

1168. HAS BEEN CREATED WHICH CAN DO THE WORK FOR LESS MONEY,

1169. PEOPLE TEND TO JUST ACCEPT THAT AS THE WAY IT IS,

1170. NOT SEEING THE INHERENT CORRUPT INHUMANITY OF SUCH AN ACTION.

1171. BECAUSE THE FACT IS, WHETHER IT IS DUMPING TOXIC WASTE,

1172. HAVING A MONOPOLY ENTERPRISE,

1173. OR DOWNSIZING THE WORKFORCE,

1174. THE MOTIVE IS THE SAME — PROFIT.

1175. THEY ARE ALL DIFFERENT DEGREES

1176. OF THE SAME SELF-PRESERVING MECHANISM

1177. WHICH ALWAYS PUTS THE WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE

1178. SECOND TO MONETARY GAIN.

1179. THEREFORE, CORRUPTION IS NOT SOME BY-PRODUCT OF MONETARY-ISM.

1180. IT IS THE VERY FOUNDATION.

1181. AND WHILE MOST PEOPLE

1182. ACKNOWLEDGE THIS TENDENCY ON ONE LEVEL OR ANOTHER,

1183. THE MAJORITY REMAINS NAIVE AS TO THE BROAD RAMIFICATIONS

1184. OF HAVING SUCH A SELFISH MECHANISM

1185. AS THE GUIDING MENTALITY IN SOCIETY.

1186. - INTERNAL DOCUMENTS SHOW THAT AFTER THIS COMPANY

1187. POSITIVELY, ABSOLUTELY KNEW THAT THEY HAD A MEDICATION

1188. THAT WAS INFECTED WITH THE AIDS VIRUS,

1189. THEY TOOK THE PRODUCT OFF THE MARKET IN THE U.S.,

1190. AND THEN THEY DUMPED IT

1191. IN FRANCE, EUROPE, ASIA, AND LATIN AMERICA.

1192. THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ALLOWED IT TO HAPPEN.

1193. THE FDA ALLOWED THIS TO HAPPEN.

1194. AND NOW THE GOVERNMENT

1195. IS COMPLETELY LOOKING THE OTHER WAY.

1196. THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT HEMOPHILIACS

1197. HAVE DIED FROM THE AIDS VIRUS.

1198. THIS COMPANY KNEW ABSOLUTELY THAT IT WAS INFECTED WITH AIDS.

1199. THEY DUMPED IT

1200. BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO TURN THIS DISASTER INTO A PROFIT.

1201. - SO, YOU SEE, YOU HAVE BUILT-IN CORRUPTION.

1202. WE'RE ALL CHISELING OFF EACH OTHER,

1203. AND YOU CAN'T EXPECT DECENCY IN THAT SORT OF THING.

1204. AND FEELING THAT, THEY DON'T KNOW WHO TO ELECT.

1205. THEY THINK IN TERMS OF A DEMOCRACY,

1206. WHICH IS NOT POSSIBLE IN A MONETARY-BASED ECONOMY.

1207. IF YOU HAVE MORE MONEY TO ADVERTISE YOUR POSITION —

1208. THE POSITION YOU DESIRE IN GOVERNMENT —

1209. THAT ISN'T A DEMOCRACY.

1210. IT SERVES THOSE IN POSITIONS OF DIFFERENTIAL ADVANTAGE.

1211. SO IT'S ALWAYS A DICTATORSHIP OF THE ELITISTS,

1212. THE FINANCIALLY WEALTHY.

1213. - IT IS AN INTERESTING OBSERVATION

1214. TO NOTE HOW SEEMINGLY UNKNOWN PERSONALITIES

1215. MAGICALLY APPEAR ON THE SCENE AS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.

1216. THEN, BEFORE YOU KNOW IT,

1217. SOMEHOW YOU'RE LEFT TO CHOOSE FROM A SMALL GROUP

1218. OF EXTREMELY WEALTHY PEOPLE

1219. WHO SUSPICIOUSLY HAVE THE SAME BROAD SOCIAL VIEW.

1220. OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A JOKE.

1221. THE PEOPLE PLACED ON THE BALLOT ARE DONE SO

1222. BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN PREDECIDED TO BE ACCEPTABLE

1223. BY THE ESTABLISHED FINANCIAL POWERS

1224. WHO ACTUALLY RUN THE SHOW.

1225. YET MANY WHO UNDERSTAND THIS ILLUSION OF DEMOCRACY

1226. OFTEN THINK, "IF ONLY WE COULD JUST GET

1227. "OUR HONEST, ETHICAL POLITICIANS IN POWER,

1228. THEN WE WOULD BE OKAY."

1229. WELL, WHILE THIS IDEA, OF COURSE,

1230. SEEMS REASONABLE IN OUR ESTABLISHED ORIENTED WORLD VIEW,

1231. IT IS, UNFORTUNATELY, ANOTHER FALLACY,

1232. FOR WHEN IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO WHAT IS ACTUALLY IMPORTANT,

1233. THE INSTITUTION OF POLITICS AND, THUS, POLITICIANS THEMSELVES,

1234. HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO TRUE RELEVANCE

1235. AS TO WHAT MAKES OUR WORLD AND SOCIETY FUNCTION.

1236. - IT'S NOT POLITICIANS THAT CAN SOLVE PROBLEMS.

1237. THEY HAVE NO TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES.

1238. THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO SOLVE PROBLEMS.

1239. EVEN IF THE WERE SINCERE,

1240. THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO SOLVE PROBLEMS.

1241. IT'S THE TECHNICIANS

1242. THAT PRODUCE THE DESALINIZATION PLANTS.

1243. IT'S THE TECHNICIANS THAT GIVE YOU ELECTRICITY,

1244. THAT GIVE YOU MOTOR VEHICLES,

1245. THAT HEAT YOUR HOUSE AND COOL IT IN THE SUMMERTIME.

1246. IT'S TECHNOLOGY THAT SOLVES PROBLEMS, NOT POLITICS.

1247. POLITICS CANNOT SOLVE PROBLEMS

1248. 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT TRAINED TO DO SO.

1249. - VERY FEW PEOPLE TODAY STOP AND CONSIDER WHAT IT IS

1250. THAT ACTUALLY IMPROVES THEIR LIVES.

1251. IS IT MONEY?

1252. OBVIOUSLY NOT.

1253. ONE CANNOT EAT MONEY

1254. OR STUFF MONEY INTO THEIR CAR TO GET IT TO RUN.

1255. IS IT POLITICS?

1256. ALL POLITICIANS CAN DO

1257. IS CREATE LAWS, ESTABLISH BUDGETS, AND DECLARE WAR.

1258. IS IT RELIGION? OF COURSE NOT.

1259. RELIGION CREATES NOTHING EXCEPT INTANGIBLE EMOTIONAL SOLACE

1260. FOR THOSE WHO REQUIRE IT.

1261. THE TRUE GIFT THAT WE AS HUMAN BEINGS HAVE

1262. WHICH HAS BEEN SOLELY RESPONSIBLE

1263. FOR EVERYTHING THAT HAS IMPROVED OUR LIVES IS TECHNOLOGY.

1264. WHAT IS TECHNOLOGY?

1265. TECHNOLOGY IS A PENCIL WHICH ALLOWS ONE

1266. TO SOLIDIFY IDEAS ON PAPER FOR COMMUNICATION.

1267. TECHNOLOGY IS AN AUTOMOBILE

1268. WHICH ALLOWS ONE TO TRAVEL FASTER THAN FEET WOULD ALLOW.

1269. TECHNOLOGY IS A PAIR OF EYEGLASSES WHICH ENABLES SIGHT

1270. FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT.

1271. APPLIED TECHNOLOGY ITSELF

1272. IS MERELY AN EXTENSION OF HUMAN ATTRIBUTES

1273. WHICH REDUCES HUMAN EFFORT,

1274. FREEING HUMANS FROM A PARTICULAR CHORE OR PROBLEM.

1275. IMAGINE WHAT YOUR LIFE WOULD BE LIKE TODAY WITHOUT A TELEPHONE

1276. OR AN OVEN OR A COMPUTER OR AN AIRPLANE.

1277. EVERYTHING IN YOUR HOME WHICH YOU TAKE FOR GRANTED,

1278. FROM A DOORBELL TO A TABLE TO A DISHWASHER,

1279. IS TECHNOLOGY GENERATED FROM THE CREATIVE SCIENTIFIC INGENUITY

1280. OF HUMAN TECHNICIANS...

1281. NOT MONEY, POLITICS, OR RELIGION.

1282. THESE ARE FALSE INSTITUTIONS.

1283. - AND WRITING YOUR CONGRESSMAN IS FANTASTIC.

1284. THEY TELL YOU TO WRITE YOUR CONGRESSMAN

1285. IF YOU WANT SOMETHING DONE.

1286. THE MEN IN WASHINGTON SHOULD BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF TECHNOLOGY,

1287. THE FOREFRONT OF HUMAN STUDY, THE FOREFRONT OF CRIME —

1288. ALL THE FACTORS THAT SHAPE HUMAN BEHAVIOR.

1289. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WRITE YOUR CONGRESSMAN.

1290. WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE ARE THEY

1291. THAT ARE APPOINTED TO DO THAT JOB?

1292. THE FUTURE WILL HAVE GREAT DIFFICULTY.

1293. AND THE QUESTION THAT'S RAISED BY POLITICIANS IS,

1294. "HOW MUCH WILL THE PROJECT COST?"

1295. THE QUESTION IS NOT, "HOW MUCH WILL IT COST?"

1296. "DO WE HAVE THE RESOURCES?"

1297. AND WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TODAY TO HOUSE EVERYONE,

1298. BUILD HOSPITALS ALL OVER THE WORLD,

1299. BUILD SCHOOLS ALL OVER THE WORLD,

1300. THE FINEST EQUIPMENT IN LABS

1301. FOR TEACHING AND DOING MEDICAL RESEARCH.

1302. SO, YOU SEE, WE HAVE ALL THAT, BUT WE'RE IN A MONETARY SYSTEM.

1303. AND IN A MONETARY SYSTEM, THERE'S PROFIT.

1304. - AND WHAT IS THE FUNDAMENTAL MECHANISM

1305. THAT DRIVES THE PROFIT SYSTEM, BESIDES SELF-INTEREST?

1306. WHAT IS IT EXACTLY

1307. THAT MAINTAINS THAT COMPETITIVE EDGE AT ITS CORE?

1308. IS IT HIGH EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY?

1309. NO. THAT ISN'T PART OF THEIR DESIGN.

1310. NOTHING PRODUCED IN OUR PROFIT-BASED SOCIETY

1311. IS EVEN REMOTELY SUSTAINABLE OR EFFICIENT.

1312. IF IT WAS, THERE WOULDN'T BE

1313. A MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR-A-YEAR SERVICE INDUSTRY

1314. FOR AUTOMOBILES.

1315. NOR WOULD THE AVERAGE LIFE-SPAN FOR MOST ELECTRONICS

1316. BE LESS THAN THREE MONTHS BEFORE THEY'RE OBSOLETE.

1317. IS IT ABUNDANCE?

1318. ABSOLUTELY NOT.

1319. ABUNDANCE, AS BASED ON THE LAWS OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND,

1320. IS ACTUALLY A NEGATIVE THING.

1321. IF A DIAMOND COMPANY

1322. FINDS 10 TIMES THE USUAL AMOUNT OF DIAMONDS DURING THEIR MINING,

1323. IT MEANS THE SUPPLY OF DIAMONDS HAS INCREASED,

1324. WHICH MEANS THE COST AND PROFIT PER DIAMOND DROPS.

1325. THE FACT IS, EFFICIENCY, SUSTAINABILITY, AND ABUNDANCE

1326. ARE ENEMIES OF PROFIT.

1327. TO PUT IT INTO A WORD,

1328. IT IS THE MECHANISM OF SCARCITY THAT INCREASES PROFITS.

1329. - WHAT IS SCARCITY?

1330. BASED ON KEEPING PRODUCTS VALUABLE.

1331. SLOWING UP PRODUCTION ON OIL RAISES THE PRICE.

1332. MAINTAINING SCARCITY OF DIAMONDS KEEPS THE PRICE HIGH.

1333. THEY BURN DIAMONDS AT THE KIMBERLEY DIAMOND MINES.

1334. THEY'RE MADE OF CARBON.

1335. THAT KEEPS THE PRICE UP.

1336. - SO, THEN, WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR SOCIETY

1337. WHEN SCARCITY,

1338. EITHER PRODUCED NATURALLY OR THROUGH MANIPULATION,

1339. IS A BENEFICIAL CONDITION FOR INDUSTRY?

1340. IT MEANS THAT SUSTAINABILITY AND ABUNDANCE

1341. WILL NEVER, EVER OCCUR IN A PROFIT SYSTEM,

1342. FOR IT SIMPLY GOES AGAINST THE VERY NATURE OF THE STRUCTURE.

1343. THEREFORE, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE

1344. TO HAVE A WORLD WITHOUT WAR OR POVERTY.

1345. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTINUALLY ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY

1346. TO ITS MOST EFFICIENT AND PRODUCTIVE STATES.

1347. AND MOST DRAMATICALLY,

1348. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO EXPECT HUMAN BEINGS

1349. TO BEHAVE IN TRULY ETHICAL OR DECENT WAYS.

1350. - PEOPLE USE THE WORD "INSTINCT"

1351. BECAUSE THEY CAN'T ACCOUNT FOR THE BEHAVIOR.

1352. THEY SIT BACK, AND THEY EVALUATE

1353. WITH THEIR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE, YOU KNOW,

1354. AND THEY SAY THINGS LIKE, "HUMANS ARE BUILT A CERTAIN WAY.

1355. GREED IS A NATURAL THING,"

1356. AS THOUGH THEY'VE WORKED FOR YEARS ON IT.

1357. AND IT'S NO MORE NATURAL THAN WEARING CLOTHING.

1358. - WHAT WE WANT TO DO

1359. IS TO ELIMINATE THE CAUSES OF THE PROBLEMS,

1360. ELIMINATE THE PROCESSES

1361. THAT PRODUCE GREED AND BIGOTRY AND PREJUDICE

1362. AND PEOPLE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ONE ANOTHER AND ELITISM,

1363. ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR PRISONS AND WELFARE.

1364. WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD THESE PROBLEMS

1365. 'CAUSE WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED WITHIN SCARCITY

1366. AND BARTER AND MONETARY SYSTEMS THAT PRODUCE SCARCITY.

1367. - IF YOU ERADICATE THE CONDITIONS

1368. THAT GENERATE WHAT YOU CALL SOCIALLY OFFENSIVE BEHAVIOR,

1369. IT DOES NOT EXIST.

1370. A GUY SAYS, "WELL, ISN'T THAT INBORN?"

1371. NO, IT'S NOT.

1372. - THERE IS NO HUMAN NATURE.

1373. THERE'S HUMAN BEHAVIOR.

1374. AND THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN CHANGED THROUGHOUT HISTORY.

1375. YOU'RE NOT BORN WITH BIGOTRY AND GREED AND CORRUPTION AND HATRED.

1376. YOU PICK THAT UP WITHIN A SOCIETY.

1377. - WAR, POVERTY, CORRUPTION,

1378. HUNGER, MISERY, HUMAN SUFFERING

1379. WILL NOT CHANGE IN A MONETARY SYSTEM.

1380. THAT IS, THERE WILL BE VERY LITTLE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.

1381. IT'S GOING TO TAKE THE REDESIGN OF OUR CULTURE, OUR VALUES.

1382. AND IT HAS TO BE RELATED TO THE CARRYING CAPACITY OF THE EARTH,

1383. NOT SOME HUMAN OPINION

1384. OR SOME POLITICIAN'S NOTIONS OF THE WAY THE WORLD OUGHT TO BE

1385. OR SOME RELIGIOUS NOTIONS OF THE CONDUCT OF HUMAN AFFAIRS.

1386. AND THAT'S WHAT THE VENUS PROJECT IS ABOUT.

1387. THE SOCIETY THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT

1388. IS A SOCIETY THAT IS FREE OF ALL THE OLD SUPERSTITIONS,

1389. INCARCERATION, PRISONS, POLICE, CRUELTY, AND LAW.

1390. ALL LAWS WILL DISAPPEAR.

1391. AND THE PROFESSIONS WILL DISAPPEAR

1392. THAT ARE NO LONGER VALID,

1393. SUCH AS STOCKBROKERS, BANKERS, ADVERTISING —

1394. GONE FOREVER BECAUSE IT'S NO LONGER RELEVANT.

1395. - WHEN WE UNDERSTAND

1396. THAT IT IS TECHNOLOGY DEVISED BY HUMAN INGENUITY,

1397. WHICH FREES HUMANITY AND INCREASES OUR QUALITY OF LIFE,

1398. WE THEN REALIZE THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT FOCUS WE CAN HAVE

1399. IS ON THE INTELLIGENT MANAGEMENT OF THE EARTH'S RESOURCES,

1400. FOR IT IS FROM THESE NATURAL RESOURCES WE GAIN THE MATERIALS

1401. TO CONTINUE OUR PATH OF PROSPERITY.

1402. UNDERSTANDING THIS, WE THEN SEE THAT MONEY FUNDAMENTALLY EXISTS

1403. AS A BARRIER TO THESE RESOURCES,

1404. FOR VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING HAS A FINANCIAL COST.

1405. AND WHY DO WE NEED MONEY TO OBTAIN THESE RESOURCES?

1406. BECAUSE OF REAL OR ASSUMED SCARCITY.

1407. WE DON'T USUALLY PAY FOR AIR AND TAP WATER

1408. BECAUSE IT IS IN SUCH HIGH ABUNDANCE,

1409. SELLING IT WOULD BE POINTLESS.

1410. SO, THEN, LOGICALLY SPEAKING,

1411. IF RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGIES

1412. APPLICABLE TO CREATING EVERYTHING IN OUR SOCIETIES,

1413. SUCH AS HOUSES, CITIES, AND TRANSPORTATION,

1414. WERE IN HIGH ENOUGH ABUNDANCE,

1415. THERE WOULD BE NO REASON TO SELL ANYTHING.

1416. LIKEWISE, IF AUTOMATION AND MACHINERY

1417. WERE SO TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED

1418. AS TO RELIEVE HUMAN BEINGS OF LABOR,

1419. THERE WOULD BE NO REASON TO HAVE A JOB.

1420. AND WITH THESE SOCIAL ASPECTS TAKEN CARE OF,

1421. THERE WOULD BE NO REASON TO HAVE MONEY AT ALL.

1422. SO THE ULTIMATE QUESTION REMAINS —

1423. DO WE ON EARTH

1424. HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING

1425. TO CREATE A SOCIETY OF SUCH ABUNDANCE

1426. THAT EVERYTHING WE HAVE NOW

1427. COULD BE AVAILABLE WITHOUT A PRICE TAG

1428. AND WITHOUT THE NEED FOR SUBMISSION THROUGH EMPLOYMENT?

1429. YES. WE DO.

1430. WE HAVE THE RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY

1431. TO ENABLE THIS AT A MINIMUM,

1432. ALONG WITH THE ABILITY TO RAISE THE STANDARD OF LIVING SO HIGH

1433. THAT PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE

1434. WILL LOOK BACK AT OUR CIVILIZATION NOW

1435. AND GAWK AT HOW PRIMITIVE AND IMMATURE OUR SOCIETY WAS.

1436. - WHAT THE VENUS PROJECT PROPOSES IS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT SYSTEM

1437. THAT'S UPDATED TO PRESENT-DAY KNOWLEDGE.

1438. - WE'VE NEVER GIVEN SCIENTISTS THE PROBLEM OF,

1439. "HOW DO YOU DESIGN A SOCIETY

1440. "WHICH WOULD ELIMINATE BORING AND MONOTONOUS JOBS,

1441. "THAT WOULD ELIMINATE ACCIDENTS IN TRANSPORTATION,

1442. "THAT WOULD ENABLE PEOPLE TO HAVE A HIGH STANDARD OF LIVING,

1443. "THAT WOULD ELIMINATE POISONS IN OUR FOOD,

1444. "THAT WOULD GIVE US OTHER SOURCES OF ENERGY

1445. THAT ARE CLEAN AND EFFICIENT?"

1446. WE CAN DO THAT OUT THERE.

1447. THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE

1448. BETWEEN A RESOURCE-BASED ECONOMY AND A MONETARY SYSTEM

1449. IS THAT A RESOURCE-BASED ECONOMY

1450. IS REALLY CONCERNED WITH PEOPLE AND THEIR WELL-BEING,

1451. WHERE A MONETARY SYSTEM HAS BECOME SO DISTORTED

1452. THAT THE CONCERNS OF THE PEOPLE ARE REALLY SECONDARY,

1453. IF THEY'RE THERE AT ALL.

1454. THE PRODUCTS THAT ARE TURNED OUT

1455. ARE FOR HOW MUCH MONEY YOU CAN GET.

1456. IF THERE IS A PROBLEM IN SOCIETY

1457. AND YOU CAN'T EARN MONEY FROM SOLVING THAT PROBLEM,

1458. THEN IT WON'T BE DONE.

1459. THE RESOURCE-BASED ECONOMY

1460. IS REALLY NOT CLOSE TO ANYTHING THAT'S BEEN TRIED.

1461. AND WITH ALL OUR TECHNOLOGY TODAY, WE CAN CREATE ABUNDANCE.

1462. IT COULD BE USED TO IMPROVE EVERYONE'S LIFESTYLE.

1463. ABUNDANCE ALL OVER THE WORLD

1464. IF WE USE OUR TECHNOLOGY WISELY AND MAINTAIN THE ENVIRONMENT.

1465. - IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT SYSTEM, AND IT'S VERY HARD TO TALK ABOUT

1466. BECAUSE THE PUBLIC IS NOT THAT WELL ENOUGH INFORMED

1467. AS TO THE STATE OF TECHNOLOGY.

1468. AT PRESENT, WE DON'T HAVE TO BURN FOSSIL FUELS.

1469. WE DON'T HAVE TO USE ANYTHING

1470. THAT WOULD CONTAMINATE THE ENVIRONMENT.

1471. THERE ARE MANY SOURCES OF ENERGY AVAILABLE.

1472. - ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOLUTIONS PUSHED BY THE ESTABLISHMENT,

1473. SUCH AS HYDROGEN, BIOMASS, AND EVEN NUCLEAR,

1474. ARE HIGHLY INSUFFICIENT, DANGEROUS,

1475. AND EXIST ONLY TO PERPETUATE THE PROFIT STRUCTURE

1476. THAT INDUSTRY HAS CREATED.

1477. WHEN WE LOOK BEYOND THE PROPAGANDA

1478. AND SELF-SERVING SOLUTIONS PUT FORTH BY THE ENERGY COMPANIES,

1479. WE FIND A SEEMINGLY ENDLESS STREAM

1480. OF CLEAN, ABUNDANT, AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

1481. FOR GENERATING POWER.

1482. SOLAR AND WIND ENERGY ARE WELL-KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC,

1483. BUT THE TRUE POTENTIAL OF THESE MEDIUMS REMAINS UNEXPRESSED.

1484. SOLAR ENERGY DERIVED FROM THE SUN HAS SUCH ABUNDANCE

1485. THAT ONE HOUR OF LIGHT AT HIGH NOON

1486. CONTAINS MORE ENERGY

1487. THAN WHAT THE ENTIRE WORLD CONSUMES IN A YEAR.

1488. IF WE COULD CAPTURE 1/100 OF A PERCENT OF THIS ENERGY,

1489. THE WORLD WOULD NEVER HAVE TO USE OIL, GAS, OR ANYTHING ELSE.

1490. THE QUESTION, THEN, IS NOT AVAILABILITY,

1491. BUT THE TECHNOLOGY TO HARNESS IT.

1492. AND THERE ARE MANY ADVANCED MEDIUMS TODAY

1493. WHICH COULD ACCOMPLISH JUST THAT, IF THEY WERE NOT HINDERED

1494. BY THE NEED TO COMPETE FOR MARKET SHARE

1495. WITH THE ESTABLISHED ENERGY POWER STRUCTURES.

1496. THEN THERE'S WIND ENERGY.

1497. WIND ENERGY HAS LONG BEEN DENOUNCED AS WEAK,

1498. AND DUE TO BEING LOCATION-DRIVEN, IMPRACTICAL.

1499. THIS IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE.

1500. THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ADMITTED IN 2007

1501. THAT IF WIND WAS FULLY HARVESTED

1502. IN JUST THREE OF AMERICA'S 50 STATES,

1503. IT COULD POWER THE ENTIRE NATION.

1504. AND THEN THERE ARE THE RATHER UNKNOWN MEDIUMS

1505. OF TIDAL AND WAVE POWER.

1506. TIDAL POWER IS DERIVED FROM TIDAL SHIFTS IN THE OCEAN.

1507. INSTALLING TURBINES WHICH CAPTURE THIS MOVEMENT

1508. GENERATES ENERGY.

1509. IN THE UNITED KINGDOM,

1510. 42 SITES ARE CURRENTLY NOTED AS AVAILABLE,

1511. FORECASTING THAT 34% OF ALL THE U.K.'s ENERGY

1512. COULD COME FROM TIDAL POWER ALONE.

1513. WAVE POWER,

1514. WHICH EXTRACTS ENERGY FROM THE SURFACE MOTIONS OF THE OCEAN,

1515. IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE A GLOBAL POTENTIAL

1516. OF UP TO 80,000 TERAWATT HOURS A YEAR.

1517. THIS MEANS 50% OF THE ENTIRE PLANET'S ENERGY USAGE

1518. COULD BE PRODUCED FROM THIS MEDIUM ALONE.

1519. NOW, IT IS IMPORTANT

1520. TO POINT OUT THAT TIDAL, WAVE, SOLAR, AND WIND POWER

1521. REQUIRES VIRTUALLY NO PRELIMINARY ENERGY TO HARNESS,

1522. UNLIKE COAL, OIL, GAS, BIOMASS, HYDROGEN, AND ALL THE OTHERS.

1523. IN COMBINATION, THESE FOUR MEDIUMS ALONE,

1524. IF EFFICIENTLY HARNESSED THROUGH TECHNOLOGY,

1525. COULD POWER THE WORLD FOREVER.

1526. THAT BEING SAID,

1527. THERE HAPPENS TO BE ANOTHER FORM OF CLEAN, RENEWABLE ENERGY

1528. WHICH TRUMPS THEM ALL — GEOTHERMAL POWER.

1529. GEOTHERMAL ENERGY UTILIZES WHAT IS CALLED HEAT MINING,

1530. WHICH, THROUGH A SIMPLE PROCESS USING WATER,

1531. IS ABLE TO GENERATE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF CLEAN ENERGY.

1532. IN 2006, AN M.I.T. REPORT ON GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

1533. FOUND THAT 13,000 ZETTAJOULES OF POWER

1534. ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN THE EARTH

1535. WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF 2,000 ZETTAJOULES

1536. BEING EASILY TAPPABLE WITH IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY.

1537. THE TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF ALL THE COUNTRIES ON THE PLANET

1538. IS ABOUT HALF OF A ZETTAJOULE A YEAR.

1539. THIS MEANS ABOUT 4,000 YEARS OF PLANETARY POWER

1540. COULD BE HARNESSED IN THIS MEDIUM ALONE.

1541. AND WHEN WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE EARTH'S HEAT GENERATION

1542. IS CONSTANTLY RENEWED,

1543. THIS ENERGY IS REALLY LIMITLESS AND COULD BE USED FOREVER.

1544. THESE ENERGY SOURCES ARE ONLY A FEW

1545. OF THE CLEAN, RENEWABLE MEDIUMS AVAILABLE.

1546. AND AS TIME GOES ON, WE WILL FIND MORE.

1547. THE GRAND REALIZATION IS THAT WE HAVE TOTAL ENERGY ABUNDANCE

1548. WITHOUT THE NEED FOR POLLUTION, TRADITIONAL CONSERVATION,

1549. OR, IN FACT, A PRICE TAG.

1550. AND WHAT ABOUT TRANSPORTATION?

1551. THE PREVAILING MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION IN OUR SOCIETIES

1552. IS BY AUTOMOBILE AND AIRCRAFT,

1553. BOTH OF WHICH PREDOMINANTLY NEED FOSSIL FUELS TO RUN.

1554. IN THE CASE OF THE AUTOMOBILE,

1555. THE BATTERY TECHNOLOGY NEEDED TO POWER AN ELECTRIC CAR

1556. THAT CAN GO OVER 100 MILES AN HOUR

1557. FOR OVER 200 MILES ON ONE CHARGE

1558. EXISTS AND HAS EXISTED FOR MANY YEARS.

1559. HOWEVER, DUE TO BATTERY PATENTS CONTROLLED BY THE OIL INDUSTRY

1560. WHICH LIMITS THEIR AVAILABILITY TO MAINTAIN MARKET SHARE,

1561. COUPLED WITH POLITICAL PRESSURE FROM THE ENERGY INDUSTRY,

1562. THE ACCESSIBILITY AND AFFORDABILITY OF THIS TECHNOLOGY

1563. IS LIMITED.

1564. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO REASON

1565. OTHER THAN PURE, CORRUPT PROFIT INTEREST

1566. THAT EVERY SINGLE VEHICLE IN THE WORLD

1567. CANNOT BE ELECTRIC AND UTTERLY CLEAN

1568. WITH ZERO NEED FOR GASOLINE.

1569. AS FAR AS AIRPLANES,

1570. IT IS TIME WE REALIZE THAT THIS MEANS OF TRAVEL

1571. IS INEFFICIENT, CUMBERSOME, SLOW,

1572. AND CAUSES FAR TOO MUCH POLLUTION.

1573. THIS IS A MAGLEV TRAIN.

1574. IT USES MAGNETS FOR PROPULSION.

1575. IT IS FULLY SUSPENDED BY A MAGNETIC FIELD

1576. AND REQUIRES LESS THAN 2% OF THE ENERGY USED FOR PLANE TRAVEL.

1577. THE TRAIN HAS NO WHEELS, SO NOTHING CAN WEAR OUT.

1578. THE CURRENT MAXIMUM SPEED OF VERSIONS OF THIS TECHNOLOGY

1579. AS USED IN JAPAN IS 361 MILES PER HOUR.

1580. HOWEVER, THIS VERSION OF THE TECHNOLOGY IS VERY DATED.

1581. AN ORGANIZATION CALLED ET3,

1582. WHICH HAS CONNECTIONS WITH THE VENUS PROJECT,

1583. HAS ESTABLISHED A TUBE-BASED MAGLEV

1584. THAT CAN TRAVEL UP TO 4,000 MILES PER HOUR

1585. IN A MOTIONLESS, FRICTIONLESS TUBE

1586. WHICH CAN GO OVER LAND OR UNDERWATER.

1587. IMAGINE GOING FROM L.A. TO NEW YORK

1588. FOR AN EXTENDED LUNCH BREAK

1589. OR FROM WASHINGTON, D.C., TO BEIJING, CHINA, IN TWO HOURS.

1590. THIS IS THE FUTURE

1591. OF CONTINENTAL AND INTERCONTINENTAL TRAVEL —

1592. FAST, CLEAN, WITH ONLY A FRACTION OF THE ENERGY USAGE

1593. WE USE TODAY FOR THE SAME MEANS.

1594. IN FACT, BETWEEN MAGLEV TECHNOLOGY,

1595. ADVANCED BATTERY STORAGE, AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY,

1596. THERE WOULD BE NO REASON TO EVER BURN FOSSIL FUELS AGAIN.

1597. AND WE CAN DO THIS NOW,

1598. IF WE WERE NOT HELD BACK BY THE PARALYZING PROFIT STRUCTURE.

1599. - NOW, AMERICA IS INCLINED TOWARDS FASCISM.

1600. IT HAS A PROPENSITY BY ITS DOMINANT PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION

1601. TO UPHOLD THE FASCIST POINT OF VIEW.

1602. AMERICAN INDUSTRY IS ESSENTIALLY A FASCIST INSTITUTION.

1603. IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT,

1604. THE MINUTE YOU PUNCH THAT TIME CLOCK,

1605. YOU WALK INTO A DICTATORSHIP.

1606. - WE'RE GIVEN NOTIONS ABOUT THE RESPECTABILITY OF WORK,

1607. AND I REALLY LOOK AT IT AS BEING PAID SLAVERY.

1608. - WE'RE BROUGHT UP TO BELIEVE THAT YOU SHALL EARN YOUR LIVING

1609. BY THE SWEAT OF YOUR BROW.

1610. THAT HOLDS PEOPLE BACK.

1611. FREEING PEOPLE FROM DRUDGERY,

1612. REPETITIVE JOBS WHICH MAKE THEM IGNORANT,

1613. YOU ROB THEM.

1614. IN OUR SOCIETY — THAT IS, A RESOURCE-BASED ECONOMY —

1615. MACHINES FREE PEOPLE.

1616. YOU SEE, WE CAN'T IMAGINE THAT

1617. 'CAUSE WE'VE NEVER KNOWN THAT KIND OF WORLD.

1618. - IF WE LOOK BACK AT HISTORY,

1619. WE SEE A VERY CLEAR PATTERN OF MACHINE AUTOMATION

1620. SLOWLY REPLACING HUMAN LABOR,

1621. FROM THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE ELEVATOR MAN

1622. TO THE NEAR-FULL AUTOMATION

1623. OF AN AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION PLANT,

1624. THE FACT IS, AS TECHNOLOGY GROWS,

1625. THE NEED FOR HUMANS IN THE WORKFORCE

1626. WILL CONTINUALLY BE DIMINISHED.

1627. THIS CREATES A SERIOUS CLASH,

1628. WHICH PROVES THE FALSENESS OF THE MONETARY-BASED LABOR SYSTEM,

1629. FOR HUMAN EMPLOYMENT

1630. IS IN DIRECT COMPETITION WITH TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT.

1631. THEREFORE, GIVEN THE FUNDAMENTAL PRIORITY OF PROFIT BY INDUSTRY,

1632. PEOPLE THROUGH TIME WILL BE CONTINUALLY LAID OFF

1633. AND REPLACED BY MACHINE.

1634. - WHEN INDUSTRY TAKES ON A MACHINE,

1635. INSTEAD OF SHORTENING THE WORKDAY, THEY DOWNSIZE.

1636. YOU LOSE YOUR JOB.

1637. SO YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO FEAR MACHINES.

1638. - IN A HIGH-TECHNOLOGY, RESOURCE-BASED ECONOMY,

1639. IT IS CONSERVATIVE TO SAY

1640. THAT ABOUT 90% OF ALL CURRENT OCCUPATIONS

1641. COULD BE PHASED OUT BY MACHINES,

1642. FREEING HUMANS TO LIVE THEIR LIFE WITHOUT SERVITUDE,

1643. FOR THIS IS THE POINT OF TECHNOLOGY ITSELF.

1644. AND THROUGH TIME, WITH NANOTECHNOLOGY

1645. AND OTHER HIGHLY ADVANCED FORMS OF SCIENCE,

1646. IT IS NOT FARFETCHED TO SEE HOW EVEN COMPLEX MEDICAL PROCEDURES

1647. COULD BE PERFORMED BY MACHINES, AS WELL,

1648. AND BASED ON THE PATTERN,

1649. WITH MUCH HIGHER SUCCESS RATES THAN HUMANS GET TODAY.

1650. THE PATH IS CLEAR, BUT OUR MONETARY-BASED STRUCTURE

1651. WHICH REQUIRES LABOR FOR INCOME BLOCKS THIS PROGRESS,

1652. FOR HUMANS NEED JOBS IN ORDER TO SURVIVE.

1653. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THIS SYSTEM MUST GO,

1654. OR WE WILL NEVER BE FREE,

1655. AND TECHNOLOGY WILL BE CONSTANTLY PARALYZED.

1656. - WHEN YOU HAVE MACHINES THAT CLEAN OUT SEWERS,

1657. IT FREES A HUMAN BEING FROM DOING THAT.

1658. SO LOOK AT MACHINES AS EXTENSIONS OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE.

1659. - FURTHERMORE, MANY OCCUPATIONS TODAY WILL HAVE SIMPLY NO BASIS

1660. TO EXIST IN A RESOURCE-BASED ECONOMY,

1661. SUCH AS ANYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF MONEY,

1662. ADVERTISING, ALONG WITH THE LEGAL SYSTEM ITSELF,

1663. FOR WITHOUT MONEY,

1664. A GREAT MAJORITY OF THE CRIMES THAT ARE COMMITTED TODAY

1665. WOULD NEVER OCCUR.

1666. VIRTUALLY ALL FORMS OF CRIME

1667. ARE A CONSEQUENCE OF THE MONETARY SYSTEM EITHER DIRECTLY

1668. OR BY NEUROSES INFLICTED THROUGH FINANCIAL DEPRIVATION.

1669. THEREFORE, LAWS THEMSELVES COULD EVENTUALLY BECOME EXTINCT.

1670. - INSTEAD OF PUTTING UP A SIGN — "DRIVE CAREFULLY.

1671. SLIPPERY WHEN WET,"

1672. PUT ABRASIVE IN THE HIGHWAY SO IT'S NOT SLIPPERY WHEN WET.

1673. AND IF A PERSON GETS IN A CAR AND THEY'RE DRUNK

1674. AND A CAR OSCILLATES A GREAT DEAL,

1675. THERE'S A LITTLE PENDULUM THAT SWINGS UP AND BACK,

1676. AND THAT'LL PULL THE CAR OVER TO THE SIDE.

1677. NOT A LAW — A SOLUTION.

1678. PUT SONAR AND RADAR ON AUTOMOBILES

1679. SO THEY CAN'T HIT ONE ANOTHER.

1680. MAN-MADE LAWS ARE ATTEMPTS TO DEAL WITH OCCURRING PROBLEMS.

1681. AND NOT KNOWING HOW TO SOLVE THEM, THEY MAKE A LAW.

1682. - IN THE UNITED STATES,

1683. THE MOST PRIVATIZED CAPITALIST COUNTRY ON THE PLANET,

1684. IT SHOULD COME AS NO SURPRISE

1685. THAT IT ALSO HAS THE LARGEST PRISON POPULATION IN THE WORLD,

1686. GROWING EVERY YEAR.

1687. STATISTICALLY, MOST OF THESE PEOPLE

1688. ARE UNEDUCATED AND COME FROM POOR, DEPRIVED SOCIETIES.

1689. AND CONTRARY TO PROPAGANDA,

1690. IT IS THIS ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONING

1691. WHICH LURES THEM INTO CRIMINAL AND VIOLENT BEHAVIOR.

1692. HOWEVER, SOCIETY LOOKS THE OTHER WAY IN REGARD TO THIS POINT.

1693. THE LEGAL AND PRISON SYSTEMS

1694. ARE JUST MORE EXAMPLES OF HOW OUR SOCIETY

1695. AVOIDS EXAMINING THE ROOT CAUSES OF BEHAVIOR.

1696. BILLIONS ARE SPENT EACH YEAR ON PRISONS AND POLICE,

1697. WHILE ONLY A FRACTION IS SPENT ON PROGRAMS FOR POVERTY,

1698. WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL VARIABLES

1699. RESPONSIBLE FOR CRIME TO BEGIN WITH.

1700. AND AS LONG AS WE HAVE AN ECONOMIC SYSTEM WHICH PREFERS

1701. AND, IN FACT, CREATES SCARCITY AND DEPRIVATION,

1702. CRIME WILL NEVER GO AWAY.

1703. - IF PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO THE NECESSITIES OF LIFE

1704. WITHOUT SERVITUDE, DEBT, BARTER, TRADE,

1705. THEY BEHAVE VERY DIFFERENTLY.

1706. YOU WANT ALL THESE THINGS AVAILABLE WITHOUT A PRICE TAG.

1707. NOW, THEN, "YOU GOT TO HAVE A PRICE TAG.

1708. "WELL, WHAT WILL MOTIVATE PEOPLE?

1709. "A MAN GETS EVERYTHING HE WANTS,

1710. HE'LL JUST LAY AROUND IN THE SUN."

1711. THIS IS THE MYTH THEY PERPETUATE.

1712. PEOPLE IN OUR CULTURE ARE TRAINED

1713. TO BELIEVE THAT THE MONETARY SYSTEM PRODUCES INCENTIVE.

1714. IF THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THINGS,

1715. WHY SHOULD THEY WANT TO DO ANYTHING?

1716. THEY WILL LOSE THEIR INCENTIVE.

1717. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TAUGHT TO SUPPORT THE MONETARY SYSTEM.

1718. - WHEN YOU TAKE MONEY OUT OF THE SCENARIO,

1719. THERE WOULD BE DIFFERENT INCENTIVES —

1720. VERY DIFFERENT INCENTIVES.

1721. - WHEN PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO THE NECESSITIES OF LIFE,

1722. THEIR INCENTIVES CHANGE.

1723. WHAT ABOUT THE MOON AND THE STARS?

1724. NEW INCENTIVES ARISE.

1725. IF YOU MAKE A PAINTING THAT YOU ENJOY,

1726. YOU WILL ENJOY GIVING IT TO OTHER PEOPLE, NOT SELLING IT.

1727. - I THINK MOST OF THE EDUCATION THAT I'VE SEEN TODAY

1728. IS ESSENTIALLY PRODUCING A PERSON FOR A JOB.

1729. IT'S VERY SPECIALIZED.

1730. THEY'RE NOT GENERALISTS.

1731. PEOPLE DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT SUBJECTS.

1732. I DON'T THINK YOU COULD GET PEOPLE TO GO TO WAR

1733. IF THEY KNEW A LOT ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS.

1734. I THINK EDUCATION IS MOSTLY ROTE.

1735. AND THEY'RE NOT TAUGHT HOW TO SOLVE PROBLEMS.

1736. THEY'RE NOT GIVEN THE TOOLS EMOTIONALLY

1737. OR WITHIN THEIR OWN FIELD OF HOW TO DO CRITICAL THINKING.

1738. A RESOURCE-BASED ECONOMY —

1739. THE EDUCATION WOULD BE VERY DIFFERENT.

1740. - OUR SOCIETY'S MAJOR CONCERN IS MENTAL DEVELOPMENT

1741. AND TO MOTIVATE EACH PERSON TO THEIR HIGHEST POTENTIAL,

1742. BECAUSE OUR PHILOSOPHY IS, THE SMARTER PEOPLE ARE,

1743. THE RICHER THE WORLD

1744. 'CAUSE EVERYBODY BECOMES A CONTRIBUTOR.

1745. - THE SMARTER YOUR KIDS ARE, THE BETTER MY LIFE WILL BE

1746. 'CAUSE THEY'LL BE CONTRIBUTING MORE CONSTRUCTIVELY

1747. TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO MY LIFE,

1748. BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT WE DEVISE

1749. WITHIN A RESOURCE-BASED ECONOMY WOULD BE APPLIED TO SOCIETY.

1750. THERE WOULD BE NOTHING TO HOLD IT BACK.

1751. - PATRIOTISM, WEAPONS, ARMIES, NAVYS —

1752. ALL THAT IS A SIGN THAT WE'RE NOT CIVILIZED YET.

1753. KIDS WILL ASK THEIR PARENTS,

1754. "DIDN'T YOU SEE THE NECESSITY OF THE MACHINES?

1755. "DAD, COULDN'T YOU SEE THAT WAR WAS INEVITABLE

1756. "WHEN YOU PRODUCE SCARCITY?

1757. ISN'T IT OBVIOUS?"

1758. OF COURSE, THE KID WILL UNDERSTAND

1759. THAT YOU WERE PINHEADS

1760. RAISED MERELY TO SERVE THE ESTABLISHED INSTITUTIONS.

1761. WE'RE SUCH AN ABOMINABLE, SICK SOCIETY

1762. THAT WE WON'T MAKE THE HISTORY BOOKS.

1763. THEY'LL JUST SAY THAT LARGE NATIONS

1764. TOOK LAND FROM SMALLER NATIONS, USED FORCE AND VIOLENCE.

1765. YOU'LL GET HISTORY TALKED ABOUT AS CORRUPT BEHAVIOR

1766. ALL THE WAY ALONG

1767. UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE CIVILIZED WORLD.

1768. THAT'S WHEN ALL THE NATIONS WORK TOGETHER.

1769. WORLD UNIFICATION —

1770. WORKING TOWARD COMMON GOOD FOR ALL HUMAN BEINGS

1771. AND WITHOUT ANYONE BEING SUBSERVIENT TO ANYONE ELSE.

1772. WITHOUT SOCIAL STRATIFICATION,

1773. WHETHER IT BE TECHNICAL ELITISM OR ANY OTHER KIND OF ELITISM —

1774. ERADICATED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH.

1775. THE STATE DOES NOTHING 'CAUSE THERE IS NO STATE.

1776. THERE IS NO STATE.

1777. THE SYSTEM I ADVOCATE —

1778. A RESOURCE-BASED GLOBAL ECONOMY — IS NOT PERFECT.

1779. IT'S JUST A LOT BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAVE.

1780. WE CAN NEVER ACHIEVE PERFECTION.

1781. - THE SOCIAL VALUES OF OUR SOCIETY,

1782. WHICH HAS MANIFESTED IN PERPETUAL WARFARE, CORRUPTION,

1783. OPPRESSIVE LAWS, SOCIAL STRATIFICATION,

1784. IRRELEVANT SUPERSTITIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION,

1785. AND A DESPOTIC, SOCIALLY INDIFFERENT,

1786. PROFIT-ORIENTED RULING CLASS

1787. IS FUNDAMENTALLY THE RESULT OF A COLLECTIVE IGNORANCE

1788. OF TWO OF THE MOST BASIC INSIGHTS

1789. HUMANS CAN HAVE ABOUT REALITY —

1790. THE EMERGENT AND SYMBIOTIC ASPECTS OF NATURAL LAW.

1791. THE EMERGENT NATURE OF REALITY IS THAT ALL SYSTEMS,

1792. WHETHER IT IS KNOWLEDGE, SOCIETY, TECHNOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY,

1793. OR ANY OTHER CREATION

1794. WILL, WHEN UNINHIBITED, UNDERGO FLUID, PERPETUAL CHANGE.

1795. WHAT WE CONSIDER COMMONPLACE TODAY,

1796. SUCH AS MODERN COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPORTATION,

1797. WOULD HAVE BEEN UNIMAGINABLE IN ANCIENT TIMES.

1798. LIKEWISE, THE FUTURE WILL CONTAIN TECHNOLOGIES,

1799. REALIZATIONS, AND SOCIAL STRUCTURES

1800. THAT WE CANNOT EVEN FATHOM IN THE PRESENT.

1801. WE HAVE GONE FROM ALCHEMY TO CHEMISTRY,

1802. FROM A GEOCENTRIC UNIVERSE TO A HELIOCENTRIC,

1803. FROM BELIEVING THAT DEMONS WERE THE CAUSE OF ILLNESS

1804. TO MODERN MEDICINE.

1805. THIS DEVELOPMENT SHOWS NO SIGN OF ENDING,

1806. AND IT IS THIS AWARENESS THAT ALIGNS US

1807. AND LEADS US ON A CONTINUOUS PATH TO GROWTH AND PROGRESS.

1808. STATIC, EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE DOES NOT EXIST.

1809. RATHER, IT IS THE INSIGHT

1810. OF THE EMERGENCE OF ALL SYSTEMS WE MUST RECOGNIZE.

1811. THIS MEANS WE MUST BE OPEN TO NEW INFORMATION AT ALL TIMES,

1812. EVEN IF IT THREATENS OUR CURRENT BELIEF SYSTEM

1813. AND, HENCE, IDENTITIES.

1814. SADLY, SOCIETY TODAY HAS FAILED TO RECOGNIZE THIS,

1815. AND THE ESTABLISHED INSTITUTIONS CONTINUE TO PARALYZE GROWTH

1816. BY PRESERVING OUTDATED SOCIAL STRUCTURES.

1817. SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE POPULATION SUFFERS FROM A FEAR OF CHANGE,

1818. FOR THEIR CONDITIONING ASSUMES A STATIC IDENTITY,

1819. AND CHALLENGING ONE'S BELIEF SYSTEM

1820. USUALLY RESULTS IN INSULT AND APPREHENSION,

1821. FOR BEING WRONG IS ERRONEOUSLY ASSOCIATED WITH FAILURE,

1822. WHEN, IN FACT, TO BE PROVEN WRONG SHOULD BE CELEBRATED,

1823. FOR IT IS ELEVATING SOMEONE TO A NEW LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING,

1824. FURTHERING AWARENESS.

1825. THE FACT IS, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A SMART HUMAN BEING,

1826. FOR IT IS MERELY A MATTER OF TIME

1827. BEFORE THEIR IDEAS ARE UPDATED, CHANGED, OR ERADICATED.

1828. AND THIS TENDENCY TO BLINDLY HOLD ON TO A BELIEF SYSTEM,

1829. SHELTERING IT FROM NEW, POSSIBLY TRANSFORMING INFORMATION

1830. IS NOTHING LESS THAN A FORM OF INTELLECTUAL MATERIALISM.

1831. THE MONETARY SYSTEM PERPETUATES THIS MATERIALISM

1832. NOT ONLY BY ITS SELF-PRESERVING STRUCTURES,

1833. BUT ALSO THROUGH THE COUNTLESS NUMBER OF PEOPLE

1834. WHO HAVE BEEN CONDITIONED

1835. INTO BLINDLY AND THOUGHTLESSLY UPHOLDING THESE STRUCTURES,

1836. THEREFORE BECOMING SELF-APPOINTED GUARDIANS

1837. OF THE STATUS QUO —

1838. SHEEP WHICH NO LONGER NEED A SHEEPDOG TO CONTROL THEM,

1839. FOR THEY CONTROL EACH OTHER

1840. BY OSTRACIZING THOSE WHO STEP OUT OF THE NORM.

1841. THIS TENDENCY TO RESIST CHANGE AND UPHOLD EXISTING INSTITUTIONS

1842. FOR THE SAKE OF IDENTITY, COMFORT, POWER, AND PROFIT

1843. IS COMPLETELY UNSUSTAINABLE

1844. AND WILL ONLY PRODUCE FURTHER IMBALANCE, FRAGMENTATION,

1845. DISTORTION, AND INVARIABLY DESTRUCTION.

1846. IT'S TIME TO CHANGE.

1847. FROM HUNTERS AND GATHERERS, TO THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION,

1848. TO THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION,

1849. THE PATTERN IS CLEAR.

1850. IT IS TIME FOR A NEW SOCIAL SYSTEM

1851. WHICH REFLECTS THE UNDERSTANDINGS WE HAVE TODAY.

1852. THE MONETARY SYSTEM IS A PRODUCT

1853. OF A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE SCARCITY WAS A REALITY.

1854. NOW, WITH THE AGE OF TECHNOLOGY,

1855. IT IS NO LONGER RELEVANT TO SOCIETY,

1856. GONE WITH THE ABERRANT BEHAVIOR IT MANIFESTS.

1857. LIKEWISE, DOMINANT WORLD VIEWS, SUCH AS THEISTIC RELIGION,

1858. OPERATE WITH THE SAME SOCIAL IRRELEVANCY.

1859. ISLAM, CHRISTIANITY, JUDAISM, HINDUISM, AND ALL OF THE OTHERS

1860. EXIST AS BARRIERS TO PERSONAL AND SOCIAL GROWTH,

1861. FOR EACH GROUP PERPETUATES A CLOSED WORLD VIEW.

1862. AND THIS FINITE UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY ACKNOWLEDGE

1863. IS SIMPLY NOT POSSIBLE IN AN EMERGENT UNIVERSE.

1864. YET RELIGION HAS SUCCEEDED

1865. IN SHUTTING DOWN THE AWARENESS OF THIS EMERGENCE

1866. BY INSTILLING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTORTION OF FAITH

1867. UPON ITS FOLLOWERS,

1868. WHERE LOGIC AND NEW INFORMATION IS REJECTED

1869. IN FAVOR OF TRADITIONALIZED, OUTDATED BELIEFS.

1870. - THE CONCEPT OF GOD

1871. IS REALLY A METHOD OF ACCOUNTING FOR THE NATURE OF THINGS.

1872. IN THE EARLY DAYS, PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW ENOUGH

1873. ABOUT HOW THINGS FORMED, HOW NATURE WORKED,

1874. SO THEY INVENTED THEIR OWN LITTLE STORIES.

1875. AND THEY MADE GOD IN THEIR OWN IMAGE —

1876. A GUY THAT GETS ANGRY WHEN PEOPLE DON'T BEHAVE RIGHT.

1877. HE CREATES FLOODS AND EARTHQUAKES,

1878. AND THEY SAY IT'S AN ACT OF GOD.

1879. - A CURSORY GLANCE AT THE SUPPRESSED HISTORY OF RELIGION

1880. REVEALS THAT EVEN THE FOUNDATIONAL MYTHS THEMSELVES

1881. ARE EMERGENT CULMINATIONS

1882. DEVELOPED THROUGH INFLUENCE OVER TIME.

1883. FOR EXAMPLE, A CARDINAL DOCTRINE OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH

1884. IS THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF CHRIST.

1885. THIS NOTION IS SO IMPORTANT THAT THE BIBLE ITSELF STATES...

1886. YET IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO TAKE THIS ACCOUNT LITERALLY,

1887. FOR NOT ONLY IS THERE NO PRIMARY SOURCE

1888. DENOTING THIS SUPERNATURAL EVENT IN SECULAR HISTORY,

1889. AWARENESS OF THE ENORMOUS NUMBER OF PRE-CHRISTIAN SAVIORS

1890. WHO ALSO DIED AND WERE RESURRECTED

1891. IMMEDIATELY PUTS THE STORY IN MYTHOLOGICAL TERRITORY

1892. BY ASSOCIATION.

1893. EARLY CHURCH FIGURES, SUCH AS TERTULLIAN,

1894. WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS TO BREAK THESE ASSOCIATIONS,

1895. EVEN CLAIMING THAT THE DEVIL

1896. CAUSED THE SIMILARITIES TO OCCUR,

1897. STATING IN THE 2nd CENTURY...

1898. WHAT IS TRULY SAD, HOWEVER, IS THAT WHEN WE CEASE THE IDEA

1899. THAT THE STORIES FROM CHRISTIANITY, JUDAISM,

1900. ISLAM, AND ALL THE OTHERS ARE LITERAL HISTORY

1901. AND ACCEPT THEM FOR WHAT THEY REALLY ARE,

1902. WHICH ARE PURELY ALLEGORICAL EXPRESSIONS

1903. DERIVED FROM MANY FAITHS,

1904. WE SEE THAT ALL RELIGIONS SHARE A COMMON THREAD,

1905. AND IT IS THIS UNIFYING IMPERATIVE

1906. THAT NEEDS TO BE RECOGNIZED AND APPRECIATED.

1907. RELIGIOUS BELIEF HAS CAUSED MORE FRAGMENTATION AND CONFLICT

1908. THAN ANY OTHER IDEOLOGY.

1909. CHRISTIANITY ALONE HAS 34,000 DIFFERENT SUBGROUPS.

1910. - THE BIBLE IS SUBJECT TO INTERPRETATION.

1911. WHEN YOU READ IT, YOU SAY, "I THINK JESUS MEANT THIS.

1912. I THINK JOB MEAN THAT."

1913. "OH, NO. HE MEANT THIS."

1914. SO YOU HAVE THE LUTHERAN,

1915. THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST, THE CATHOLIC.

1916. AND A CHURCH DIVIDED IS NO CHURCH AT ALL.

1917. AND A CHURCH DIVIDED IS NO CHURCH AT ALL.

1918. - AND THIS POINT ON DIVISION,

1919. WHICH IS A TRADEMARK OF ALL THEISTIC RELIGIONS,

1920. BRINGS US TO OUR SECOND FAILURE OF AWARENESS —

1921. THE FALSE ASSUMPTION OF SEPARATION

1922. THROUGH THE REJECTION OF THE SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP OF LIFE.

1923. APART FROM THE UNDERSTANDING

1924. THAT ALL NATURAL SYSTEMS ARE EMERGENT

1925. OR ALL NOTIONS OF REALITY

1926. WILL BE CONSTANTLY DEVELOPED, ALTERED, AND EVEN ERADICATED,

1927. WE MUST ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT ALL SYSTEMS

1928. ARE, IN FACT, INVENTED FRAGMENTS

1929. MERELY FOR THE SAKE OF CONVERSATION,

1930. FOR THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS INDEPENDENCE IN NATURE.

1931. THE WHOLE OF NATURE

1932. IS A UNIFIED SYSTEM OF INTERDEPENDENT VARIABLES,

1933. EACH A CAUSE AND A REACTION,

1934. EXISTING ONLY AS A CONCENTRATED WHOLE.

1935. - YOU DON'T SEE THE PLUG CONNECTED TO THE ENVIRONMENT,

1936. SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE FREE, WANDERING AROUND.

1937. TAKE THE OXYGEN AWAY, WE ALL DIE IMMEDIATELY.

1938. TAKE PLANT LIFE AWAY, WE DIE.

1939. AND WITHOUT THE SUN, ALL THE PLANTS DIE.

1940. SO WE ARE CONNECTED.

1941. - WE REALLY MUST TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE TOTALITY.

1942. THIS ISN'T JUST A HUMAN EXPERIENCE ON THIS PLANET.

1943. THIS IS A TOTAL EXPERIENCE.

1944. AND WE KNOW WE CAN'T SURVIVE WITHOUT PLANTS AND ANIMALS.

1945. WE KNOW WE CAN'T SURVIVE WITHOUT THE FOUR ELEMENTS, YOU KNOW?

1946. AND SO, WHEN ARE WE GONNA REALLY START TAKING THAT INTO ACCOUNT?

1947. THAT'S WHAT IT IS TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

1948. SUCCESS DEPENDS ON HOW WELL WE RELATE TO EVERYTHING AROUND US.

1949. I'M VERY AWARE OF THE FACT THAT MY GRANDSON

1950. CANNOT POSSIBLY HOPE TO INHERIT

1951. A SUSTAINABLE, PEACEFUL, STABLE, SOCIALLY JUST WORLD

1952. UNLESS EVERY CHILD TODAY

1953. GROWING UP IN ETHIOPIA AND INDONESIA AND BOLIVIA

1954. AND PALESTINE AND ISRAEL ALSO HAS THAT SAME EXPECTATION.

1955. YOU GOT TO TAKE CARE OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY,

1956. OR YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SERIOUS PROBLEMS.

1957. AND NOW WE HAVE TO SEE THAT THE WHOLE WORLD IS THE COMMUNITY

1958. AND WE MUST ALL TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER THAT WAY.

1959. AND IT'S NOT JUST A COMMUNITY OF HUMAN BEINGS.

1960. IT'S A COMMUNITY OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS AND ELEMENTS.

1961. AND WE REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

1962. THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA BRING US JOY, TOO, AND PLEASURE.

1963. THAT'S WHAT'S MISSING IN OUR LIVES RIGHT NOW.

1964. WE CAN CALL IT SPIRITUALITY, BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS,

1965. JOY COMES FROM THAT BLISS OF CONNECTEDNESS.

1966. THAT'S OUR GOD SPIRIT.

1967. THAT'S THAT SIDE OF OURSELVES THAT REALLY FEELS IT.

1968. AND YOU CAN FEEL IT DEEP INSIDE YOU.

1969. IT'S THIS AMAZING, WONDERFUL FEELING.

1970. AND YOU KNOW IT WHEN YOU GET IT.

1971. YOU DON'T GET IT FROM MONEY.

1972. YOU GET IT FROM CONNECTION.

1973. - NOW, IF THAT ISN'T A HAZARD TO THIS COUNTRY...

1974. HOW ARE WE GONNA KEEP BUILDING NUCLEAR WEAPONS?

1975. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

1976. WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO THE ARMS INDUSTRY

1977. WHEN WE REALIZE WE'RE ALL ONE?

1978. IT'S GONNA FUCK UP THE ECONOMY!

1979. THE ECONOMY THAT'S FAKE, ANYWAY.

1980. THE ECONOMY THAT'S FAKE, ANYWAY.

1981. THE ECONOMY THAT'S FAKE, ANYWAY.

1982. THE ECONOMY THAT'S FAKE, ANYWAY.

1983. THE ECONOMY THAT'S FAKE, ANYWAY.

1984. WHICH WOULD BE A REAL BUMMER.

1985. I CAN SEE WHY THE GOVERNMENT'S CRACKING DOWN

1986. ON THE IDEA OF EXPERIENCING UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.

1987. - ONCE WE UNDERSTAND

1988. THAT THE INTEGRITY OF OUR PERSONAL EXISTENCES

1989. ARE COMPLETELY DEPENDENT

1990. ON THE INTEGRITY OF EVERYTHING ELSE IN OUR WORLD,

1991. WE HAVE TRULY UNDERSTOOD THE MEANING OF UNCONDITIONAL LOVE,

1992. FOR LOVE IS EXTENSIONALITY,

1993. AND SEEING EVERYTHING AS YOU AND YOU AS EVERYTHING

1994. CAN HAVE NO CONDITIONALITIES,

1995. FOR, IN FACT, WE ARE ALL EVERYTHING AT ONCE.

1996. - IF IT'S TRUE THAT WE'RE ALL FROM THE CENTER OF A STAR —

1997. EVERY ATOM IN EACH OF US FROM THE CENTER OF A STAR —

1998. THEN WE'RE ALL THE SAME THING.

1999. EVEN A COKE MACHINE

2000. OR A CIGARETTE BUTT IN THE STREET IN BUFFALO

2001. IS MADE OUT OF ATOMS THAT CAME FROM A STAR.

2002. THEY'VE ALL BEEN RECYCLED THOUSANDS OF TIMES,

2003. AS HAVE YOU AND I.

2004. AND THEREFORE, IT'S ONLY ME OUT THERE.

2005. SO WHAT IS THERE TO BE AFRAID OF?

2006. WHAT IS THERE THAT NEEDS SOLACE-SEEKING? NOTHING.

2007. THERE'S NOTHING TO BE AFRAID OF BECAUSE ITS ALL US.

2008. THE TROUBLE IS, WE HAVE BEEN SEPARATED

2009. BY BEING BORN AND GIVEN A NAME AND AN IDENTITY

2010. AND BEING INDIVIDUATED.

2011. WE'VE BEEN SEPARATED FROM THE ONENESS,

2012. AND THAT'S WHAT RELIGION EXPLOITS —

2013. THAT PEOPLE HAVE THIS YEARNING

2014. TO BE PART OF THE OVERALL ONE AGAIN.

2015. SO THEY EXPLOIT THAT. THEY CALL IT "GOD."

2016. THEY SAY HE HAS RULES.

2017. AND I THINK THAT'S CRUEL.

2018. I THINK YOU CAN DO IT ABSENT RELIGION.

2019. - IT'S TIME TO CLAIM THE UNITY

2020. OUR OUTMODED SOCIAL SYSTEMS HAVE BROKEN APART

2021. AND WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE A SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL SOCIETY

2022. WHERE EVERYONE IS TAKEN CARE OF AND EVERYONE IS TRULY FREE.

2023. YOUR PERSONAL BELIEFS, WHATEVER THEY MAY BE, ARE MEANINGLESS

2024. WHEN IT COMES TO THE NECESSITIES OF LIFE.

2025. EVERY HUMAN BEING IS BORN NAKED,

2026. NEEDING WARMTH, FOOD, WATER, SHELTER.

2027. EVERYTHING ELSE IS AUXILIARY.

2028. THEREFORE, THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE AT HAND

2029. IS THE INTELLIGENT MANAGEMENT OF THE EARTH'S RESOURCES.

2030. THIS CAN NEVER BE ACCOMPLISHED IN A MONETARY SYSTEM,

2031. FOR THE PURSUIT OF PROFIT IS THE PURSUIT OF SELF-INTEREST,

2032. AND THEREFORE, IMBALANCE IS INHERENT.

2033. SIMULTANEOUSLY, POLITICIANS ARE USELESS,

2034. FOR OUR TRUE PROBLEMS IN LIFE ARE TECHNICAL, NOT POLITICAL.

2035. FURTHERMORE, IDEOLOGIES THAT SEPARATE HUMANITY,

2036. SUCH AS RELIGION, NEED STRONG REFLECTION IN THE COMMUNITY

2037. IN REGARD TO ITS VALUE, PURPOSE, AND SOCIAL RELEVANCY.

2038. HOPEFULLY, THROUGH TIME,

2039. RELIGION WILL LOSE ITS MATERIALISM

2040. AND BASIS IN SUPERSTITION

2041. AND MOVE INTO THE USEFUL FIELD OF PHILOSOPHY.

2042. THE FACT IS, SOCIETY TODAY IS BACKWARDS,

2043. WITH POLITICIANS

2044. CONSTANTLY TALKING ABOUT PROTECTION AND SECURITY

2045. RATHER THAN CREATION, UNITY, AND PROGRESS.

2046. THE U.S. ALONE

2047. NOW SPENDS ABOUT $500 BILLION ANNUALLY ON DEFENSE.

2048. THAT IS ENOUGH TO SEND EVERY HIGH-SCHOOL SENIOR IN AMERICA

2049. TO A FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE.

2050. IN THE 1940s, THE MANHATTAN PROJECT

2051. PRODUCED THE FIRST TRUE WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION.

2052. THIS PROGRAM EMPLOYED 130,000 PEOPLE

2053. AT AN EXTREME FINANCIAL COST.

2054. IMAGINE WHAT OUR LIFE WOULD BE LIKE TODAY

2055. IF THAT GROUP OF SCIENTISTS,

2056. INSTEAD OF WORKING ON A WAY OF KILLING PEOPLE,

2057. WORKED ON A WAY TO CREATE A SELF-SUSTAINING, ABUNDANT WORLD.

2058. LIFE TODAY WOULD BE VERY, VERY DIFFERENT

2059. IF THAT WAS THEIR GOAL.

2060. INSTEAD OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION,

2061. IT IS TIME TO UNLEASH SOMETHING MUCH MORE POWERFUL —

2062. WEAPONS OF MASS CREATION.

2063. OUR TRUE DIVINITY IS IN OUR ABILITY TO CREATE,

2064. AND ARMED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING

2065. OF THE SYMBIOTIC CONNECTIONS OF LIFE

2066. WHILE BEING GUIDED BY THE EMERGENT NATURE OF REALITY,

2067. THERE IS NOTHING WE CANNOT DO OR ACCOMPLISH.

2068. OF COURSE, WE FACE STRONG BARRIERS

2069. IN THE FORM OF ESTABLISHED POWER STRUCTURES

2070. THAT REFUSE TO CHANGE.

2071. AT THE HEART OF THESE STRUCTURES IS THE MONETARY SYSTEM.

2072. AS EXPLAINED EARLIER, THE FRACTIONAL RESERVE POLICY

2073. IS A FORM OF SLAVERY THROUGH DEBT,

2074. WHERE IT IS LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR SOCIETY TO BE FREE.

2075. IN TURN, FREE-MARKET CAPITALISM IN THE FORM OF FREE TRADE

2076. USES DEBT TO IMPRISON THE WORLD

2077. AND MANIPULATE COUNTRIES INTO SUBSERVIENCE

2078. TO A HANDFUL OF LARGE BUSINESS AND POLITICAL POWERS.

2079. APART FROM THESE OBVIOUS AMORALITIES,

2080. THE SYSTEM ITSELF IS BASED ON COMPETITION,

2081. WHICH IMMEDIATELY DESTROYS THE POSSIBILITY

2082. OF LARGE-SCALE COLLABORATIONS FOR THE COMMON GOOD,

2083. HENCE PARALYZING ANY ATTEMPT

2084. AT TRUE GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY.

2085. THESE FINANCIAL AND CORPORATE STRUCTURES ARE NOW OBSOLETE,

2086. AND THEY MUST BE OUTGROWN.

2087. OF COURSE, WE CANNOT BE NAIVE ENOUGH

2088. TO THINK THAT THE BUSINESS AND THE FINANCIAL ELITE

2089. ARE GOING TO SUBSCRIBE TO THIS IDEA,

2090. FOR THEY WILL LOSE POWER AND CONTROL.

2091. THEREFORE, PEACEFULLY, A HIGHLY STRATEGIC ACTION MUST BE TAKEN.

2092. THE MOST POWERFUL COURSE OF ACTION IS SIMPLE —

2093. WE HAVE TO ALTER OUR BEHAVIOR

2094. TO FORCE THE POWER STRUCTURE TO THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.

2095. WE MUST STOP SUPPORTING THE SYSTEM.

2096. THE ONLY WAY THE ESTABLISHMENT WILL CHANGE

2097. IS BY OUR REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE,

2098. WHILE CONTINUOUSLY ACKNOWLEDGING

2099. ITS ENDLESS FLAWS AND CORRUPTIONS.

2100. - THEY'RE NOT GONNA GIVE UP THE MONETARY SYSTEM

2101. BECAUSE OF OUR DESIGNS OR WHAT WE RECOMMEND.

2102. THE SYSTEM HAS TO FAIL,

2103. AND PEOPLE HAVE TO LOSE CONFIDENCE

2104. IN THEIR ELECTED LEADERS.

2105. THAT WILL BE A MAJOR TURNING POINT,

2106. IF THE VENUS PROJECT IS OFFERED AS A POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE.

2107. IF NOT, I FEAR THE CONSEQUENCES.

2108. THE TRENDS NOW INDICATE THAT OUR COUNTRY IS GOING BANKRUPT.

2109. THE PROBABILITY IS,

2110. OUR COUNTRY MOVES TOWARD A MILITARY DICTATORSHIP

2111. TO PREVENT RIOTS AND COMPLETE SOCIAL BREAKDOWN.

2112. ONCE THE U.S. BREAKS DOWN,

2113. ALL THE OTHER CULTURES WILL UNDERGO SIMILAR THINGS.

2114. - AS OF NOW, THE WORLD FINANCIAL SYSTEM

2115. IS ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE DUE TO ITS OWN SHORTCOMINGS.

2116. THE COMPTROLLER OF CURRENCY

2117. STATED IN 2003 THAT THE INTEREST ON THE U.S. NATIONAL DEBT

2118. WILL NOT BE AFFORDABLE IN LESS THAN 10 YEARS.

2119. THIS THEORETICALLY MEANS TOTAL BANKRUPTCY FOR THE U.S. ECONOMY,

2120. AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE WORLD ARE IMMENSE.

2121. IN TURN, THE FRACTIONAL-RESERVE- BASED MONETARY SYSTEM

2122. IS REACHING ITS THEORETICAL LIMITS OF EXPANSION,

2123. AND THE BANKING FAILURES YOU ARE SEEING ARE JUST THE BEGINNING.

2124. THIS IS WHY INFLATION IS SKYROCKETING,

2125. ALL DEBT IS AT RECORD LEVELS,

2126. AND THE GOVERNMENT AND FED

2127. ARE HEMORRHAGING NEW MONEY TO BAIL OUT THE CORRUPT SYSTEM,

2128. FOR THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP THE BANKS GOING

2129. IS BY MAKING MORE MONEY.

2130. THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE MORE MONEY

2131. IS TO CREATE MORE DEBT AND INFLATION.

2132. IT IS SIMPLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE TABLES TURN,

2133. AND THERE IS NO ONE WILLING TO TAKE NEW LOANS,

2134. WHILE DEFAULTS GROW

2135. AS PEOPLE ARE UNABLE TO AFFORD THEIR CURRENT LOANS.

2136. THEN, THE EXPANSION OF MONEY WILL STOP,

2137. AND CONTRACTION WILL BEGIN ON A SCALE NEVER BEFORE SEEN,

2138. ENDING A CENTURY-LONG PYRAMID SCHEME.

2139. THIS HAS ALREADY BEGUN.

2140. THEREFORE, WE NEED TO EXPOSE THIS FINANCIAL FAILURE

2141. FOR WHAT IT IS, USING THIS WEAKNESS TO OUR ADVANTAGE.

2142. HERE ARE SOME SUGGESTIONS.

2143. EXPOSE THE BANKING FRAUD.

2144. CITIBANK, J.P. MORGAN CHASE, AND BANK OF AMERICA

2145. ARE THE MOST POWERFUL CONTROLLERS

2146. WITHIN THE CORRUPT FEDERAL-RESERVE SYSTEM.

2147. IT'S TIME TO BOYCOTT THESE INSTITUTIONS.

2148. IF YOU HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT OR A CREDIT CARD WITH ANY OF THEM,

2149. MOVE YOUR MONEY TO ANOTHER BANK.

2150. IF YOU HAVE A MORTGAGE, REFINANCE WITH ANOTHER BANK.

2151. IF YOU OWN THEIR STOCK, SELL IT.

2152. IF YOU WORK FOR THEM, QUIT.

2153. THIS GESTURE WILL EXPRESS CONTEMPT FOR THE TRUE POWERS

2154. BEHIND THE PRIVATE BANKING CARTEL

2155. KNOWN AS THE FEDERAL RESERVE

2156. AND CREATE AWARENESS

2157. ABOUT THE FRAUD OF THE BANKING SYSTEM ITSELF.

2158. TWO — TURN OFF THE TV NEWS.

2159. VISIT THE EMERGING INDEPENDENT NEWS AGENCIES ON THE INTERNET

2160. FOR YOUR INFORMATION.

2161. CNN, NBC, ABC, FOX, AND ALL THE OTHERS

2162. PRESENT ALL NEWS PRE-FILTERED TO MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO.

2163. WITH FOUR CORPORATIONS OWNING ALL MAJOR MEDIA OUTLETS,

2164. OBJECTIVE INFORMATION IS IMPOSSIBLE.

2165. THIS IS THE TRUE BEAUTY OF THE INTERNET,

2166. AND THE ESTABLISHMENT HAS BEEN LOSING CONTROL

2167. BECAUSE OF THIS FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION.

2168. WE MUST PROTECT THE INTERNET AT ALL TIMES

2169. AS IT IS TRULY OUR SAVIOR RIGHT NOW.

2170. THREE — DON'T EVER ALLOW YOURSELF, YOUR FAMILY,

2171. OR ANYONE YOU KNOW TO EVER JOIN THE MILITARY.

2172. THIS IS AN OBSOLETE INSTITUTION NOW USED EXCLUSIVELY

2173. FOR MAINTAINING AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT IS NO LONGER RELEVANT.

2174. U.S. SOLDIERS IN IRAQ WORK FOR U.S. CORPORATIONS,

2175. NOT THE PEOPLE.

2176. PROPAGANDA FORCES US TO BELIEVE THAT WAR IS NATURAL

2177. AND THE MILITARY IS AN HONORABLE INSTITUTION.

2178. WELL, IF WAR IS NATURAL,

2179. WHY ARE THERE 18 SUICIDES EVERY SINGLE DAY

2180. BY AMERICAN VETERANS WHO HAVE POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER?

2181. IF OUR MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN ARE SO HONORED,

2182. WHY IS IT THAT 25% OF THE AMERICAN HOMELESS POPULATION

2183. ARE VETERANS?

2184. FOUR — STOP SUPPORTING THE ENERGY COMPANIES.

2185. IF YOU LIVE IN A DETACHED HOUSE, GET OFF THE GRID.

2186. INVESTIGATE EVERY MEANS

2187. OF MAKING YOUR HOME SELF-SUSTAINABLE

2188. WITH CLEAN ENERGY.

2189. SOLAR, WIND, AND OTHER RENEWABLE ENERGIES

2190. ARE NOW AFFORDABLE CONSUMER REALITIES.

2191. AND CONSIDERING THE NEVER-ENDING RISING COST

2192. OF TRADITIONAL ENERGIES,

2193. IT WILL LIKELY BE A CHEAPER INVESTMENT OVER TIME.

2194. IF YOU DRIVE, GET THE SMALLEST CAR YOU CAN

2195. AND CONSIDER USING ONE OF THE MANY CONVERSION TECHNOLOGIES

2196. THAT CAN ENABLE YOUR CAR TO BE A HYBRID, ELECTRIC,

2197. OR RUN ON ANYTHING OTHER THAN ESTABLISHMENT FUELS.

2198. FIVE — REJECT THE POLITICAL SYSTEM.

2199. THE ILLUSION OF DEMOCRACY IS AN INSULT TO OUR INTELLIGENCE.

2200. IN A MONETARY SYSTEM,

2201. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A TRUE DEMOCRACY,

2202. AND THERE NEVER WAS.

2203. WE HAVE TWO POLITICAL PARTIES

2204. OWNED BY THE SAME SET OF CORPORATE LOBBYISTS.

2205. THEY ARE PLACED IN THEIR POSITIONS BY THE CORPORATIONS

2206. WITH POPULARITY ARTIFICIALLY PROJECTED BY THEIR MEDIA.

2207. IN A SYSTEM OF INHERENT CORRUPTION,

2208. THE CHANGE OF PERSONNEL EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS

2209. HAS VERY LITTLE RELEVANCE.

2210. INSTEAD OF PRETENDING

2211. THAT THE POLITICAL GAME HAS ANY TRUE MEANING,

2212. FOCUS YOUR ENERGY ON HOW TO TRANSCEND THIS FAILED SYSTEM.

2213. AND, SIX — JOIN THE MOVEMENT.

2214. AND HELP US CREATE THE LARGEST MASS MOVEMENT FOR SOCIAL CHANGE

2215. THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN.

2216. WE MUST MOBILIZE AND EDUCATE EVERYONE

2217. ABOUT THE INHERENT CORRUPTION OF OUR CURRENT WORLD SYSTEM,

2218. ALONG WITH THE ONLY TRUE SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION —

2219. DECLARING ALL THE NATURAL RESOURCES ON THE PLANET

2220. AS COMMON HERITAGE TO ALL PEOPLE,

2221. WHILE INFORMING EVERYONE AS TO THE TRUE STATE OF TECHNOLOGY

2222. AND HOW WE CAN ALL BE FREE IF THE WORLD WORKS TOGETHER

2223. RATHER THAN FIGHTS.

2224. THE CHOICE LIES WITH YOU.

2225. YOU CAN CONTINUE TO BE A SLAVE TO THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM

2226. AND WATCH THE CONTINUOUS WARS, DEPRESSIONS, AND INJUSTICE

2227. ACROSS THE GLOBE

2228. WHILE PLACATING YOURSELF

2229. WITH VAIN ENTERTAINMENT AND MATERIALISTIC GARBAGE,

2230. OR YOU CAN FOCUS YOUR ENERGY

2231. ON TRUE, MEANINGFUL, LASTING, HOLISTIC CHANGE

2232. WHICH ACTUALLY HAS THE REALISTIC ABILITY

2233. TO SUPPORT AND FREE ALL HUMANS WITH NO ONE LEFT BEHIND.

2234. BUT IN THE END,

2235. THE MOST RELEVANT CHANGE MUST OCCUR FIRST INSIDE OF YOU.

2236. THE REAL REVOLUTION IS THE REVOLUTION OF CONSCIOUSNESS,

2237. AND EACH ONE OF US

2238. FIRST NEEDS TO ELIMINATE THE DIVISIONARY, MATERIALISTIC NOISE

2239. WE HAVE BEEN CONDITIONED TO THINK IS TRUE

2240. WHILE DISCOVERING, AMPLIFYING, AND ALIGNING WITH THE SIGNAL

2241. COMING FROM OUR TRUE EMPIRICAL ONENESS.

2242. IT IS UP TO YOU.

2243. - WHAT WE ARE TRYING IN ALL THESE DISCUSSIONS AND TALKS HERE

2244. IS TO SEE IF WE CANNOT RADICALLY BRING ABOUT A TRANSFORMATION

2245. OF THE MIND.

2246. NOT ACCEPT THINGS AS THEY ARE...

2247. BUT TO UNDERSTAND IT, TO GO INTO IT, TO EXAMINE IT.

2248. GIVE YOUR HEART AND YOUR MIND WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE

2249. TO FIND OUT THE WAY OF LIVING DIFFERENTLY.

2250. BUT THAT DEPENDS ON YOU AND NOT SOMEBODY ELSE...

2251. BECAUSE IN THIS, THERE'S NO TEACHER, NO PUPIL.

2252. THERE'S NO LEADER.

2253. THERE'S NO GURU.

2254. THERE'S NO MASTER, NO SAVIOR.

2255. YOU YOURSELF ARE THE TEACHER AND THE PUPIL.

2256. YOU'RE THE MASTER. YOU ARE THE GURU.

2257. YOU ARE THE LEADER.

2258. YOU ARE EVERYTHING.

2259. AND...

2260. TO UNDERSTAND IS TO TRANSFORM WHAT IS.