Bush, God and Transnationals
by peptide Friday, Oct 7 2005, 12:12pm
international / social/political / opinion/analysis

The tragedy (for the entire world) is not that Bush is delusional, mentally unstable and intellectually challenged – that is well known. Rather, it is that he remains as commander in chief of the USA – placed in that position by commercial and other financial interests.

The result for the world is war and innocent lives lost in favour of the accumulation of wealth for the few. That is the tragedy for the world, a tragedy of monumental proportions.

When government ceases to be representative, that is, “of the people for the people”, democracy is lost. It should be clear to all that governments not of the people would place the people’s interests behind the interests of those who control the governments. The formation of police states through the implementation of draconian laws and the erosion of civil liberties is a sure sign that freedom is under siege; not by the ‘other’/outsider or ‘enemy’ but by those forces that subvert all the freedoms our forefathers have fought so hard and so long to establish.

The world now faces a crucial challenge, it has arrived at a crossroads; our leaders have sold us to the dogs. The interests of the people (majority) have taken a ‘backseat’ to the interests of the minority. The people are being harnessed once again as a class of subservient beasts of burden – slaves.

We are all confronting the hard reality that our leaders have failed us, the period of leaders and followers is at an end. Opposition parties are nothing more than defeated groups who failed to serve their masters expeditiously. Different shades of a similar colour – there are no effective opposition parties in today’s world!

Lasting social change originates from the grassroots (people’s movements) and then permeates the whole social structure. It is self-evident that a people’s movement places the interests of the people above other interests. But it is the people who must act for the benefit of all – waiting to be led is to be consigned to sheep (for slaughter) status once again.

The implementation of social change is best achieved through steady and persistent application of specific behaviours designed to weaken existing social hierarchies while simultaneously strengthening the will and momentum of the people’s movement – there is nothing new in this – nor should there be. It is a tried and proven formula/strategy that never fails – as history has proven time and again. But to which specific behaviours do we refer? Very little has changed in that regard – target the crucial area imperative to the perpetuation of the system you wish to change and it must change.

Regardless of the prevailing social system – the most effective means for bringing that system to attention is the general strike and/or boycott. However, it is not helpful to view this strategy in its classical socialist context. In terms of the Capitalist ‘machine’ that runs on consumerism (production is secondary to demand) people become/are both units of production and consumption – a most powerful position!

By adopting the strategy of the uniform ‘no-buy-day’ and ‘no-work-day’, referred to many times in other papers on this site, the factor both of production and consumption (the person) effectively ceases the cycle and the ‘machine’ grinds to a halt. The interests that manipulate governments would be forced to ‘surface’ and show their ugly faces to the world. In this way the criminals who have hijacked democracy can be surrendered to the ICC with the puppets they have placed in power; all would answer for their heinous crimes against humanity (Iraq in particular).

Leaders cannot exist without followers, therefore follow no-thing and no one; mutual cooperation is the sustainable and preferred mode of social behaviour. To prevent the re-emergence of ultra-right ideologies in the future it is imperative that the principals behind the invasion of Iraq are surrendered to the ICC at the Hague. This is the appropriate location where state leaders can answer for their crimes. The death of thousands of innocent civilians and combatants on all sides in Iraq is a by-product of companies like Halliburton pursuing the dollar. Well known state leaders facilitated the exploitation of Iraq by these Transnational Corporations.

Most of the principals of the Bush, Blair and Howard regimes would qualify for trial at the Hague. Regardless of any other consideration, failure to surrender these criminals to the ICC would result in more of the same corrupt government we suffer today.

All current political systems go to extreme lengths to prevent people realising their prominent and powerful position in society. Purchase nothing on the tenth day of every month and do not attend your work on the third day of every third month – perform these actions as a personal statement against the nefarious forces that would rob us all of our liberties and hard-won freedoms. Do not seek leadership at any time, surrender all political criminals to the ICC and implement (once again) representative government, “of the people for the people”.

The enemies of the people are the elitists and divisionists, those who would divide us for any reason whatsoever are liars, frauds and murderers. A successful strike is an expression of unified simultaneous action, what would you? Divisionism is death!


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