The activists Occupy Wall Street are continuing the fight for independence and economic injustice. Who Rules America II
The unresolved history of conflict in the United States between those who own and control its resources and those who want economic equality. ibid.
Fifty years later, on The Warning’s anniversary, President Eisenhower’s own granddaughter Susan documented how the military industrial complex had grown. She wrote: ‘In less than ten years our military and security expenditures have increased by 119%’. Who Rules America? III
Years earlier an auto executive turned defense secretary Charles Wilson said, What’s good for General Motors is good for America. He saw no distinction between an elected government and an unelected corporation. ibid.
‘We’ve undergone coup d’etat. We live in a corporate state.’ ibid. Chris Hedges
From the earliest days freedom of press was what defined America … Today our newspapers seem to be fading in importance in a multimedia world that is largely owned and controlled by a handful of large media corporation. Who Rules America? IV
US-based media became a transnational force. The US media companies are themselves owned in large part by hedge funds, mutual funds and finance companies. ibid.
Media attention still tends to revolve around a political elite with authority. ibid.
‘Where does the money come from? … One per cent of the donors are giving 64% of the money. This is a tiny elite.’ Who Rules America? V Sheila Krumholz
‘The largest contributors to political campaigns in America are the financial institutions.’ ibid. Michael Hudson
‘I don’t admire the Koch brothers. I’m not against people who make money, that’s fine. But what they do with their money isn’t fine with me. The Koch brothers – they are determined to do away with government.’ Koch Brothers Exposed, Harry Reid senator, 2014
Billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch are the poster boys for the top one per cent using their money to fuel the growing inequality in America. Day in and day out we see the Kochs using their billions to purchase politicians and policies, taking a terrible toll on democracy as they knock down the middle class, stomping on poor people. ibid.
They inherited a big pile of money from daddy Fred. ibid.
Koch industries is the second largest privately held corporation in the country. ibid.
‘They are interested in using the money they make to buy a political system that allows them to become dominant players in the shaping of the country. ibid. John Nichols
The Kochs gave $23 million to think-tanks that published 4,055 studies, papers and media projects targeting minimum wage. Koch-funded politicians proposed 67 bills in 25 states targeting minimum wage. ibid.
The Koch brothers have given more than $22 to think-tanks, politicians and Alec to pass anti-union legislation. ibid.
‘To the air and to the water of a lot of nasty chemicals.’ ibid.
‘Koch is using natural streams to transport waste.’ ibid.
‘Koch Industries is one of the primary sources of pollution in the United States.’ ibid.
‘The Koch brothers are killing me and my family.’ ibid.
‘The coloured man looms large in the communist plan to take over America.’ Citizen Koch, Fred Koch 1960 founder John Birch society, 2013
‘I call them patriots.’ ibid. Mitt Romney
‘I was shocked at the arrogance of the court; I was shocked at the fact that they thought corporations were people. ibid. Bob Edgar
Money also pours into state and local elections after 22 states lifts their corporate spending bans. ibid.
David Koch and his brother Charles are worth $100 billion. They founded and bankrolled the anti-government group Americans for Prosperity and other groups that advance their business interests. ibid.
Grotesque art, perverse pastimes, devious taste, you know about their agenda, their means of control and manipulation, but now take a look inside the demented lives of the ruling elite. Weird Ways of the Elite, 2017
The ruling so-called elite certainly see themselves as a race apart … from certain ancient bloodlines … ibid.
Du Pont heir convicted of raping daughter spared prison. ibid. CNN online report 2nd April 2014
This is a form of ritual abuse that is done within old so-called elite families. ibid.
These human hunts are known in elite circles as The Most Dangerous Game. ibid.
They believe themselves to be the sons and daughter of the fallen one Lucifer. ibid.
Hidden in strategic locations across the world are ultra-private luxury bunkers. ibid.
Galton studied funeral records and death certificates and came to the conclusion that the data backed him up: it showed, he said, eminent men came from eminent families, and imbeciles came from imbeciles. He called it eugenics. James Burke, Connections s3e4: Whodunit? BBC 1997
It is not just that the elite class is incompetent – even kings could be incompetent without undermining belief in monarchy as a system – it is that they are so grossly, spectacularly incompetent that they walk around among us as living rebuttals of meritocracy itself. It is that their application of managerial logic to whatever field they get their grubby mitts on – from homelessness in California to industrial policy to running a war – makes that thing ten times more expensive and a hundred times more dysfunctional. To make the situation worse, the current elites seem almost serene in their wilful destruction of the very fields they rely on for legitimacy. Tinkzorg online article, cited Keiser Report 26 August 2021
Others however wonder if some of the elites Epstein associated with wanted to silence him. Who Killed Jeffrey Epstein? DiscoveryPlus 2021
The one thing I will say that the past fifty years has given me – I would say that nothing in this world works the way you think it does. Nothing. Governments do not operate the way you think they do, banks do not do what you think they do, the police department is not here for what you think it is. Nothing in your world works the way you think it does. There’s a far higher bigger picture. Shade: The Motion Picture, 2013, Jordan Maxwell
In 1954 a group of industrialists, political elites and even royalty set out to form an organisation that would essentially pull the strings of society from behind the scenes. ibid. Jason Bermas
Yes, we can elect our leaders but you can’t select your leaders. You don’t select anyone. Your masters who own you will select who will run. That’s all they want to know: which one do you like best? ibid. Jordan Maxwell
Could there be a secret society of fat-money business men whose agenda has been the cause of every major war and economic depression? Is there a shadowy elite gently pulling the strings of our world to bring about their own self-serving political programme? Phenomenon s1e8: The Lost Archives: The Monopoly Men
The creation of the Federal Reserve system was about more than just money: some refer to it as the secret birth of a criminal conspiracy to rob the American middle class of its hard-earned wealth. ibid.
The called themselves the Jekyll Island club. ibid.
He [George Orwell] was aware that there is a rather nasty strain of ruling class people in Britain who have a lot of power and who have complete disregard for human life. Tony Gosling, interview The Illuminati New World Order documentary, Youtube 1.15.33
The interests of the American public have no bearing in the direction of the country, in the policy decisions; it doesn’t matter which political party we’re talking about. Who Controls America? aka Shadow Government: Who Rules America? aka The Real Leaders of the World, Youtube, Ben Swann
‘Multivariate analysis indicates that economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on US government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent influence’. ibid. Princeton University study
‘There’s got to be someone somewhere that creates the agenda that all these people must follow.’ ibid. Alice Riley
‘The United States is owned and dominated by a hierarchy of its sixty richest families.’ ibid. Ferdinand Lunderg