Dear Editor,
The quote from Chris Hedges’ speech, “The Myth of Human Progress and the Collapse of Complex Societies” in last week’s Reader’s Column, was on point about fascism. Unfortunately, after listening to the full speech I realized Hedges is promoting Communism. He blames solely corporations for the misery existing in the world and ignores the role of the State granting those corporations special privileges and not holding them accountable when they create a disaster or cause human hardship.
The goal of these multinational corporations is exactly the same as Mr. Hedges’ – world communism. The corporate elites in society along with world leaders have been planning this for over 100 years. Either Hedges is an unwitting accomplice or he is preaching to the proletariat how to save the world from fascism via communism on corporate behalf.
The Club of Rome (just one of the elitist’s many organizations) was founded in 1968 at Accademia dei Lincei in Rome, Italy. It consists of current and former heads of state, UN bureaucrats, high-level politicians and government officials, diplomats, scientists, economists and business leaders from around the globe.
The first report produced by the Club of Rome was “The Limits to Growth” (1972) and was succeeded by “The First Global Revolution: A Report by the Council of the Club of Rome,” (1991) and intended as a blueprint for the 21st century.
Following are two quotes to demonstrate the elite mentality. The first admits creating anthropogenic climate change and the second concedes that politics are a joke.
1. “The common enemy of humanity is man. In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up with the idea that the threat of global warming would fit the bill – the real enemy, then, is humanity itself – we believe humanity requires a common motivation, namely a common adversary in order to realize world government. It does not matter if this common enemy is a real one or one invented for the purpose.” — Club of Rome
2. “It is simply not good enough that access to leadership be achieved through good television performances and simplistic speeches aimed at manipulating the masses into enthusiastic support with empty promises and avoidance of realities.” – Club of Rome
This can be stopped. Do not be afraid of examining the reality of the world no matter how distressing. As Lao-tzu said, “There is no greater illusion than fear. Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe.”
A Hopeful Voluntarist,
Erica Tapia
Owego, N.Y.
