We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Posts that I especially recommend for Wednesday, January 5, 2022

  • More Harmful Than Helpful (part 1) by Chris Martenson (in a video--32:13) from his weblog PeakProsperity. (Note: Part 2 is behind a paywall.)
Like any good analyst, Forte, a Canadian professor of Anthropology, examines the evidence all over the world and arrives at some conclusions (which are contained at the end of the article). 
 
But he leaves out a conclusion of mine that the frantic concern for the pandemic of the capitalist ruling class of the US/British/Zionist Empire is because they have recognized to their genuine horror that the enormous growth of population, which their rule has unconsciously created, has caused an enormous threat to the destabilization of the climate.
 
This major concern, stemming from the earliest acknowledge of the threat being the 1972 Club of Rome paper, The Limits to Growth, is an indication for their hyper-aggressive actions, as we have seen and experienced related to the pandemic. If they have enriched themselves in the process out of habit, all the more the better. Their aggressive efforts have resembled the methods of fascist regimes of old, and are a major cause of concern for general populations, civil libertarians, and, not the least, medical scientists and practitioners.
 
Their system of capitalism is dependent on the growth of populations. In the past our authorities were always exclaiming positively over the growing population. The Catholic church, whose religious institution has always aligned with the "powers that be" (the ruling capitalist class), promoted large families, opposed abortion and drugs that prevented pregnancies. Indeed, population growth was always seen as creating more consumers that capitalists feed upon.
 
So, what are they to do in the face of this contradiction? Some may choose the impractical and drastic option to escape the Earth and reside on other planets, but others mistakenly see the enormous growth population--not their capitalist system--as a threat causing the destabilization of the climate and threats to their beloved system. This recognition is motivating them the hide behind the pandemic, which they likely caused, to ensure population decline.
 
Meanwhile, with this dire threat in mind the directors of the capitalist Empire are more aggressively pursuing their longstanding objective of the control/dominance of the world. 
 
In any case, their fascistic policies are likely to continue because they feel the desperate need to control the populations of countries the Empire controls. Their compulsively aggressive pursuit of wealth and power through private ownership and control of the economy has created a kind of fascist conditions during this pandemic which, understandably, are of major concern to many people. 
 
We are, indeed, living in dangerous times!
  • Before and Without Marx by Alan Johnstone, a British member of the Socialist Party of Britain (a companion party of the World Socialist Movement) from Dissident Voice.
  • CNN Gives Award to Pfizer CEO featuring Jimmy Dore, using his channel on YouTube (26:18) sarcastically reporting and discussing, with comic Kurt Metzger interjecting humorous comments, various mainstream media sponsored by Pfizer Corporation. My reaction: Dore gets away with his sarcastic comments regarding the pandemic because his is listed by YouTube as a "comedian".
  • Blue State REFUSES to Follow CDC Guidelines! featuring Jimmy Dore, using his channel on YouTube (14:57) sarcastically reporting and discussing, with comic Kurt Metzger who occasionally interjects humorous and sarcastic comments, regarding the unscientific recommendations by Fauci's CDC. My reaction: Note that Dore is careful to not violate YouTube's censorship rules.
  • Photo-Shopped History: Editing Out Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s Support for Palestine by Clinton Nzala from Mint Press News. My reaction: What most Americans, and those under the rule of the US/British/Zionist Empire, don't realize that all of history has been "photo-shopped", so to speak, by our masters in the capitalist ruling class in all our institutions: education, media, entertainment, etc. This is to ensure that their subject-citizens knowledge of history fits well with their objectives to turn people into consumers and justify their endless wars. The only way to counteract this problem of indoctrination is to read books by the contemporary authors of each historical period and the few dissident authors of our period.
  • China's Excellent, Very Good Year by Godfree Roberts (behind a paywall) and re-posted by Bernhard, an astute independent German blogger, from his weblog Moon of Alabama.
Kazakhstani President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has DISMISSED the government after a wave of VIOLENT protests over liquefied gas prices swept the country. Multiple clashes between riot police and demonstrators erupted and a number of police cars were burned in the nation’s largest city, Almaty, prompting the president to impose a curfew.
  • Professors Guy McPherson and Beril Sirmacek Field Questions from McPherson's channel on YouTube (1:08:46). (Note: I think this is very important, but I haven't time now to listen to the comments by McPherson, a longtime climate scientist,--I will listen to it later. The serious comments begin at 04:26.) 
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