This Article was a bit of an emotional shock for me as I have always been inclined to believe that Corporate America has been running the show for decades and has always maintained its position as a global leader in terms of its business model!
The utter and vicious disregard of corporations towards people and citizens has been on full display going all the way back to The Robber Baron days of the late 19th Century. The so called “Golden Age” built the foundations of The Empire and called IT progress too.
The financiers of that machine caused several economic depressions, murdered workers through horrific and unsafe working conditions, which eventually built historic labor unions. Then came The Great Depression, and the US oligarch financing of fascism in Europe bringing the rise of The Hitlerite Nazis Party and causing WWII. For 50 years the historic and brief rise of The Middle Class kept the machinery humming through Vietnam, The Iran Contra scandals and the wars in South America, and then into a new century/millennium in Iraq and Afghanistan. It’s the same old fascistic governance dressed up in a 21st Century suit. The fact that they’re still using the labels of “progress”, and “building the future” to con their victims (?), is the same narrative they’ve been using for over 150 years.
It’s time to stop re-building the wheel: we MUST BREAK the wheel.
What else can you expect from an entity (legally a "person") whose only moral imperative is greed?
Why does the inheritance of rights and privileges only flow one way, from people to corporations?
It seems that people are being denied rights given to other "persons". Can a flesh and blood human get a Deferred Prosecution Agreement like a corporation can? "All right, we won't send you to prison unless you kill someone else."
Sounds like the unequivocal grounds for a revolution! In "The Triumphant Return of Thomas Jefferson," the actor portraying Jefferson said that a revolution is necessary every 300 years to maintain democracy. I doubt we'll make it another 50 years as the revolution has already begun against we, the People, by the likes of Trump, his administration, the Congress, SCOTUS and the business interests seeking to weaken and downright destroy our democracy and installing a corporatocracy that controls economic, political, and judicial systems while fighting those who seek to install a theocracy based on Old Testament law. Either way, if we turn a blind eye and let this happen, not only does Putin and the oligarchs succeed but also the United States and it's citizens will suffer like never before.
Unless we clarify the vision of what “winning” looks like, I fear that the masses will continue their trudge of desperation. Clarity and focus are the cure.
The powerful are not irresponsible. They are perfectly responsible - to themselves. Their logic is consistent: preserve power, even at the planet’s expense.
The tragedy isn’t in them, but in the majority that agreed to be spectators instead of participants.
Control has never been this refined, and obedience has never been this voluntary.
I try to imagine how someone who attains great wealth or power begins to think like this. My best guess is that because of their ability to do those things, they see themselves as a cut above, or even separate from, the rest of us.
The truth is that their only distinctions are the ability to get rich or gain power. Can they design or build a bridge? Can they resection a bowel or help somebody with PTSD or going through an emotional crisis? Can they measure the genetic clock in mitochondria or develop a disease resistant variety of corn? Can they frame a door or rebuild an engine?
There are a vast number of skills that are as difficult to master as the ones they possess. The biggest difference is that their skill puts them in a position to do things TO people, rather than FOR people. I suppose that separates them from people with other skills, but not in a positive way.
True. In the world order power holds the highest value. I suspect they learn the logic first, then become what it requires. It takes a psychopathic or sociopathic mind to think this way. Ordinary people become chicken farms or wheat fields to them. Literally.
We have a weapon against this kind of progress. It’s powerful but only if we use it. It’s called a vote. We’ve shot ourselves in the foot with it too many times to count.
What actions can we take to be a part of the solution.?
Our States need to subpoena the criminals we have been underwriting. The data centers actually feel more like we are being choked by the living dead and we are surrounded by them here in Dulles Virginia.
I'm feeling/thinking that way as well. Most solutions I'm seeing are weak and full of holes. I'm physically incapable of joining marches and don't want to do that anyway. It's a distraction, but not big enough for this coup takeover of the United States.
Yeah, I’m concerned about ALL that! Since our military won’t arrest them, they’re in charge whether we want them to be or not. I’ve been looking for a group serious enough to start taking that crew out, but they either don’t exist or are underground figuring things out.
Yeah, I know. I didn't say it would be easy to find, if I ever do. I just know if we sit here doing nothing, authoritarianism will happen faster. I don't give a fuck what government wants. I'm part of the resistance, because I will never bend to their will. I know this about myself.
BTW, I've always been a feisty-fuck. I've been grumbling about all this on my YouTube channel ... for almost 10 years now. Haven't made a video all year, because I'm thrown about this insanity and don't know what to say anymore.
Thing is, I got real somber about 6 months ago when I realized I may be the only one of my comrades willing to die before I become enslaved. I'm like Killmonger in The Black Panther movie. They come for me, I'll get off'd before they can take me alive. That's just the truth of the matter. I am a pissed-off warrior who will defend himself if need be.
So what do we do if we have no voice, no vote . It is frustrating.. You are very intelligent and to bad you are not in a place of power. The rich are getting richer so let’s just try to get through our days. I am old so luckily not much longer to deal with this shit!!
If they continue doing what they're doing with all the voting data, our elections will look like Russian elections. The ones in power will win every single time. I think ... well, they must be removed another way. They're screwing up the system as we think, write, speak, and no matter how we feel about it. I think we must figure out a way to shut them all the way down. It'll be costly in the short-term, but might end long-term pain. A most intense kind of boycott. Most turn away from general strikes because they'll lose their jobs & ability to pay bills.
I've had my eye on you. Can't contribute in a real way right now because everybody & their mother are killing us with subscriptions. I'm a Boomer and have had to cut down everything cuz I live on a fixed-income. This economy sucks. I'm a techie with no good skills in planning & scheduling. I might fall asleep doing that. LOL 😂
I'm working on finding a crew of people who realize not everybody can contribute the way they need us to. I also grew up inside the Civil Rights Movement, and we didn't charge people to fight. I'm pretty stubborn about that. I think the plan to take this regime down is far more important than who gets paid to do it.
Something like that, but the system is more rigged than we understand. Since we're not invited to that table, we have no idea who is rigging what and how. We only see the aftereffects of how they've pulled this off.
Yeah, you're pretty articulate about all this. I've had these thoughts, but they don't come together in my consciousness quite the same way. I've told folks that Black people are still enslaved and experienced doses of what is happening on a wider scale now. Folks think I'm crazy for saying it, but it's obvious to me.
I see the pull to go global with the crazy behavior of this regime. Partnering up with other dictatorships/authoritarian rule. Hate to say it again, but WE IN TROUBLE, Y'ALL! I hate to be that cynical, but I've kind of lost hope in weak-ass people who aren't ready to fight for their freedom. Everybody looking around shrugging shoulders n shit, screaming, fighting each other, and doing anything but taking on this regime. Too comfortable.
Well, things are going to become seriously uncomfortable as time goes on this way. They're trying to destroy everything, make everybody desperate, and rebuild this country in a fucked-up manner. I didn't want to die in a dictatorship. I don't have my whole life in front of me. Most of it is behind me now, and there are too many pussies in this country. Sawry, that's just how I feel.
What can we do about this? The congress is vapid and not even aware of what is happening. We need to have a clear plan to expose this. I have been saying that “they” want us dead so they can have all the resources to do just what you wrote about. I’m broke right now but when I get my check I will be able to be a paid subscriber. Please keep reporting on this.
Wow. Scary but makes complete sense of everything we are seeing…. From billionaires donating to White House destruction. It won’t end well for any of us, or them….
Make a strategic difference. Lead this effort! If you believe as we do that MAGA fails without FOX and that destroying honest media like PBS makes it even worse defund the FOX rage and hate machine.
Eviscerate FOX with an indirect strategy that works fast. Deny FOX ad $ by denying the ad buying company CEO and execs bonuses. For example Home Depot. Boycott them for a full fiscal quarter and maybe more while keeping Wall Street analysts apprised. Get all on line influencers to post every day for the entire time ending every post every day with “Don’t forget - boycott Home Depot, they fund the FOX rage and hate machine.” See how fast CEO’s stop buying ads - do only ONE brand - do it implacably for an entire fiscal quarter. See how quickly you become the new sheriff in town and how fast other CEO’s quit buying ads. See how fast FOX changes content. All they care about is $. Oh - and next generation FOX CEO will be a decent human being if you do this.
Execution details matter. Talk to me. See Target, Bud Light and Tesla for examples. Companies are people, not paper. Make it personal.
This Article was a bit of an emotional shock for me as I have always been inclined to believe that Corporate America has been running the show for decades and has always maintained its position as a global leader in terms of its business model!
The utter and vicious disregard of corporations towards people and citizens has been on full display going all the way back to The Robber Baron days of the late 19th Century. The so called “Golden Age” built the foundations of The Empire and called IT progress too.
The financiers of that machine caused several economic depressions, murdered workers through horrific and unsafe working conditions, which eventually built historic labor unions. Then came The Great Depression, and the US oligarch financing of fascism in Europe bringing the rise of The Hitlerite Nazis Party and causing WWII. For 50 years the historic and brief rise of The Middle Class kept the machinery humming through Vietnam, The Iran Contra scandals and the wars in South America, and then into a new century/millennium in Iraq and Afghanistan. It’s the same old fascistic governance dressed up in a 21st Century suit. The fact that they’re still using the labels of “progress”, and “building the future” to con their victims (?), is the same narrative they’ve been using for over 150 years.
It’s time to stop re-building the wheel: we MUST BREAK the wheel.
What else can you expect from an entity (legally a "person") whose only moral imperative is greed?
Why does the inheritance of rights and privileges only flow one way, from people to corporations?
It seems that people are being denied rights given to other "persons". Can a flesh and blood human get a Deferred Prosecution Agreement like a corporation can? "All right, we won't send you to prison unless you kill someone else."
I just realized that something like DPA's seem to exist for sex crimes.
PRECISELY
I feel like General Electric kind of restarted the whole corporation manipulating politician scheme when they bought Reagan.
Oh!
Yes, most definitely. They left the blueprint for the last 45 years. It’s been extraordinarily successful too!
🔥‼️AMEN ‼️🔥
Yes, break the wheel, revert back!!:)):)):))
This was an excellent piece. Thanks. Gives me a lot to think about.
Sounds like the unequivocal grounds for a revolution! In "The Triumphant Return of Thomas Jefferson," the actor portraying Jefferson said that a revolution is necessary every 300 years to maintain democracy. I doubt we'll make it another 50 years as the revolution has already begun against we, the People, by the likes of Trump, his administration, the Congress, SCOTUS and the business interests seeking to weaken and downright destroy our democracy and installing a corporatocracy that controls economic, political, and judicial systems while fighting those who seek to install a theocracy based on Old Testament law. Either way, if we turn a blind eye and let this happen, not only does Putin and the oligarchs succeed but also the United States and it's citizens will suffer like never before.
Amen!! :((:((:((
I am seeing the impact and intent behind crypto and the elimination of printed fiat currency coming into this diorama…
Unless we clarify the vision of what “winning” looks like, I fear that the masses will continue their trudge of desperation. Clarity and focus are the cure.
The powerful are not irresponsible. They are perfectly responsible - to themselves. Their logic is consistent: preserve power, even at the planet’s expense.
The tragedy isn’t in them, but in the majority that agreed to be spectators instead of participants.
Control has never been this refined, and obedience has never been this voluntary.
I try to imagine how someone who attains great wealth or power begins to think like this. My best guess is that because of their ability to do those things, they see themselves as a cut above, or even separate from, the rest of us.
The truth is that their only distinctions are the ability to get rich or gain power. Can they design or build a bridge? Can they resection a bowel or help somebody with PTSD or going through an emotional crisis? Can they measure the genetic clock in mitochondria or develop a disease resistant variety of corn? Can they frame a door or rebuild an engine?
There are a vast number of skills that are as difficult to master as the ones they possess. The biggest difference is that their skill puts them in a position to do things TO people, rather than FOR people. I suppose that separates them from people with other skills, but not in a positive way.
True. In the world order power holds the highest value. I suspect they learn the logic first, then become what it requires. It takes a psychopathic or sociopathic mind to think this way. Ordinary people become chicken farms or wheat fields to them. Literally.
We have a weapon against this kind of progress. It’s powerful but only if we use it. It’s called a vote. We’ve shot ourselves in the foot with it too many times to count.
What actions can we take to be a part of the solution.?
Our States need to subpoena the criminals we have been underwriting. The data centers actually feel more like we are being choked by the living dead and we are surrounded by them here in Dulles Virginia.
Great analogy! It never occurred to me to think of AI as a new kind of living dead.
Yes, Bill, it feels destructive to all living things.
And it is built from little pieces left by all of us, both living and dead. Dr. Frankenstein gone wild.
Bravo
It's not just Chase. It's all of the corporations. https://peteralexdreier.substack.com/p/boycott-air-new-zealand
I’m feeling too old for this - how do I participate in fighting back?
I'm feeling/thinking that way as well. Most solutions I'm seeing are weak and full of holes. I'm physically incapable of joining marches and don't want to do that anyway. It's a distraction, but not big enough for this coup takeover of the United States.
Yeah, I’m concerned about ALL that! Since our military won’t arrest them, they’re in charge whether we want them to be or not. I’ve been looking for a group serious enough to start taking that crew out, but they either don’t exist or are underground figuring things out.
Yeah, I know. I didn't say it would be easy to find, if I ever do. I just know if we sit here doing nothing, authoritarianism will happen faster. I don't give a fuck what government wants. I'm part of the resistance, because I will never bend to their will. I know this about myself.
BTW, I've always been a feisty-fuck. I've been grumbling about all this on my YouTube channel ... for almost 10 years now. Haven't made a video all year, because I'm thrown about this insanity and don't know what to say anymore.
Thing is, I got real somber about 6 months ago when I realized I may be the only one of my comrades willing to die before I become enslaved. I'm like Killmonger in The Black Panther movie. They come for me, I'll get off'd before they can take me alive. That's just the truth of the matter. I am a pissed-off warrior who will defend himself if need be.
So what do we do if we have no voice, no vote . It is frustrating.. You are very intelligent and to bad you are not in a place of power. The rich are getting richer so let’s just try to get through our days. I am old so luckily not much longer to deal with this shit!!
That's what I want to know
Vote every republican out local on up. Speak to young people tell them to look up John Lewis then say get into some good trouble !!
And Register to vote and follow how they vote before you cast a vote!!!
If they continue doing what they're doing with all the voting data, our elections will look like Russian elections. The ones in power will win every single time. I think ... well, they must be removed another way. They're screwing up the system as we think, write, speak, and no matter how we feel about it. I think we must figure out a way to shut them all the way down. It'll be costly in the short-term, but might end long-term pain. A most intense kind of boycott. Most turn away from general strikes because they'll lose their jobs & ability to pay bills.
I've had my eye on you. Can't contribute in a real way right now because everybody & their mother are killing us with subscriptions. I'm a Boomer and have had to cut down everything cuz I live on a fixed-income. This economy sucks. I'm a techie with no good skills in planning & scheduling. I might fall asleep doing that. LOL 😂
I'm working on finding a crew of people who realize not everybody can contribute the way they need us to. I also grew up inside the Civil Rights Movement, and we didn't charge people to fight. I'm pretty stubborn about that. I think the plan to take this regime down is far more important than who gets paid to do it.
So when no one votes we get a Trump?
Something like that, but the system is more rigged than we understand. Since we're not invited to that table, we have no idea who is rigging what and how. We only see the aftereffects of how they've pulled this off.
Yeah, you're pretty articulate about all this. I've had these thoughts, but they don't come together in my consciousness quite the same way. I've told folks that Black people are still enslaved and experienced doses of what is happening on a wider scale now. Folks think I'm crazy for saying it, but it's obvious to me.
I see the pull to go global with the crazy behavior of this regime. Partnering up with other dictatorships/authoritarian rule. Hate to say it again, but WE IN TROUBLE, Y'ALL! I hate to be that cynical, but I've kind of lost hope in weak-ass people who aren't ready to fight for their freedom. Everybody looking around shrugging shoulders n shit, screaming, fighting each other, and doing anything but taking on this regime. Too comfortable.
Well, things are going to become seriously uncomfortable as time goes on this way. They're trying to destroy everything, make everybody desperate, and rebuild this country in a fucked-up manner. I didn't want to die in a dictatorship. I don't have my whole life in front of me. Most of it is behind me now, and there are too many pussies in this country. Sawry, that's just how I feel.
Positively evil!👿
What can we do about this? The congress is vapid and not even aware of what is happening. We need to have a clear plan to expose this. I have been saying that “they” want us dead so they can have all the resources to do just what you wrote about. I’m broke right now but when I get my check I will be able to be a paid subscriber. Please keep reporting on this.
Very important information to read
Thank you Ethan!
Ethan- i am so very grateful for your posts. I want to text everyone in the world the wisdom you share.
I only hope Im conveying your insights well.
Wow. Scary but makes complete sense of everything we are seeing…. From billionaires donating to White House destruction. It won’t end well for any of us, or them….
Make a strategic difference. Lead this effort! If you believe as we do that MAGA fails without FOX and that destroying honest media like PBS makes it even worse defund the FOX rage and hate machine.
Eviscerate FOX with an indirect strategy that works fast. Deny FOX ad $ by denying the ad buying company CEO and execs bonuses. For example Home Depot. Boycott them for a full fiscal quarter and maybe more while keeping Wall Street analysts apprised. Get all on line influencers to post every day for the entire time ending every post every day with “Don’t forget - boycott Home Depot, they fund the FOX rage and hate machine.” See how fast CEO’s stop buying ads - do only ONE brand - do it implacably for an entire fiscal quarter. See how quickly you become the new sheriff in town and how fast other CEO’s quit buying ads. See how fast FOX changes content. All they care about is $. Oh - and next generation FOX CEO will be a decent human being if you do this.
Execution details matter. Talk to me. See Target, Bud Light and Tesla for examples. Companies are people, not paper. Make it personal.
Thank You Ethan 🙏 For all your doing! To read what is happening behind these closed boardrooms, is horrendous! And absolutely hateful!
☢️❗️The VERY Definition of FASCISM ~ The Corporate State Izz The Fascist State❗️☢️
Unfortunately they stole all my theories and hypothesis they said its rubbish then got the noble prize
The open contact that happened it was so heavy and weird and awkward
They didn’t say a word
All the ancient languages the Ai discovered it was me😔
I have all the screenshots
But its ok
My goal is helping humanity not letting Ai control our minds and creativity and humanness
We will do it together🌷🌷❤️
This is frightening in the extreme, because I cannot begin to wrap my mind around how to stop it.
And yes, we are all responsible..