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Originally Posted by knc1
You might be thinking of the "Club of Rome" which was founded in 1968 with 12 members.
Membership was (is?) "by invitation" only.
But since those times, their activities have gotten into the public eye ('news') on several notable occasions.
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I have a book on the "
Club of Rome" from decades back. A nasty group of folks there, as I recall. They wanted to kill off most of the population of the planet. Some folks claim they engineered AIDS. No, I am not one of them.
When I was a child my father gave me a book about the Federal Reserve System, which greatly influenced my views on our debased money (along with abandoning "silver certificates" and taking the silver out of our coins when I was young). Monopoly money, but all printed with green and black ink (though with the new tinted paper they are attempting to make it look more like what it really represents -- play money). But even so, I have no immediate plans to throw the money lenders out of the temple.
And "too big to fail" is really "too big to exist", considering that they broke up "Bell Telephone" and slapped Microsoft on the wrist (for monopolistic practices) back in the day. But these days we have the best governement money can buy, so the "
golden rule" (upon which I based my life) ain't what it used to be -- now it is "he who has the gold makes the rules". Bailing out the rich crooks who stole our homes and our life savings seems more than evil, especially when it means taking that tax money out of the pockets of the victims, while the "legitimized-crooks" invest in tax havens (e.g.
1209 North Orange Street in Wilmington).
But really, what I have learned over my lifetime, is that those you help most seem least likely to help you in return. The golden rule is a good theory, but a sham in practice. Being a "gentle soul" just makes me an "
easy mark" (the story of my life). One friend even admitted he avoids me because he feels guilty he can never repay me...
But why worry about history, or politics, or money, when technology is so soothing to my mind?