Social Controls, the NWO, and the Power Elites
Introduction and Overview
The aim of the book is to provide enough shocking facts about the
manipulative practices of America's power elite, that readers will be
motivated (i.e., made angry enough) to take part in efforts to bring
the richest 1% under control, ...before they impoverish the planet
and destroy the biosphere.
The book presents overwhelming evidence that masquerading
behind a democratic facade, an economic elite comprising less than
1% of the population is quietly and cunningly ruling America.
Their immense wealth and power enable them to exercise so much
control over the governmental process, that they effectively operate
the country as a Feudal oligarchy. The book will leave little doubt
that Government has been serving as a tool to subsidize and
legitimize their exploitation of national and international resources,
while legislative tax changes have left the nation with a Feudal
wealth distribution system.
Presenting the evidence to substantiate this argument is not the
main reason the book was written. Documenting the methods used
by the elite to manipulate, control and exploit those with less
money or power is the real purpose. At least 80% of the book is
devoted to documenting their very effective methodology.
While it is evident that most people are somewhat aware that
government appears to cater to corporations and influential lobby
groups, the average taxpayer is practically oblivious to the extent to
which the wealthiest 1% directly and purposely control and
manipulate the lives and destinies of everyone else on the planet.
For those who have been brought up on a steady diet of the
American Dream, but notice that today's reality and the American
Dream seem to be growing further and further apart, it may be
worth keeping in mind that if a frog is placed in a pan full of cold
water, and the heat is turned up gradually enough, the frog will fail
to sense the danger, and instead of jumping to safety, it could quite
unknowingly allow itself to be cooked. In a similar fashion, the
media continues to be used to desensitize and/or misinform the
general public into repeatedly accepting domestic and foreign
policies that are very often diametrically opposed to the best
interest of the majority.
While the average American does have "a vague idea" that
corporations (as well as the economic elite) use plenty of
techniques for avoiding taxation; how many know that the
proportion of Federal Income tax derived from Corporate income
tax declined steadily from 32% in 1952; to 23% in 1960; to 17% in
1970; to a low of 9% in 1985? Without vital knowledge such as
this, the public will remain in the dark as to what is really causing
the decline in most Americans' standard of living. .
Although the growing deficit and the near trillion dollar banking
industry losses will inevitably lead to continuing cuts in the
standard of living for present and future generations, most
Americans feel powerless to alter their deteriorating economic
conditions, and simply take consolation in the belief that everyone
else is also feeling the pinch.
Nothing could be further from the truth !
Statistics taken from Forbes magazine's annual July survey of
America's billionaires expose the true reality. In 1982 there were 13
billionaires, in 1983...15; in 1984...12; in 1985...13; in 1986...26;
in 1987...49
In other words, the number of American billionaires had for many
years hovered around 13, then the Reagan administration
drastically altered the wealth distribution patterns by introducing
tax changes favoring the super rich. In 1986 the number of
billionaires DOUBLED, and by 1987 the number of billionaires
had QUADRUPLED!! By 1988 there were 68 individuals or
families that each had net wealth in excess of $1,000,000,000. By
1989, the number had risen precipitously to 82. And by 1990, the
Forbes survey reported the staggering total of 99!!
This explosion of wealth taking place at the top has occurred and
will continue to occur while waves of beggars flood onto the
streets, and thousands of farmers lose their farms. It is neither fate
nor coincidence that these events are occurring simultaneously.
Tremendous profits continue to flow into the bank accounts of the
super rich even during supposedly poor economic periods.
Unless facts such as these become "common knowledge", economic
Feudalism will continue to be an integral aspect of the status quo.
Why isn't the general public aware of these facts?
Simply because the richest 1% own virtually all of the media, and
have little difficulty controlling the content and coloration of
television and newspaper information reaching the public. The
superficial and often distorted picture of reality offered by
newspapers and television's 30 second sound bites has traditionally
contributed little to the exposure of America's hidden reality. In no
less a fashion, the major publishing houses have, like a circle of
protective elephants, provided a wall of defense around the existing
status quo and the elite who profit from it. In short, Americans are
being deceived and seduced into clinging to unrealistic concepts
served up through the mass media by the very people who are
exploiting the nation.
Facts that would have exposed the true nature of present day
America rarely get presented through newspapers or television.
Instead, they surface in magazines such as the Economist, Forbes,
Fortune, Insight, and The Wall Street Journal which are read almost
exclusively by the economic elite and their sympathizers.
Moreover, the specialized economic jargon and ever changing
"buzzwords" used throughout these publications poses yet another
barrier preventing the published facts from becoming widely
appreciated.
Consequently, this book has been written to present the reader with
a comprehensive but seemingly radical perspective of America's
hidden reality, based on and supported by facts extracted almost
exclusively from the conservative, pro-establishment publications
just mentioned. This was done purposely to avoid arguments
regarding the truth, accuracy or bias of facts used throughout the
book. Additionally, the author attempted wherever possible to
present both the perspectives and the supporting facts in plain
uncomplicated English so as to be accessible to a broader spectrum
of the general public.
The book could easily have been entitled "The Hoax of Democracy
and Equality in Western Society", because the world's economic
elite have taken control not only in America, but in virtually all the
capitalist democracies, England, Canada, Scotland, Ireland, West
Germany, Israel, South Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand,
Japan, etc., as well as all the other countries ruled by economically
elite minorities.
However, because America chooses to be the flagship for
democratic capitalism, so she automatically deserves to be the focus
of criticism as well. Moreover, it has been the American elite who
have pioneered many of the social and constitutional controls that
the economic elite of other countries have imitated. Consequently,
incidents were chosen from American society to provide references
and examples, although each of the other countries could have
served the purpose as well.
It is therefore the author's hope that the book will serve as a catalyst
to arouse true democratic power not only in America, but
throughout the so-called Western democracies, simply by outlining
many of the methods which the elite purposely use to manipulate
society in order to maintain their wealth and power (i.e., a Feudal
society).
If and when Western citizens come to know even some of the facts
contained in this book, the outcry could be deafening. The shift of
power from the wealthy elite to the majority could come just as
surprisingly and as quickly as the shift of power away from the
Communist elite occurred in Russia.
The demand for true democracy, and a more equitable distribution
of wealth could dramatically alter humanity's destiny. A "New
World Order" could really take place.
As Victor Hugo once put it, "No army can withstand the strength of
an idea whose time has come", and the time has come.
Important additional note!!
The author would like to remind the reader that although most of
the incidents referred to in the book occurred in the late 80s and
early 90s (because that's when the book was originally written), it
would be no problem at all to choose a comparable set of incidents
taken from today's current events. In short, we are always being
manipulated and exploited with basically the same methodology, so
providing incidents (i.e., examples of a particular exploitation
method), at any point in time, to support the basic arguments in the
book would be relatively easy. It would simply entail a repeat of the
time and effort taken to collect the currently provided set of
supporting bibliographic references.
I have little doubt that readers will be able to supply their own
current references, ...and all too easily.
This type of expose of the elite's methodology needs to be written
only once.
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