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Montoliu: A show of political theater PDF Print E-mail
Written by Raphael Montoliu   
Sunday, 12 August 2007

When we are made to question our allegiance to a political party, to wonder why it seems to make little difference at times whether the House or the Senate is controlled by Democrats or Republicans, we fall back on the old illusion that our disappointment has everything to do with the personal qualities or shortcomings of individual politicians, and like fools keep hoping, at every election, that the right people will appear, to rescue this nation. It is true enough that a handful of politicians are actually sincere, and believe in and attempt to uphold the Constitution.


The truth appears to be, however, that the principal forces at play in government are not at all ideological, but a matter of class and economics. Having initially modeled this system of government on the Roman Republic, the so-called founding fathers set up two legislative bodies: the House of Representatives, which was to represent the people as did the Roman Assembly of Citizens, and the Senate, which exactly as in Rome was designed as a chamber elected by and for the elite.


The elite, of course and as in Rome, was to have the final say on matters of the state, while the will of the people was to be symbolically represented by Congress, presumably to appease the populace on matters of little importance. This is why America was called a republic, as in Rome, and not a democracy, as in Greece.


The system appeared to change in 1913, when the American people were given the right to vote for their Senators, and both the House and Senate were to represent ordinary citizens. It is also in 1913, prior to the change in the election process of the senate, that a powerful group of finance capitalists (better known as bankers), J.P. Morgan, Paul Warburg and John D. Rockefeller among others, created, without the proper Constitutional amendment and with the help of their ally the Senate, the Federal Reserve, a private monopoly that allowed them and allows their successors to control the US government.


"Give me control of a nation's money supply, and I care not who makes its laws" accurately boasted Mayer Rothschild, another finance capitalist.


After having thus taken ownership and control of the nation and no longer needing absolute power over the Senate, this small elite of bankers allowed the people to vote for their Senators, throwing them a few symbolic crumbs that were to make them believe they had acquired more representation and greater power, just as their power had been taken away by the Federal Reserve and they were too elated and distracted to see what had been done to them.


Are we, incidentally, to naively believe that some of the founding fathers did not plan this from the very beginning, having given this elite of finance capitalists total control over the Senate, until they no longer needed it because they had finally achieved their goal, which was to take control of the monetary system?


Kennedy, who unlike other Presidents refused to be a puppet in the hands of this elite, was assassinated before he got a chance to do what he wanted: to restore the gold standard for our monetary system, thus threatening the profits and control of the private bankers who own and run the Federal Reserve and the artificial creation of an actually worthless paper money, a currency that is only as good as the paper it is printed on.


Our political system, like the governments of all nations throughout history, is therefore seemingly torn between serving the elite that controls the world's wealth, and appeasing and controlling the populace that could become a threat if it was better informed. There is not much chance of this happening, as the elite needs an under class to exploit and to frighten the middle class, and a vastly ignorant and easily conditioned middle class to consume its entertainment and its junk, its bread and circus, and to unknowingly support its agenda, lead by deception and disinformation.


Bankers, or finance capitalists, are the hidden elements who control history, who finance wars and revolutions, decide who wins and who looses through the management of supplies and demands, the control of currency values, and even create or manipulate social movements and civil unrest when it is to their advantage.


They have no ideological loyalties, and neither do the key politicians they own: political ideologies are primarily meant to control the naïve and emotional populations by dividing them along mostly fictitious or irrelevant ideas, for the only practical ideas that matter to the highly pragmatic, opportunistic and level-headed elite are profit and power.


If you think this sounds like another absurd conspiracy theory, ask yourself why Hitler never attacked and invaded Switzerland, the banking center of the world and a very easy, very close and very tempting target ... was he the type to respect international treaties and national boundaries and sovereignty?


Could it be that he was financed by international banks just enough to be fooled and used by them, as the predictable psychopath he was, to redraw the map of the world and alter the power play, not to mention facilitate the brutal crushing of a rapidly burgeoning international movement of worker

solidarity, as was also achieved by the first world war? Fifty million lives was apparently an acceptable loss for an elite whose fortunes also soared beyond all expectations as a result of that war.


Our government, like all governments, is putting on a show of political theater for us, the easily fooled, easily distracted and now apparently heavily medicated populace, while the actual conflict is, once again, between public interest, the welfare of the nation and its people, and private interest, the power and extreme wealth of a very small elite.


Need I say who wins the battle every time? This will go on as long as we accept being trained to worship dominant power and to admire wealth, as our forefathers did under the monarchy, and to fear and demonize the poor and all who question might and greed. It will also go on as long as we ignore

the real dynamics of power, and believe in ideologies, in the right and left "good cop-bad cop" routine, that has been allowed to insult our intelligence far too long and is becoming insufferable to some.


Today it is often said that corporations seek to rule the world ... they have been given the same rights as a person, while being shielded from a person's responsibilities, for this very reason. But corporations, like politicians, only do the finance capitalists' bidding and are pawns in their power games. Corporations are today's "villains", decoys that are useful to implement the banking elite's agenda of the new world order, of globalization, but whose power will be taken away as soon as they have served their purpose in this agenda, and under the pretence of freeing the populace from their apparent corruption of government and abuse of such power.


Finance capitalists, who came up with the idea of a banking monopoly, of central banking, to control the state, perhaps as early as two thousand years ago or more, an idea later espoused by Marxists and Capitalists alike, ultimately do not want a free market but a highly regulated economy that could be called capitalist in the sense that it does not threaten their private capital, but prevents, to a large extent, the creation of too many new and independent (free from loans) fortunes outside of their circle of power, of a new elite that would ignore the rules of the ancestral game and would be apt to want to reform and change the world. This is why the on going globalization agenda appears to be communist to some and fascist to others, because it is neither.


These people do not want our solutions to the world's problems. They need to keep the problems in place to maintain the world's conflicts in ideological and divisive terms, and to offer, when strategically appropriate, their own solutions, that will profit them exclusively in terms of ever more profit and power. Consequently, do not expect any real and holistic solutions to global warming, to global pollution, to human suffering in the third world, or to the exhaustion of resources, to be implemented when they should, today.


If a third world war is deemed to be more profitable by this small circle of finance capitalists and apt to fulfill their long term goals, the world will be, once again, thrown into the pits of hell ... and many will be convinced to hate and fear the newly created enemy, as countless generations have done. But if, at some future date, global warming or some other issue is thought to be helpful in implementing a timely policy of new regulations, it is what will happen, seemingly for the benefit of the people of the world and of the environment.


There is no other solution to this condition of the control and enslavement of the world by a small and extremely discreet, well educated and very clever banking elite but an emergence of the truth, which can be obtained and expanded through research ... The important point is not in finding out names, but in understanding the strategy ... the names are ultimately completely irrelevant.


One only has to look at what has been done by banking monopolies to acquire control over governments and policies, and connect the historical and contemporary dots, so as to no longer fall in the trap of believing the many historical, social, ideological and cultural fairy tales that the media and the educational systems feed us, and perhaps no longer be as a pawn in this elite's games, particularly in times of war, when the consequences of being fooled are truly tragic.


Raphael Montoliu lives in Lakeport.


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This should be
written by Donna Christopher, August 12, 2007
required reading in every civics or government class taught. And those classes should start in Middle School at the latest. And the civics/government classes should co-incide with the timing of what is being taught in history. Oh wait, then the masses would be informed and potentially dangerous. I have felt for a very long time that it seemed democracy and capitalism are mutually exclusive - we're either in this thing together or it is every person for themselves. Bush answered that question after Katrina - we are on our own. He sure has made a good marionette for concentrated wealth. Thanks RM for putting into words what I have pondered and speculated over for quite some time. :cry:
The truth
written by Raphael, August 12, 2007
can be depressing, and lies and myths much more enticing, which is why we are so eager for them, we crave these lies in order to function. This is how we willingly give up our power. Thanks for the comments Donna, I hate bringing bad news, but how can we hope to be free if we keep denying the existence of our invisible prisons and mental chains?

"We have limitless resources and the people yield themselves with perfect docility to our molding hands..."
From the objective of the Rockefeller "philanthropies" as stated by him and Gates in Occasional letter No.1 of the Rockefeller's General Education Board.

"A general state education is a mere contrivance for molding people to be exactly like one another; and as the mold in which it casts them is that which pleases the predominant power in the government-whether this be a monarch, a priesthood, an aristocracy, or the majority of the existing generation-in proportion as it is efficient and successful, it establishes a despotism over the mind, leading by natural tendency to one over the body."
John Stuart Mill

"The bold effort the present bank has made to control the government, the distress it has wantonly produced..., are but premonitions of the fate that awaits the American people should they be deluded into the perpetuation of this institution (The Bank of the United States), or the establishment of another like it..."
Andrew Jackson, DEcember 2, 1834

"As early as ancient Babylon or India, Central Banking, the art of monopolizing the issuance of money, had been developed as a perfect method for looting the general public. Even today many bankers copy the traditions of the early exploitative priesthoods and design their banks to resemble temples! Defenses of Central Banking are simply part of the deception that lies at the heart of all power elites."
The occult technology of power

"There is no protetarian, not even a Communist movement, that has not operated in the interests of money, in the direction indicated by money, and for the time being permitted by money-and that without the idealists among its leaders having the slighest suspicion of the fact."
Oswald Spengler

"The Right has such a fear of the Left's dream of democracic collectivism and the Left such a hatred for what it sees as the Right's elitist, rugged individualism that there is little danger that they will ever join forces to overturn our government-backed monopolies even though we violate the ideals of both left and right."
The occult technology of power
Donna, the irony
written by Raphael, August 13, 2007
is that the elite is in it together: they cooperate, share information and power in order to maintain and expend their control of the governments of the world and of the world resources...The idea of Central Banking is a very marxist idea (and espoused by Marx), as are all concepts of highly centralized power, but the elite calls it capitalist because it serves them, while they call universal health care a "socialist" idea, because it could cut their profits, and most Americans have been trained, like puppies, to react instantly and without thinking when either of these words are used (kind of like "God" and the "devil").
So the elite and its monopolies are in a practical sense very "collectivist"... we, the little people, are the only "rugged individualists", the poor slobs who fend for themselves and who are made to live by the law of the jungle, of the survival of the rich and powerful!
There are plenty of exemples of "rugged individualism" in the US, many of them are women and children, they live in the streets and are called homeless...
Animal Farm or..
written by Kruk Ed Strait, August 13, 2007
..farm animals? Great! We have at least a few (Monto, Donna, Rafael) who've read the first half of Animal Farm. Amazing! They've discovered problems with human governments! They'd do better to read the rest of Orwell's book. It gets worse. Every time a new government, preaching of course, (liberty, equality, fraternity)overthrows a bad government, pigs find a way to take over. The new government is worse than the old. After finishing their Animal Farm books, Monto, Donna, and Rafael, would do well to read Mathew, Mark, Luke, and John. They'll find some really good news. They'll read about a new government that even Orwell didn't know about. A new Christmas King will keep His campaign promises (unlike republicans and democrats) and bring peace to a war torn world. He'll put an end to the endless cycle of revolution and corruption of government that Orwell knew so much about. DW
Okay, I give.
written by Donna Christopher, August 13, 2007
DW who the heck is Monto? Have you morphed Raphael into 2 people? Is psychosis contagious and can you catch it from a blog? Your arguments about just follow the sheep and there will be "peace in a war torn world" - our biggest warmonger is Bush. Yeah, that born again, old Testament spouting southern end of a northbound horse. Shouldn't he have been able to stop the "corruption of government" instead of amplifying it greatly? Course there is that aspect that he & his cronies greatly profited from this little side trip to Iraq. Oh yeah, and signing off on torture. If that makes for a man of God, I'll pass. I'll regret this but do tell Darryl - is Bush heaven bound material? He spouts the righteous words but the actions seem to head in a totally different direction. There is a lot of that going 'round, even on the local level. Do tell DW, how does your God sort'em out.
Sheep follow sheep?
written by Kruk Ed Strait, August 13, 2007
..no, Donna. One doesn't follow the sheep. It's the Sheperd. Sheep following sheep all end up in the ditch or maybe even over the cliff. Sheep who follow the Sheperd graze beside the still waters and travel through the valey of the shadow of death and fear no evil. And, no, Bush can't stop corruption in government. If he could there would be no need for the Second Coming. Bush can't appear and disappear. Nor can he travel at the speed of light;like the Kings, and Judges in the new government of the Sheperd. DW
My Baaaaad
written by Donna Christopher, August 13, 2007
Your right DW, "...Bush can't stop the corruption in government." He IS the corruption in government. Add another to the tally of the questions DW can't/won't answer.
Only fools say
written by Kruk Ed Strait, August 14, 2007
..peace and love comes from within. Wise men say adultery, murder, hate, stealing, idolatry, and every evil act comes from within. Peace and love come from God. Freedom comes from self dicipline which also comes from God. Rafael is foolish. He understands life backwards and upside down. He hopes to be the blind leading the blind. He's a slave to sin and doesn't even know. DW
No God..
written by Kruk Ed Strait, August 15, 2007
..no devil says Raphael....The devil is pleased. He has more power over those who don't believe in him and his ways. God isn't pleased. He doesn't like to see lost sheep and He doesn't believe in atheists. DW
1.1?
written by John, August 16, 2007
So what, were they shot by some federal agent or being ripped off by some other opportunist because the law makes it a high value plant?

Liquor and cigarettes... well over half a million by themselves.

Sure is interesting food for paradigm shifting thought.
Late comment
written by Raphael, August 16, 2007
on Blue Wolf's article "News for profit", if I can bend the rules a little and post these figures here:
Yearly deaths from alcoholism: 110,000
Number of yearly sexual assaults among college students due to use of alcohol: 70,000
Yearly injuries among college students due to alcohol use: 500,000
Yearly deaths among college students due to alcohol: 1,400
Yearly deaths from the abuse of tobacco: 430,000
Yearly deaths from preventable medical errors in hospitals: 98,000
Yearly deaths from RX drugs: 100,000
Yearly deaths from aspirin/pain killers: 7,600
Yearly deaths from contaminated foods: 9,000
Deaths from the 2003 Iraq war, mostly civilians: 131,715
Side effects from all legal medications: enough to fill thousands of pages and kill or injure in innumerable ways
Yearly deaths from marijuana use: 1.1
By the way I don't use drugs, legal or illegal, smoke or drink, but don't the facts speak for themselves?...so what is the big "problem" with marijuana, except that its illegality feeds the corporate prison industry and allows the government to eliminate the voting rights of countless individuals, many of whom are probably too liberal for the government's taste.
It is however possible, on the subject of psychosis, that listening to Bush or Cheney's speeches could induce some form of mental illness or impairement, I would not advise to drive under their influence, or under the influence of the FOX channel for that matter.
rules, facts?
written by Kruk Ed Strait, August 16, 2007
in bending the rules, R forgot to mention the 2,321,462.22 dopers who fell off the roof when they were trying to sweep the chimney and what about the 4,403,420.77 pot headed truck drivers who ran over highway patrol cars? Figures don't lie but liars sure can figure. R should be more carefull with the facts. When one considers all the facts reefer madness should be exported to enemy countries. DW
In case someone
written by Raphael, August 18, 2007
is interested in doing some research, here are the names of some of these banking families: Baring, Lazard, Erlanger, Warburg, Schroeder, Selingman, the Speyers, Mirabaud, Mallet, Fould, and of course Rothschild, Rockefeller and Morgan.
"To play on those millions of minds, to watch them slowly respond to an unseen stimulus, to guide their aspirations without their knowledge, all this whether in high capacities or in humble, is a big and endless game of chess, of ever extraordinary excitment."
Sidney Webb, founder of the Fabian Society, 1890

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