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FW: The privatisation of war by ecopilgrim 11 December 2003 20:15 UTC |
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Please see message from the World Systems list posted below for
reference. This is an issue that we must be concerned with at an international level.
As I have written previously, the
private sector through control of the Global Monetocracy
System (and the U.S. military) now controls government, not only in the U.S. but
in many other places in the world where corrupt governments have been installed
through the auspices of the CIA using covert operations, or where military
force has been used, for example, in Iraq and Afghanistan. This leaves the civic sector, not only in the U.S., but worldwide
without representation. As the human labor force is increasingly replaced with
technological advances, and as the human population increases, less value is
placed on human life -- it becomes cheap. And, it is into a cesspool of
competition that we are being thrown as jobs, food, water, medical care and land
come into increasingly short supply. As excess labor becomes the norm, the jobs
available go to those who will work for the least amount of money in what has
been called "the race to the bottom". The Global Monetocracy System fed by the
corporations and ultimately by the people, has served to polarize the world into
two factions: the developed world, where the majority of wealth is
concentrated, and which uses the most of the world's resources, and the
developing world where most of the resources are concentrated and where most of
the poverty is concentrated. However, as the world churns, that polarity is
being upset as desperate people from the developing world take away the jobs of
those in the developed world because they are willing to work for less pay. Needless
to say, an upsetting of the established 'status quo' in the labor market only
adds to the chaos of an ever-changing world and pain to those who must live
under these conditions. Yet, as we cry and wring our hands about the sad state of affairs, we-the-people
both condone and support the private sector as we continue to consume that
which the corporations produce, as well as to invest in their structure. Thus
it is our money that feeds the monster, and in turn it is the monster that is
consuming us in what has become an increasingly deadly game where there are
only losers, never winners. The only probable solution to this is for the Civic Sector to rise up
and essentially 'call the game' through regaining its power by uniting in
forming an alternative global economy based on sustainable living practices which
bypasses the Global Monetocracy System. While this
uprising has begun in the form of worldwide protest movements aimed at blunting
the power of the WTO, and involves the 150 million Cultural Creatives
(integral creatives) worldwide, who are demanding
change while moving into 'voluntary simplicity,' this movement has not crystallized
into a cohesive one that is organized and recognized as a 'legal' movement --
it lacks structure. What the Center for Change in Australia (www.peace-era.com) hopes to do is, through
establishing community learning and information centers worldwide, bring the
Civic Sector into a cohesive worldwide movement such as to change 'worldview'
and establish peace through the practice of sustainable living, thus forcing
the Global Monetocracy System out of the cleverly
carved niche it has occupied through 'manufactured consent' for centuries. The Civic Sector needs to rise up and take its rightful place as an
arbitrator between government and the private sector in such a way as to ensure
a balanced system based on social, environmental, and economic justice. This
balance may be achieved by "chaordic"
means, that is, by using both competition (chaos) and (order) stability, to
achieve its ends. This is a monumental task, and it may very well be too late to save the
ecosphere -- our life support system -- but we must try. What each of us can do
is work within our own community to bring security, and as we do so, share any
knowledge gained with others through a worldwide network that C4C is
establishing so that we form a global brain trust to act as Earth stewards while
at the same time valuing human rights. Peace, love and light Eco
-----Original Message----- Special investigation: The privatisation of war * $30bn goes to private military * Fears over 'hired guns' policy * British firms get big slice of contracts * Deals in http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1103566,00.html Firms on the frontline http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1103567,00.html |
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