The Good News is The Global Elites are in decline. The Bad News is
that the Global Elites are still in control.
The years from 1982 to 2002 could be described as THE TRIUMPH OF THE
ELITES. The economy was arranage, "is if" only capital mattered; the
power of labor declined significantly.
In 1989 the "Communist Treat" was declared defeated. The Soviet
Union decended into a "mafia state." So, the global elites were
victorious against their biggest enemy--Marxism and a Worker
Controled Economy.
BUT THAT WAS THEN AND THIS IS NOW;
Since 1989 there has been continued consolidation of power in the
global elite, but there is also resistance developing in the form of
anti-globalization movements. And the liberal left has been awakened
in ways not seen since the 1930's; for example the Howard Dean
candidacy in 2004.
Now, we are at the final peak of elite control of the global
economy.
And, alas, there is only one way to go: DOWN! DOWN! DOWN!
THE ELITES HAVE PRETTY MUCH LOOTED THE US AND GLOBAL ECONOMIES OF
EVERYTHING OF VALUE.
...DEBT BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE IS AT ALL TIME HIGHS.
LABOR IS FLAT ON IT'S BACK....AND WORKERS WAGES ARE STAGNANT AT BEST,
OR FALLING ON A GLOBAL BASIS.
THE US GOVERNMENT IS NEARLY BANKRUPT; BECAUSE OF ALL THE LOOTING, AND
THE GLOBALIZATION OF INDUSTRY.
INDEED, WHILE AMERICANS ATE TURKEY YESTERDAY; THE GLOBAL CURRENCY
MARKETS SOLD OFF THE DOLLAR TO YET ANOTHER NEW ALL TIME LOW!
AND GOLD SOARED!
WITH MORE OF THE SAME TO COME!
BECAUSE OIL AND GOLD AND THE EURO ARE SEEN AS RISING EVEN AS THE
AMERICAN TWIN DEFICITS STRANGLE THE US ECONOMY FROM WITHIN.
AND WITHOUT! WARS AND INSURGENCIES SAP THE AMERICAN FEDERAL FISC,
ALMOST WITHOUT END.
OSAMA HAS TRICKED DUBYA INTO GEO-BANKRUPTING THE US;
IN MUCH THE SAME WAY THAT THE AFGHAN WARS BANKRUPTED THE SOVIET UNION
IN THE LATE 1980'S. CALL IT A CASE OF "IMPERIAL OVERREACH" STRIKES
AGAIN!
IN SHORT, THE ELITES ARE AT THE VERY END OF THEIR ROPE.
THE ELITES ARE NEARLY FINISHED.
EVEN NOW, AS THE ELITES SEEM TO BE REACHING A NEW HIGH POINT; THERE
IS, ALAS, ONLY ONE WAY FOR THEM TO GO---AND THAT IS DOWN.
Look for more and more "populist" movements in every nation on the
globe.
Witness the Ukraine today! And the "Deaniacs" in the US in 2004!
Furthermore, much of Euroland has thrown off the insane imperial
delusions of the American Elites; and Euroland is now seeking
a "third way." Seperate from American political and economic input.
And, China and Japan are starting to realize the folly of buying ever
more dollars.....,even as Dubya touts MORE FEDERAL SPENDING, MORE WAR
OUTLAYS;
AND GREENSPAN, WALL STREETS SHILL, SPEWS DOLLARS INTO THE GLOBAL
ECONOMY SEEMINGLY WITHOUT LIMITS.
ALAS, GENTLE REAKER, WHAT FOLLOWS ANY TRIUMPH, IS DECLINE!
AND COLLAPSE! AND INSTABILITY! AND PERHAPS RESORT TO A NEW FACISM!
AND OTHER POPULIST IDEALOGIES!
WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS NOTHING LESS THAN THE COLLAPSE OF THE GLOBAL
ELITE!
AND, THE RISE OF A NEW GLOBAL POPULISM... WHETHER THIS NEW POPULISM
WILL BE IN THE FORM OF NEW RIGHT-WING FASCISM AND TRIBALISM;
OR, HOPEFULLY, JUST A TURNING AWAY FROM CURRENT TOXIC GLOBALISM;
AND TOWARD SOME KIND OF ECONOMIC LOCALISM, AND SOCIALIZATION OF
RISKS.....PERHAPS, A EURO-STYLE SOCIALISM--
IS AS YET UNKOWN.
NO MATTER. WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS THE DECLINE OF THE ELITES.
AND THE RISE OF SOMETHING NEW.......What will that will be? Stay
tuned!