The conflict within the U.S. is between those dependent upon government spending ( Welfare at the bottom. Lucrative contracts, grants, employment at the top ) and those not. ( The infamous middle. )
You’re either dependent “on the dole” at the bottom and the top.
"The Lord of the Rings is not, in my opinion, an allegory. In this I concur with Tolkien who was most insistent on this point in the foreword to the Second Edition. Unlike, say, Animal Farm, which is manifestly an allegory for the Russian Revolution and the rise of Stalin, the story of the War of the Rings does not correspond to — and still less is it an elaborate code for — World War I, or World War II, or any other actual historical episode. The real history it most closely resembles is that of the Cold War, but we know that it was conceived long before the Cold War began.
...
...the social relations of Middle Earth are readily recognizable.
The reason the social relations of Middle Earth can be so easily recognized is that they are (with one important exception) essentially feudal.
...
From the world of 'egotistical calculation' and 'callous "cash payment,"' he harks back to the 'feudal ties that bound man to his ‘natural superiors' and 'feudal, patriarchal, idyllic relations.'
A romantic anti-capitalist feudalizing tendency has been a substantial cultural force ever since the Industrial Revolution.
Whenever I see a "Zionist axis of evil " eg "Anglo-American -Zionist Empire", I become wary. This statement from Cooper's "World War lll" essay is really over the top:
"Moreover, Russia at any time can provide the Axis of Resistance in the Middle East the weaponry needed to obliterate Israel entirely. But Israel too will disappear as a causus belli, as within five to ten years it will likely cease to exist in lieu of a new Palestinian state with freedom of settlement and religion. The Axis of Resistance is certain of such an outcome. "
What planet is Cooper living on, where he thinks there will be a Palestinian state with 'freedom of settlement and religion'? Who will those Palestinians be ? Hamas ? Hezbollah? Ask the christians in Lebanon how that is working out for them.
He's a smart guy with alot of insights I'd agree. He does have some animus to the state of Israel that seems to get him unbalanced, though. I'd agree AIPAC has no business shadowing every senator in the USA. But is it really sensible to postulate that Hamas carried out their October massacre pre-emptively, based on premonitions that they were to soon be annihilated by the "Zionist-American " consortium??
Well strange just read a fascinating piece at global research, come to check out Dr. Nass and talking same site. Different topic. Kinda like geo engineering, always suspected but come to find out, yeah that's old tech. Will hang one quote and the link.
“In this investigation it will be shown that the spoken word of hypnotist may also be conveyed by modulated electromagnetic energy directly into the subconscious parts of the human brain — i. e. without employing any technical devices for receiving or transcoding the messages and without the person exposed to such influence having a chance to control the information input consciously.”
The Lord of the Rings: where much can be said about both book and movie, and where both are popular – perhaps for different reasons.
“Perhaps its appeal derived from its faithfulness to the letter and spirit of J.R.R. Tolkien’s…”
Faithfulness to the spirit – sort of, except that in the movie almost all overtly spiritual references were excised (such as references to Elbereth). The covert references remained, which is one of the movie’s strengths. Faithfulness to the letter: not so much. The adaptation was fairly typical for books made into movies in two respects: most of the story was taken out, as well as practically all the narrative. What remained can be divided into two parts: the non-dialogue sequences, and the sequences with dialogue. The non-dialogue sequences were mostly fights and chases: they retained almost all of the fights and chases from the book, as well as adding some of their own devising. The dialogue sequences suffered from being rewritten to a great degree, such that the result conformed largely to theater norms (arguments); in the process they changed the characterization in many instances (Denethor, Faramir), the plot (Osgiliath), as well as suppressing rational thought to the vanishing point in favor of emotion. The end result was a shortened tale that was mostly emotional and visceral. Many people liked them, but I can’t watch them. Every time one the characters opens his mouth to say something I’m thinking “What? He never said that!”
“Time and again, men, wizards, elves, dwarves, and Hobbits must summon their courage and choose to move forward in the face of seeming defeat. Time and again, fate intervenes at the last possible moment, until Frodo Baggins succeeds in passing the final test and the golden ring is swallowed up in the cauldron of fire deep within Mount Doom.”
Did he read the books, or see the movies? Frodo does not pass the final test and cast the ring into the fire. He changes his mind and claims it for his own. The victory was partially Frodo’s faithfulness, but when that gave out Providence, and Gollum’s lust, and Sam’s (and Bilbo’s) mercy remained. Galadriel, Gandalf, Aragorn, Elrond: they passed their tests (by not taking the ring), but Frodo eventually failed; Boromir, too, for that matter, though he repented.
He mentions monetary matters, and the involvement of the Federal Reserve, but doesn’t really explain the root of the matter.
“Throughout these disasters, we should be looking hard for the footprints and fingerprints of the Federal Reserve which has been the creature of private financial interests since it was created in 1913. It was then that the U.S. Congress ceded its constitutional authority to ‘coin money and regulate the value therof’ to the private financiers who are the real powers behind the monetary throne.”
There are two key points: the Federal Reserve (Bank of England) creates the money the government spends into circulation, not the treasury department. The money, when it is created, is created as AN INTEREST-BEARING DEBT. That means the debt, the “National Debt,” can do only one thing: increase exponentially. It is the real cause of inflation, and also allows the Bank to organize and fund an immensely powerful background government.
“The Ring of power: The ability of credit to grow exponentially when lent at compound interest, aided over time by fractional reserve banking, so that debt now threatens to devour the entire world of the producing economy.”
The rings of power, especially the One Ring, can better be thought of as artificial intelligences – the One Ring being designed to dominate the will. Research and development of artificial intelligence in our world will probably result in the functional equivalent of the One Ring, which will nullify free will. The interesting question then becomes, will God stand for this? No free will means God cannot be worshipped and loved freely. That’s a more important issue, yes?
“Isengard, the tower where Sauron resides: The economic departments of many universities, the business and editorial sections of most major newspapers, and the many ‘think tanks’ which favor the dominance of the monetary overseers.”
Isengard was where Saruman resided. Sauron held Barad-dur (the Dark Tower).
A decent attempt.
Except he misses the plot:
The conflict within the U.S. is between those dependent upon government spending ( Welfare at the bottom. Lucrative contracts, grants, employment at the top ) and those not. ( The infamous middle. )
You’re either dependent “on the dole” at the bottom and the top.
Or you’re not.
‘Same as it ever was. ‘Same as it ever was.
"The Catholic Church ceased its prohibition on the MORTAL SIN of Usury around 1500.
...
The 'sin' that makes everything else possible is the Usury which enables a demiurgic force destructive of humanity."
--from
U.S. Collapse Triggers End of 500-Year Financier Conspiracy. Richard C. Cook
https://www.globalresearch.ca/u-s-collapse-triggers-end-of-500-year-financier-conspiracy
"The Lord of the Rings is not, in my opinion, an allegory. In this I concur with Tolkien who was most insistent on this point in the foreword to the Second Edition. Unlike, say, Animal Farm, which is manifestly an allegory for the Russian Revolution and the rise of Stalin, the story of the War of the Rings does not correspond to — and still less is it an elaborate code for — World War I, or World War II, or any other actual historical episode. The real history it most closely resembles is that of the Cold War, but we know that it was conceived long before the Cold War began.
...
...the social relations of Middle Earth are readily recognizable.
The reason the social relations of Middle Earth can be so easily recognized is that they are (with one important exception) essentially feudal.
...
From the world of 'egotistical calculation' and 'callous "cash payment,"' he harks back to the 'feudal ties that bound man to his ‘natural superiors' and 'feudal, patriarchal, idyllic relations.'
A romantic anti-capitalist feudalizing tendency has been a substantial cultural force ever since the Industrial Revolution.
This is the real key to Tolkien’s mass appeal,"
--from
A Marxist View of Tolkien’s Middle Earth
by John Molyneux
https://jacobin.com/2023/01/jrr-tolkein-lord-of-the-rings-marxist-critique
Whenever I see a "Zionist axis of evil " eg "Anglo-American -Zionist Empire", I become wary. This statement from Cooper's "World War lll" essay is really over the top:
"Moreover, Russia at any time can provide the Axis of Resistance in the Middle East the weaponry needed to obliterate Israel entirely. But Israel too will disappear as a causus belli, as within five to ten years it will likely cease to exist in lieu of a new Palestinian state with freedom of settlement and religion. The Axis of Resistance is certain of such an outcome. "
What planet is Cooper living on, where he thinks there will be a Palestinian state with 'freedom of settlement and religion'? Who will those Palestinians be ? Hamas ? Hezbollah? Ask the christians in Lebanon how that is working out for them.
He's a smart guy with alot of insights I'd agree. He does have some animus to the state of Israel that seems to get him unbalanced, though. I'd agree AIPAC has no business shadowing every senator in the USA. But is it really sensible to postulate that Hamas carried out their October massacre pre-emptively, based on premonitions that they were to soon be annihilated by the "Zionist-American " consortium??
M. Robert Weiss, MD
Well strange just read a fascinating piece at global research, come to check out Dr. Nass and talking same site. Different topic. Kinda like geo engineering, always suspected but come to find out, yeah that's old tech. Will hang one quote and the link.
“In this investigation it will be shown that the spoken word of hypnotist may also be conveyed by modulated electromagnetic energy directly into the subconscious parts of the human brain — i. e. without employing any technical devices for receiving or transcoding the messages and without the person exposed to such influence having a chance to control the information input consciously.”
https://www.globalresearch.ca/why-governments-around-world-classify-information-about-effects-pulsed-mirowaves-extra-low-frequency-electromagnetic-waves-human-brains/5839545
He writes well, but I take issue with the Theory of Social Credit he indirectly extolled.
Love it
The Lord of the Rings: where much can be said about both book and movie, and where both are popular – perhaps for different reasons.
“Perhaps its appeal derived from its faithfulness to the letter and spirit of J.R.R. Tolkien’s…”
Faithfulness to the spirit – sort of, except that in the movie almost all overtly spiritual references were excised (such as references to Elbereth). The covert references remained, which is one of the movie’s strengths. Faithfulness to the letter: not so much. The adaptation was fairly typical for books made into movies in two respects: most of the story was taken out, as well as practically all the narrative. What remained can be divided into two parts: the non-dialogue sequences, and the sequences with dialogue. The non-dialogue sequences were mostly fights and chases: they retained almost all of the fights and chases from the book, as well as adding some of their own devising. The dialogue sequences suffered from being rewritten to a great degree, such that the result conformed largely to theater norms (arguments); in the process they changed the characterization in many instances (Denethor, Faramir), the plot (Osgiliath), as well as suppressing rational thought to the vanishing point in favor of emotion. The end result was a shortened tale that was mostly emotional and visceral. Many people liked them, but I can’t watch them. Every time one the characters opens his mouth to say something I’m thinking “What? He never said that!”
“Time and again, men, wizards, elves, dwarves, and Hobbits must summon their courage and choose to move forward in the face of seeming defeat. Time and again, fate intervenes at the last possible moment, until Frodo Baggins succeeds in passing the final test and the golden ring is swallowed up in the cauldron of fire deep within Mount Doom.”
Did he read the books, or see the movies? Frodo does not pass the final test and cast the ring into the fire. He changes his mind and claims it for his own. The victory was partially Frodo’s faithfulness, but when that gave out Providence, and Gollum’s lust, and Sam’s (and Bilbo’s) mercy remained. Galadriel, Gandalf, Aragorn, Elrond: they passed their tests (by not taking the ring), but Frodo eventually failed; Boromir, too, for that matter, though he repented.
He mentions monetary matters, and the involvement of the Federal Reserve, but doesn’t really explain the root of the matter.
“Throughout these disasters, we should be looking hard for the footprints and fingerprints of the Federal Reserve which has been the creature of private financial interests since it was created in 1913. It was then that the U.S. Congress ceded its constitutional authority to ‘coin money and regulate the value therof’ to the private financiers who are the real powers behind the monetary throne.”
There are two key points: the Federal Reserve (Bank of England) creates the money the government spends into circulation, not the treasury department. The money, when it is created, is created as AN INTEREST-BEARING DEBT. That means the debt, the “National Debt,” can do only one thing: increase exponentially. It is the real cause of inflation, and also allows the Bank to organize and fund an immensely powerful background government.
“The Ring of power: The ability of credit to grow exponentially when lent at compound interest, aided over time by fractional reserve banking, so that debt now threatens to devour the entire world of the producing economy.”
The rings of power, especially the One Ring, can better be thought of as artificial intelligences – the One Ring being designed to dominate the will. Research and development of artificial intelligence in our world will probably result in the functional equivalent of the One Ring, which will nullify free will. The interesting question then becomes, will God stand for this? No free will means God cannot be worshipped and loved freely. That’s a more important issue, yes?
“Isengard, the tower where Sauron resides: The economic departments of many universities, the business and editorial sections of most major newspapers, and the many ‘think tanks’ which favor the dominance of the monetary overseers.”
Isengard was where Saruman resided. Sauron held Barad-dur (the Dark Tower).