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originally posted by: ketsuko
originally posted by: incoserv
I agree that the idea of a global communist/socialist gov't is just stupid.
It is obviously oligarchist.
Most communist/socialist systems are oligarchies in disguise.
originally posted by: MystikMushroom
*rubs forehead*
We're headed for a corporate-controlled world. The governments of the world will have very little voice, as the corporations that dominate everything will dictate policy.
Has anyone seen Ridley Scott's "Alien" movies? Remember how the "corporation" is the one that explores space? It's going to be like that in the future. Due to globalism, standards of living will start evening out around the world. For some, this will cause their standard to go up, and in the case of the USA -- ours to go down. There will be a great "equalization" so to speak.
This is a direct result of the globalization of the world. We're all going to work for a megacorp, live in corporate housing, shop at corporate stores, watch corporate media, and so on and so forth.
It's coming, and we aren't really doing much to stop it. The ultimate elite don't care, they've got their pleasure-domes secured away in places like Dubai. Besides, money is only for the middle and lower classes. When you're on the top of the ladder, you just barter and exchange favors. Want a new car? Ask the CEO of Ford, he'll give you one in exchange for a weekend at your private island.
originally posted by: JeanPaul
I keep hearing and reading about the "communist" or "socialist" NWO plot for "global enslavement". Alex Jones/Ron Paul types, this thread is for you. I actually read G Edward Griffin's "Creature From Jekyll Island" years back so I'm well aware of the source material for much of the NWO conspiracy. G Edward thinks the Federal Reserve, World bank/IMF and UN are out to build a global socialist system. As do many right wingers. The Rothschild's are communists, the early industrialists were communists etc. It gets weird. Reality inverted on its head.
First off, Robert Mcnamara was head of World Bank for how long? If anyone knows who he is the thought of him heading a "socialist bank" is absurd. Secondly, World Bank and IMF have been facilitating "free market" reforms in developing countries for decades. This means privatization of public goods and services. Slashing of social programs etc. Austerity/structural adjustment. They have also forced "free trade" on developing nations rather than the protectionism most advanced nations went through in their early days. The "New World Order" people such as Bush spoke of is in fact the expansion of "liberal democracy" into the developing world, in ways that benefits the advanced western nations first and foremost. It's not about communism. It's not about creating a centralized global government. It's not about anything even remotely close to socialism.
Capital, as in, the corporations/banks who run our governments & economies, would NOT be able to profit with a centralized global government. They need a bunch of separate nation states in order to chase cheap labor. In order to avoid providing safe workplace conditions. In order to avoid regulations. In order to avoid taxes. A centralized global government would be the last thing banks/corporations want.
Decentralization of resources is also desired. There's a reason the Ottoman Empire was broken up, in large part so oil companies could negotiate better prices via divide and conquer. It would be easier to control/manipulate a series of competing smaller nations rather than a unified whole. This is why Nasserism was fought by these same people in the west. They want the balkanization of the Middle East and hence its resources, not a global government.
en.wikipedia.org...
Every single place actual socialism was attempted the people behind all the "NWO" talk have actually squashed all attempts at socialism. This is the true face of capitalism. Death squads in South America, Africa and Asia. Bombing campaigns in all of the above. Assassinations. Overthrowing democratically elected governments. Propping up puppet regimes. Forcing decentralization/market reforms. Forcing developing nations into "free trade". Forcing development which benefits western banks/corporations. The entire Cold War was fought for profits and to expand capitalism into the developing world. To keep actual socialism from manifesting. A little bit of Keynesian economics is not socialism. It's not communism. There is no centralized global government being planned. The USA and it's leaders want a decentralized global system, fragmented and easier to profit in. These banks and corporations will do everything within their power to stop a global government from manifesting. They will do everything within their power to stop actual socialism from manifesting.
The UN is a tool of control/manipulation, specifically the UN security council. When the US isn't controlling/manipulating the process they ignore the process. It's the furthest thing from a centralized socialist government. There will not be some morphing of China, Russia, the EU and USA. It will never happen. The very nature of capitalism/nationalist competition prevents it. Not to mention the cultural differences.
The only global governance necessary is that which makes trade/commerce possible. There needs to be a certain amount of continuity nation to nation in order for markets to be stable. In order to create a large labor force. In order to educate populations and make investing safe for capital. An actual centralized global government would give global labor too much bargaining power. It would take away tax havens. It would bring about global workplace standards etc all of which would make capital accumulation impossible. The financial institutions and corporations in control of western governments exist to accumulate capital. They will not advocate a system which would threaten or end their very existence.
The Rothschild's are not nor will ever be communists. JP Morgan was not a communist. Rockefeller was not a communist. The Warburg's were not communists. On and on. There is truth to be found in criticizing such families. The amount of capital they accumulated does indeed put such families in lopsided control of governments and economies. New money is also joining the club. There is a nexus of accumulated wealth on earth which holds disproportionate control of land, resources trade and commerce. This is capitalism, not communism. The way to end this sort of wealth accumulation would actually be a global government to tax them out of existence. It's exactly what Thomas Piketty advocates in his book "Capital in the 21st Century".
People look at that idea and laugh. Precisely because it's an impossibility right now. Nobody takes it seriously:
www.newrepublic.com...
Can any of you offer real evidence that the USG (government) is fighting to establish a global communist/socialist government?
originally posted by: InverseLookingGlass
a reply to: JeanPaul
I hope no one believes the corporations and operatives are inept enough to try a frontal assault. No way.
They are going to deftly manipulate the narrative to convince you to walk into the trap on your own and carry your chains with you. With a little help from low IQ authoritarians if anyone actually "wakes up".
They are so close to closing the deal, they just have to buy off a few more Dems in the US Senate. They are selling the US and the new "savages" will be the people that foolishly try to resist the chattel slavery. The world will change after corporations officially take over. Maybe they will stop the charade of elections altogether?
Hope you enjoyed American Sniper. They are laughing their asses off at that one.
originally posted by: Quetzalcoatl14
originally posted by: ketsuko
originally posted by: incoserv
I agree that the idea of a global communist/socialist gov't is just stupid.
It is obviously oligarchist.
Most communist/socialist systems are oligarchies in disguise.
Hmm, I don't know about that.
And, most capitalistic societies are oligarchies in actuality, including ours. And it isn't really hidden...
Capital, as in, the corporations/banks who run our governments & economies, would NOT be able to profit with a centralized global government. They need a bunch of separate nation states in order to chase cheap labor. In order to avoid providing safe workplace conditions. In order to avoid regulations. In order to avoid taxes. A centralized global government would be the last thing banks/corporations want.