True, it may very well be the result of opportunistic
behaviour. I don't know for sure, doubt anyone knows either. Thats
why its a conspiracy. But the fact which we acknowledge is that the
ruling establishment is working against the interests of the common
people; the idea that the people that possesses and who creates the
real wealth of this world is subject to the people that create the
money to represent that wealth is just disgusting.
Discussion about history purely for history's sake is
pointless. There has to be a humane approach to society. And that's
the flaw that we got to correct. Throughout the globalisation
years, the gap between the world's richest and the world's poorest
has doubled. 35,000 children die every day while Exxon Mobil makes
$122,000 in profits (likely more) per minute. Whether or not there
is a NWO conspiracy or not is besides the point,
corporate-political interests are putting profits/power above human
and environmental concerns. Can we transcend this human weakness
called greed? Probably not (in my opinion), but there is a way to
improve the human condition.
As an age-old institution, money has been used to
represent value in a society shaped by scarcity. Because something
is scarce, some value is placed on it, and that is, in crude terms,
how our society works. There isn't a need to charge abundant
commodities like air because there is simply too much of it.
Similarly, in a technological age, there is a way to transcend
scarcity and therein lies a more humane society. Take energy for
instance. Its because of the lack of it or the willingness of
corporate interests to supply it to poor people from whom they
cannot make a profit off. Whether or not you believe in Peak Oil or
not is irrelevant. The point is that fossil fuels are limited and
hence are priced leading to an inequitable distribution of energy.
In 2006, MIT released a report on geothermal energy that calculated
that with present technology, 4,000 years worth of energy can be
extracted (http://geothermal.inel.gov/publications/future_of_geothermal_energy.pdf).
4,000 YEARS! Wouldn't that put Big Energy out of business? With
energy problems gone, providing clean water and a comfortable
standard of living no longer presents a problem. As to food, in
2006 the FAO admitted that the world has a surplus food supply and
could produce much more (ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/a0750e/a0750e00a.pdf).
The reason why there is still hunger in the world? Corporate
profits. You don't earn money by giving food to hungry people. You
see, it is the placing of profits above human concerns that is the
basis of our society. How can we call ourselves human then? And how
do we abolish the profits that are hindering social progress?
Abolish its parent, the monetary system. While it was justified in
a technology-less world, our technology allows an age of abundance
that has no need for money. With that gone and the social neurosis
that profit-driven activity creates, a humane society can
emerge.
Is this communistic? No, communism still preserved the
monetary system and political leadership. In a world where there is
abundance, made possible by technology, there is no need for
political leadership. And there is also no need for manual labour
with automation. With our level of computing power, a
humanely-driven technological society will only need supercomputers
to keep society functioning. Of course, this is an overly
simplification of the idea presented in www.thezeitgeistmovement.com.
No doubt idealistic, but as far as social progress is concerned,
its the only way Humanity can substantially reduce poverty and
suffering. That is the only why in which a billion people does not
have to go hungry everyday and when the other half of the world can
enjoy electricity. Its time to end the exploitation and suffering
caused by fascistic bastards in thousand-dollar suits. Fascism
doesnt only come with jackboots but also in Armani
suits.