Ruphus -> RE: Must-see docu on journalism, of a kind you don´t get to see too often (Nov. 14 2017 13:25:34)
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See, now I don't know if you're just trolling or if you actually believe that anyone here thinks this... Not trolling, Piwin. People who prefer viewing establishment as authentic presentation of public interest, think that skeptics were ignoring clues of their perceived world, whereas we who see reign in the hands of networks and mafia are of the impression that sheepish majority was ignoring overwhelming clues to an opposite of democracy. quote:
Political failure to act is just one aspect in their manifest (and corruption isn't mentioned anywhere in it so I suppose you'd have to accuse them of "ignoring the obvious too, just like the press, right?). They mention that there is pressure required on politcians. Why would that be? Because 4 decades of pretty obvious ecological and scientifical clues leading to the conclusion that pollution and ruinous exploitation won´t matter? Or maybe because of major parties staff being comprised of illiterates? Only just not coincidence of pecuniary power odering behind the odd conviction, right. Shakespeare might have named it "As you like it". That common phrase of "political failure" tends to raise my hair. Whatever case of corruption, even those already investigated and legally proven, common sense will call it "failure" or "mismanagement". The very most of high-caliber mismanagement however, -be it the classical waste and drain of states´ budget and property, or the classical private dodge when combine´s upper management outsources either actual service or even just nominal nada like "consultant services" without actual content to fellow brothers in crime or to stooges for kickbacks- ... or when subcontractors are being blackmailed to shed commission onto managers´and their surroundings´ private accounts, respectively letter-box companies, to then accept the respective sub´s delivery under overpriced conditions (both of last examples especially notorious in the automotive industry), are no mistaking at all. Instead successful conduct of very intended operations. "Political failure". What do you make of the blatant elephant butt that reliably 'fails' to the benefit of industry and financial aristocracy? If it is "failing", why hardly ever to the benefit of pedestrians? What with those failings in tax rules that open a plethora of escapes for large budgets, but hardly any for small ones? The failure of having tax offices allegedly being "understaffed", so that whole combines get away unchecked, whilst (surprise, surprise!) Joe average is being checked very reliably and meticulously at that? What with failures that mean loaning back from privatiers at market interests what has been lent to them at nominal value in the first place? What with failure to mention subsidies in federal budget? Failure - ... no, resistance against fighting tax havens? Etc.pp. Would your errors in math tests tend to result in values beyond (or alternatively below) correct number? quote:
Take overpopulation for instance. How do you relate this to corruption in any way? Isn't it first and foremost a cultural and educational issue? In that order, indeed. Corruption as primary, culture and education secondary. Corruption in that the existence and effects of inhumane / undemocratic economics of exploitation and usury / price gauging are not allowed to surface in public perception, hence are assisted to prevail as 'just a choice of economizing'. The largest gap through inhumane human source market however (affluent that is) is not opended in the industrial home countries, but in underdeveloped countries. These, having either been run down already historically or been of indigene / peasant civilisation, served as cockaigne of slavery-like labor conditions for mineral and agrarian resourcing. Extreme conditions of exploitation not only served the industrialized nations as profiteering pedestal, but left behind corresponding poverty with no social security and old-age pension to balance. Before new age colonialism much of humbly living people in the Third World had sources of self-supply, which have been lost in the course of the new economy. Increased numbers of offspring essentially contributed to overpopulation, aimed as security for old-age pension, and again as counter measure against child mortality (give birth to some more as prohylaxis). Without the western rising, backwarded cultural conditions alone, like male-prioritized child raising and religious call to give as much birth as possible for 'replacing infidels', would not had led to such an enormous demographic explosion that we have seen since mid last century. - Regimes of any kind can arrange large yet secret events. The propagandistic campaign during the Viertnam war is an example. (That wouldn´t become obvious throughout many years, inspite of so many diplomats and militaries witnessing actual whereabouts at the front.) Or the atrocities in Nevada, including purposeful exposing of soldiers and staff for to study secondary consequences of explosion or outfall. Also during Cold War the majority of US-Americans who lived abroad were supposed to be briefed by the CIA. Still, there seem very little public releases in the sense of "My time as a spy in X-land" or such. And it seems not really far fetched that there ought to have been built huge construction projects for military purposes in USA that are secret none the less. Just take the global net of those 100-m ø underground antennas which the USA used in countries abroad for to frisk electronic communication in the pre-digital times. Who in those countries would be aware of them? -And who would tell you about them at home in the US? Just like with the looting of the German state´s silverware, on big scale launched under chancler Kohl. It needed a good measure of administrative assistance and hosts of people to have that rolling. Still, it gained as little of public attention as possible, and when fractions were mentioned, disguised as efficiency matter; in spite of any mediocre economist knowing better. Under the "failure" and down-playing category also industrial bribing of politicians, which I addressed before. quote:
A mental routine that after the fact gladly unhooks secret handings of cash-filled attaché cases as "party donation", of course not private bribe to the receiver. And if party treasurer can´t produce receipt, -accountary will have been sloppy. If revealed, it always ends up as "donation to the party". (Really nice of politicans to spare donators the hazzles and to forward the money personally, innit?) Private enrichment? Nah, how could that ever be? Such would never come to mind, naturally. Check out the procedures after the Flick affaire for bold example. How state and obliging courts would shove private recipience towards party donation. Not really necessary to prove receipt at the partie´s cashbox. Under buddies ... I must be having an old shoe box full in the cellar with only just a tiny fraction of the most bold and unpunished cases of corruption and nepotism. It really is spectaculous to me how anyone above 72 IQ points, not to think of intelligent heads can fancy authenticity and democracy. Leaving daily details aside: Without the rest of beings being remotely close to idle, we have reached to single individuals accumulating funds up to states´budgets. Reserving minorities who trample on the needs of the rest of the world, all blessed by constitutions and judidicary, and you believe in human rights, equality and democracy existing in the same time? And how you imagine that states and officials could be staying immune against power of such mighty, that is the most unworldly of it all. To withstand would take the utmost of idealism and integrity (which again would definitly yield an entirely different political agenda and operation from status quo). And you are of the impression that characteristics like the latter would be equaling your common poltical careerist? ... And that such sincere personality could be let through in the apparatus to start with? See how the green party started in the German national parliament and think again. PS: I´ve mentioned it before on the foro. When the magazine "Fokus" (an actually conservative paper) started out, it estimated that about 60% of German NGP was falling prey to corruption. After all those years of informing myself, that appears like a realistic number to me. With probably most of national economies looking similar to that.
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