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Originally posted by gameoverforyou
What do you mean by "good"? Power in itself corrupts. Money itself is inherently destructive through the desire for profit and greed. There are a few societies that were suppose to protect powerful secrets, but the problem is they were found out and destroyed, and now those secrets are being used by the western elites. But there are a few organizations in asia that I would consider "good" in that they fight the western imperialist elites.
Originally posted by vagabond50
From the quotes here,
globalistagenda.org...
There is definitely an agenda from the rich and powerful to enslave free humanity. There also definitely seems to be an "Us vs Them" attitude, and from several years of CT research I can't seem to find any "Good" elite. Even Bill Gates with his vaccine agenda seems to be in on it. It seems like whoever makes a certain amount of money joins the club. Whats a given is all of the mega rich are in on it like rockefeller, rothschild, morgan, etc etc.
Do you all know of any "good" rich guys on our side of free humanity? Or does vast quantities of money really corrupt anyone it touches?
Thanks
Originally posted by CIAGypsy
I challenge you that there is good and evil at ALL levels of society.
Originally posted by Davian
Originally posted by CIAGypsy
I challenge you that there is good and evil at ALL levels of society.
Star for you!
I will not be so stubborn and ignorant to assume that 'amassing mass amounts of wealth automatically makes you a genocidal megalomaniac'. It's idiocy. I can't believe that so many people would be so discriminative and idiotic to seriously classify anybody who is successful and intelligent with their money as 'evil' automatically. Yes, there are evil entrepreneurs out there (just look at Rockefeller, or Soros), but they are not all bad.
Originally posted by l_e_cox
reply to post by vagabond50
If you define "elite" as "bad" then the answer is in the negative.
I think that the "elite" being referred to we recognize as a special meaning of the term. These are specifically people who have been working for years to concentrate and consolidate their power and influence. This is not an operating environment that many of us would enjoy. It's too concentrated on things that most of us don't see as that worthwhile. You can only own so many castles and armed guards before it starts getting old an you wish you could just go down to the corner and have a beer with your buddies.
So "the elite" attracts to it these people who are obsessed with the "problem" of power. I don't see the "elite" as good and bad as much as I see the whole orientation as oppressive and rather insane. So how much good is going to come out of an environment like that?
Still, if there weren't some restraining forces present in that world, I think things would be even worse than they are now. So there are likely to be individuals, influences, or some piece of their own psyche that restrains them from being as despicable as some of them wish they could be.
Originally posted by Illusionsaregrander
reply to post by vagabond50
Gross inequity is obviously not good for the people on the short end of that stick, and simply assuaging your conscience with good deed, charity work, or little handouts here and there does nothing to undo the fact that you are the beneficiary of something deeply unfair, unjust, and oppressive.
Originally posted by Illusionsaregrander
And I am not making the argument that there should be total equity. People who do better should have differential success.
Originally posted by Illusionsaregrander
But they should not be able to makes laws to ensure they continue to do better, and that make it difficult or impossible for others to unseat them, nor should their wealth pass down to children who did nothing to earn it.
Originally posted by Illusionsaregrander
"Being good to the little people" is also a very subtle way to aggrandize yourself. And that kind of egoism is also not "good" in the most well rounded sense.
Originally posted by CIAGypsy
Sounds like rhetoric that comes from someone who has never been on the upper end of that stick...and yes, I have a problem with your opinion.
Originally posted by CIAGypsy
I known many who have worked their a$$ off to be successful. Some have even given up seeing their children grow up or being around in a loved one's last days to ensure that success. (Yes, its THEIR choice and right to do so....even if some of us would choose differently!) What an utter affront to those people who have EARNED IT to have someone like you come in and say they SHOULDN'T have it because "its not fair" to those people who haven't put in the time, blood, sweat, and tears.
Originally posted by CIAGypsy
So where do you draw the line and how do you consider that line not to be arbitrary? Again, see my comment above.
Originally posted by Illusionsaregrander
Okay, so I will always agree there should be less laws. Government operates better when it doesn't encumber anyone's personal freedoms. In that, I will agree with you.
Originally posted by CIAGypsy
However, if I have spent my life accumulating and saving the results of my effort, I should have the right to give it to WHOMEVER I want, including my children. Who are YOU to think you have the right to say what happens to MY PROPERTY when you have done nothing to accumulate your own?
Originally posted by CIAGypsy
That's a funny comment because I guarantee that the people I help are very grateful and appreciative for that help!
Originally posted by Illusionsaregrander
Clearly YOU have never been on the lower end of that stick. Because if you had, you would know that there are people who work every bit as hard as those on the upper end, who also miss seeing their kids grow up, miss being there when family members die, etc., and they get next to nowhere, because the game is rigged against them. Do you have any idea how many people work more than one job? Or who take incredibly dangerous jobs putting their life and health at risk to give their family a better life? Or who work overseas and dont get to see their families at all except maybe once or twice a year so they can make some incremental move upward for their family?
Originally posted by Illusionsaregrander
I dont have enough confidence in your ability to absorb information to waste my time.
Originally posted by Illusionsaregrander
Read Platos Republic for how you can both reward individual merit AND ensure that the whole, society itself, is fair, just, and not rigged to serve the rich.
Originally posted by Illusionsaregrander
Typical. Its not simply about less laws. You can only make ONE law and skew society permanently in favor of the already rich. Its not about fewer or more, its about not letting the wealthy (or the poor though that really only happens rarely) make laws that rig the game in their favor. All laws should exist to promote justice, and to ensure competition is not hindered. The rich dont want less regulation. They want the competition skewed in their favor by heavily regulating the poor and removing all hindrances to their actions. Much like is going on in America today.
Originally posted by Illusionsaregrander
You dont know what I have. And Warren Buffet and Carnegie are modern examples of wealthy people who felt natures ends and societies were best served by requiring ones children to make their own way.
Originally posted by Illusionsaregrander
A lot of the people who spent their lives "accumulating" did so under laws and rulesets that allowed them to cheat, and take what wasnt honestly theirs. Who are you to say that that inequity should remain the case for all time?