How the Elite Control the World: The Rich Getting Richer, the Upper Class & Money in America (1996)
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Lewis H. Lapham (born January 8, 1935) is an American writer. He was the editor of the American monthly Harper's Magazine from 1976 until 1981, and from 1983 until 2006. His books: https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&tag=tra0c7-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=28077b10d10025de3f42838be43dc2cc&camp=1789&creative=9325&index=books&keywords=lewis%20lapham He is the founder of Lapham's Quarterly, a quarterly publication about history and literature, and has written numerous books on politics and current affairs. The term ruling class refers to the social class of a given society that decides upon and sets that society's political policy by mandating that there is one such particular class in the given society, and then appointing itself as that class. Sometimes, there is a ruling class in a particular sector of the upper class that adheres to quite specific circumstances: it has both the most material wealth and the most widespread influence over all the other classes, and it chooses to actively exercise that power to shape the direction of a locality, a country, and/or the world. A sociologist, C. Wright Mills, argued that the ruling class differs from the power elite. The latter simply refers to the small group of people with the most political power. Many of them are politicians, hired political managers, and military leaders. Under the Marxist view of capitalism, the ruling class, the capitalists or bourgeoisie, consists of those who own and control the means of production and thus are able to dominate and exploit the working class, getting them to labor enough to produce surplus-value, the basis for profits, interest, and rent (property income). This property income can be used to accumulate more power, to extend class domination further. The economic power of such a class gives it extraordinary political power, so that state or government policies almost always reflect the perceived interests of that class. Ruling classes tend to be looked at negatively because they are often viewed as having little respect of or interest in the rights of the inferior classes. Analogous to the class of the major capitalists, other modes of production give rise to different ruling classes: under feudalism, it was the feudal lords, while under slavery, it was the slave-owners. Under the feudal society, feudal lords had power over the vassals because of their control of the fiefs. This gave them political and military power over the people. In slavery, because complete rights of the person's life belonged to the slave owner, they could and did every implementation that would help the production in the farm.[1] Mattei Dogan, in his recent studies on elites in contemporary societies, has argued that because of their complexity and their heterogeneity and particularly because of the social division of work and the multiple levels of stratification, there is not, or can not be, a coherent ruling class, even if in the past there were solid examples of ruling classes, like in the Russian and Ottoman Empires, and the more recent totalitarian regimes of the 20th century (communist and fascist). Globalization theorists argue that today a transnational capitalist class has emerged. There are several examples of ruling class systems in movies, novels, and television shows. The 2005 American independent film The American Ruling Class written by former Harper's Magazine editor Lewis Lapham and directed by John Kirby is a semi-documentary that examines how the American economy is structured and for whom. Although it is a US film, the same principles also apply to many other countries as well. In the novel Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, everyone is genetically made and classified. The Alpha class is the ruling class because they have the highest positions possible and control most of the world in the novel. This situation can also be found in the George Orwell novel Nineteen Eighty-Four where Big Brother and the government literally control what the nation hears, sees, and learns. Examples in movies include Gattaca where the genetically-born were superior and the ruling class and V for Vendetta, which had a severe totalitarian government in Britain. The comedic film The Ruling Class was a satire of British aristocracy, depiciting nobility as self-serving and cruel, juxtaposed against an insane relative who believes that he is Jesus Christ, whom they identify as a "bloody Bolshevik". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruling_class
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The globalization of commerce by the globallist elitists ruling class and shadow builderberg government NSA have destroyed the republic of America there no longer is a democracy but a corporation each state is incorporated the builderberg shadow government NSA and oligarchs the corrupt banksters Rothschild federal central reserve bank cartels and your puppets for presidents are employed by them we are all debt slaves and you can thank your beloved presidents since 1913-1933 Woodrow Wilson. You all have been defeated and enslaved all your beloved presidents you all have been bought and paid for by the corrupt banksters the proof of purchase is your birth certificate and social security number and driver's license you are debt slaves for your own government spending being America has no gold and borrows with high interest rates from the corrupt Rothschild federal central reserve bank cartels and you are all collateral
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Customary token nigger waiter serving up white folk.
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all these super elite are going to hell, for crimes against humanity
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Here is the fundamental difference between Bernie and Hillary/Trump:
"Does it make sense to run government like a business? The short answer is no. Bear in mind, first, that “efficiency” in the private sector means profit. Hence, to ask that the government be run like a business is tantamount to asking that the government turn a profit.
The problem in a nutshell, is that not everything that is profitable is of social value and not everything of social value is profitable."
This is why we need to cut the corporate tentacles away from government and allow it to run as it was intended - as an institution dedicated to the proper distribution of tax revenue to create a vibrant public sector, which is what Bernie intends to do. This requires an absolute end to the neoliberal policies of the last forty years, which only believes in the privatization of everything... and we've seen what has happened to our healthcare system, soaring college tuitions and the grotesque prisons-for-profit scheme, as an example.
Even Bill Gates has declared that the private sector is inept at governing a society because concern for the public interest and environment isn't even on their profit-seeking radar! A global corporate governance over democratic nations is the path toward a forever silenced populace, endless wars, environmental degradation and a downward spiral in quality of life.
"The twenty-first century will witness an epic struggle between the forces of global governance and the sovereignty of liberal democratic states." ~ John Fonte, author of Sovereignty or Submission: Will Americans Rule Themselves or be Ruled by Others?
#feelthebern
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It don't matter we the people have to take are country back one man can't change things I want vote but I like Bernie and not cause he marched with Dr Martin Luther king
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We need these mega elite to FEEL THE BERN! C'mon people we finally have a chance to vote for somebody who is not in their back pocket and who has identified the rigged economy.
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not so fast esau
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I dont understand why the super rich mega elites dont want to give ppl some money, Dont they want to be more superior than everyone, like if they make ppl live a moderate lifestyle.... They can show off more. Because they will be super rich compared to others.... And they can make more money.... People don't realize but you can make more money helping the people other than screwing them over. I know they want to kill everyone and they probably have a good reason, just like some movies(like the one that says they all moved away and everyone has a assigned job and they also erased the past because it made ppl crazy) like thats kinda a good reason but the assigned job is too extreme. But killing people only makes things worse.... Idk if i were a elite, i would not kill everyone or anyone because if i were to show off, who would i show off too.. But for jews, screw jews... They wouldn't even think of an idea like this, they would be more like.... Enforce ppl to think like us(jews) or die.... humans on the other hand(anyone that is not a jew) are like "join us and get benefits or fuck off and your on your own"(but they don't go out of there way to screw you over).... Buts jews do go out of there way... Get me when i said humans(anyone that isn't jewish because they aren't even humans)..... Like jews are a different breed..... If i were a evolutionists, the biggest question would be, "who came first the snake or the jew" or more like what was the first behavior instincts "passive" or "aggressive"(jew).... Like cartoon says from south park..."fucking jew"
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yes countries can exist and have existed without a ruling class and without classes at all... we can rule and govern ourselves and elect representatives, NOT rulers
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That was a good talk from a real American journalist.
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We need spirituality and not religion to make us all a better persons. If only we had this rule " Do undo others what you would have them do unto you" This world would be a much better place to live, and I would say that there is a God and we can feel Him only in our spirits if we sincerely seek Him.
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'I'm a firm believer in the philosophy of a ruling class, especially since I rule.'
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It's obvious that America is no longer a democracy. It is led to think it is a democracy by smoke an mirrors and the tools of the elite... The most powerful of these tools is the media. They own every channel and news source that most Americans believe they can trust.
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I thought there wasn't supposed to be 'a ruling class' in America. Theoretically anyone is supposed to be able to get elected for a limited time then step down. There have been cultures that maintained this and got along without the 'governing/ruling class'. The people took turns providing a service and then went back to their day jobs.
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know your place. It's the American way.
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