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New World Order (NWO), sometimes called the Great Reset
Last week's stats ran ahead of those of the prior week and the 2023 average so far.
We do have a core group of CT'ers following this thread.
NWO Thread “Responses”
There are lots of articles out there on NWO, the Great Reset, globalization on many fronts, world free-trade, and higher governments stomping on the wishes of the local residents, and their local governments.
This thread encourages CT'ers on all sides to re-post here, as responses, the NWO posts of interest they see elsewhere.
Note:
1. The goal of this thread is not to woodshed an opposing view into submission. Every position is entitled to post as it sees fit, regardless of the kind of, and amount of, postings by other positions. What is wanted is serious consideration of all posts........then you decide.
2. I personally, as the thread originator, am trying to post a new response at least twice per week, but admit my busy schedule means I am sometimes falling short on this. So it is going to be necessary that a number of other CT'ers are posting responses here somewhat regularly.
The Time Line
There is much disagreement whether the New World Order project actually exists. There are those who simply relegate it to the realm of “conspiracy theories, such as QAnon.
But there are others, including myself, who assert that already a covert group of much influence is directing government law and policy, in nations across the globe, and incrementally implementing the pieces of an eventual one-world government. We fear this centralization is not good in the long run.
A Proposal (Possible; not Utopian)
1. Nations dissolve themselves, and, in the process, devolve power down to Local Political Units (LPU's).
2. Eventually the world will become a “collection of villages”.
3. The goal is to significantly lessen the power of all governments, so as to make any geopolitical conflicts less dangerous for the globe as a whole.
4. It will not get rid of corruption, abuse of power, or tin-pot dictators.......but will limit the damage they can do.
We invite CT'ers to consider this position and to post here, their thoughts on it.
Last week's stats crashed with the lack of responses. I was sick, and this didn't help.
But we do have a core group of CT'ers following this thread.
NWO Thread “Responses”
There are lots of articles out there on NWO, the Great Reset, globalization on many fronts, world free-trade, and higher governments stomping on the wishes of the local residents, and their local governments.
This thread encourages CT'ers on all sides to re-post here, as responses, the NWO posts of interest they see elsewhere.
Note:
1. The goal of this thread is not to woodshed an opposing view into submission. Every position is entitled to post as it sees fit, regardless of the kind of, and amount of, postings by other positions. What is wanted is serious consideration of all posts........then you decide.
2. I personally, as the thread originator, am trying to post a new response at least twice per week, but admit my busy schedule means I am sometimes falling short on this. So it is going to be necessary that a number of other CT'ers are posting responses here somewhat regularly.
The Time Line
There is much disagreement whether the New World Order project actually exists. There are those who simply relegate it to the realm of “conspiracy theories, such as QAnon.
But there are others, including myself, who assert that already a covert group of much influence is directing government law and policy, in nations across the globe, and incrementally implementing the pieces of an eventual one-world government. We fear this centralization is not good in the long run.
A Proposal (Possible; not Utopian)
1. Nations dissolve themselves, and, in the process, devolve power down to Local Political Units (LPU's).
2. Eventually the world will become a “collection of villages”.
3. The goal is to significantly lessen the power of all governments, so as to make any geopolitical conflicts less dangerous for the globe as a whole.
4. It will not get rid of corruption, abuse of power, or tin-pot dictators.......but will limit the damage they can do.
We invite CT'ers to consider this position and to post here, their thoughts on it.
The globalist opposition may soon have a central clearing house for concerns!
"Core Ideas of Peterson’s Consortium {As yet unnamed}
Peterson listed some of the core ideas that will be discussed at the October/November 2023 meeting, including enhancing energy production and distribution, protecting individual freedoms against tyranny, and pushing back against falling birth rates with pro-family policies.
“You don’t get to save the planet by making energy prices so expensive that no one poor can afford them. That’s off the table,” he said, adding that the development of alternative sources of energy would be welcome but “you don’t get to impose your utopian vision in the service of your narcissism on the poor.
“We’re going to try to make the poor rich—try to alleviate poverty,” he said."
So the US Congress denounces socialism for creating dictatorships, while the Arizona state government (Republican) moves to make itself a dictatorship beyond the reach of justice.
Perhaps Dilip can finally learn that even a libertarian government will be corrupted ....
Last week's stats are back up close to the 2023 average so far. But there do seem to be a few less posts associated with this topic recently......we'll see if we can keep up the rate of “Responses” per week.
But we do have a core group of CT'ers following this thread. The topic is one of the most important in terms of our human future!
NWO Thread “Responses”
There are articles out there on NWO, called the Great Reset by the Right. The articles are on globalization on many fronts, world free-trade, and higher governments stomping on the wishes of the local residents, and their local governments.
This thread encourages CT'ers on all sides to re-post here, as responses, the NWO posts of interest they see elsewhere.
Note:
1. The goal of this thread is not to woodshed an opposing view into submission. Every position is entitled to post as it sees fit, regardless of the kind of, and amount of, postings by other positions. What is wanted is serious consideration of all posts........then you decide.
2. I personally, as the thread originator, am trying to post a new response at least twice per week, but admit my busy schedule means I am sometimes falling short on this. So it is going to be necessary that a number of other CT'ers are posting responses here somewhat regularly.
The Time Line
There is much disagreement whether the New World Order project actually exists. There are those who simply relegate it to the realm of “conspiracy theories, such as QAnon.
But there are others, including myself, who assert that already a covert group of much influence is directing government law and policy, in nations across the globe, and incrementally implementing the pieces of an eventual one-world government. We fear this centralization is not good in the long run.
A Proposal (Possible; not Utopian)
1. Nations dissolve themselves, and, in the process, devolve power down to Local Political Units (LPU's).
2. Eventually the world will become a “collection of villages”.
3. The goal is to significantly lessen the power of all governments, so as to make any geopolitical conflicts less dangerous for the globe as a whole.
4. It will not get rid of corruption, abuse of power, or tin-pot dictators.......but will limit the damage they can do.
We invite CT'ers to consider this position and to post here, their thoughts on it.
Last week's stats languished......... there were almost no new posts.......we'll see if we can come up with a few posts this week.
But we do have a core group of CT'ers following this thread......toss in a post when you see one. The topic of human governance is one of the most important in our human future!
NWO Thread “Responses”
There are articles out there on NWO, called the Great Reset by the Right. The articles come in different forms: on globalization on many fronts, world free-trade, and higher governments stomping on the wishes of the local residents, and their local governments, etc..
This thread encourages CT'ers on all sides to re-post here, as responses, the NWO posts of interest they see elsewhere.
Note:
1. The goal of this thread is not to woodshed an opposing view into submission. Every position is entitled to post as it sees fit, regardless of the kind of, and amount of, postings by other positions. What is wanted is serious consideration of all posts........then you decide.
2. I personally, as the thread originator, am trying to post a new response at least twice per week, but admit my busy schedule means I am sometimes falling short on this. So it is going to be necessary that a number of other CT'ers are posting responses here somewhat regularly.
The Time Line
There is much disagreement whether the New World Order project actually exists. There are those who simply relegate it to the realm of “conspiracy theories, such as QAnon.
But there are others, including myself, who assert that already a covert group of much influence is directing government law and policy, in nations across the globe, and incrementally implementing the pieces of an eventual one-world government. We fear this centralization is not good in the long run.
A Proposal (Possible; not Utopian)
1. Nations dissolve themselves, and, in the process, devolve power down to Local Political Units (LPU's).
2. Eventually the world will become a “collection of villages”.
3. The goal is to significantly lessen the power of all governments, so as to make any geopolitical conflicts less dangerous for the globe as a whole.
4. It will not get rid of corruption, abuse of power, or tin-pot dictators.......but will limit the damage they can do. We invite CT'ers to consider this position and to post here, their thoughts on it.
1. Nations dissolve themselves, and, in the process, devolve power down to Local Political Units (LPU's).
2. Eventually the world will become a “collection of villages”.
3. The goal is to significantly lessen the power of all governments, so as to make any geopolitical conflicts less dangerous for the globe as a whole.
4. It will not get rid of corruption, abuse of power, or tin-pot dictators.......but will limit the damage they can do. We invite CT'ers to consider this position and to post here, their thoughts on it.
~ Bob (T-S/P)
Hi Bob,
Would your proposal allow some LPUs to be Marxist and others to be Libertarian?
Democracy, in terms of multi-party elections, are a bedrock of Democratic Marxism. We must be elected; and we can also be thrown out after being elected.
But your Libertarian Party will have no realistic chance of election unless it does better marketing than what it has done to date......just my humble opinion.
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