POWER “HAVES” and POWER “HAVE-NOTS” TWO-CLASS SOCIETIES

History has shown that all societies in all places at all times were and are comprised of two classes with vastly different amounts of power to influence how the immediate society and the outside world and its peoples will conduct themselves; one class with enormous power, the Power Elite, and the other, with miniscule power, the Clueless Class – whatever their rank or position or source or amount of income, whose members are essentially powerless except for the power they can exert within their particular social, economic, cultural, or religious milieus.

Odd as it may appear, the two classes are not and have never been in conflict with each other but rather are in a total symbiotic relationship. As with most such relationships, the ones who produce the honey are not the beneficiaries of that production. For their benefit, one of the great canards promoted by the Power Elites is that individuals belong to several substantially different economic classes within the societal structure of their nation when in fact only two real classes exist; the Power Elites and all others.

Those nations that have participatory governmental systems - as when people vote for other people to represent their wishes and govern them - are most often comprised of people educated/indoctrinated to believe that they belong to classes and groupings of people in some form of hierarchy that vote their interests and beliefs and have impact on the future events in their lives. The descriptions of “Middle Class” and “Lower Class” and “Upper Class” and “Poor Class” and “Have-Nots” and “Street People” intentionally pit segments of the population against other segments of the population by dividing the people into those who hold certain types of jobs and have a sum of disposable income against those who hold other types of jobs and different amounts of disposable income.

Religious Orders and churches of various belief systems assist the Power Elites by adumbrating the differences between the Classes, i.e., “We are all God’s children, made in His image” plus, “You’ll get pie in the sky when you die.” Castes, guilds, Service Clubs, political parties, local power elites (the banker, the factory owner, and the like,) generally belong to opposing political parties they believe best represent their interests. In ALL societies of any political, social, geographical, and economic make-up, there exist two classes – and only two classes; the Power Elite and every other human being in that society. If you belong to the Power Elite, you know it. If you do not belong, you may not know it but are probably a member of the Clueless Class and by historical practice, help the Power Elite retain its power.

HISTORY - TRUTH OR FICTION - A BIT OF BOTH

I believe that history, the stories passed down from generation to generation, have the underlying purpose of enhancing the image and position of the creators of that history. That does not mean necessarily that those who write the histories are culpable. Those who control the printing presses, the purchasers of school history books and those who control the dissemination of the information that becomes the generally accepted version of past events, are part of Power Elite political, information, and educational establishments. When enough time passes between the present and past events so that the information as a tool becomes useless to the current Power Elites, historical truth, or as much of it as can be obtained, comes out. At minimum, a generation must pass. Generally, a half century and often more must pass before those who managed to save the actual shards of the broken vessels of truth (or their heirs or protégés) are allowed to present those truthful elements of historical events intentionally hidden for nefarious purposes. Analogous situations of manipulating thinking are more readily shown by the connotative use of language to imprison ideas inimical to the Power Elites. The words, liberal, socialist, commie, right-wing, “support our troops,” atheist, and the like, are reasonable examples of how the plebes are educated and language used to create mind-sets just as “current” history is used for that purpose. In many other ways, the education of populations must produce pliable populations capable of being manipulated for the narrowly common good of the Power Elites.

POLEMICS VS. HISTORY

Espousing a point of view of a historical event would appear to be a departure of belief in history as the word of god. Historians believe in the truth of the written word as substantiated by the factual evidence presented by the writing historian.

The flaws are many in the theory of practical history. The naiveté of history readers can be counted on, relied on, to continue the belief in the historical record of an event or period of time. Practical history presumes the existence of a bundle of facts laid out for the reader in sequence to give understanding and meaning to those past events. Another obvious flaw lies in the interest in the historian’s point of view of the events about which he or she writes. A third flaw lies in the distance of time or the magnitude of the event that prevents a true and accurate picture from being drawn for the present-day localized reader of past events. The winner or loser in the event being written of obviously presents problems of veracity or problems of acceptance of material as reliably factual or simply the facts made up by the winner/writer of the history. Skin color, ethnic or religious background, language, geographic location, localized or personal experience and knowledge, and so on, all affect the veracity of the written words of “history.” Thus history becomes his story.

If it is indeed his story, then history becomes a polemic for a point of view. It is my contention that ALL history is a polemic..

IRAQ IS TEACHING HISTORY - PART TWO

The conflict in Iraq will continue until the Power Elites of the United States and its associate Power Elites that were involved in the decision to enter Iraq initially and subsequently, are assured that the oil wealth in the ground will inure to their control.

For this control to be assured requires a partner Iraqi government and cessation of substantially all the internecine and inter-mural conflicts that prevent that control from being exercised. That government will be established when the the larger Power Elites agree on the division of the assets being fought over and when smaller Power Elites are assured of some portion of the spoils of war. To date, (February 2008) the dancing and romancing and killing prohibit the establishment of a less than shakey coalition government. However, there are signs of increased cooperation growing on the willingness of the more arrogant and more powerful to give up larger than anticipated shares of "their" wealth just to put out the large number of brush fires in the country.

What continues unabated are the terror activities of the loony Islaamic fundamentalist fringes for whom control of wealth is a side issue. For them, control of the future is more important. Their evaluation of Power has more to do with control of populations than of material assets. It is not for lack of appreciation of the value of Iraq's assets. It lies in their belief that by controlling the population, they will indeed control the oil of the country. Stabilization of the conflict through the establishment of "normal" government functioning, is anathema to the fundamentalist leadership. (By the way, my use of the word "looney" derives from my strong belief that sanity lies in valuing human life over self and population immolation for the cause; any cause except self defense.)

The conflict will end for sure. The question is, "When will it end?" I have no yardstick by which to measure the future and provide an answer. What I do know is that Power Elites of all kinds and sizes will continue to seek ways to increase and protect their power and that "have-nots" will continue to try to reverse their fortunes.

IRAQ IS TEACHING HISTORY

The initiation of the war in Iraq by United States Power Elites and the years of conflict since its inception provide a perfect history lesson.

The war is based on the drive by oil interests and armament manufacturers to increase their wealth. Add the financial vultures, the construction outfits, the "contractors" of all kinds, to that immoral cadre and you see them all licking their bloody chops in Iraq.There is literally no other sane explanation for the invasion and subsequent actions by the United States government and the forces that drive that government.

The constellation, or better put, conglomeration of competing entities could never have been anticipated by the initiators of the conflict. Three major ethnic goupings; the Shiites, Sunnis, and Kurds were unleashed to vent old furies on each other. The religious underpinnings of these three groups splintered into distinct groupings identified by charismatic religious leaders and not-so-charismatic Mullahs and Imams and fragmented further by their mosques' locations in the country. Fighting cadres are also made up by large and small geographic area loyalties. Tribal fealties and fealty to their sheiks, splintered the splinter groups into smaller splinters. And now add all the foreign lunatic Islaamic fundamentalist groups that put feet on the ground to fight for whatever piece or pieces of the pie they could obtain through force of terror. And finally, historical Power Elites who patriotically joined the homicide, religicide, and fraticide, to compete for their share of the wealth.

It must be made clear that the ones who fight and die, are NOT members of Power Elites. They are patriotic or religious or simple-minded puppets motivated by manipulators who use their bodies and their blood to acquire, protect, or maximize, their wealth.

By learning from the past, the more powerful the Power Elite was when it entered the fray, the more powerful it will be when it comes out of the fray. So, my prediction is that the United States and its minions and manipulators will come out with the lion's share of control over Iraqi oil - which is why the fighting goes on, why the ability and willingness to form a cohesive national government is non existent, and what the whole exercise is about anyway. Ask Dick Cheney.

POWER ELITES - THE DRIVING FORCE OF ALL CIVILIZATIONS - PRIMITIVE AND SOPHISTICATED

This is a particular way to look at history. By looking at major and lesser known historical events through the narrow lens of the Power Elites manipulation of people and resources to acquire, maximize, and protect their power, the reader might unfairly accuse me of being a conspiratorialist at worst, or at best, narrow minded or single minded. Yet history, the stories of what happened in the past, can only be understood fully by applying this diagnostic framework to those events that shaped nations and civilizations and brought them to where they are today. Furthermore, by application of this tool, today’s happenings can be more fully understood and tomorrow’s events predicted with greater accuracy. Perhaps the more desirable goal of being able to affect the world for the betterment of humankind’s lot can be inched forward in defiance of the goal of wealth and power accumulation by Power Elites. However, this caveat must be added; humanistic, educated, caring, self interest, will never acquire a modicum of power compared to the power accumulated by Power Elites. So inching forward against their depredations holds little hope for peace and tranquility for mankind. The only real hope for a safer and better future for the peoples of the world lies in the convergence of the interests of humankind and Power Elites. That will happen when the planet Earth is attacked by power Elites from outer space. Then the peoples of the earth will become equal unless, and get this, Earth's power Elites join outer space's Elites.

What is and who are the Power Elites? What are you talking about?

Power is control of assets. Assets can be natural resources, manufacturing capability, slaves, land, livestock, mines, railroads, newspapers and all media of communication, markets and money, and anything and everything that is the currency of wealth or produces wealth.

Elites are groups of wealthy people, families, old-boy networks, people and groups of people with guns, monarchs, sheiks, dictators, and any configuration of people who control large assets. Power Elites also control political institutions and systems in order to control their wealth, often behind opaque curtains.

Wealth acquisition and its corollary, power acquisition, unify the Power Elites of the world. Despite the logic that might lead to the belief that Power Elites are in competition, they generally cooperate for their greater good despite occasional conflicts over substantial mother lodes of immense profits. They come together very carefully in a variety of places and forums to share their views on how best to achieve the maximization of their power.

Is "FUTURE HISTORY" an oxymoronic phrase?

“Future History” is written by governments in the employ of power elites. Wait for the next explosion. But they know what's coming. This is an example of how future history is written in the U.S.

Toward the end of the 2007 United States congressional session, after twelve years of deliberation, a bill was passed by both houses of congress that enables fertilizer of the explosive kind to be manufactured without regulation by the government. Money controlled this dangerous legislation.

What caused a twelve year delay in Congress regulating sales of this explosive? Why did Congress “quietly” pass this legislation? The “Fertilizer bill” states the material is an “explosive.” Did Congress regulate sales of “fertilizer” or “explosive?” Why and how did the bill fall short of the strict law counter-terrorism and federal law enforcement people hoped for?

A knowledgeable experienced government consultant stated that “the bill really does not guaranty anything for the security of the citizens of the United States.” The bill has left “federal officials, outside experts and even some in Congress uncertain about exactly what” this bill is about. Do these words mean that the bill is meaningless if not worthless? Probably. Why did the “fertilizer/explosive” industry pay to support this bill? Did the industry support this garbage legislation BECAUSE it was meaningless and worthless? Is the 8 billion pounds of this material sold in the U.S. alone, a source of income for Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Mississippi, and other lawmakers who enabled this “meaningless and worthless” piece of legislation to endanger the citizenry of this country? (Mississippi is “one of the nation’s largest producers of ammonium nitrate.”)

What happened in Congress smells like fertilizer of the bull kind.