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The Power Structure of the World - The Duke Report
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The world is controlled by an oligarchic power structure that is at least 3,000 years old1 . This foundational point underpins the entire report, suggesting a long-standing, persistent control mechanism that transcends political systems.
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This oligarchic power structure maintains control primarily through language (λόγος), culture, and money, acting as forms of epistemological warfare to manage public perception2 .... This highlights the primary, non-violent means by which the masses are influenced and directed.
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Concepts like “Democracy” and “Freedom” are often used as tropes to create an illusion of participatory agency and distract the public from the reality of who holds the true power2 . This reveals a core argument about the deceptive nature of commonly accepted political ideals.
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This power elite, working privately in groups, controls the information the electorate receives, the events of the day, and the information used for voting decisions4 . This emphasizes the manipulation of information as a key tool for maintaining control over political outcomes.
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There is a hierarchical structure of control, with the Power Elite Oligarchy at the top, followed by Handlers, Assets, and the unknowingly controlled True Believers and Prisoners of the Cave at the bottom3 .... This model illustrates the layers of management and the varying levels of awareness within the power structure.
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Critical thinking is actively diminished in the education system to encourage consumption and regurgitation of information rather than independent thought6 . This points to a systemic undermining of the public's ability to discern and question the dominant narratives.
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The label “conspiracy theorist” is a strategy employed by the Power Elite to diminish critical thinking and discourage deeper investigation into their activities4 .... This highlights a tactic used to silence dissenting voices and maintain control over information.
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Various organizations, including media empires, universities, foundations, and even some religious institutions, have been compromised and controlled over time to serve the Power Elite's goals9 .... This indicates the widespread infiltration and co-option of influential societal structures.
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Historically rooted in Venetian "black nobility" and their vast rentier-financier family funds, this oligarchy continues to exert influence through modern financial institutions and a network of associated "families"12 .... This provides a historical context for the current power structure, suggesting deep and long-lasting roots.
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The antidote to this deception lies in developing critical thinking (λόγος), truth-seeking, and the courage to question the narratives presented by those in power15 . This offers a potential pathway for individuals to regain agency by actively challenging the established control mechanisms.
1.
The world is controlled by an oligarchic power structure that is at least 3,000 years old1 .
2.
This oligarchic power structure controls the information the electorate receives, the events of the day, and the information used by the electorate to decide on what or who to vote for2 .
3.
“Democracy” and “Freedom” are widely used tropes to fool the distracted public into believing that they have some participatory agency, usually through an “election” process3 .
4.
There are always a select few individuals in power who hold the authority to make crucial decisions that affect the lives of those at the bottom, regardless of the type of government4 .
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The founders of the United States of America understood that the world is controlled by those who control how we know, what we know5 .
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Oligarchs and their corporate and banking stooges built media empires and endowed enough universities and school systems to gain informational control over society6 .
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The oligarchic structure remains despite changing systems, players, and groups gaining advantages over one another1 .
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The primary methods used to control us are language (and all its applications AKA λόγος or logos)7 .
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Most people are at the bottom of the social control pyramid as Prisoners of the Cave, managed by the Power Elite Oligarchy through Assets and Handlers7 ....
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The Allegory of the Cave is not just a philosophical journey but a description of the current state of the world, where people are often unaware of the true reality9 .
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The Western education system has been deconstructed to encourage the consumption and regurgitation of information rather than critical thinking9 .
12.
The label “conspiracy theorist” is an ongoing strategy by the Power Elite Oligarchs to diminish critical thinking10 .
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The True Believer is a well-indoctrinated citizen or subject who believes that the political agency awarded to them by the State gives them power to affect the direction of that state, which is often an illusion11 .
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True Believers adopt a cause or ideology so completely that it becomes a central component of their identity, often driven by personal frustrations12 ....
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Assets are individuals or entities — managed by Handlers — who perform tasks designed to influence specific outcomes or gather sensitive information14 .
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Handlers are the most publicly visible individuals in the hierarchy of control, managing Assets and attracting attention away from the Power Elite15 .
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Handlers often run roundtable organizations, foundations, non-government organizations, and financial institutions15 .
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The Power Elite Oligarchs hide in plain sight, using a two-fold strategy of removing critical thinking skills from the education system while distracting the public through media psycho-drama16 .
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The Power Elite Oligarchs have think tanks, non-government organizations, foundations, and other entities that allow them to control events without much government interference16 .
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They control the world by convincing the public that institutions like democratically elected republics are real, when in fact, they are elaborate charades17 .
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Identifying the Power Elite Oligarchy is a challenge because they go to great lengths to ensure that the public does not know who is in real control17 ....
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The Power Elite’s fruits are the controlling interests, the controlling stock, and financial influence through debt management of all of the world's major corporate and financial interests19 .
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Holding and shell companies, often held “off-shore,” provide a safe haven for the identities of the Power Elite18 .
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The civilized world has historically been run by two bitterly opposed elites, one associated with Plato and the other with Aristotle20 .
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A modern “black nobility” conspiracy centered upon the ancient family funds of Venice and Venice’s colony-nation known as Switzerland includes nearly all of the ruling and pretender monarchical families of Europe today21 .
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The Venice-centered “black nobility” of Europe and that oligarchy’s vast accumulation of rentier-financier family funds are responsible for much evil, including two world wars and fascist regimes22 .
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The Venetian tax-farmer interests which took over Britain and Netherlands created the British and Dutch East India Companies, which effectively control them today and have assimilated other major financial interests23 .
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The network of Venice-centered “families” aimed to destroy the institution of the modern nation-state republic and eliminate technological progress24 .
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They are neo-feudalists, determined to destroy industrial capitalism as well as the institution of the sovereign nation-state republic, seeking a one-world neo-feudalist empire24 ....
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A metadata analysis reveals a pattern of infiltration (“permeation”) of various groups by the Power Elite26 .
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Many members of groups like religious organizations and political parties belong to lower tiers of the power hierarchy and have little or no knowledge of what's going on above them27 .
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Over time, using a “Fabian” strategy and language manipulation, most governments, publishing, education, and major religious institutions have become compromised and controlled27 ....
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Several Power Elite Oligarch controlled tax havens and sovereign entities operate with unique legal structures that allow the wealthy to avoid taxes and move money around, including the City of London, the Vatican, and the United Nations28 ....
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Understanding the layers of control and deception is essential for reclaiming individual agency29 .
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Once people recognize the patterns of manipulation, they can begin to resist29 .
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The antidote to deception is to develop critical thinking, truth-seeking, and the courage to question (λόγος)30 .
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Those who benefit from keeping the public in the dark rely on passive acceptance and blind participation30 .
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Peter Thiel (Bilderberg Steering Committee) states that monopolists lie to conceal their monopoly by exaggerating the power of their (nonexistent) competition31 .
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Structurally, Assets unknowingly work for the Power Elite Oligarchy, while Handlers knowingly work for them8 .
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Media control gave the rulers a method of enticing “patriots” to take risks without tangible rewards32 .
Monopolists lie to protect themselves by exaggerating the power of their (nonexistent) competition1 .
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The pyramid is a good metaphor for how society is historically organized, with most people at the bottom being ruled by a few at the top2 .
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The world is controlled by an oligarchic power structure that is at least 3,000 years old3 .
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Epistemological warfare refers to how systems manage perception through language, culture, and money4 .
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Politicians, “front-men” (AKA “Doges”), celebrities, and patsies fill roles as scapegoats to fool the public5 .
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If you dig deeper into virtually any topic, you’ll soon enter the world of “conspiracy theorists,” a label often applied because the powerful control information5 .
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The people who control the world often work privately together in “round table” groups5 .
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The founders of the United States of America made "freedom of speech" the First Amendment to the Constitution6 .
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Although the oligarchic power structure was founded along family lines (bloodlines), business structures were eventually adopted3 .
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Corporations, banks, and tax-free foundations were adopted to complete tasks requiring multiple generations' efforts3 .
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In this way these legal entities became immortal persons, able to live longer than human lifespans3 .
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Structurally, the Prisoners of the Cave are at the bottom of the social control pyramid7 .
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Above the Prisoners of the Cave are the politically and religiously active public known as the True Believers7 .
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Those True Believers are managed by Assets — people who unknowingly work for the Power Elite Oligarchy8 .
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Assets are managed by Handlers — people who knowingly work for the Power Elite Oligarchy8 .
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The Power Elite Oligarchy sits at the top and hides in plain sight8 .
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Λόγος or logos refers to language and all its applications, which is a primary method used to control us7 .
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The Allegory of the Cave presents a scenario where prisoners see shadows as their only reality9 .
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The entire Western education system has been deconstructed to discourage most critical thinking concepts10 .
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Sportsball reinforces the idea of picking a team in contests where there can only be winners and (mostly) losers11 .
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The State awards political agency to citizens, like representation or the right to vote, which True Believers often see as giving them power12 .
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Ideologues who self-identify with various political and social movements are True Believers because they believe political action can overcome their frustrations13 .
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One common use of assets is in sexual blackmail or honey trapping, where intimate relationships are used to extract information14 .
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Insider information gathering is very helpful in providing mockingbird journalists with timely information15 .
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Cut-outs function as intermediaries, facilitating the transfer of information or goods between operatives in a manner that obscures direct links16 .
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Lawyers, as Assets in the practice of lawfare, may engage in activities such as filing lawsuits to delay or disrupt policy implementations16 .
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Through complex networks of businesses, including shell companies and banks, assets help launder money17 .
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Several Power Elite Oligarch controlled tax havens and sovereign entities operate with unique legal structures that allow the wealthy to avoid taxes18 .
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Media control gave the rulers a method of enticing “patriots” to take risks without tangible rewards19 .
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Fabian strategy involves gradual take-over and language manipulation20 .
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Welcome to Lenny and Maria deep dive podcast show review of The Power Structure of the World - The Duke Report.pdf. produced by the website daily briefs dot info.
Lenny: Hello everyone, and welcome back to the show. I'm Lenny.
Maria: And I'm Maria. We're here today to delve deep into the fascinating, and at times unsettling, insights presented in The Duke Report.
Lenny: That's right, Maria. This report lays out a stark view of how the world operates, and we're going to unpack its key arguments. Let's start with what the report identifies as the foundational truth: the world is controlled by an oligarchic power structure that is at least 3,000 years old1 . The author argues this isn't a new phenomenon, but a long-standing reality.
Maria: And this isn't about specific governments, Lenny. The report emphasizes that across various systems – whether it's a Marxist utopia, a monarchy, or even a democracy – there are always a select few individuals in power who hold the authority to make crucial decisions that affect the lives of those at the bottom2 .
Lenny: Exactly. And a crucial aspect of this control is managing what we, the public, perceive as reality. The report calls this epistemological warfare, where systems manage perception through language, culture, and money3 .
Maria: Which leads us to the idea that terms like “Democracy” and “Freedom” are often used as tropes to fool the distracted public into believing that they have some participatory agency, usually through an “election” process3 . The report suggests this sense of control through voting is largely an illusion4 .
Lenny: And it's not just chance that the public is often unaware. The report contends that this oligarchic power structure controls the information the electorate receives, the events of the day, and the information used by the electorate to decide on what or who to vote for5 . This control extends to shaping narratives and limiting access to alternative perspectives.
Maria: This is where the concept of "conspiracy theorists" comes in. The report argues that if you start digging deeper into any topic, you’ll soon be labeled a "conspiracy theorist" because the people who control the world, working privately together in “round table” groups, control information5 . It’s a way to shut down critical inquiry.
Lenny: And these "round table" groups aren't operating in secret in the stereotypical sense. The report suggests they are often visible but their true influence is obscured. The founders of the United States, according to the report, understood this dynamic, which is why they made "freedom of speech" the First Amendment4 . They recognized that control over information is paramount.
Maria: However, the report argues that this understanding was quickly undermined. Oligarchs and their corporate and banking stooges built media empires and endowed enough universities and school systems to gain informational control over society6 . They strategically shaped the flow of information.
Lenny: And this power structure isn't static. While individuals and groups may gain temporary advantages, the oligarchic structure remains despite changing systems, players, and groups gaining advantages over one another1 . The underlying control mechanism persists.
Maria: And the primary tool for this control? According to the report, it's language (and all its applications AKA λόγος or logos)7 . How we communicate, the words we use, and the narratives we accept are central to maintaining this power.
Lenny: This brings us to the structural model the report outlines. At the bottom are the "Prisoners of the Cave," a concept borrowed from Plato7 .... The report argues that structurally, the Prisoners of the Cave are at the bottom of the social control pyramid7 , often unaware of the larger reality.
Maria: Above them are the "True Believers," a term from Eric Hoffer7 .... The report describes them as the politically and religiously active public known as the True Believers7 , who genuinely believe in the systems presented to them.
Lenny: These "True Believers" are managed by "Assets"7 .... The report states that those True Believers are managed by Assets — people who unknowingly work for the Power Elite Oligarchy9 . These Assets perform various functions, often without realizing the ultimate agenda.
Maria: And the "Assets" are, in turn, managed by "Handlers"9 . Assets are managed by Handlers — people who knowingly work for the Power Elite Oligarchy9 . Handlers are aware of the larger power structure and direct the activities of the Assets.
Lenny: At the very top sits the "Power Elite Oligarchy"9 . The report explains that the Power Elite Oligarchy sits at the top and hides in plain sight9 , protected by the layers below them.
Maria: The report emphasizes that the Allegory of the Cave from Plato isn't just an ancient philosophical concept. The Allegory of the Cave presents a scenario where prisoners see shadows as their only reality10 , and the report argues this is analogous to the modern public's perception shaped by controlled information.
Lenny: And this control extends to how we are educated. The report claims that the entire Western education system has been deconstructed to discourage most critical thinking concepts, instead focusing on consumption and regurgitation of information11 .
Maria: Even seemingly innocuous activities like "Sportsball" are seen through this lens. The report suggests Sportsball reinforces the idea of picking a team in contests where there can only be winners and (mostly) losers12 , potentially distracting from broader systemic issues.
Lenny: When individuals start to question the established narratives and develop "critical thinking," they often encounter resistance. The report states that once someone starts their research journey and develops critical thinking skills, the label and thought-terminating cliché “conspiracy theorist” may soon be applied to them13 .
Maria: The "True Believer," as the report defines it, is someone who deeply invests in the political process as presented. The State awards political agency to citizens, like representation or the right to vote, which True Believers often see as giving them power14 , but the report suggests this power is largely symbolic.
Lenny: These "True Believers" often identify strongly with particular ideologies. Ideologues who self-identify with various political and social movements are True Believers because they believe political action can overcome their frustrations15 . Their passion is often channeled in directions that don't challenge the fundamental power structure.
Maria: "Assets" play a crucial role in maintaining this structure. The report defines them broadly, including individuals who perform various tasks. Assets are individuals or entities — managed by Handlers — who perform tasks designed to influence specific outcomes or gather sensitive information16 .
Lenny: One specific tactic mentioned is "honey trapping." The report notes that one common use of assets is in sexual blackmail or honey trapping, where intimate relationships are used to extract information17 .
Maria: Another key function of "Assets" is gathering insider information. The report highlights that insider information gathering is very helpful in providing mockingbird journalists with timely information18 , which can then influence public opinion and markets.
Lenny: The report also discusses "cut-outs." Cut-outs function as intermediaries, facilitating the transfer of information or goods between operatives in a manner that obscures direct links19 , providing deniability and security for those in control.
Maria: Even legal professionals can function as "Assets" through "lawfare." The report suggests that lawyers, as Assets in the practice of lawfare, may engage in activities such as filing lawsuits to delay or disrupt policy implementations19 .
Lenny: Financial manipulation is another key area. The report states that through complex networks of businesses, including shell companies and banks, assets help launder money20 ..., funding further clandestine activities.
Maria: These activities often operate through "shell companies" and in "tax havens." The report mentions that several Power Elite Oligarch controlled tax havens and sovereign entities operate with unique legal structures that allow the wealthy to avoid taxes22 .
Lenny: All of this contributes to a system where "media control" is paramount. The report argues that media control gave the rulers a method of enticing “patriots” to take risks without tangible rewards23 . Narratives are carefully crafted to elicit desired responses.
Maria: The report also touches on historical context, mentioning that the civilized world has been run by opposing elites for millennia. It specifically points to the influence of Venetian "family lines" and their ongoing impact through a "black nobility"24 .
Lenny: These historical power structures, according to the report, were committed to undermining the modern nation-state republic. They are described as "neo-feudalists," determined to destroy industrial capitalism and establish a one-world empire25 ....
Maria: The report suggests that the infiltration of various groups by the "oligarchic" power structure occurs through a "Fabian" strategy. Fabian strategy involves gradual take-over and language manipulation27 , subtly shifting institutions over time.
Lenny: Understanding this "pyramid" of control, from "Monopolists" at the top who lie to protect their position28 to the "Prisoners of the Cave" at the bottom7 , is crucial. Monopolists lie to protect themselves by exaggerating the power of their (nonexistent) competition28 .
Maria: The report emphasizes the importance of developing "Λόγος" or "logos," which refers to language and all its applications, which is a primary method used to control us7 . Critical thinking and truth-seeking are presented as the antidote to this control.
Lenny: Ultimately, the report calls for widespread recognition of the primary methods used to control us: language7 . Awareness, according to the author, is the first step towards reclaiming individual agency.
Maria: It's a sobering perspective, Lenny, and one that certainly gives us a lot to think about.
Lenny: Absolutely, Maria. And that's all the time we have for today's deep dive into The Duke Report. Join us next time as we continue to explore these critical issues.
Maria: Thank you for listening to the Lenny and Maria deep dive podcast show review of The Power Structure of the World - The Duke Report.pdf, produced by the website daily briefs dot info.
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“Monopolists lie to protect themselves. They know that bragging about their great
monopoly invites being audited, scrutinized, and attacked. Since they very much want
their monopoly profits to continue unmolested, they tend to do whatever they can to
conceal their monopoly—usually by exaggerating the power of their (nonexistent)
competition”. ~ Peter Thiel (Bilderberg Steering Committee)
There are a lot of pyramids on planet Earth. The last count was about 5,000, but as time
goes on, that will rise. It is hard to know how they got there or their actual purpose, but it’s
safe to say that it’s a good metaphor for how society is historically organized. Most people
are at the bottom, being ruled by a few people at the top. It doesn't matter which type of
government it is - whether it's a Marxist utopia, a totalitarian dictatorship, a monarchy, a
technocracy, an oligarchy, an autocracy, a confederation, a junta, a constitutional republic, or
a democracy — there are always a select few individuals in power who hold the authority to
make crucial decisions that affect the lives of those at the bottom.
Most systems differ merely in how they manage perception through language, culture, and
money, which act as forms of epistemological warfare, and violence (when the first three are
ineffective).
“Democracy” and “Freedom” are widely used tropes to fool the distracted public into
believing that they have some participatory agency, usually through an “election” process. In
most circumstances, the problem is that the distracted public is often misinformed about how
world events are orchestrated and who is responsible. Politicians, “front-men” (AKA
“Doges”), celebrities, and patsies (often identified with three names) fill these roles as
scapegoats. That’s their job, to fool you into believing they are in charge.
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If you pick virtually any topic and start to dig deeper, you’ll soon enter the world of
“conspiracy theorists.” That’s because the people who control the world, working privately
together – often in “round table” groups – control the information the electorate receives, the
events of the day, and the information used by the electorate to decide on what or who to
vote for. It’s for that reason that — at least for the time being — voting and “democracy” are
illusory distractions designed to provide the electorate with some sense of agency. In most
cases, voters have about as much control as the man who steers the back of the firefighter’s
ladder truck.
The founders of the United States of America understood that the world is controlled by
those who control how we know, what we know.
That is why they made “freedom of speech” the First Amendment to the Constitution.
Unfortunately, oligarchs and their corporate and banking stooges only took a few decades to
build media empires and endow enough universities and school systems to gain
informational control over society. They bought up newspapers
1 and telegraph companies to
control public perception. As technology advanced and society became occupationally
individuated, radio, motion pictures, television, and eventually the Internet gave the power
structure at the top a massive advantage in controlling public perceptions.
The world is controlled by an oligarchic power structure that is at least 3,000 years old.
Although founded along family lines (bloodlines), business structures like corporations,
banks, and tax-free foundations were eventually adopted to complete tasks requiring multiple
generations' efforts. In this way these legal entities became immortal persons, able to live
longer than the human lifespans of those who created them2. In essence, they have become
immortals, God-like entities.
The oligarchic structure remains despite changing systems, players, and groups gaining
advantages over one another. This could change, but not without widespread recognition of
the primary methods used to control us: language (and all its applications AKA λόγος or
logos). The entire material control system of the world is designed to prevent that.
Structurally, the Prisoners of the Cave are at the bottom of the social control pyramid; above
them are the politically and religiously active public known as the True Believers. Those True
Believers are managed by Assets — people who unknowingly work for the Power Elite
Oligarchy — who are managed by Handlers — people who knowingly work for the Power
Elite Oligarchy. The Power Elite Oligarchy sits at the top and hides in plain sight, hidden by
Handlers positioned to manage any criticism or blame, protecting the Power Elite Oligarchs
from harm.
Plato’s
Republic,
The structure's labels are not original to this work or author. Prisoners of the Cave comes
from
True Believers from Philosopher Eric Hoffer’s book of the same title,
Assets and Handlers (or Controllers) are standard Intelligence Community (IC) terms, and
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the
Power Elite comes from the work of sociologist C. Wright Mills, from his book of the same
title.
Traditionally, we think of wars being historically fought for booty in the form of land and
natural resources, and armies needed to be rewarded for service with a commission of the
earnings (hence “commissioned officers”). Media control gave the rulers a method of enticing
“patriots” to take the same risks but without tangible rewards in exchange for a medal or a
ribbon. “Patriots” — it turns out — are much more cost-effective than mercenaries.
In any case, Plato knew enough about it 2,300 years ago to give us “
The Republic
,” which he
describes in
“
The Allegory of the Cave.
” His description perfectly fits the lowest level of the
pyramid of power.
Prisoners of the Cave - The Lowest Level of the Pyramid
The
Allegory of the Cave presents a scenario where prisoners are chained inside a dark
cave from birth, unable to move their heads, and thus can only look at the cave wall in front
of them. Today TVs and “smartphones” fit the bill.
Behind the prisoners is a fire, and between the fire and the prisoners, there is a raised
walkway where people walk carrying objects or puppets “which appear over the wall.” The
prisoners can see shadows of these objects projected on the wall from the fire behind them
and hear echoes of sounds as the people talk. These shadows and sounds are the only
reality the prisoners know.
One of the prisoners is freed from his chains and is forced to turn and look at the fire, which
is a painful process because the light of the fire is so much more intense than the darkness
to which his eyes are accustomed. Gradually, he realizes that the shadows on the wall do not
make up reality at all, as he can see the real objects that are being carried behind their
backs. His enlightenment continues when he is dragged from the cave into the world above.
At first, he is blinded by the sunlight, but as his eyes adjust, he begins to see the world in its
full reality, eventually understanding even the nature of the sun itself.
On the surface, Plato uses this allegory as a metaphor for the philosopher's journey from
ignorance to knowledge, with the sun representing truth and the Form of the Good, which, in
Plato's philosophy, is the ultimate reality that all philosophers strive to know. The journey out
of the cave symbolizes the philosopher's ascent to the realm of the forms, which are
unchanging and perfect in contrast to the shadowy representations in the cave, which
represent the physical world we perceive around us.
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However, after 2,300 years, it’s safe to say that Plato might have been trying to tell us
something else. That is, it’s not just a description of a philosopher’s journey; it’s the current
state of the world. Today, it’s not hard to look at the multitudes of people, heads down,
looking at screens to understand that they, too, are looking at the shadows on the cave walls
while they pass unconsciously through the fire of the tangibly real world.
Unfortunately, this doesn’t just include people looking at screens. The entire Western
education system has been deconstructed to encourage the consumption and regurgitation
of information rather than most critical thinking concepts. Sportsball reinforces the idea of
picking a team in contests where there can only be winners and (mostly) losers.
The allegory also discusses the philosopher's role upon returning to the cave. When the
freed prisoner returns to enlighten the other prisoners, he is ridiculed and rejected; they
cannot recognize his higher state of understanding beyond their perceived reality. This part
of the allegory highlights the difficulties of teaching the uninformed philosophical truths about
reality. It suggests that enlightenment is a personal journey that is often met with resistance
and misunderstanding from those not ready to receive it.
Again, if we look beyond the philosopher to the modern researcher and citizen journalist,
once someone starts their research journey and develops critical thinking skills, the label and
thought-terminating cliché “conspiracy theorist” may soon be applied to them. This is an
ongoing strategy by the Power Elite Oligarchs and popularized by the Central Intelligence
Agency in response to their involvement in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. In this way,
critical thinking is diminished and is enough to keep most people from doing too much
damage.
People don’t like change, and ideas that reframe the world in ways that disrupt a
predisposed worldview — or their favorite sports team — are often met with stiff opposition.
Plato was right. Most people like being in the cave, like Cypher in the Matrix movie, when he
says:
“You know.. I know this steak doesn't exist. I know that when I put it in my mouth; the
Matrix is telling my brain that it is juicy, and delicious. After nine years… you know what
I realize? Ignorance is bliss.” ~ Cypher
True Believers
The True Believer is a well-indoctrinated citizen or subject who believes that the political
agency awarded to them by the State — like representation or the right to vote — gives them
power to affect the direction of that state. In most cases, that’s purely an illusion.
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A True Believer can be characterized as someone who commits themselves to a mass
movement driven by a potent blend of personal frustrations and ideological fervor.
Ideologues who self-identifies as a Republican, Democrat, Abortion-Rights/Right-to-Life
Activist, LGPTQ+, Climate Activist, Zionist, Conservative, Tory, Liberal, Libertarian, Christian
Nationalist, Proud Boys, Western Chauvinists, White Nationalists, La Raza, NAACP, ADL,
ACLU, Black Lives Matter, Anarchist, America-Firsters, MAGA, Gilets Jaunes, is a True
Believer because they believe that some political action or process can overcome their
frustration with some offending system.
Full Disclosure: This author was an Asset and a True Believer until January 6th,
2021, where I was an eye-witness, with a press credential and a front row seat to
the honey-pot slaughter-pen that was manifested by Donald J. Trump’s “Big
protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!” tweet. I feared for my life
in an uncontrolled crowd crush.
At its core, a True Believer is someone who adopts a cause or ideology so completely that it
becomes a central component of their identity. This transformation often occurs when
personal grievances or dissatisfaction fuse with a movement's perceived virtues or
objectives. True believers are not merely supporters of a cause but its fervent champions,
often willing to undertake significant sacrifices for their adopted cause.
A True Believer's psychological profile includes a profound dissatisfaction with one's current
state. This dissatisfaction might stem from economic hardship, social alienation, or a deep
seated sense of injustice. Whatever the source, it creates a fertile ground for the seeds of
radical commitment to be sown. True Believers often see the movement as a vehicle for
redressing their grievances and a platform to assert a new, empowering identity.
Frustration
Hoffer emphasizes that frustration is the critical catalyst in making a true believer. He notes,
"To the frustrated, freedom from responsibility is more attractive than freedom from
restraint,” that true believers often trade the burdens of autonomy for the simplicity of
obedience within a movement. Frustration arises not merely from a lack of freedom but from
the burdens and challenges that come with making independent choices, particularly when
those choices seem to lead nowhere but to failure.
Hoffer also discusses how mass movements effectively harness these frustrations. They
channel individual discontent into collective action, providing a clear direction and purpose.
In doing so, they offer not just a set of beliefs but also a new community and a new identity.
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This new identity is defined in opposition to designated enemies or societal structures
blamed for the True Believers' woes, deepening their commitment to the cause.
Interestingly, Hoffer points out that mass movements appeal to the completely downtrodden
and those who have experienced some measure of freedom. "Freedom aggravates
frustration," he asserts, suggesting that those who have tasted better things are often the
most driven to seek radical change. This dual appeal is critical to understanding the broad
base many mass movements can build. The more oppressed may seek basic improvements
to their conditions, while the relatively free may pursue lofty ideals that promise change and
transformation.
Fellow Stop-the-Steal Assets Alex Jones and Ali Alexander
True Believers are managed by Assets, who are in turn managed by Handlers. These
orchestrators steer true believers, often without their full awareness, manipulating their
frustrations and desires to serve broader, sometimes hidden agendas. While the movements
themselves might appear organic, they are frequently the products of careful cultivation by
those who stand to gain from the unrest they foster.
True Believers are profoundly shaped by personal frustrations and societal conditions,
drawn irresistibly to the promises of a mass movement that offers redemption through
collective action. Whether driven by disillusionment with the present or dreams of a better
future, True Believers are not just participants in their movements; they are the essential
lifeblood that sustains them.
Assets
Assets are individuals or entities — managed by Handlers — who perform tasks that are
sometimes illegal, unethical, or secretive, designed to influence specific outcomes or gather
sensitive information, but often mundane tasks like journalists, social media influencers,
talent agents, and bankers. This definition includes an expansive variety of specific
functions, each critical to the operational success of the Power Elite Oligarchs through their
Handlers affiliated with corporations, banks, intelligence agencies, and criminal
organizations alike (often in combination).
An Asset’s role can vary dramatically depending on the operation's needs. Sexual
Blackmail (Honeytraps), Insider Information, Whistleblowers (legitimate and fake),
Intimidation, Assassination, Sabotage, Community, Political, Social and Union
“Organizers,” Industrial Espionage, Patsies, Fall-guys, Couriers, Communication,
Financial and Corporate “Fronts,” Mockingbird “Journalism,” Cut-Outs and Go
Betweens all comprise just some of the various tasks that Assets are tasked with
performing.
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Honeypot Assette Ashley St. Clair
One common use is in sexual blackmail or honey trapping, where assets use intimate
relationships or the lure of sexual encounters to extract information or coerce influential
figures. This technique was notably employed during the Cold War by Soviet intelligence,
who often used 'honey traps' to obtain diplomatic or state secrets from unsuspecting targets.
Still, the technique is age-old and has recently popped back into the news with Jeffrey
Epstein and Puff Daddy. Unfortunately, the public is often distracted by lurid details, ignoring
the practical purpose of the compromise in the first place — affecting big-ticket decisions,
legislation, and regulations impacting specific industries.
Asset Virginia Giuffre with Handler Ghislaine Maxwell and Royal Power
Elite Oligarch Prince Andrew ‘Windsor’ (nee
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Welf)
Insider information gathering is another key role for assets, particularly those embedded
within corporations, governments, or other high-value organizations. These individuals are
positioned in sensitive roles that grant them access to classified or proprietary information,
which can be pivotal for both national security and corporate espionage. Insider information
gathering is also very helpful in providing mockingbird journalists with timely information that
can impact stock markets, company board seats, and other aspects of business and
government affairs.
Coercion and intimidation tactics are also frequently employed, where assets may be used to
force individuals into compliance under threat of violence or exposure. Similarly, assets may
be tasked with assassination missions to remove politically inconvenient figures.
In more indirect roles, assets might serve as patsies or couriers. Patsies are often
unknowingly set up to take the fall for complex schemes, protecting the true orchestrators. At
the same time, couriers transport messages, drugs, or other illicit items, typically without full
knowledge of the contents or their implications.
Front-men and cut-outs represent more strategic uses of assets. Front-men (pick your
favorite celebrity billionaire) are the ostensible leaders of organizations that are controlled
from behind the scenes, providing a legitimate face to illicit operations or shell companies.
They often appear out of nowhere as “boy geniuses” and have some phony
Horatio Alger
story pumped up by the mockingbird media. Often, they have TV shows.
Cut-outs function as intermediaries, facilitating
the transfer of information or goods between
operatives in a manner that obscures the
direct links between the parties involved.
Ragged Dick by Horatio Alger
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Lawyers, as Assets in the practice of lawfare, may engage in activities such as filing
lawsuits to delay or disrupt policy implementations, drain resources, or create public relations
challenges for opponents. Legal professionals can play a significant role in either challenging
or supporting legislation that impacts local, national, or foreign policy interests. These
professionals work within the legal framework, but their actions align with the Power Elite
Oligarch's objectives while appearing to promote a different motivation.
Perhaps some of the most sophisticated roles of assets involve financial operations designed
to launder money and obscure the origins of illicit funds. Through complex networks of
businesses, including shell companies and banks established specifically for these purposes,
assets help launder money, allowing organizations to fund further clandestine activities
without attracting legal scrutiny. These financial maneuvers are critical, providing the
economic underpinning for both covert operations and broader strategic initiatives.
Managing Assets leverages calculated processes developed using traditional espionage
practices by their Handlers. This includes identifying potential Assets based on their access
to valuable information or ability to perform specific tasks, assessing their vulnerabilities and
motivations, and developing a strategy for their management that may involve direct or
indirect communication channels to activate them as required.
The role of an Asset is multifaceted and indispensable to the strategic manipulations of the
Power Elite Oligarchs and their Handlers. Apart from being mere information providers,
Assets are pivotal players who carry out a wide array of tasks that support the Power Elite
Oligarchs' secretive goals.
Handlers
Handlers are the most publicly visible individuals in the hierarchy of control. That is because
part of their job is to attract attention away from the Power Elite and manage the day-to-day
operations of the Assets. This is hard to do from the shadows. These Handlers run
roundtable organizations, foundations, non-government organizations, and financial
institutions. They often participate in the revolving door between the public and private
sectors, moving back and forth as elections and politics dictate.
Presidents and their Handlers (top left to bottom right): Woodrow Wilson & Edward Mandell House,
Richard Nixon & Henry Kissinger, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan & George Herbert Walker Bush, Bill
Clinton & John Podesta, George Walker Bush & Dick Cheney, Barack Obama & Valerie Jarrett, Donald J.
Trump & Jared Kushner, Joe Biden & Ronald Klain, Donald J. Trump & (Venetian Doge) Elon Musk
Handlers are often organized into “roundtable” organizations like the
Relations,
Royal Institute of International Affairs,
Council on Foreign
The Fabian Society,
Society,
Trilateral Commission,
Bilderberg Meetings,
The Pilgram
Brookings Institute,
Heritage
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Foundation,
Claremont Institute,
Atlantic Council,
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,
Aspen Institute,
many others.
World Economic Forum,
The Club of Rome, and
They include organizations like
Bohemian Grove, the
Council of the Americas, the
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the
Center for Strategic and
International Studies,
Le Cercle, and the
European Council on Foreign Relations.
Handlers are actively recruited, often after serving as Assets, from schools through targeted
fraternities and so-called secret societies, like the
Rhodes Scholarships and Yale’s
and Bones Society.
A sampling of Rhodes Scholars
Skull
Foundations allow Handlers to direct the tax-free application of enormous amounts of
money — often more than many governments — towards Power Elite Oligarchs’ goals, like
The Gates Foundation,
Welcome Trust,
Rockefeller Foundation,
Ford Foundation,
Open Societies Foundation,
Carnegie Corporation,
Center for American Progress,
Berggruen Institute, the
The Power Elite
Clinton Foundation and many others.
The
“Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly, they are
ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits”. ~ Matthew 7:15-16
Evelyn de Rothschild poking (then Prince) King Charles III in the chest.
The Power Elite Oligarchs hide in plain sight, using a two-fold strategy of removing critical
thinking skills from the education system while distracting the public through media psycho
drama, endless narratives, and distractions (bread and circuses).
The Power Elite Oligarchs have think tanks, non-government organizations, foundations, and
other entities that allow them to control events without much government interference
because they actively groom, cultivate, train, fund, and promote their controlled politicians
and bureaucrats.
They are not hiding, and none of this is a secret. They control you and the world around you
by convincing the public that institutions like democratically elected republics are real, when
in fact, they are elaborate charades designed to lull us all into a false sense of agency.
Many people find it hard to believe that the world they consume on television and in the
media is not how things really work, and that is on purpose.
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Identifying the Power Elite Oligarchy in a way that avoids the
traps laid for those who go
looking is a challenge. The Power Elite know better than anyone that if they were easily
identified, their odds of maintaining hegemony would be dramatically reduced.
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus told us how to identify them: " We will know them by their
fruits.” The Power Elite’s fruits are the controlling interests, the controlling stock, and financial
influence through debt management of all of the world's major corporate and financial
interests. Controlling interests do not necessarily mean the CEO or even a Chairman of the
Board; it means the controlling stockholders. That ownership is a secret in many cases, like
the privately owned and controlled
Federal Reserve Bank3 and the
Bank of International
Settlements. The Power Elite go to great lengths to ensure that the public does not know
who is in real control. Holding and shell companies, often held “off-shore” in the Caribbean or
small countries like Switzerland, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, or Panama, provide a safe
haven for their identities.
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In his prologue to “
The Secrets Known Only to the Inner Elites,” polymath historian and
political gadfly Lyndon Larouche comments on the current power structure of the world:
Through three millennia of recorded history to date, centered around the
Mediterranean, the civilized world has been run by two bitterly opposed elites, the one
associated with the faction of Socrates and Plato, the other with the faction of Aristotle.
During these thous ands of years, until the developments of approximately 1784-1818
in Europe, both factions’ inner elites maintained in some fashion an unbroken
continuity of, organization and knowledge through all of the political catastrophes which
afflicted each of them in various times and locales.
In a follow-up article titled “
The Strategic Significance of the Ecumenical Negotiations,”
Larouche drills down to competing cults, one driven by a Platonic philosophy of individual
sovereignty and another with an Aristotelian worldview and a long-term goal of a scientific
autocracy or technocratic neo-feudalism:
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For more than a thousand years, the direct link between the main body of wicked
“families” based on Byzantium and their kindred in Rome has been mediated through
the Byzantine colony known as Venice and Padua. Later, Genoa, another Byzantine
colony-city in Italy, was added. This connection established the “Weir” faction of the
11th century A.D. and, later, the “Black Welf,” or “Black Guelph” faction of the late 13th
and 14th centuries, the political and biological antecedents of the “black nobility” of
Europe today. Nearly all of the ruling and pretender monarchical families of Europe
today, including the Hapsburgs, are active members of a modern “black nobility”
conspiracy centered upon the ancient family funds of Venice and Venice’s colony
nation known as Switzerland.
It was through Venice that the evil influence of Apollo-cultist Aristotle was introduced to
corrupt the Western Roman Catholic Confession.
There is no evil, including two world wars, and the fascist regimes of Adolf Hitler and
Benito Mussolini, which was not the direct result of the influence of the Venice
centered “black nobility” of Europe and that oligarchy’s vast accumulation of rentier
financier family funds.
The world’s largest insurance firm, the Assicurazioni Generali di Venezia e Trieste, and
its adjunct, the Riunione Adriatica, are exemplary of this, as is the world’s leading
central bank of central banks, the Basel, Switzerland Bank for International
Settlements.
The Venetian tax-farmer interests which took over Britain in 1603, and Netherlands
during the same decade, created the British and Dutch East India Companies, which in
effect, control Britain and the Netherlands today, and which have assimilated the
Morgan and Rockefeller interests in the United States, among many others, as
associated “families” of the Venice-centered “secret world empire” of corrupted and
complicit wealthy family funds.
Larouche continues explaining how the cults spread their influence through institutions like
Oxford University, where Professor John Ruskin spread Empire-centric strategies like
Zionism and inspired the formation of the Cecil Rhodes Roundtable Group.
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Like Ruskin’s Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, the network of Venice-centered “families”
was committed before and during Ruskin’s lifetime to destroying the institution of the
modern nation-state republic throughout the world, and to eliminating the commitment
to technological progress associated with modern sovereign republics.
In brief, the Venetians and their accomplices have never accepted the existence of that
modern industrial-capitalist sovereign nation set into motion with Louis Xl’s creation of
modern France during the late 15th century. They are the wealthiest collection of
rentier-financiers and landlords in the world. This does not mean that they are
capitalists.
They are neo-feudalists, determined to destroy industrial capitalism as well as the
institution of the sovereign nation-state republic. They are Malthusian world-federalists,
seeking to create a one-world neo-feudalist empire ruled by the network of “families”
centered upon the ancient family funds of Venice.
Mazzini’s projects represent the Venetian gang’s mobilization of anti-capitalist forces of
chaos-anarchism, socialism, and, later, fascism—as mass social battering-rams
directed to weaken and break the institutions of the modern state and technological
progress.
Catherine Austin Fitts’ Map of Power and Control
Many researchers and pundits will tell you that a particular religious group or cult is involved
in command and control, and those people are both correct and incorrect. A metadata
analysis of the Power Elite's methodology reveals a pattern of infiltration, or as some of them
like to say, “permeation”.
It is safe to say that Jews, Jesuits, Freemasons, Mafia, Illuminists, Cabalists, MI6, CIA, FBI,
KGB (or FSB), Mossad, 5-Eyes, Zionists, Communists, Marxists, Fascists, (almost all the
“ists”), Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, Liberals, Conservatives, Labour, Tory, Catholic,
Protestant, and Evangelical Christians all have some involvement.
But not everyone who is a member of those groups.
Many members of those groups belong to the lower tiers of the power hierarchy, and have
little or no knowledge of whats going on above their degree levels.
Likewise, not all tax-exempt
foundations and universities were
founded by globalist psychopaths, but
slowly over time, using a
“Fabian”
strategy of gradual take-over and
Fabian Society Coat of Arms is a wolf in sheep’s
clothing.
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language manipulation, using
epistemological warfare methods, most governments,
publishing (including media and entertainment), education and major religious institutions
have become compromised and controlled.
Several Power Elite Oligarch controlled tax havens and sovereign entities operate with
unique legal structures that allow the wealthy to avoid taxes and move money around. These
territories include the City of London (not to be confused with London proper), the Vatican,
the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (within the Vatican), the Vatican Bank (privately held
within the Vatican), the United Nations in New York, and CERN on the border of France and
Switzerland.
Understanding the layers of control and deception in our world is not an academic exercise
— it is essential for reclaiming individual agency. The structures that govern society have
been refined over centuries, designed to ensure that the majority remain distracted, divided,
and obedient. But history has shown that once people recognize the patterns of manipulation
— whether through media control, political theater, or financial monopolies — they can begin
to resist.
The antidote to deception is for each of us to develop our God-given gift of λόγος: critical
thinking, truth-seeking, and the courage to question. Those who benefit from keeping the
public in the dark rely on passive acceptance and blind participation. But awareness is the
first step toward action.
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1
“In March, 1915, the J. P. Morgan interests, the steel, ship-building, and powder interests,
and their subsidiary organizations, got together 12 men high up in the newspaper world and
employed them to select the most influential newspapers in the United States and sufficient
number of them to control generally the policy of the daily press of the United States. [. . .]
They found it was only necessary to purchase the control of 25 of the greatest papers. The
25 papers were agreed upon; emissaries were sent to purchase the policy, national and
international, of these papers; an agreement was reached; the policy of the papers was
bought, to be paid for by the month; an editor was furnished for each paper to properly
supervise and edit information regarding the questions of preparedness, militarism, financial
policies, and other things of national and international nature considered vital to the interests
of the purchasers.”
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https://archive.org/details/sim_congressional-record-proceedings-and-debates_january-27
february-12-1917_54/page/2947/mode/1up
2
Adam Winkler, We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights (New
York: Liveright, 2018), 45.
Gregory A. Mark, "The Personification of the Business Corporation in American Law,"
University of Chicago Law Review 54, no. 4 (1987): 1442.
Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 17 U.S. (4 Wheat.) 518 (1819).
Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad, 118 U.S. 394 (1886).
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 (2010).
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., 573 U.S. 682 (2014).
3
The Federal Reserve System is a hybrid entity combining public oversight and private
ownership. It consists of 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks, which are privately owned
by commercial banks within their respective districts. These member banks are required to
hold non-transferable stock in their regional Fed bank but have no control over monetary
policy. Commercial banks are privately owned entities with ownership structures that vary
by size and type. Large banks, such as JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and Citigroup
are publicly traded corporations owned by institutional investors, retail investors, and
mutual funds, with shares bought and sold on stock exchanges. Smaller banks are often
privately held by families, investment groups, or private equity firms. Many operate under
bank holding companies (BHCs), where shareholders own stock in the parent company
rather than the bank itself