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Dain's avatar

This is an excellent and well laid out compilation. I need to re-read and take time to process.

"Translation: representative democracy is out, and in its place comes a new model—built on stakeholder groups, sectoral representation, ad hoc coalitions, and consensus-by-committee. What Brzezinski calls ‘participatory pluralism’ is, in reality, a carefully managed simulation of democracy—one that replaces voters with CSOs, NGOs, foundations, industry reps, and academics."

Mike Benz is constantly pointing out the "consensus building" process between institutions in private / gov / NGO sectors as being what is considered the real work behind the scenes to decide how to run things in the world, and indeed what they are referring to when they say that anything which upsets this process is a threat to 'our democracy' - this for example then turns free speech which questions the institutions into dangerous mis/disinformation, and makes the legitimate popularity of any isolationist / populist / nationalist leader across the West a danger to 'democracy'.

The above seems to paint a picture that this system and philosophy might have emerged with more awareness and / or intent by those involved than I had previously imagined.

esc's avatar

read my post on the origin of global governance because it goes back to 1899. in fact, blair's 1991 marxism today is essentially identical to bernstein's evolutionary socialism.

Dain's avatar

I've had you on 'follow' on X for stints in the past and the threads of research I saw were always interesting but some were down in the weeds and I hadn't connected the bigger dots so much.

My mind is being blown more and more now that I'm seeing the macro threads come together. Buffering a bunch of Stack posts for digestion. Will look for the above mentioned post too.

Have you communicated with Benz at all? He's easy to reach out to on his Sunday X Spaces. He talks a lot about his 8 year journey to figure out how to get the messages about the foreign policy 'blob' he was trying to spread out to a wide audience.

Also, I think he'd vary much value seeing some of what you've put together. Perhaps something could come of that, even if just to get some reposts. Any problem if I try to summarize some of the above post and communicate in the Spaces this Sunday?

esc's avatar

he's never replied to me, at all. besides, i've struggled somewhat with him, because he appears to me to be an outrage merchant, ie using the past to distract.

happy to stand corrected if im wrong, however, but as said, he's never replied in any regard.

but im not actually unhappy about it, because i think the fact that no-one wanted to touch me with a barge pole worked to my advantage (ive had a number of big-follower podcasts reach out, only for these to go completely silent), ensuring i kept on target.

Dain's avatar

FWIW he's never read or responded to a DM that I've sent, but through the Spaces 'office hours' Q&A format or the weekly Rumble research livestreams he does it's easy to communicate.

As far as the intent or effect of his work, his declared focus has always been on free speech online and painting and understanding the geopolitical backdrop just ends up being a necessary to make sense of what's happening in that realm. He drafted the free speech EO for the administration and has been advising on restructure of USAID and other things.

But if the argument is that he's not quite aiming high enough to these macro structures, whether by design or otherwise then perhaps.. I do wonder if he's just not aware, I've watched countless hours of live research and consumed much of the content put out and it seems like it's simply that his focus is within a certain range. I could be wrong though..

Martin Neil's avatar

Excellent review.

In the UK a shady organisation called "Common Purpose" was set up and became notable for its 'behind the scenes' organising. I hadnt realised how large it had become. Are you aware of it?

From Perplexity.ai -

Common Purpose is a UK-based, global not-for-profit organization founded in 1989 by Julia Middleton. Its mission is to develop leaders who can cross cultural, institutional, and social boundaries, both at work and in wider society[2][3][5]. The organization delivers leadership development programmes and workshops aimed at individuals and organizations seeking to make a positive difference and address complex problems in society[1][2][4].

Common Purpose focuses on fostering skills such as cultural intelligence, inclusive leadership, and the ability to lead beyond one's direct authority. Its programmes are designed for people at all career stages and have reached over 100 cities across six continents, with more than 115,000 alumni worldwide[3][5][8]. The charity is registered in the UK and operates internationally, partnering with businesses, governments, and NGOs to promote equity, inclusion, and innovative problem-solving[4][5][7].

Citations:

[1] Common Purpose United Kingdom| Lead with purpose https://commonpurpose.org/about/locations/united-kingdom

[2] Common Purpose | Lead with a difference https://commonpurpose.org

[3] Our purpose | Our story https://commonpurpose.org/about/who-we-are/our-purpose

[4] About us | Common Purpose | Igniting a spark in leadership https://commonpurpose.org/about

[5] Common_Purpose_UK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Purpose_UK

[6] Common purpose - WikiLeaks https://wikileaks.org/wiki/common_purpose

[7] Common Purpose Employees, Location, Alumni | LinkedIn https://uk.linkedin.com/school/common-purpose/

[8] find the right programme for your career - Common Purpose https://commonpurpose.org/what-we-do/personal-development/all-programmes

Paradime Crypto's avatar

Basically the opaque money creators created money and gave it to Epstein to blackmail and bribe to prop up the left/right distraction by providing key players with their undeniable weaknesses. We need citizen ownership of the money system (=transparency). The Economic Democracy Act.

dave's avatar

Three rings for the elven kings