Delusional Megalomania - the incredibly violent and resource-wasting system called market-cum-monopoly capitalism and the US foreign policy system, global militarism, empire, lies and violence!
Immortalist
--Gandhi
This is a post about the incredibly violent and resource-wasting
system called market-cum-monopoly capitalism and the US foreign policy
system, global militarism, empire, lies and violence. [“delusional
megalomania”]
Military, economic, and environmental violence in the era of
globalization cause immense suffering and may ultimately threaten the
existence of life as we know it. Most violence is the product of a
human-built social order in which some people and institutions control
most of the resources, make the decisions that necessitate violence,
and operate with minimal accountability. Such violence is a natural
consequence of a system inordinately influenced by a relatively small,
interconnected group of corporate, military, and government leaders
with the power to instill fear, to increase their excessive fortunes,
and to restrict information, particularly about their own clandestine
dealings.
The global war system, its mechanisms and costs; with the hidden
structures of violence - hidden to both the media and to decision-
makers themselves, creating the need to penetrate power networks,
secret power societies, individual ties, the government-business-
expert-military networks - or the Military-Industrial-Media-Academic
Complex, the proto-fascist and fundamentalist Christian orientations
of U.S. foreign policy under George W. Bush as well as the role of
propaganda, deception, manufacturing of consent and the willing
megaphone called mainstream media and their ownership structures and
embeddedness with power...
In conclusion what we have is a superiority-driven set of assumptions,
basic to imperialism and economic-military globalization but not to
democracy and humanism.
http://www.internationalpeaceandconflict.org/profiles/blogs/780588:BlogPost:64961
http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/C9435.aspx
http://www.amazon.com/Who-Benefits-Global-Violence-War/dp/027599435X/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvZqWq0ZNjk
Zerkon
> U.S. foreign policy under George W. Bush
Very few, if any, constructive conclusions can come from this same view
until the obsession with political celebrities is finally over.
“delusional megalomania” is no different than "Manifest Destiny" which
provided the moral underpinning to the The U.S.-Mexican War in the mid
1800's. Which itself was no different than the English sense of
exceptionalism during their empire building days.
In many important ways I think this cultural chauvinism is much harder to
see or realize than the crimes and greed that use and ride in on it.
George Orwell attempts to address this issue in his essay: "Notes On
Nationalism" in which he considers Nationalism a counterpoint to
Patriotism.
EXCERPT..
http://www.netcharles.com/orwell/essays/notes-on-nationalism1.htm
By ‘nationalism’ I mean first of all the habit of assuming that human
beings can be classified like insects and that whole blocks of millions
or tens of millions of people can be confidently labelled ‘good’ or ‘bad’.
[1]But secondly—and this is much more important—I mean the habit of
identifying oneself with a single nation or other unit, placing it beyond
good and evil and recognising no other duty than that of advancing its
interests. Nationalism is not to be confused with patriotism. Both words
are normally used in so vague a way that any definition is liable to be
challenged, but one must draw a distinction between them, since two
different and even opposing ideas are involved. By ‘patriotism’ I mean
devotion to a particular place and a particular way of life, which one
believes to be the best in the world but has no wish to force on other
people. Patriotism is of its nature defensive, both militarily and
culturally. Nationalism, on the other hand, is inseparable from the
desire for power. The abiding purpose of every nationalist is to secure
more power and more prestige, not for himself but for the nation or other
unit in which he has chosen to sink his own individuality.
Fred Weiss
wrote:
> In conclusion what we have is a superiority-driven set of assumptions,
> basic to imperialism and economic-military globalization but not to
> democracy and humanism.
You do realize, my good man, that you are frozen in a reactionary time
warp of a delusional alternate universe from last century.
Rather than endlessly repeating the same tiresome and thoroughly
discredited Marxist cliches of that long past era, why don't you make
an effort to investigate some fresh new thinking on this subject?
The Internet is rich with resources you can investigate, any number of
which will unfreeze your brain and liberate your thinking.
Fred Weiss
Nickname unavailable
the above comes from a MAOIST sympathizer, who bragged that he was
heavily invested in chinese slave labor economy, priceless.
Thousands demand democracy in Hong Kong:american MAOIST sympathizers
shudder, fear loss of cheap slave sweatshop labor
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100101/ap_on_re_as/as_hong_kong_democracy_march
Thousands demand democracy in Hong Kong
line at the China's Liaison Office Friday, Jan. …
By MIN LEE, Associated Press Writer – 35 mins ago
HONG KONG – Thousands of Hong Kong residents marched to the Chinese
government's liaison office on Friday demanding that Beijing grant
full democracy to the semiautonomous financial hub.
Chanting "One man, one vote to choose our leader" and clutching signs
reading "Democracy now," the demonstrators set off from a crowded
street in the heart of the Central financial district.
Dozens of the protesters tried but failed to breach a police cordon at
the Chinese government compound. They staged a peaceful sit-in
instead, joined by hundreds of others.
The sizable turnout for the New Year's Day protest — police said 9,000
people took part — was a boost to Hong Kong's political opposition,
which is trying to re-ignite the democracy movement at a time when
locals are more preoccupied with economic issues.
Five pro-democracy legislators plan to resign later this month, hoping
to turn the special elections they will trigger into a referendum on
democracy.
At their peak, pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong drew hundreds of
thousands of people. In July 2003, half a million marched to protest a
national security bill that many considered draconian, forcing the
Hong Kong government to shelve the measure.
The former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997 under a
separate political system that promises Western-style civil liberties.
Democracy is promised in Hong Kong's constitution, but the Chinese
government ruled in 2007 that the territory can't directly elect its
leader until 2017 and its legislature until 2020.
Hong Kong's current leader was chosen by an exclusive committee
stacked with Beijing's allies, and only half of the territory's 60
legislators are elected, with the rest picked by special interest
groups.
The protesters Friday said Beijing's timetable for democracy is too
slow. Hong Kong activists have argued for years that the wealthy city
of 7 million people is mature enough to choose its own leaders.
"Hong Kong should get democracy sooner. The sophistication, the
worldliness of Hong Kong people has already reached the level where
universal suffrage can be allowed," participant Joseph Fung said.
A woman who answered the phone at the Chinese government liaison
office said no one was available for comment.
The Hong Kong government said in a statement late Friday it must
follow China's 2007 ruling and can only propose limited reforms before
2017. Officials have recently proposed expanding the 800-member leader
selection committee and the legislature for the 2012 election cycle.
"Demanding direct elections for both the leader and the legislature in
2012 is inconsistent with China's ruling," the statement said.
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http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/china.50/red.giant/prisons/wu.essay/
Labor camps reinforce China's totalitarian rule
Wu
But the longing for freedom and democracy persists
By Harry Wu
(CNN) -- Communism in China can be roughly divided into two separate
phases, one "the Mao era" and the other "the Deng era."
In some respects, Mao and Deng were different in their means, modes
and methods of rule. Deng, for example, allowed for much greater
economic liberalization than Mao, and it has provided for advancement
and a rise in the average standard of living.
On a more fundamental scale, however, the two eras differ very little.
The nation has remained consistently under the absolute control of the
Communist Party. Today's rulers clearly and continually maintain that
they have no intention or inclination of giving up totalitarian
control of the Chinese people.
Inmates work at a Beijing prison
Despite this totalitarianism, the spirit of those who long for freedom
and democracy persists. Some people have taken a stand for freedom in
events such as the Tiananmen protests of 1989, in the formation of
political dissent groups such as the Chinese Democratic Party, and in
religious activities by such groups as the Falun Gong sect and the
underground church.
Oppression and infringement
Because of their beliefs and convictions, these people face oppression
and serious infringement upon their basic human rights.
At the core of such human rights abuses in China today lies a
systemized mechanism known as the Laogai that exists for the purpose
of crushing human beings physically, psychologically and spiritually.
This system of at least 1,100 known forced-labor camps is driven by
hard-line ideology, Communist Party directives and the whims of local
cadres. It is designed as a repressive mechanism to control and, in
effect, eliminate anyone whose political, religious or societal views
differ from those of the Communist Party.
Chinese prison scene
The Laogai is not simply a prison system; it is a political tool for
maintaining the Communist Party's totalitarian rule. A fundamental
policy of the Laogai states that "forced labor is a means toward the
goal of thought reform."
Communist economic theory maintains that human beings are the first
and most basic productive force of a nation. Prisoners of course are
not excluded.
They must be utilized as part of this productive force and must submit
to Communist authorities. Submission is often achieved through
violence, but psychological and spiritual submissiveness known as
"thought reform" is considered the optimal goal.
Organ harvesting
As the Laogai crushes the human spirit and often tortures the human
body, it also becomes an integral part of the Chinese economy through
the sale and even export of products made in forced labor camps.
The execution notice of an inmate caught trying to escape is posted at
a Beijing prison
Prisoners who receive the death sentence in China also become
potential resources of government profit through a policy of organ
harvesting known as the "provisional regulation on the use of executed
prisoners' corpses and organs," which was passed on October 9, 1984.
Chinese officials admit that by 1996 around 20,000 kidneys already had
been harvested from executed prisoners. The party, judicial and penal
officials and even doctors perpetuate these inexcusable crimes through
propaganda claiming "concern for the welfare of patients needing
transplants" and "productive use of an otherwise wasted resource."
Throughout history, countless despots have killed millions for
political, religious and racial offenses. In massiveness of scale,
number of victims and cruelty of methods, the atrocities of the
Chinese Communist authorities are no less significant and repulsive
than those of any despot, including Hitler, Stalin and Pol Pot.
Moreover, the Chinese Communists do what no other regime has done with
its program of organ harvesting.
Barrier to peace and democracy
History scornfully remembers the crimes of Hitler in Germany and of
Stalin in the Soviet Union. In China, a system exists today that is
strikingly similar to those of Hitler and Stalin, and it is the
Laogai, the world's most extensive system of forced labor camps.
We cannot condemn the evil actions of the Nazi concentration camps and
the Soviet Gulag while we ignore the continuing brutality of the
Laogai.
The Laogai is the barrier for all those who strive to promote human
rights and democracy in China. Most of the human rights abuses that
are reported in China today occur in the Laogai. If you disagree with
these human rights abuses you must confront the Laogai. If you wish to
effectively promote human rights and democracy in China and to rid
China of communist totalitarianism, you must also condemn the Laogai.
Harry Wu, executive director of the Laogai Research Foundation, is a
native of Shanghai and an activist for human rights in China. He spent
19 years in Chinese labor camps between 1960 and 1979 and became a
U.S. citizen in 1994.
Fred Weiss
> On Jan 1, 7:50 am, Fred Weiss <fredwe...@papertig.com> wrote:
>
> > On Dec 31 2009, 9:33 pm, Immortalist <reanimater_2...@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
>
> > > In conclusion what we have is a superiority-driven set of assumptions,
> > > basic to imperialism and economic-military globalization but not to
> > > democracy and humanism.
>
> > You do realize, my good man, that you are frozen in a reactionary time
> > warp of a delusional alternate universe from last century.
>
> > Rather than endlessly repeating the same tiresome and thoroughly
> > discredited Marxist cliches of that long past era, why don't you make
> > an effort to investigate some fresh new thinking on this subject?
>
> > The Internet is rich with resources you can investigate, any number of
> > which will unfreeze your brain and liberate your thinking.
>
> > Fred Weiss
>
> the above comes from a MAOIST sympathizer, who bragged that he was
> heavily invested in chinese slave labor economy, priceless.
Moi?
You're even more delusional than the previous poster.
Fred Weiss
Nickname unavailable
what you really mean is that your past is catching up with you. you
use marxist as a smear of others. but its you, the hypocrite, that
invested heavily in marxist, MAOIST china:)
Nickname unavailable
did you buy yours yet freddy, it seems that MAO is quite popular with
the chinese. and you loved that MARXIST, MAOIST SLAVE LABOR:)
http://www.newser.com/story/55654/as-capitalism-crumbles-chinese-embrace-mao-marx.html
As Capitalism Crumbles, Chinese Embrace Mao, Marx
By Harry Kimball| Posted Apr 8, 09 12:29 PM CDT|
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(NEWSER) – The woes of international capitalism are fueling renewed
interest in the ur-texts of Chinese Communism, MSNBC reports. Sales of
Karl Marx’s Das Kapital and Mao’s “little red book” are skyrocketing
in China, where the publisher of Kapital has seen a fivefold increase
in sales since late last year. The German publisher of the
anticapitalist work is also doing swift business. “The financial
crisis brought us a huge bump,” he said.
“We’ve been wading across the stream by feeling the way, trying to
reach the other side of the stream in capitalism,” one Chinese
professor said. “Now the building on the bank has collapsed, and we
realize maybe we had a wrong goal.” The books by Marx and Mao, nearly
ubiquitous decades ago, fell out of favor during China’s capitalist
experiment. A return is natural “when we find what we believed earlier
isn’t always correct,” the professor explained.
Sir Frederick
>Western democracy is little but diluted fascism.
>--Gandhi
>
>This is a post about the incredibly violent and resource-wasting
>system called market-cum-monopoly capitalism and the US foreign policy
>system, global militarism, empire, lies and violence. [�delusional
>megalomania�]
>
"delusional megalomania" = 'hubris'
A symptom of the 'hubris' bias,
one of the legacy insanities, bequeathed to humans
by evolution, to prompt for survival.
Perhaps the evolution situation, has changed?
The various cultures, up, down. left, right, in, out,
better get with it. Humans come with biases and constraints.