It takes a nation to protect the nation
The Power Elite is a book written by the sociologist, C. Wright Mills, in 1956. In it Mills calls attention to the interwoven interests of the leaders of the military, corporate, and political elements of society and suggests that the ordinary citizen is a relatively powerless subject of manipulation by those entities. The structural basis of The Power Elite is that, following World War II, the United States was the leading country in military and economic terms. According to Mills, the Power Elite are those that occupy the dominant positions, in the dominant institutions (military, economic and political) of a dominant country, and their decisions (or lack of decisions) have enormous consequences, not only for the U.S. population but, "the underlying populations of the world." Mills outlines the historical structural trends that led to the ascension of the power elite as involving a concentration of economic power and the cultural apparatus in the hands of a few, the emergence of a permanent war economy in the U.S. during and after WW2, the emergence of a bureaucratically standardized and conditioned (controlled) mass society and a political vacuum that was filled by economic and military elites. Due to the interchangeability of top positions within these three institutions, the members of the power elite develop class consciousness and a community of interests guided by a militarized culture, or what Mills described as the military metaphysic.
The book is something of a counterpart of Mills' 1951 work, White Collar: The American Middle Classes, which examines the then-growing role of middle managers in American society. A main inspiration for the book was Franz Leopold Neumann's bookBehemoth: The Structure and Practice of National Socialism in 1942, a study of how Nazism came into a position of power in a democratic state like Germany. Behemoth had a major impact on Mills and he claimed that Behemoth had given him the "tools to grasp and analyse the entire total structure and as a warning of what could happen in a modern capitalist democracy".[1]
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Sociologist Christopher B. Doob maintains that C. Wright Mills' The Power Elite is limited in terms of elitist activity in society. "Mills provided little detail about the contemporary elites' activities. For instance, he never mentioned either the Council on Foreign Relations or the Committee on Economic Development, two elite-dominated, policy-making organizations that were already prominent players in his time. In addition, through no fault of his own, Mills described an era when it was still possible to analyze the power elite by focusing only on the United States. The subsequent expansion of globalization has made his theory appearanachronistic." [4][5] However, Doob does appraise Mills' work in The Power Elite, stating Mills was a "pioneer, propelling his power-elite theory into a pluralism-dominated academic world, where his novel ideas, according to G. William Domhoff, "caused a firestorm in academic and political circles, leading to innumerable reviews in scholarly journals and the popular press, most of them negative." Over time, however, The Power Elite has become a classic, recognized as "the first full-scale study of the structure and distribution of power in the United States," using the complete set of theoretical and research tools then available.[6] Both Domhoff's andThomas Dye's theories have built upon Mill's conclusions, providing more detail about such issues as the make-up of the ruling group and the process by which policies are established and implemented. Their more contemporary works simply recent information about this powerful group's role in society." [7]
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Paul: How does anyone think this gamestop issue will end. It can only work as a protest if the little investor holds their shares and is prepared ultimately to lose their money.
Yes, in the sense that any investment means you must be 'prepared' to lose your money.
I think the key idea here is of a self fulfilling prophecy by the hedge fund making the short. If, say, Gamestop is fundamentally sound, but maybe is slightly over-priced, but the shorting company can trigger a loss of confidence in Gamestop, and bring the price down a lot, and make some money for itself. But it was an over-reaction by the market - Gamestop wasn't actually in such bad shape, it was a self-fulfilling prophecy.
The Robinhood investors deny that bet and try force a return to reality, to market fundamentals like P&L, Assett values, etc. Their risk of loss is far lower, whereas the shorting fund's risk is potentially unlimited.
This is correct. De Beers sits on massive warehouses of diamonds to keep the price high. De Beers was formed as a cartel by diamond mines with precisely the purpose of breaking any connection between supply and demand for diamonds. In the 1940s De Beers began a campaign with Hollywood to make men propose with diamond engagement rings to drive up the demand for these trinkets at extortionate prices. IIRC before the campaign only 10% of engagement rings had diamonds but afterwards 80% had diamonds.
You'd think that "competition authorities" would rail against these kinds of cartels. Not so. Not even the courts. About 30 years ago Asda in UK started selling big name perfume brands cheap. The perfumier cartel started refusing to restock Asda. Asda sued. In court the judge ruled that when it came to thinks like perfume (and we should also infer diamonds) that the public wanted to pay extortionate prices and therefore Asda had to charge high prices like everywhere else or they could rightly not be restocked.
Antony said:
Burning Wall St ; http://voxday.blogspot.com/2021/01/burning-wall-street.html
on another note about artificially high prices, I recall reading that diamonds would be pretty cheap, but De Beers keeps the price high.
1. This is what gives me some hope. What seemed shocking and unconscionable to PP in 2013 is now a view held by millions and as every year goes by more millions wake up to it.
2. We are seeing my 2013 prediction come true - censorship across the West on a scale not seen since WW2 (this is because of 1.)
3. On Tucker Carlson's piece on Fox there was a pastor who is one of those Reddit/Gamestop people. He says he's happy to lose his investment in Gamestop in order to highlight the corrupt system where the gamblers of Wall St are funded at the cost of the ordinary citizen. People are happy to lose some money in order to fight the corrupt system built over the last 100 years.
4. Now that people are starting to realise they can resist by finding the loopholes and ripping them wider I think we will see more of 1. and 2. and 3.
5. It comes back to Ayn Rand's dictum - you can ignore reality but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality. The censorship is just an attempt to keep on ignoring reality. We can see the reality with our own eyes.
6. We seem to have reached a point where people realise that it is going to cost them to resist the demographic changes, the corruption, the deception, the repression.
7. A major economic crisis will magnify these things.
paul collings said:
If we look back to the start of this thread and the conversations we used to have, trying to convince people of a faceless elite controlling sections of our lives hiding in plain sight.
How does anyone think this gamestop issue will end. It can only work as a protest if the little investor holds their shares and is prepared ultimately to lose their money.
Breaking Robin Hood ; http://voxday.blogspot.com/2021/01/breaking-robinhood.html
Gamestop Insomnia stream - Blackpilled ; https://www.bitchute.com/video/mInwZAkQGUBO/
This is for you, Dad ; https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/you-dad-redditor-shares-...
I still don't believe there are enough people ( certainly not yet) who are willing to sacrifice part of their wealth, or well being for the greater good. It has to be for personal gain or most stay silent.
The 'progressives' went after the education system which is now turning out the Globalist fan club. They are cheering on the elite. I'm sure this Gamestop buy up has upset a few Elites, who were probably expecting their usual payday at the expense of some real peoples jobs. But they'll just change the rules and carry on another way. Cut their losses i think is the term.
How many people have left Twitter, Facebook or stopped using Amazon. A few, but the resistance is futile. No one is suffering enough yet to be bothered with fighting back. Unless you mean people who are really fighting back. The starving desperate hoards leaving Latin America, Africa, Asia. They are still being clapped cheered and encouraged into the west. People buying a few stocks to upset the hedge funds. Its a distraction. And as you say it would most likely take a financial crisis before anyone really sits up.
How many countries let alone people are ready for a full blown monetary collapse. It has to come one day. The markets will one day readjust to the new reality. Supply chains are failing, jobs are going that will never come back, immigration is increasing, the people in charge are the actual accelerationists. Whole nations are now in total disarray, and the debt has been put onto as yet unborn generations. Never mind economic collapse. Wait until food stamps are back for the masses.
Look at the brewing argument over vaccines between the EU and the UK. The damage that could cause to food supplies if not resolved quickly would empty supermarket shelves pretty quick. Biden has promised Americans 100 million vaccines in a hundred days. I don't think the elites want us to focus on real problems.
Joe said:
1. This is what gives me some hope. What seemed shocking and unconscionable to PP in 2013 is now a view held by millions and as every year goes by more millions wake up to it.
2. We are seeing my 2013 prediction come true - censorship across the West on a scale not seen since WW2 (this is because of 1.)
3. On Tucker Carlson's piece on Fox there was a pastor who is one of those Reddit/Gamestop people. He says he's happy to lose his investment in Gamestop in order to highlight the corrupt system where the gamblers of Wall St are funded at the cost of the ordinary citizen. People are happy to lose some money in order to fight the corrupt system built over the last 100 years.
4. Now that people are starting to realise they can resist by finding the loopholes and ripping them wider I think we will see more of 1. and 2. and 3.
5. It comes back to Ayn Rand's dictum - you can ignore reality but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality. The censorship is just an attempt to keep on ignoring reality. We can see the reality with our own eyes.
6. We seem to have reached a point where people realise that it is going to cost them to resist the demographic changes, the corruption, the deception, the repression.
7. A major economic crisis will magnify these things.
paul collings said:If we look back to the start of this thread and the conversations we used to have, trying to convince people of a faceless elite controlling sections of our lives hiding in plain sight.
How does anyone think this gamestop issue will end. It can only work as a protest if the little investor holds their shares and is prepared ultimately to lose their money.
https://www.the-sun.com/news/2235308/eu-covid-vaccine-war-britain/
Maybe we should have bought Astrazeneca stock. Although not sure how much it will be worth if the Eu enact special powers and steal everything. Who would have any faith in a financial system that can be subject to elitist abuse from every angle, whether that be hedge funds or Governments.
Finance Capitalism vs Industrial Capitalism ; https://www.unz.com/mhudson/finance-capitalism-vs-industrial-capita...
https://rumble.com/vdddo9-pelosis-dangerous-accusations.-rep.-lee-z...
The Democrats are fighting back against Trump and the GOP. While insisting the GOP are violent and Dangerous, going as far as accusing them personally of being the enemy, they ignore the violence by their supporters against the whole of America.
The Dems need to incite the Ordinary People of America so they can bring about Martial law. There can be no other reason for this insane rhetoric. They are baiting the Trump supporters and slowly grinding the GOP itself. They will either get a reaction from some lone wolf nut case which will give them the justification for implementing emergency laws, or they will convince enough voters that the GOP are Nazis and that will stop any come back at the Polls.
The Dems have gained Power. And they do not intend to give it back. They have labelled Senators as Murderers and they will do the same with Trump. And far to many Americans now behave like North Korean Citizens.
The Rise of Anarcho-Populism ? ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvnJa1B5CTw&feature=push-u-sub&...
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