Continuing the topic started in Part I, let's talk about the further part of the
mentioned conspiracy.
The 2008 crisis showed how important the role of international capital is. It's
owners can rapidly bring up or down an economy of a country by moving it from
one spot to another. We witnessed it in 2009 when the Goldman Sachs bank speculated
on the Polish currency which brought losses to our country.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aP6gJ42Or17o
Money makes the world go round, says the old phrase. That's exactly how it
works today, more than any time in history. If you look back, those who had most
power, usually had the biggest armies. Today armies depend on those who fund
them – politicians. Those in change serve whoever finances them – where do
you think the money for their electoral campaigns comes from?
When you realise that it becomes pretty clear that a potential conspiracy could
have enough power to steer the world. If a couple of bank presidents plot to
speculate against a country – they could. The currency value goes down,
people can buy less, credits become harder to pay, economy slows down.
When politicians get involved into a conspiracy – armies and legislation
becomes available to it.
Check out this link. Economic hitman is a person used to drown a country in
debts in order to take economical control over it. The film shows how the
machine works on the example of Panama, Ecuador and Iraq.
Of course, all of this is very indignating and totally illegal according to
every international norm.
But then you realize that there are completely legal organisations that do harm
guarding appearances of giving help to the weaker. Those are mainly the
International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Read about the effects of their
actions here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Monetary_Fund#Criticism
It all leads to a conclusion that we are losing control over what we thought
was our democratic system. The governments of the weaker countries are often
helpless against an organized strike of hostile forces equipped with all the
necessary means to bring them to their knees.
Do you think we – average – people have reasons to worry?
Is there anything we can do to change the way it works?
We should be worried because things can change in just a few weeks, days or hours. Imagine for example that Google is "offended" at Poland and exclude us from all their services. Problems in the polish internet would be huge.
ReplyDeleteCan we prevent it? Probably not. Big players decide everything and Kowalski has little to say.
@Jakub: It seems to me that you are becoming one of the biggest fans of the global conspiracy theories ;)
ReplyDeleteAs far as I know the democracy is just about the way we choose the people that are in power, about the rules how the local law is constituted or if you have the right to express your opinion...
I cannot imagine the global democracy or democracy in business... The single unchanging rule that will always stay true is - that the stronger is always right. The Japanese managers used to say "Busines is war".
We should not confuse the democracy with the justice. Especially the justice in business, because the finance is a huge industry...
Do you still believe in democracy? When I was younger I used to do it, but… things gone a little bit different then I thought.
ReplyDeleteThe global conspiracy theory said: there is no conspiracy at all. I think having the power leads to more power desire with no exceptions. Take a brief look at the past – all about the leadership and authority.
I would recommend you perfect movie: “Insight Job” – it fully covers a global crisis topic from the very beginning, global genesis and further results. Can we change the rules? And can you change the history? The tradition? It’s hard to change a common rules. Rules that take place for centuries.
I agree with Tomasz - contemporary democracy is a curtain hiding the real game. It makes people believe that they take part in the game, but in fact they do what they are expected to do. Modern media are ideal tools to steer the masses. Moreover, people are controlled more than ever before and they voluntarily agree for it.
ReplyDeleteShould we worry? I think we should just care and think. And do our best in our common lives :-) I believe that every little good thing makes world better.
Of course, we have a reason to worry. Economic crisis affects all of us. The best example is the sugar price, it used to cost 3 zlotys and the price has changed to almost 6 zlotys within a month. People do not have a big influence on what is going on in the economy and their countries in general. Politicians and the economic elite (bankers, owners of corporations etc) are the ones who decide. And because they care only about themselves and their wealth, their actions may have detrimental effects on average people and their financial situation. This is not democracy; we choose politicians but they never do what they promised before being elected.
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, this system is already both so complicated and inflexible that I cannot think of any other solution than a consistent rebellion of all people. However, is it possible? How long will the 'elites' still abuse us before we all rebel? Unfortunately, no one knows the answer.
I totally aware of everythink i read in this topic, so it will be hard to argue.
ReplyDeleteI don't think people should afraid of it, becouse if someone of this elite will like to do somethink radical, the other will response.
And about doing somethink about it, those elite people are building their empires for years. They are well protected, and know how to handle any kind of attacks on their companies.
@Tomasz Frender said...
ReplyDelete"Do you still believe in democracy? When I was younger I used to do it, but… things gone a little bit different then I thought." - Yeah, let's back to PRL! ;d no goods, no problems ;)
Of course we can think it is a game but don't go to extremes. I don't know if we shoud be afraid or scared of something. It's not as easy as it can look like. I don't know how it works so it's hard to judge :) in this situation the only thing that remains to do for me is what asia engel said :
"do our best in our common lives :-) I believe that every little good thing makes world better." :)
This is a tightly connected worldwide system - very hard to disrupt and change. That's why I think we should just live and adapt.
ReplyDeleteFirsts picture remember me pentagram...
ReplyDeleteI think that the conspiracy theory about NWO (New World Order), bankers conspiracy, financial crisis etc. are for invert us from genuine threats... Threats about what really go one on our world.
s4504 said... ""do our best in our common lives :-) I believe that every little good thing makes world better." :)"
I agree with You in 99%, in 1% I thing are unfortunately arise somebody who let slip this work. :(
After reading this post, I thought maybe I misunderstood the 'conspiracy' word. For me all of the subjects mentioned in this article are telling about politics, global economy, instability of democracy and imperfection of the law (but I am not sure if I can call all of it 'conspiracy').
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion we should afraid of all of this, because it can affect our economy (more or less).
Seriously?!?! Treating an open war as a conspiracy? Economic hitmen? Ordinary people having no impact on the economy? Government's private armies?
ReplyDeleteOverthrowing governments using all possible means is not a conspiracy. It's reality.
It all doesn't fall into one category. We have:
- conspiracies,
- army = country's power,
- bank presidents with the need of ultimate power,
- overthrowing governments,
- IMF.
Either you treat everything as a conspiracy which is quite... illogical, or you consider yourself some kind of anarchist.
As for the economics, nowadays it's easier to speculate (thus 'control') because everything is virtual. We even make virtual money via virtual transactions on virtual goods. Countries with real manpower and production won't go down.
Such a very hard topic for Sunday evening;) but on the other hand very interesting and stimulating to reflection... And the comments are really good... What can I add? I hope that nobody will not have idea to create a speculation bubble against Polish economy;)
ReplyDeleteNormal people on average do have reasons to worry. Life is full of uncertain things and every morning we woke up without knowing what is going to happen today. But unfortunately, people tend to think that democracy is the way of how world should work. But very little know that America is a perfect example of how democracy is just as weak as any other political system.
ReplyDeleteI think everyone should just live their lives and stop worrying about the things that are not within any reasons to be worry about. Sometimes, you have to realize that there are things that just cannot be change whether you like it or not.
>Do you think we – average – people have reasons to worry?
ReplyDeleteNope. I think that worrying about NWO is wasting life. We cannot prevent it because awareness of threat don't gives us any power. In this case information is not power.
>Is there anything we can do to change the way it works?
We can enjoy life and don't bother with rat race. :)
We are too small units to be able to change something. The world is govern by big companies which have capital and the right people. We can only think about and accept it. But should we worry? Life is too short to worry over things which we have no control. We need to realize own life and enjoy it.
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