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WHAT ARE OUR VALUES?

22 Tuesday Jul 2014

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Each person’s definition of values differs so maybe I am biting of rather a big subject to address in one go, but here goes.  

Look around, do you feel safe, happy and encouraged by what you see? 

What would be said if someone randomly came up to you and asked your opinion of the modern-day society.

Have human values become meaningless?  Or is it that rich, having purchased the human mind with their money. 

Our world inexorably and inevitably changes, from decade to decade, from generation to generation; no doubt about it, our values are disappearing down Smart phones, I Pads. How many friends on Face book with photos of friends that mean nothing to you, do you have?   Valueless. 

Gone are the old days;

 We all know that Big business is to be blamed for “FUELING inequality and CONSUMERISM >  the values of 21st Century. 

“Values were invaluable and principles were once priceless”  

Modern day Communication has made people more aware and more keen of their rights, and of the rights of others but it is also eroding our values and somehow or other making all of us increasingly detached from nature.

In other words, our cultures are literally being turned upside down, and the “values” that our national leaders speak of today are far different from the “values” that our grandparents grew up with.  

Sanctions are the value of the Hippocratic’s United Nations Security Council especially went you look at countries on the Council that are selling arms sanctions or not.   

We used to have ‘life’. Today we have only ‘existence’.

Today, nobody knows the value of anything but everybody knows the price of everything. 

When you have a sense of the past it is a light that illuminates the present and directs attention toward the possibilities of the future.

Many of the things that used to be considered “evil” are now considered to be “good”, and many of the things that used to be considered “good” are now considered to be “evil”.

No matter which side of the “culture war” that you are on, you have to admit that our culture is being fundamentally transformed.

In fact, if you look at the world  there has been a colossal shift in moral values just since 2001. Over the past 13 years, we have become a dramatically different world.

Take Porn for instance. It is without doubt the most powerful form of sex education today, with studies showing that the average age of first viewing porn is between 11 and 14.  Porn sites get more visitors per month than Netflix, Amazon and Twitter combined, a third of all downloads contain porn and the Internet now hosts 4.2 million porn websites.

There are 20 million new cases of sexually transmitted disease in the United States every single year, and Americans in the 15 to 24-year-old age range account for about 50 percent of those new cases.  America has just about reached a new milestone – it currently have close to three-quarters of a million registered sex offenders.

The World is becoming a place where “anything goes”, and most of us are okay with that it seems.

So is this loss of values a good thing or a bad thing?

Now I realize that Life has no rewind button or fast forward button.

But ” what is in it for me now” is no replacement for the vanishing word Values.

So do we need to thank technology for all the wonders it has done to our health, transportation, communication and energy needs?  Yes.

Or should we realize that in doing so we are also selling all of our values to big data

We have less time for each other and we seem to doubt the knowledge of our ancestors all the time.

All of us are equally responsible for what society is today, we cannot disown our consumerism that is causing the erosion of the very things that make life livable as human being, as we are called. 

The future is surely for better but at the same time we can never bury the past and forget the bygones. 

There is commerce in every thing we do today. Forget the past, someone said. Why should one?

There is an attitude of ‘I don’t care, as it does not affect me now’ which is tragically leading us towards animal behavior and slowly we will reach it if are not careful.  Today, everything is about instant gratification and pleasure.

May be it can all be put down to that the present is unbearable. Drugs and alcohol, immigration and responses to it, crime and violence, poverty and inequality as the things people are most worried about.

That the mind should not be tortured with the glory of the past? Now we no time for family members to greet each other; all in own routine with cell phone, tablet and PC glued for all time.

Maybe we should make time to teach values. Wouldn’t society be better if our youth did not have conflicting values?

There is a decreasing sense of wonder among the kids and no one seems to talk about the future. Children are not taught moral values which is most important in life.

“Morality is the base, spiritual effort is the means, and life divine is the goal.”

It is customary to give preference to social value over human value.

 Humanity is superior to the state. 

At present life is valued on the basis of money.

If a nation does not feel respect for other nations, then one cannot mention freedom of thought, criticism and exchange of ideas, and expect good things done for the sake of humanity. If you want an example turn your biased Telly on – Israel or Palestine, not to mention Syria,  

Today we need a new approach, which uncompromisingly affirms neo-Humanism. This emphasizes individual freedom, human rights, a new morality, the empathetic imperative, and the realization of human dignity, lives of joyful creativity and exuberance for all persons on the planet.

 Laws which do not apply to everyone eventually apply to no one.

But I am not that pessimist to believe we have nothing to be happy about.

Not for nothing “present is called present”.

“Those were the days,when the

moon was a flawless beauty

now are the days when moon is a flawed beauty.

Those were the days, when the sun was a warmth
now are the days, when the sun is a scorching hearth.

Lust has replaced love, rust has replaced trust
grins have taken for smile, comments for compliment”.

THESE ARE THE DAYS WHEN WE MUST CAP GREED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE WORLD.

YESTERDAY WHILE ONE CHILD DIES EVERY FIVE SECONDS THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET WORTH THREE TRILLION A DAY WAS CAUGHT MANIPULATION THE EXCHANGE RATES.

The suggestion is that dealers at several banks colluded over a number of years by using instant messaging systems and online chat rooms to discuss where it would be most favorable to set the day’s benchmarks.

( SEE MY POSTS ON PLACING A 0.05% WORLD AID COMMISSION ON ALL FX DEALINGS OVER $ 20,000 AND ON ALL SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS ACQUISITIONS AND HIGH FREQUENCY TRADING.)

THERE IS NO ARGUMENT THAT IT WOULD DO A LOT FOR OUR VALUES:   

 

 

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I Hate That. Where does hate come from?

20 Sunday Jul 2014

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Now I am no expert and could therefore get this very wrong.

When you contemplate the meaning of hate and look around the world we all live in you might wonder as to what causes hate it the first place.

We are not born with it.

It has to be acquired in order to dislike intensely or passionately some thing or person, to feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward something or someone.

The shock-waves from the missile that destroyed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine on Thursday are still reverberating around the world.

So it might be a good time to address the subject as it seems that I HATE THAT it is spreading thanks to our new digital era, of remote bombs, mobile phones, 24hr television, and verbal diarrhea by unknown experts on all sides

The paradox is that Islam historically was relatively tolerant… anti-semitism runs deep in some Muslim countries today, but, for most of history, Muslims were more tolerant of Jews than Christians were.

”The West has no moral high ground on the issue of religious intolerance?

Why do some people feel this way?  What is to be done about it?

I have no idea. I see connections between everything, past, present, and future all at once.

For the most part, people create the emotional world in which they live.

All cultures have categories to distinguish people into “us and them” by ethnicity, race, religion, or nationality: One group denies the humanity of the other group. Extremists drive the groups apart.

Why don’t we allow our religious systems and rituals to shift and develop/evolve to suit the modern man and thinking?

All men are in a kind of “life lottery”, where we really don’t know how we will die.

The first, and most disturbing  fact, is that human beings, like few other species, are pervasively aggressive, violent and murderous to each other.

When we share common bonds of belief and value with others, we are less likely to be aggressive or violent to others in our world.

Hateful beliefs such as racism, Anti- semitism and misogyny allow whole groups to be dehumanized.

Too many of us have become desensitized to violent acts, not realizing the true effects of a bullet passing through a human body.

Without being connected to others, we care less for their welfare. The major predators of humans are other humans.

And I can only honestly offer the following answer:

The past does not exist, neither does the future hate in its pure form comes from present day cruelty and torture.

The inequalities of the world must be addressed. (See previous posts)

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. What elements need to be considered in setting conservation objectives?

17 Thursday Jul 2014

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It is vital to all of us that we fully understand the complex relationship between the atmosphere and the earth.

The water you drink, the food you eat, the land you live on, and the air you pollute were all obtained at the expense of other creatures.

So what is your understanding of the term Conservation?

These days the consumer conservation ethic is sometimes expressed by the four R’s: ” Reduce, Recycle, Reuse, Rethink.”

This social ethic primarily relates to local purchasing, moral purchasing, the sustained and efficient use of renewable resources, the moderation of destructive use of finite resources, and the prevention of harm to common resources such as air and water quality, the natural functions of a living earth, and cultural values in a built environment.

This is admiral Social Ethic, however it is my contention that most people these days have not got a bulls notion what is meant by Conservation.

They think it has something to do with recycling.

Ultimately, people want to help the planet survive naturally and with no negative impact from the human race.

Helping keep the planet safe and healthy is called “conservation.”

The historic environment is constantly changing, but each significant part of it represents a finite resource.

The question is, – is the historic environment a social and economic asset and a cultural resource for learning and enjoyment?

If it is not sustained, not only are its heritage values eroded or lost, but so is its potential to give distinctiveness, meaning and quality to the places in which people live, and provide people with a sense of continuity and a source of identity.

We need a clear, over-arching philosophical framework of what conservation means for the 21st century. 

Does it mean giving up all the things that make life comfortable and being taxed for that pleasure.. No.

Environmental conservation is the broad term for anything that furthers the goal of making life more sustainable for the planet. It is the sustainable use and management of natural resources including wildlife, water, air, and earth deposits.

Conservation agreements are voluntary agreements and this is why (in my view  even with all the good work they do) they are banging their heads up against a brick wall.

Two months ago or so I posted two blogs under the headings : The Scrabble has begun. Is sustainability still possible and If we want it we must pay for it.

The current form of globalization has been criticized for ignoring sustainable development and environmental concerns.

For many years, critics, NGOs, activists and affected people s have been accusing large corporations for being major sources of environmental problems.

In some respects, many corporations are also victims of the ideologies that are prevalent in current mainstream economics that treat the environment in certain regards. Some corporations might wish to be more environmentally friendly but are unable to do so due to fears that their competitors will get away with it (sort of seen in the fiasco of the politics behind global warming issues). Corporations are major entities in the world and thus have an enormous impact (negative and positive) on all our lives.

Concerns of overly corporate-led globalization contributing to environmental problems are increasing, as reported and documented by countless environmental and social justice groups around the world.

The earth is getting warmer. the changes are small, so far, but they are expected to grow and speed up.

Then we have Preservation, in contrast to conservation, attempts to maintain in their present condition areas of the Earth that are so far untouched by humans. The distinction between the terms “preservation” and “conservation” is somewhat unclear, as the use of these terms (along with “restoration”) has varied over time, depending in part on the context of their use.

The two views (conservation and preservation) have been at the center of many historical environmental debates.

  • Preservation—The protection of cultural property through activities that minimize chemical and physical deterioration and damage and that prevent loss of informational content. The primary goal of preservation is to prolong the existence of cultural property.
  • Conservation—The profession devoted to the preservation of cultural property for the future. Conservation activities include examination, documentation, treatment, and preventive care, supported by research and education.
  • Restoration—Treatment procedures intended to return cultural property to a known or assumed state, often through the addition of non-original material.

If you have a look at how many Conservation Organisation are in the world to-day you would wonder what is left to Conserve.

Everything from Polar Bears to you name it has a conservation Organisation.

Now I am not saying that they are all not needed but are they taking the decisions how we are going to share the world resources and determine which species will inhabit Earth for the indefinite future.

No they are not.

It is money and profit that is determining those values for present and future generations. Not Any Conservationist.

Global Warming-  Human kind has entered a brand new relationship with the earth. They the conservationist cannot get out-of-the-way of human “progress” and will be beaten to extinction unless we actively protect them with funds.

This is why we should place a World Aid Commission of 0.05% on all Foreign Exchange Transactions over $20,000, on all High Frequency Trading and on all Sovereign Wealth Funds Acquisitions. (See previous postings) 

Along with the integration of social and environmental factors into business decisions might also help.

Greed has no boundaries, no limitations, no moral obligations, no self – esteem, no conscious, it is concave.

Around 300,000 tonnes of chemical warfare agents were dumped in oceans from 1946 to 1965.

Upwards of 400,000 gas filled-bombs and rockets float in U.S. waters. 40,000 tonnes of Conventional Weapons (CW) are in the Baltic Sea.

21,000 tonnes of CW agents float in Australian waters, and more than 6,600 tonnes off the coast of Japan.

Its time to get real. If we want it we must all pay for it.

If you have any opinions on the subject I would like to hear them. 

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What can you do in thirteen-thousandths of a second?

08 Tuesday Jul 2014

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A few days ago I posted a blog describing Dark Pools in which High-Frequency traders exploit the stock markets.

If you have read any of my blogs you will see that I have bleated on about Capping Greed as the only solution to tackle our world problems.

It is this type of exploitation of making money out of money without contributing a farthing to making the world a better place that has to be undone, not just greed.

I advocate that this can be done within our Capitalist System with little or no cost without causing any major ripples in World trade or World Markets and the like. Sixty five people become $ millionaires each day.

This can be done without trying to change the system for better, or worse.

How?  By applying A World Aid Commission of 0.05% at source on all Foreign Exchange Transactions of over $20,000, on all Sovereign Wealth funds Acquisitions and on all High-Frequency traders on the stock markets.

The result would be a Perpetual World Aid Fund of billions to address all our current day problems of Poverty, Inequality, Education, Health, Aid, Development, Climate change, Drug research, to name just a few.

Since capitalism is inherently a system of exploitation, theft, and since capitalists, as a class, do regularly and systematically resort to lying, brutality, torture, oppression, murder, and war to defend their scam, capitalists are not merely greedy, they are in a lot of our minds outright criminals, especially when looking at sweatshops, unsafe mines, and toxic workplaces.

We should not limit our criticisms to the cruelty and greed of capitalists, but direct it to the system itself (although obviously such capitalists have to be able to at least stomach what they are doing, which is already a strong indictment of their characters). Being able to externalize (fob off onto the public) many of the costs of production is almost a definition of capitalism, as a system of competing, profit-based, corporations, supported by nation-states.

You could say that Capitalism is condemned because it is based on the exploitation of one class by another, so that the exploiting class can enrich itself, or simply remain in power. A few get rich, while most remain poor. In fact, the few are rich precisely because the many are poor, because the wealth of the few is stolen wealth, taken from the labors of the many. It is not just that someone is getting rich, it is their getting rich at the expense of others that is the problem.

There is no way of stopping exploitation other than exposing it in all it’s forms. We are yet to have a conscience at all about the exploitation of human cultures. If it is, in reality, capitalism that is the motor force behind the destructive forms of globalization, then it must be in their capacity to neutralize or transform this particular mode of exploitation that one can best test these various forms of resistance to the problems.

A common danger tends to concord.

Communism is no better as it the exploitation of the strong by the weak. In Communism, inequality comes from placing mediocrity on a level with excellence.

It is only by portraying and exposing capitalists as the criminals they are that we can begin to break through their ideological defenses and destroy their credibility. If we were all getting rich together, and if this were accomplished without destroying the earth, it would be another thing entirely. It would either be paradise or hell on earth.

Under capitalism, just as under all previous social orders based on hierarchy and class, everyone does not get rich. The normal way is profit-making, by exploiting wage-slaves, and defending all the institutions needed to perpetuate this exploitation, through murder and war if need be.

I come now to a case that I finally have to admit is nothing but pure, unadulterated greed — the salaries of today’s crop of corporate executives. The millions they are raking in is preposterous when you look at Food banks, people sleeping on the streets, charities begging, people struggling left right and center, while politicians bend and privatize or lives.

Globally the Greens have arisen like a spontaneous combustion, a reaction to the narrow-minded state-backed exploitation of resources and wealth for a few at the expense of the many.

So what can we achieve in a blink of an eye. Remembering that we share  one-third of our DNA with lettuce we can only hope that the other two-thirds can see the light.

We can unite into one voice to demand a 0. 05% World Aid Commission by Sponsoring a world Peoples mandate to be passed by the United nations on behalf of all of us and the earth we all live on of put in place such a Commission.

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are no military solutions to ‘environmental insecurity’.

07 Monday Jul 2014

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In the middle of the 20th century, we saw our planet from space for the first time.

From space, we see a small and fragile ball.

Over the course of this century, the relationship between the human world and the planet that sustains it has undergone a profound change.

The traditional forms of national sovereignty raise particular problems in managing the ‘global commons’ and their shared ecosystems – the oceans, outer space, and Antarctica. Many such changes are accompanied by life-threatening hazards.

Our Common Future, does not have to be a prediction of ever-increasing environmental decay, poverty, and hardship in an ever more polluted world among ever decreasing resources but the time has come to take the decisions needed to secure the resources to sustain this and coming generations.

 

This new reality, from which there is no escape, must be recognized – and managed.

There are more hungry people in the world than ever before, and their numbers are increasing. So are the numbers who cannot read or write, the numbers without safe water or safe and sound homes, and the numbers short of wood fuel with which to cook and warm themselves. It is impossible to separate economic development issues from environment issues; many forms of development erode the environmental resources upon which they must be based, and environmental degradation can undermine economic development.

Poverty is a major cause and effect of global environmental problems.

The gap between rich and poor nations is widening – not shrinking – and there is little prospect, given present trends and institutional arrangements, that this process will be reversed.

Humanity’s inability to fit its activities.

There is a growing scientific consensus that species are disappearing at rates never before witnessed on the planet, although there is also controversy over those rates and the risks they entail. Yet there is still time to halt this process

The changes in human attitudes that we call for depend on a vast campaign of education, debate, and public participation. A new international programme for cooperation among largely non-governmental organizations, scientific bodies, and industry groups should therefore be established for this purpose.

By the turn of the century, almost half of humanity will live in cities; the world of the 21st century will be a largely urban world. A safe and sustainable energy pathway is crucial to sustainable development; we have not yet found it

The world manufactures seven times more goods today than it did as recently as 1950. There is only one solution. CAP GREED AT SOURCE.( See previous blogs)

We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.”

23 Monday Jun 2014

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Stupidity has been around since the dinosaurs.

As Albert Einstein said  “Surely there is no-show that can possibly equate to the amount of mental diarrhea that is presented in every single microsecond.”

YOU MIGHT WELL ASK   “Why does applied science, which saves work and makes life easier, bring us so little happiness? The simple answer runs: Because we have not yet learned to make sensible use of it.”

Here is an Idea that might make a difference.

These days we carry cool devices that let us carry the world in our pockets, so why not use them to spread wealth, health, food aid and the like.

Its time we set a price on nature.

The people of the world can be asked whether and how much they prize the two values of nature – use value and non-use value.

This can be done WITH AN UNITED NATIONS APP that rewards the user by issuing a United Nations Food voucher to the deprived.

We would soon know what is valued and what is not.

Nature provides ecosystem services, and we trash it at our peril.

Our activities have put and are putting priceless resources – fresh water, clean air, oceans, and our climate at risk.

Man tries to make for himself in the fashion that suits him best a simplified and intelligible picture of the world; he then tries to some extent to substitute this cosmos of his for the world of experience, and thus to overcome it.

This is what the painter, the poet, the speculative philosopher, and the natural scientists do, each in his own fashion. Each makes this cosmos and its construction the pivot of his emotional life, in order to find in this way peace and security which he can not find in the narrow whirlpool of personal experience.  Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.

We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.

A critical landmark in the sage of global climate change is occurring right in front of our eyes. If you are a non believer try Googling the Carteret Islanders of Papua New Guinea. They have become the world’s first entire community to be displaced by climate change.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world so why not use it.

Not one statesman in a position of responsibility has dared to pursue the only course that holds out any promise of peace, the course of sharing wealth since for a statesman to follow such a course would be tantamount to political suicide. This is why we must cap greed. ( See previous blogs)

Only a life lived for others is a life worth while .

A human being is part of the whole, called by us ‘Universe,’ a part limited
in time and space.

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ARE WE ALL DEAF OR IS IT THAT WE DON’T GIVE A FUCK

13 Friday Jun 2014

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Have you not heard?

“Temperatures are going up. Springs are arriving earlier. Ice sheets are melting. Sea level is rising. The patterns of rainfall and drought are changing. Heat waves are getting worse, as is extreme precipitation. The oceans are acidifying.”

But people generally do not understand that the problem is urgent — that the fate of future generations (not necessarily that far in the future) is being determined by emission levels now.

Moreover, the average citizen tends to think there is more scientific debate about the basics than there really is.

“Nobody on this planet is going to be untouched by the impacts of climate change,”

“Throughout the 21st century, climate-change impacts are projected to slow down economic growth, make poverty reduction more difficult, further erode food security, and prolong existing and create new poverty traps, the latter particularly in urban areas and emerging hot spots of hunger,”

The world survives by way of an ecosystem and that system is the core of all living things. For many years now scientists have warned that our cavalier attitude toward preservation of the ecosystem will cause it to begin breaking down, however, their warnings often fell on deaf ears.

WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT NOW.

IT IS MY BELIEF THAT SINCE MAN STARTED TO OWN THINGS HIS GREED STARTED TO DESTROY THE VERY THINGS HE OWNED IN THE FIRST PLACE AT THE EXPENSE OF EARTHS NATURAL RESOURCES FOR SHORT TERM PROFIT.

EVERYTHING BECAME A COMMODITY TO BE SOLD. THE LESS OF IT THE MORE EXPENSIVE.

IT HAS TAKEN MILLENARY TO SEE THE REVERSE HAPPENING.

IF WE VALUE THE ESSENCE OF LIFE, WATER, CLEAN AIR, ENERGY AND FOOD THERE IS NO APP TO DOWNLOAD. WE MUST MAKE GREED PAY FOR IT.  ( See previous blogs )

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THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE TO DRINKING WATER.

12 Thursday Jun 2014

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Water is complicated.

Unlike coal or petroleum water cannot be replaced.  It is intertwined with every sector of society.  Energy production, Agriculture, Industry.

It won’t be long before we will have move people to water.

The problem is that we humans are searching for it on Mars when we need be searching for ways to produce more water on earth.

97% of the water we have is Saltwater, with 2% is trapped in ice that leaves 1%. To put it another way : If all the water on earth was represented by an 11 litre jug, the fresh water would fill a singles cup, and we can only access the last drop.

Now if we keep growing in world population only by 2030 the demand for water will out strip supply by 40%.

We have had two waves of resource-driven imperialism in the modern era. Gold and Oil.

The third wave is currently being fought over the most valuable natural resource  WATER – Iraq, Libya, Syria.

Why bother with missiles,bullets and the like just turn the tap off and the wars will end.

At the moment France’s global mega water companies: Suez, Ondeo, and Saur, control almost half of the world’s $400 billion water market.

Syria controls 40% of Israel’s water.

Water is the commodity that determines the wealth and stability of nations and will in the not so distant future spell the difference between greatness and decline.

Now I can hear you saying what can I do about it.  All one can see is Conflicts, Poverty, Modern Day Slavery, Climate Change, Corruption, Greed.

Here is what you can do.

To stop Sovereign Wealth Funds Privatizing what is left of Fresh water you can read my previous blogs and get involved  to lobby the United Nations to introduce a World Aid Commission of 0.05%  on all Foreign Exchange Transaction over $20,000.

The funds raised by this commission can be used to protect what is of value to us all.

 

 

 

 

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THE DOMINANT CAPITALIST SYSTEM – GREED MUST BE CAPPED.

05 Thursday Jun 2014

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We are coming up to the seventh commemoration of World War Two when hundred thousands of young souls gave their lives to stop the spread of Fascism in Europe which is now once more knocking on the door of Brussels. We all know the reasons why. The distribution of wealth remains in the hands of the rich.

At this point I could wax lyrical for pages and pages about what really makes one rich in our lives to no avail. So let’s look at one of the reasons why a tattooed individual is going to take his seat in the European Parliament with a swastika on his arm.

The euro zone unemployment rate has hit a record high at 11.8% with 18.8m people out of jobs.

 

A tiny elite are getting richer, the rest of us are getting poorer.

This is a familiar story in a world where greed and extreme wealth are central to the dominant capitalist system.

The annual Forbes billionaires list is an opportunity to test politicians promises that we are really

“All In It Together”.

The latest Forbes ranking, totalling a record 1,426 super rich (120 more than last year), globally represents a fortune of $5.4 trillion. That’s up from the $4.6 trillion a year earlier.

As you might expect, the United States continues to dominate the list, with 442 super-rich, followed by Asia-Pacific, with 386, and rest of the Americas producing 129 and the Middle East & Africa 103.

Although now the epicentre of austerity, the EU contributes heavily to the American business magazine’s hall of shame. And many of the richest among them have become even more filthy rich.

This at a time when most people on the Old Continent have been getting poorer, by 14%, to be exact, or one trillion dollars, according to a recent Credit Suisse study looking at household wealth.

The gap between rich and poor has grown even in the most traditionally egalitarian European countries, such as Germany, Denmark and Sweden, with the average income of the richest 10% compared to the poorest 10% rising from 5 to 1 in the 1980s to 6 to 1 today, according to a OECD reported published in December 2011.

Divided We Stand:  Why Inequality Keeps Rising” .

Our most urgent priority is to build Europe on the basis of equality, solidarity, and authentic democracy.

EU institutions and European governments now serve the interests of financial markets, with no respect for popular sovereignty. They must be brought under democratic control, just as the public interest must prevail and ecological and social needs be met. We base our demands for a democratic, social, ecological and feminist Europe on these principles, in solidarity with the people’s of the world.

Austerity policies attack economic and social rights and dismantle social protection. They lead to a drop in the standard of living and in many countries to acute humanitarian distress. The consequences are massive unemployment as well as a serious downgrading of working and living conditions. These, in turn, lead to unacceptable increases in poverty: today, 120 million people in the EU are poor.

For decades financial markets built and operated within a world economy in which they face no obstacles. The speculation they engaged in lies at the heart of most problems facing us today and still speculative traders continue to take money out of people’s pockets.

Now don’t get me wrong. I have nothing against a man getting rich or staying rich. The Capitalist system will ensure their existence, and long may they do so. No Wealth no Tax Mansion Tax or what ever tax will solve the problem of Greed.

However there is a way of getting Electronic Trading Platforms and Computer-driven algorithmic trading strategies and the like to contribute to the distribution of wealth worldwide.

The Foreign Exchange Market is known to be the largest financial market in the world, as measured by daily turnover. It is estimated to be anything from $3.2 trillion to $5 trillion a day. Six times larger than trading in US Treasury Bonds and thirty times larger than trading on the New york Stock Exchange.

A 0.05% AID COMMISSION ON ALL WORLD FOREIGN EXCHANGE TRADING WOULD DO THE TRICK.  SAVE THE WORLD FROM THE RICH.  ( SEE PREVIOUS BLOGS)

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0.05% WORLD AID COMMISSION- WORKINGS part two.

23 Friday May 2014

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It is beyond my comprehension with 7/24 news that we continue to destroy the planet that we all own and live on for the sake of short-term Profits.

Greed has no boundaries, no limitations, no moral obligations, no self – esteem, no conscious, it is concave.

It must be harnessed – re focused to contribute to the survival of us all without creating more greed.

In the first part of this blog I out lined how easy it would be to adopt a World Aid Commission. To apply it to all World Foreign Exchange transactions under $20,000. Creating a Fund with a source of perpetual Aid in billions.

So who, how, and where would we invest these funds?

I suggested that the funds revenue could be allocated as follows.

50% – Rapid Aid – fully equipped Response Centers.

25% – Climate Change  Defenses.

25% – International Development Fund.

The Rapid Aid Response Centers (  would get rid of the pathetic need to beg for aid every time there is a disaster) is self-evident.

Four or Five centers fully operational positioned around the globe like lifeboat stations would not only save lives but create employment and pool expertise.

Combined with a Rapid Peacekeeping force that represents all member states.

Climate Change Defenses.

Also self-evident. If we don’t start to build defences and educate the world to the consequences we are all facing  there will be no need for any fund.

International Development Fund.  

This must be Non payback Grants with no strings attached.  Totally transparent based on viable projects submitted to a new United Nations Governing body made up of experts in all fields from all member Nations of the United Nations.

Each project on approval would be allocated an approval number which would then qualify that project for entry into an Annually Televised  Draw for Funds ( this would stop lobbying and corruption etc.)  So many winner at x amount, at y amount, and so on.  The Television program would also show the progress on the previous year Projects winners.

If we are to achieve a fair and just world full of the values that are essential to all of us irrelevant of religious, political, and other aspirations, we must use Greed ( which is common to all of us.)

There is no point living in a virtual reality world full of technology if we have ongoing conflict, inequality, mass economic migration, depletion of finite resources, flooding, poverty, to name just a few of our ailments.

The Primary responsibility is ours not the Futuristic World of the unborn.

If you have any interest your contributions will be much appreciated.

In the mean time kindly support my Petition to the United Nations and the G8.  Found on http:// www change.Org /Robert Dillon.

PASS IT ON TO YOUR FRIENDS. THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE EARTH AND THE GENERATIONS TO COME.