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It's Your World...
A NEW WORLD ORDER is forming right under our very noses. Yet, the actual methods and mentality are very old.
I strongly believe political theorist Hannah Arendt's observations on human nature's evil ways apply to any and all, especially folks who try to assert widespread control by undermining individual rights, privacy, and freedom. I believe this is called totalitarianism. The problem is, it's being achieved through extremely pleasant and beguiling means (eg, media, entertainment, internet, cellphones, etc).
The Power of Many
Hannah Arendt's political insights resonate with my own experiences over the past few years, as I'm finding alarming numbers of people are actively supporting, and participating in, a network for supposed 'security'. If you knew how many people I know of, whom I believe have been co-opted by authorities, you'd be truly SHOCKED. Many do it by choice, but some are being extorted.
Please beware of 'Good Cop/Bad Cop' approaches in the news, media, politics, and so on. Also be wary of people who seem to step in just when you, or your organization, need help.[1] Just because people seem friendly or supportive, or things appear glossy, entertaining, and appealing, doesn't mean they're acting in your best interest - now, or in the long run.
In a way, Arendt theorized about primal or psychological drives that exist within all people, which can '[push] to unprecedented extremes murderous fantasies of domination and revenge.' Laws, governments, and legal systems are supposed to help keep these things in check. But what if those very things may be bought, bribed, or bent? [2]
(Hello, Toronto's Union Station deal. [3])
Innovations and improvements to our socio-political systems are good, and much-needed. Yet, corruption and rigging things from the inside are different matters altogether. Our urgent attention to these concerns is necessary.
It Could've Been You
Hannah Arendt's writing and ideas are worth bearing in mind. In particular, her articles and books on the Jewish holocaust, and on Adolf Eichmann - the man who helped schedule an efficient system for mass killings of Jews in Europe, a mere 60 years ago - suggest that such twisted strivings and death-dealing are not limited to any one individual, group, or nation. As one biographer notes:
Reading Eichmann's Final Plea, I see cowardice, and a profound lack of acknowledgement and accountability, from one who fully wanted to excel in his work. A sick travesty beyond words.
Yet, today, growing numbers of people are helping corrupt authorities create a new totalitarianism. Countless people and communities in Toronto, and elsewhere, are co-operating with Big Brother in supporting deadly agendas, while keeping a nice face on it: same goals, different strategies. [5]
People may later use the same excuses, as Eichmann once did - either in their own minds, or to others. Yet many of them did, and do, have choices. Some actually enjoy the lies, threats, and cruelty. This has been both fascinating and utterly disheartening.
It's strange, for example, that two people whom I suspect of being moles, both studied evolutionary biology and seem to be pretty well connected. [6]
Portents of change are in the air (or food, or water...). It'd help if we paid close attention. The fact is, if we don't exercise our rights as citizens, the demise of real democracy, decency, and basic equality will continue unabated.
Even the worst wars or natural disasters cannot compare to what the future holds. Today, we have unprecedented control over the planet, its natural resources, and all the world's populations. Negative uses and abuses of science and technology are far too common. Beyond ethical concerns, irreversible damage is being done to our rapidly deteriorating ecosystem, and many human and non-human lives are suffering because of this. Add to the mix, global surveillance and all-consuming quests for power, and the common masses are basically doomed - or we will be bought, controlled, and silenced.
Many distractions and deceptive persons will continue to hide the threatening global agendas being developed. Perhaps these are necessary 'survival tactics' that may somehow create socio-political balances in the long run - who knows? They just haven't been good for me.
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[1] I myself am guilty of rushing in to help with projects. People were right to distrust me. Yet, I was/am coming from a frantic place of: a) being threatened, b) being politically inept, and hence, angry and frustrated, and c) trying to lessen the possibility of infiltration and control by authorities. What a fool I am, eh?
[2] See the movie Runaway Jury.
[3] Former mayor of Toronto and journalist John Sewell has done excellent coverage on the city's municipal politics. See his Citystate column in eye magazine. (Search 'Union Station.')
[4] Please recall what I've been saying about surveillance, and read Adolf Eichmann's biography (scroll halfway down).
[5] How such vast numbers of people, who are literally as diverse as this very planet, can be so easily co-opted by security bodies is a complex subject. I believe intelligence agencies benefitted from my interest in holistic and transformative learning, co-operatives, circles, and intercultural communications; plus, they've observed my experiences of, and thoughts about, social prejudice. More discussion to come.
[6] Further info on evolutionary biology:
- The Talk.Origins Archive;
- Harvard University's Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology;
- University of Oxford's Evolutionary Biology page;
- Recently created BioBar, a Mozilla FireFox browser extension.
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A NEW WORLD ORDER is forming right under our very noses. Yet, the actual methods and mentality are very old.
I strongly believe political theorist Hannah Arendt's observations on human nature's evil ways apply to any and all, especially folks who try to assert widespread control by undermining individual rights, privacy, and freedom. I believe this is called totalitarianism. The problem is, it's being achieved through extremely pleasant and beguiling means (eg, media, entertainment, internet, cellphones, etc).
[Totalitarianism:] A special version of authoritarian control - political or cultural - that invades the individual's private sphere in all aspects of life, and operates by the willing participation of the people in their own oppression. Totalitarianism is often confused with regular tyranny, and shouldn't be: totalitarianism is far more rational, systematic, and invisible than little-fish dictators. Along these lines, totalitarianism could only emerge in the twentieth century, thanks to information technology. There were three in the past hundred years: Stalin's Soviet Union, Hitler's Third Reich, and Mao's People's Republic. Many thinkers see today's global economy and entertainment-based soothing of outrage as the foundations of the next totalitarian system, McWorld.
[Emphasis added; see source.]
The Power of Many
Hannah Arendt's political insights resonate with my own experiences over the past few years, as I'm finding alarming numbers of people are actively supporting, and participating in, a network for supposed 'security'. If you knew how many people I know of, whom I believe have been co-opted by authorities, you'd be truly SHOCKED. Many do it by choice, but some are being extorted.
Please beware of 'Good Cop/Bad Cop' approaches in the news, media, politics, and so on. Also be wary of people who seem to step in just when you, or your organization, need help.[1] Just because people seem friendly or supportive, or things appear glossy, entertaining, and appealing, doesn't mean they're acting in your best interest - now, or in the long run.
In a way, Arendt theorized about primal or psychological drives that exist within all people, which can '[push] to unprecedented extremes murderous fantasies of domination and revenge.' Laws, governments, and legal systems are supposed to help keep these things in check. But what if those very things may be bought, bribed, or bent? [2]
(Hello, Toronto's Union Station deal. [3])
Innovations and improvements to our socio-political systems are good, and much-needed. Yet, corruption and rigging things from the inside are different matters altogether. Our urgent attention to these concerns is necessary.
It Could've Been You
Hannah Arendt's writing and ideas are worth bearing in mind. In particular, her articles and books on the Jewish holocaust, and on Adolf Eichmann - the man who helped schedule an efficient system for mass killings of Jews in Europe, a mere 60 years ago - suggest that such twisted strivings and death-dealing are not limited to any one individual, group, or nation. As one biographer notes:
Her portrayal of a bureaucrat who did his duty and followed orders, rather than a raving ideologue animated by demonic anti-Semitism, was strikingly original. Far from embodying "radical evil," Eichmann exemplified "the banality of evil," Arendt argued - and thus the danger [of race- or supremacy-based murder, genocides, or insidious social control] could not be confined to the political peculiarities of the Third Reich. [Emphasis added; see source.] [4]
Reading Eichmann's Final Plea, I see cowardice, and a profound lack of acknowledgement and accountability, from one who fully wanted to excel in his work. A sick travesty beyond words.
Yet, today, growing numbers of people are helping corrupt authorities create a new totalitarianism. Countless people and communities in Toronto, and elsewhere, are co-operating with Big Brother in supporting deadly agendas, while keeping a nice face on it: same goals, different strategies. [5]
People may later use the same excuses, as Eichmann once did - either in their own minds, or to others. Yet many of them did, and do, have choices. Some actually enjoy the lies, threats, and cruelty. This has been both fascinating and utterly disheartening.
It's strange, for example, that two people whom I suspect of being moles, both studied evolutionary biology and seem to be pretty well connected. [6]
Portents of change are in the air (or food, or water...). It'd help if we paid close attention. The fact is, if we don't exercise our rights as citizens, the demise of real democracy, decency, and basic equality will continue unabated.
Even the worst wars or natural disasters cannot compare to what the future holds. Today, we have unprecedented control over the planet, its natural resources, and all the world's populations. Negative uses and abuses of science and technology are far too common. Beyond ethical concerns, irreversible damage is being done to our rapidly deteriorating ecosystem, and many human and non-human lives are suffering because of this. Add to the mix, global surveillance and all-consuming quests for power, and the common masses are basically doomed - or we will be bought, controlled, and silenced.
Many distractions and deceptive persons will continue to hide the threatening global agendas being developed. Perhaps these are necessary 'survival tactics' that may somehow create socio-political balances in the long run - who knows? They just haven't been good for me.
------------
[1] I myself am guilty of rushing in to help with projects. People were right to distrust me. Yet, I was/am coming from a frantic place of: a) being threatened, b) being politically inept, and hence, angry and frustrated, and c) trying to lessen the possibility of infiltration and control by authorities. What a fool I am, eh?
[2] See the movie Runaway Jury.
[3] Former mayor of Toronto and journalist John Sewell has done excellent coverage on the city's municipal politics. See his Citystate column in eye magazine. (Search 'Union Station.')
[4] Please recall what I've been saying about surveillance, and read Adolf Eichmann's biography (scroll halfway down).
[5] How such vast numbers of people, who are literally as diverse as this very planet, can be so easily co-opted by security bodies is a complex subject. I believe intelligence agencies benefitted from my interest in holistic and transformative learning, co-operatives, circles, and intercultural communications; plus, they've observed my experiences of, and thoughts about, social prejudice. More discussion to come.
[6] Further info on evolutionary biology:
- The Talk.Origins Archive;
- Harvard University's Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology;
- University of Oxford's Evolutionary Biology page;
- Recently created BioBar, a Mozilla FireFox browser extension.
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