The Power Elite: Puppet Masters of Social Chaos

Anthony Salazar
Dr. Ruthie Grant
Eng. 101, 12:25-3:35
22 June 2008

The Power Elite: Puppet Masters of Social Chaos

The second law of thermodynamics states: The universe inevitably tends toward a state of increased disorder or chaos. In other words, the universe or any system has a tendency to lead toward disorganization unless energy is placed back into the system. There is only one flaw: one must first be conscious of the problem in order to eradicate it. However, in an awareness-lacking society, it is perfectly understandable why the power elite,who pull the strings of the government, can go about their private agenda, encountering little or no resistance as they exploit the ignorant masses through the use of misinformation. This further promotes a divisive mentality eventually leading to social intolerance through the use of Sexism, Racism, Classism, and Nationalism. These social intolerances keep the people divided against one another, blinding them to the illegal passage of legislations forming the Federal Reserve, the Federal Income Tax, and the Patriot Act, all of which are all unconstitutional. If the media was originally designed to be the watchdog for the public, why has the media not informed the public of these and other unconstitutional events and laws? The media also has failed to highlight the agenda of global domination on every channel, radio, and newspaper. The media, like our government, is a puppet, a masterfully controlled doll made to entertain, but not inform, the audience. For countries around the world, social awareness, social intolerance, and the social puppeteers must all be addressed if change is to come about.

Social awareness refers to the masses collectively, but becoming aware is the duty of the individual. As Dr. Grant repeatedly states, “A mind convinced against its will is unconvinced still.” Waking up, however, is not as easy as simply getting out of bed every morning. One must first realize that the “ego” that resonates from within mind blinds from seeing the social separation of our society. When analyzing the nature of the ego, one can come to understand why society acts from hate, jealousy, envy, pride, and fear, all of which serve only to maintain the ego and consequently keeping us asleep. When one begins to bring about any change in ones life, the ego relentlessly pulls one back into submission. It is important to state that awareness plays an important role in braking ego driven habits, addictions, and behavior. Dr. David R. Hawkins, author of Power vs. Force, developed a “map of consciousness” designed to point out the level of consciousness an individual possesses. The map represents a logarithmic progression ranging from 20 to 700+, 20 being the lowest level of consciousness, 700 + representing the highest level of enlightenment.

According to Hawkins, 85% of the world is vibrating below 200 (the level of courage). Every level below 200 only promotes guilt, apathy, grief, fear and desire. The importance of this logarithmic progression is to show how one person who reaches a level of 300 (the level of hope) counterbalances 90,000 individuals who are below the level of 200. Applying this map to this year in time, one can conclude that the Power Elite, the social puppeteers, operates from a level of pride (175), whereas the masses calibrate at 100-125 the levels of fear (100) and desire (125). Since society is not at the level of courage, it is clear to see how the Power Elite has been able to maintain a tight grip on society. Social intolerances are ego driven forces that calibrate at low levels (200 and below) that through careful manipulation have been successful in controlling entire societies.

Sexism, Racism, Classism, and Nationalism have become the primary means of mass manipulation. These social intolerances form a part of the corrupt social structure inherent in our society, which has already been conditioned by the man-made, war-fueling machine: propaganda. According to Adolf Hitler, “The function of propaganda does not lie in the scientific training of the individual, but in the calling of the masses’ attention to certain facts, processes, necessities” (Hitler). Propaganda’s main purpose is to Divide and Conquer. This strategic separation resonates strongly throughout history through acts of violence, oppression, and prosecution. Society should present the human race as one entity, rather than separate from one another. As the narrator reports in the documentary film Zeitgeist,

"If you wish to destroy an area, how do you do it? Well there are two ways, you can go in there and bomb it, but that is not very efficient. What you do is try to get the people in that area to kill each other, and to destroy their own territory. Their own farms…the way you destroy an enemy is you get him to destroy himself by dividing his ranks against one another… It’s time that some of us woke up to this reality to understand that the people who try to maintain empires and create empires, do it by manipulating the people they’re trying to conquer(Zeitgeist)."

The “isms” have been deadlocked into our culture and can still be found in our society today. Peggy McIntosh, author of the article “White Privilege,” thinks that: “whites are carefully taught not to recognize white privilege, as males are taught not to recognize male privilege” (McIntosh). To further understand the division that society imposes on us, “Confessions of a Recovering Misogynist,” by Kevin Powell suggests a strong example of how great an impact society can dictate the view of one’s mind, “I am a sexist male. I take no great pride in saying this; I am merely stating a fact. It is not that I was born this way-rather, I was born into this male-dominated society, and consequently, from the very moment I began forming thoughts, they formed in a decidedly male-centered way.” (Powell) We learn our morals and values from the community we are born into, but it is difficult to fully grasp how much we have been implanted in our minds. Issues involving class, which are common around the world, are on such a high catastrophic level that whole civilizations built their societies on a system whose structure is designed to discriminate those who are less economically privileged. Consequently, money translates into power serving to further encourage the division of the masses into smaller sub-sections. These sub-sections or caste system (as known in India) go to the extreme of dividing the lower class castes, whose economic wealth is of little or no difference, leading them to further discrimination amongst one another. This caste system has also installed a safeguard that prohibits one of a lower caste (known as the “Mallah”) from entering into the high caste (Know as the “Thurkars”). It is literally impossible to move up the scale of the class system in India due to the belief that whichever caste you are born into, that is the only caste you innately belong to. In most of western culture, the possibilities of increasing your social-economic status are more promising, but it is safe to say that the world has adopted this ideology of separating and dividing its populations which only serves to maintain the masses ignorant and manipulated.

The nature of this social flaw slowly gives way to other forms of separation; such is the case of racial supremacy, which promotes discrimination and intolerance of other racial groups based on erroneous cultural beliefs. The color of ones skin can quickly become a target in aims of destruction. Such is the case of the United States: A country built on the backs of immigrants from all over the world. These immigrants have defended this country in order for all of us to know the true form of freedom, which no longer exists. Over the short lived history on this nation, the clash of racial groups has left its mark in endless occasions. Intolerance against racial groups such as Blacks, Latinos, Asians and the sub-groups mentioned, is still an on going problem in White dominated societies. The fear of that which is unknown and foreign seems to further drive people to discriminate and see others as separate from them. This xenophobic mentality only serves as a means to create more ruptures and divisions amongst humans. We must not submit to this arbitrary separatist identification system, created by the Power Elite, so we do not lend ourselves into their scheme like sheep to the slaughter.

Who are the Power Elite? We cannot yet begin understand who the Power Elite are until we have become aware: “The more you begin to investigate, what we think we understand, were we come from, what we think we are doing, the more you begin to see we’ve been lied to” (Zeitgeist). The Power Elite control all media, all government, and even the lives of many American citizens. They are prone to controlling the entire world through the use of their puppets within our government, their favorite one being the President of the United States. Sir William Pitt once said, “There is something behind the throne greater than the king himself” (Zeitgeist). Their power of influence is beyond measure, using it to its full extent to accomplish many tasks behind the scenes. It is also a fact that our society can be easily maintained simply because they do not recalled certain events that have taken place. As Hitler confirms, “The receptivity of the great masses is very limited, their intelligence is small, but their power of forgetting is enormous” (Hitler). The Power Elite’s implementation of the Federal Reserve, which is under no jurisdiction under our government, makes our money system then loans it to our government at interest. This has one major impact: debt. Louis McFadden, who disagreed with the legislation, described it as: “A world banking system was being set up here … A superstate controlled by international bankers … acting together to enslave the world for their own pleasure. The Fed as usurped the government” (Zeitgeist). So where does the money come from to pay back that debt? Look no further than ones own household: we pay it when we do our Federal Taxes. This tax goes directly to the debt created by our government, and into the hands of international bankers. As one of our Founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson declared, “I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous than standing armies… if the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of currency… the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of their property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered” (Zeitgeist). With control of a nation’s money supply, the Power Elite have the ability to bring governments and entire economies to its knees. Mayer Amschel Rothschild, Founder of the Rothschild Banking Dynasty, wrote “give me control of a nation’s money supply, and I care not who makes its laws” (Zeitgeist). Not only do they control the money of our nation, but also the masses as they profit from the wars they generated while sending the nation’s people to fight for the unjust cause. The only thing that exceeds the deaths of a war, are the profits the corporations reap. Smedley Darlington Butler corroborates that “War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives” (Butler). As we fight for our freedom, our government fights to take it away. The foundation of the Power Elite’s master plan has long since been in motion and the careful misleading of the people has been immensely effective, already eliminating constitutional rights by passing The Patriot Act. The Patriot Act, which gives the Power Elite the authority to imprison all who oppose them without charges, is a pretext to finalize the complete removal of the constitution. Sir Josiah Stamp understood the kind of problem this has created. He explains that “If you want to remain slaves of the bankers and pay for the costs of your own slavery, let them continue to create money and control the nation’s credit” (Zeitgeist).

So are we lost into this system? Sure we have suffered many lost battles and sustained many casualties, but this war for a new democracy and true freedom has just began. Just as the Power Elite have had their plans in blueprint, we too should do the same. Our first step in operation ROC (Revolution of Consciousness) is for every individual person to eliminate the “ego.” This is our primary step towards overthrowing the already in place Power Elite. This critical step will prove useful as seen in the 100th monkey principle. After a critical mass is reached, the masses will tip over and (monkey see monkey do) will begin to question the authority, marking the beginning to the next phase of the operation. We then must begin to set up a community network system to accomplish cooperation among the people and boycott all banking institutions, corporations, and multimedia that stand out of integrity further pressuring the Power Elite and its cronies. Establishing a system of trade, in which food will be grown by the people and acts of services will be offered, can help abolish the use of the already defiled money operating scheme. After this unity is fully achieved, the counter-offensive strategy can be operational. Already on the frontlines of Texas, the battle to but an end to the toll freeway combining Mexico, United States, and Canada. This critical area is the high ground and we must do all can to support them. A few ways we can do that is beginning demand all government, media, and corporations must be placed under extreme pressure to repeal the unconditional laws and legislations illegally passed and impeach the corrupt government official. I believe that it is the children who will make or break this revolution. We must press on for better school education and better school funding. Once we have educated our younger generations, we can then restore the righteous constitution that was given to us by our Founding Fathers.

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