This topic alone can fill volumes
with bewildering research. Focusing more productively on the bottom line, let’s try
to bring about some useful clarity. First, there is a camouflaged absence of our
government, a government presumably still functioning on our behalf. If we reexamine the
aspirations of the revolution to rid us of corporate power "the aristocracy,"
and review the ensuing legal controls constructed to prevent that kind of power from ever
again dominating our lives ... that is where to begin. It was a time when we the
successful rejoiced. It was also a time when the defeated regrouped with intentions to
persist and carry on.
At the time of our revolution,
citizens sanctioned their state legislatures with the power and obligation, to control the
Crown’s corporations they were suffering under. Exploitation at that time was devised
and implemented by enforcing arrogant rules on the original "Crown colonies" by
companies of the King of England -- by the East India Trading Companies of Europe -- by
the Hudson Bay Company ... to name a few. Colonists did not revolt solely to get rid of a
tea tax. They fought for many reasons, principally, to create a country where citizens
were the government ruling over corporations (then called charters).
After ridding ourselves of the king
and his controlling companies, the decree entrusted to legislators was to severely limit
the issuance of charters (companies) allowed to operate in America. Charters were to be
carefully issued, one at a time, and for a limited amount of time. The corporations were
to be formed under strict rules and subjected to constant surveillance. Their obligation
was to benefit "We The People" -- do us no harm ... and they were subject to
immediate dissolution if they went astray.
This euphoric intent was not going to
last very long. The "power of money" immediately began to chip away at that
extraordinary attempt. Throughout the eighteen hundreds, industrialists, bankers, and
cooperative decisions of judges, slowly but surely reendowed corporations with their lost
rights ... in fact gave them more rights than any citizen might enjoy. Quietly, deftly,
corporate and government were partners once more. Corrupting the intent of our laws
continued in earnest.
The most flagrant dissolution of our
revolutionary accomplishments began in 1886. The U.S. Supreme court ruled that a private
corporation was ... "a natural person." Sixty years afterwards, Supreme Court
Justice William O. Douglas wrote ... "there was no history, logic, or reason, to
support that enactment."
Once corporations had secured the
status of "a natural person," they had unrestricted freedom of speech and the
power to immorally participate in elections and apply their wealth toward lobbying elected
officials. The turn around was firmly in place. The handwriting was on the wall. Corporate
kept growing stronger as law after law, recommend under their influence, created an
unjustifiable but favorable atmosphere ... almost guaranteeing continued invincibility.
Was this the turning point when corporate became government? They had certainly attained
the capabilities of distorting our lives ... while concealing action or intent. Our
elected officials, now converted to being "powers’ emissaries" ... became
committed front men for "power’s agenda of dominance." Until today, behind
closed doors, accelerating with dizzying speed and full approval of our elected, corporate
has just about eradicated the cause of our revolution. We fought a war to be rid of a
"king and his controlling corporations."
To reconcile corporate strength
against government fragility, we must realize, "corporate wealth" has proven it
has the capability to create policy anywhere it has a mind to. Corporate has become the
legendary thousand pound gorilla. Should we lament, give in and say what can we do? We
didn’t take that approach when forming our country.
From records of the past decade, it
is shown, the 500 largest corporations control 25% of the world’s economic output.
They are well advanced in their agenda to globalize the marketplace. They are known as
multinational behemoths. It’s that gorilla again. These numbers are not static
statistics; They are growing exponentially. The larger of the multinationals now have more
clout than many nations. In short order, if not checked, they will have more clout than
any nation on earth. Would that be the logical advance to "the New World Order"?
What is a corporation? Simply put, a
device of royalty. Regardless of what guise or title it assumes, it inevitably wields the
tool we all know of as ... control. What has brought it to the forefront of our lives once
again -- capable of more social destruction than ever before in history? It’s the
"Chip." Let me repeat once again -- "the greater the territory of
power" ... the greater becomes the need for rapid information and communication. The
"Chip" has made that possible ... beyond their dreams.
As corporations go about their
business of encircling and packaging the world, countries and their armies are coming to
the fold, accepting a new role as a member of the UN. Once the UN was a forum. Now the UN
has developed all the earmarks of being on the way to becoming an autocracy. Just recently
our Congress mounted a campaign to prevent the reelection of Butras Butras Gallie. Why? We
were practically alone in an action most countries opposed. We prevailed. I believe
"Power" was the actual winner. What was the purpose. The UN is one of the
jumping off platforms for a "New World Order."
Wherever we look we have been shoved
back to where we started from. Our country, once dead set on controlling corporate
influence has returned the scepter to power to them. "We The People" have become
isolated from shaping our own destiny. We are very close to once again energizing
revolutionary actions. How was it possible for this to happen? What must we do to evade
the specter of this emerging world government? Has it become more defensible to presume
that our government, influenced and committed by accepting power’s monetary
investments, can no longer do the business of "We The People"?
"Power" has assembled
everything necessary for dominance ... at a fraction of normal cost. They have the money;
they control the commodities, they can regulate wages, they can confine public disclosure
of information, they have control of the "Chip" and most important of all, they
have the support of vast military assurances ... that will protect, fight and die for
their interests.
"Intel" has developed a
"Chip" for computers that can handle a trillion bits of information per second.
It will cost about fifty five million dollars per computer. As we can’t possibly have
a computer with that formidable capacity, who has the advantage? Where will it end? Have I
touched on enough subjects to get you thinking about what power is doing? Is it too far
fetched to advance and assume that power and government have callously restructured our
system of democracy. Is the supposition that power has become government somewhat
reasonable? Agreeing to that might possibly clarify what is happening to our society, and
why.
John C. Calhoun spoke these words
back in the nineteenth century. "The very essence of a free government, consists in
considering offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the country, and not for
the benefit of an individual party." He further stated, "A power has risen up in
government greater than the people themselves, consisting of many and powerful interests,
combined into one mass, held together by money." The realization of what was
happening was apparent even then ... even before today’s advanced technological tool
of power was even a dream. He understood then "There was great ability in concealing
ability."
Precisely what we suffer from today
is the ability of our government to conceal what they can, and are already in the process
of doing. We have been excluded from knowing, prevented from participating, and silenced
when defending. This hardly resembles a government ... "Of, By, and For The
People." It does resemble the normal organizational profiles of corporate ...
dedicated to closely guarding information and dispersing it only when absolutely
necessary, and then only on a need to know basis. So! -- has our government not taken on
the appearance of a corporation or has corporate obviously redesigned our government? We
have to keep returning to the same questions. Is corporate running our country? Is there a
gathering of power greater yet than corporate? "In turn," is corporate just
another level of protective front men?
Reaching for connections, we lack a
clear road map that might lead us to the top of the "Power Tower." The best we
can do is to connect the obvious dots. It should enable us to develop a reasonable path of
identification.
The majority of Americans have
determined that their future has been dramatically altered. The majority of Americans no
longer have the motivation to participate in their electoral process. The majority of
Americans are displaying mistrust of their government. The majority of Americans fear we
are becoming a society of have and have-nots. The majority of Americans are teetering on a
shared blow-up. Most of all ... "The majority of Americans agree that something is
very wrong." The majority didn’t promote this dilemma. The majority doesn’t
want this abrupt change of direction. They have no idea where the "fabulous bridge to
the future" ... will transport them to. Sure as God made little green apples ... they
won’t tolerate it much longer.
Tens of millions are now marching to
the same drummer. They are convinced that corruption scored by power, unless effectively
combated, will be our downfall ... will dissolve the American dream. The diplomacy power
has been using against us is failing by the minute.
As diplomacy is normally a prelude to
war ... the question becomes "when and how." The tools of war for both sides
might well be the one power believes is theirs alone, the power of the "Chip."
Our military knows that the power of the chip will be the most effective weapon of choice
in future wars. Governments are now using the "Chip" to effectively infiltrate
one-anothers business. the adroit hacker has been successful too. We are entering an era
when information will combat information.
Social indicators, unmistakably
screaming for relief, have been callously muffled. Why? Has power become so smitten with
itself that the specter of an effective uprising ... becomes none existent?
What are the social indicators ...
"power must be aware of"?
About 50% of families today are running in circles,
trying to hold on to what they have achieved.
Families having transitioned to two or more wage
earners has grown to 60% ... because of necessity.
Increasingly, wage earners are
convinced their financial dilemma will only grow worse.
Close to 70% believe corporate will
continue to reduce livable wage opportunity ... for the masses.
Job satisfaction has decreased
dramatically among managers, administrators, sales workers, electrical workers, craft
workers, and especially among operatives and none-farm workers.
Job dissatisfaction is greatest
amongst those age 21 to 29. They are struggling to apply their various levels of education
to what they were led to believe was a waiting open market.
We lead the world in the disruption
of our lives from crime such as: murder, theft, drugs, rape ... all, absolutely out of
control.
A projection of countries expected to
have the greatest economic difficulties ranks the United States at the head of the list.
Public confidence in major companies,
the executive branch of our government, congress, media, and organized labor unions ... is
approaching zero.
Upwards of 80% of us are beginning to
believe only the rich will get richer; Our officials in Washington have written us out of
the equation, what we think no longer matters, the lords of power have relegated us to the
irrelevant ones. Our laws have been used against us and "we are being left to twist
in the wind."
The Washington Herald, May 24, 1992,
reports "Nearly one in ten Americans are receiving food stamps. Not just inner-city
poor ... but an increasing amount of deteriorating middle-class poor."
In the Seattle Times is letter from
Joyce Lain Kennedy: "My son, after struggling through an MBA program, is being
offered the same wages as was once offered for those having only a bachelors degree. I do
office work and only getting offers equal to what I earned twenty years ago."
A report by John Crudel, explains how
Washington whitewashes statistics. Calculating the numbers properly, he shows a reported
18,000 reduction of unemployed ... actually concealed a true rise of 21,944 unemployed.
An article "NO Way Out" by
O. Casey Corr, highlights the problems and despair of the middle-class. A law graduate
can’t find proper work and is looking in other countries. A farmer must drive a
school bus to survive. A struggling working mother can’t buy shoes for her children.
A printing company executive had to settle for part time work after he was caught in
downsizing. An insurance executive earning $40,000 gets the downsizing pink slip and now
earns $10,000.
The headlines of today reveal our
predicament and foretell a sorrowful ending of the American dream.
More Moms have outside jobs ... some
sliding into poverty
Actions, not handouts, are what
matters.
Struggling to maintain standard of
living.
Baby-boomers say ... life got harder
since their parent’s generation
Why hasn’t the wealth trickled
down?
"Power unchecked" must be
singled out as the cause for our present disintegrating condition. We have to stop the
flow of their pomposity and let them know in no uncertain terms "we know," we
will never be passengers on their economic rocket to the stars.
Greed and corruption have so
thoroughly detached power from the masses, they may no longer even understand the
usefulness of the thought ... compromise can be rewarding.
To make any further sense of what is
happening and combat it, we must better understand the mechanisms of the "world of
power."
WHERE ARE WE BEING SWEPT TO “NOW”
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