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I will not state it outright. Instead, I leave the inference to the reader, as the idea is rather uncomfortable - but - I back up that war isn't necessarily the "necessity" one might think it is for controlling population, as it were.
Originally posted by guavas
reply to post by morder1
I've seen Michael Ruppert's documentary "Collapse," and it is rather frightening, no doubt about it. But I think there's more at play here than just oil, though. I think precious metals (manufacturing), rare earth metals (technology), hemp (manufacturing), and poppy (drugs) are also extremely large players in the field of "Really Important Resources That Nations Kill Each Other Over."
Sometimes I wonder if oil is used as a cover story for opium. See the opium wars of the 1850's between Britain and China. Rare earth metals and opium in Afghanistan allows America's military presence there to make more sense.
Drugs, Sex and Rock and Roll make the world go 'round - instead, back then, it was Drugs, Sex and Power that made the world go 'round. These things never change, and never will.
Originally posted by guavas
There is a terrible irony at play here: knowledge that was once forbidden, is now freely available, yet now that it available, it is largely ignored. And also, it's ironic that the more and more we come to rely and be accustomed to technology, the less and less we understand it as a whole.
Originally posted by dfens
Originally posted by guavas
There is a terrible irony at play here: knowledge that was once forbidden, is now freely available, yet now that it available, it is largely ignored. And also, it's ironic that the more and more we come to rely and be accustomed to technology, the less and less we understand it as a whole.
Distraction and misdirection are very key to your point. ...
Paper has too much power. Just look at religious text.