by Dreams End » Sun Aug 27, 2006 12:32 pm
There's an interesting parallel here. IN the thread on "ghost troops" we meet Captain May, who is quite clear about the fact that he is (sorry, "was") military intel AND he worked for big oil AND he worked for PR Republican propaganda machine, Hill and Knowlton. <br><br>May explains helpfully that the entire war is because of Israel. Here are some entities that are NOT responsible, then. Military intel, Big Oil, and the PR Republican propaganda machine, Hill and Knowlton.<br><br>So as a case study, we have a clear example of military intel/propaganda techniques using Israel (and the Mossad Media, as he puts it) as a way to deflect attention from other forces who one has to suspect might have a little bit to do with this war. And I hadn't thought of it exactly that way, but this is about as close as you can get to a controlled lab experiment with this stuff. <br><br>Back to the controlled left...I want to avoid buying into the very same sort of false reasoning, which I think Nemo has bought into (I come not to condemn Nemo, but to convert him....). Yes, lots of that stuff is based on the same ole Jewish conspiracy theories. But what is of interest here is the purpose it serves. With Anthony Sutton, you get a similar set of theories, but he goes to great pains to put the blame on anglo banks and money powers. He opposes Jewish conspiracy theory directly. But I think this doesn't undo all the damage.<br><br>Surely, wealthy people have a lot of power...that's the whole problem, of course. But a theory that says wealthy elites are behind all the major opposition movements is another way of saying NO OPPOSITION MOVEMENTS ARE LEGITIMATE. It suggests that activism is pointless and that all the revolutionary attempts to overthrow capitalism were fake, so DON'T EVEN BOTHER. Handy, if you happen to be a capitalist.<br><br>I don't know anything about Sutton and his motivations, but you can see the problem...it suggests in its own way that the only people who can make any difference are the wealthy elites themselves. No reason to bother with mass movements. I think this applies to Carol Quigley's stuff as well. In fact, Quigley himself said that he did not oppose the plans of the elites, he simply wanted to make them public. So, again, we see that the only historical forces of consequence are the machinations of the elites and the only thing left to argue is whether they are good for us or not.<br><br>This was not my point at all. I assume that the forces trying to infiltrate and confuse the left do so because they are well aware that mass movements CAN be effective. So I want to distance myself completely from this idea that all the opposition is being run from the Rothschilds' castles...and not just because of the disturbing history of such theories.<br><br>When it comes to the radical right and their use of Illuminati Jewish Lizard theories, I don't know how sincere the originators of those ideas are...but I do see that they play an important role in preventing a disaffected segment of the population from joining in with larger mass movements which challenge the system. If they are convinced that all those movements are just Illuminati fronts (Communist fronts if you go back a few decades) then they will avoid them like the plague.<br><br>And, again, this is true whether the theories of elite governance concentrate on Jews or not....it is still disempowering. <br><br>It's an odd political space to occupy. I buy a lot of what Jeff talks about, for example...and that there are elite groups doing the sorts of things that get discussed here. And the left pretty much ignores all of it. If the left, for example, can't see the POLITICAL importance of something like Dutroux, then it completely misses the boat.<br><br>On the other hand, much of this "conspiracy theory" is based on poorly sourced rumor that inflates the power of these elites to the point of suggesting that resistance is futile...oh sure, you can free your OWN mind and reach some sort of spiritual enlightenment and live a life of blissful smugness as you scoff at the "sheeple" (how I hate that term) who still lack your wisdom, but forget a general strike or boycott or revolutionary impulses. Those would be pointless as the Illuminati runs those as well.<br><br>Back to specifics like the Russian Revolution. I can't think how a country as large as Russia would be able to do anything, revolution notwithstanding, without interacting with the larger economic forces of the world. Their goal was to industrialize quickly...having been invaded by the capitalist west within about an hour and a half of the revolution itself, they understood what they'd have to do to survive. Meanwhile, there's money to be made...so bankers, industrialists and businessmen went out and made it. This is then turned on its head to show that these same businessmen controlled the revolution in the first place.<br><br>And if you want to go back to the Jewish conspiracy stuff...in this country there have been Jews prominent in pretty much every movement for social justice in this country, including anti-capitalist ones. One might think this has something to do with Jewish history of oppression, but the Birchers could simply note that there are rich Jews in high places AND Jews in the opposition, THEREFORE, Jews are running both sides. This is based on the assumption, of course, that Jews are monolithic in their perspective. <br><br>If you remove Jews from the equation, that type of thinking is still harmful. It translates roughly into "NO HOPE."<br><br>However, all that said, the levels of control, misdirection, infiltration and manipulation are far higher than the traditional left seems to be aware of. The phenomenon of left gatekeeping is quite real, though you can't always tell when it is deliberate and when it is a fear of going outside the "left mainstream" by the likes of Amy Goodman, etc. Foundations like the Ford foundation...(FORD..as in "The International Jew"...as in hero of Hitler) funding ostensibly progressive groups. Ditto Rockefeller Foundation, etc. I noted with irony and dismay that the so-called "chaplain" of Ghost Troops, Chase Untermayer, is not only ambassador to Qatar but SITS ON THE BOARD OF National Public Radio<br><br>Ouch.<br><br>Skull and Bones is real. And at least some elements within Masonry are up to no good. And factions of the Catholic church are up to no good (though perhaps in opposition to Masonry, not necessarily in alliance). Dutroux is real. The Finders are real. Franklin Cover-up is real (though big caveat here...I recently read that the famous documentary was provided to the world via Ted Gunderson "former" FBI....the company alleged to have made the documentary has denied any knowledge of it. However, many of the facts are confirmed independently but I think there are some games being played there as well.)<br><br>So there are deep and ongoing conspiracies within the halls of power. But they don't control all of the opposition. In fact, they are afraid of the opposition, which is why they go to all that trouble in the first place.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br> <br><br> <p></p><i></i>