The previous weblog
sought to demonstrate why the now emerged 'new economic order' is an
obvious force for global good; assisted by ever greater
international trade and human inter-action.
Yet it also critically
recognised the manner in which members of a still beleaguered western
general public, more socially fractured than ever before, might be
drawn toward those more extreme theorums of how the world 'invisibly'
turns.
'Info Communism' -
The very topic of
power-elite related conspiracies given ever greater exposure since
the advent of the 2008 financial crisis, the European sovereign debt
crisis and the overall global slowdown resulting from BRICs economic
contraction.
Unfortunately,
simultaneous to these historical precedents which came about from a
lack of proper and co-ordinated over-sight, is the seemingly very
real idiom of what today is named 'info-communism'.
This term deriving from
the collectivism created by almost every individual's connection to
the worldwideweb, whether via mobile phones, smart-phones, domestic
and commercial IT and of course 'the cloud'.
The notion here is that
personal privacy is eventually wholly eliminated via a person's naïve
permission or unwitting acquiescence relating to what is broadly
termed social-networking. Perhaps especially so here in the west
where a century of improved living standards has provided greater
personal space and so privacy.
The not so far removed
suggestion that over time the eventual creation of a mass-accepted
general atmosphere whereby the non-private environment becomes the
global norm. The once 'privileged' (derived from privé)
westerner then ever so subtly socially engineered so as to integrate
with all. The fact that for many years now a wholly web-connected,
indeed since facebook et al, a wholly web-dependent urban youth
culture has absorbed phrases like 'brotha' and 'sista' and is
addicted to the now global 'Big Brother' TV show undoubtedly provides
an uncomforting parallel to Orwellian warnings.
[NB Turan Ahmed
(London) and so investment-auto-motives “connected the dots” many
years ago, and whilst utilising the web as a platform and
shop-window, is also very cautious regards info-tech].
Intrusion as Fact -
The high and low level
possibilities for social intrusion is something which has already
come into being yet is either not recognised or is under-appreciated
by the younger generation of 24/7 virtually connected users; simply
because they grew up within the inter-connected world.
What was once a
socially progressive etherealism has become for many a dark new
reality; especially those prone people whether teenage, middle-age or
older for whom IT has been used as a weapon of psychological and
social means. The stories of mental disturbance, self-harm and
suicides amongst bullied victims tells all.
This then demonstrating
that hyper-consumerism of IT devices can indeed be very problematic
when put into the hands of those who abuse this connectedness.
Furthermore, occupying
greater news coverage, has been the use of sophisticated technologies
by state entities and their internal and external agents to illicitly
observe individuals, both in public and private spheres.
The massive 'phone
hacking scandal' of the UK press (for its own and possibly third
party agendas) and more recently that of the America's upon Merkel,
Hollande, and all-together 35 heads of foreign states, highlights the
very real invasion of privacy that can be affected upon all.
New UK Press regulatory
powers (as per the Privy Council) should be upheld, and the American
spying scandal should not be simply forgotten, and is cause for forms
of political sanction against the US. (see post script).
These examples then
demonstrate that the information matrix we live within also
invariably has a 'back-door' – whether programmed-in or hacked-in –
to afford mass-observation by nations, seen as simply another weapon
in state security and not necessarily the methodology of a paranoid
or totalitarian state. Further questions arise when such states are
seen to have close relations with unethical corporations.
21st Century
Social Spying -
Critically though, even
at a lower social level far removed from the political, the use of
the mobile phone in the creation of and manipulation of social
networks has already created a collectivist 'group-think', and a
'spying' inclination in many people; especially the ill-educated,
petty, vindictive and so easily manipulated through fear and money;
today even in the best neighbourhoods.
This 'informant
mindset' undoubtedly already existed within what have been and are
Fagin-like gangs. Unfortunately many from ethnic minorities – so
perpetuating stereotypes. But the connectivity afforded by social
networking and smart-phones has massively enabled such people to
become ever more effective tools to their effective masters.
To draw from the
Dickens' novel, it seems that many have become what the under-world
Victorians called 'dodgers', as when the name-sake character himself
'dodged' (ie spied upon) Nancy, for her seeking to extricate the
decent young Oliver from the gang.
Undoubtedly, broad
swathes of 21st century Dodgers were formed over the
preceding 15 years or so.
'Bottom Up' Social
Corrosion -
The previous weblog
sought to quell such fears, instead highlighting the potential for
all gained by a New Economic Order which has already positively
affected the lives of many millions who have gained greater economic
personal stability and material comfort.
Whilst many
conspiratorial theorists may well wonder as to who pulls the strings
of capitalism, which has now become the defining world force – even
in a supposedly still communist China, the more prevalent and
detrimental issue that should be addressed is that of far lower level
financial conspiratorialism that has thwarted the truly efficient
capital allocation mechanism, at local, regional, international and
global levels.
The greater problem
beyond political stagnancy, inaction and ineffectiveness, is then the
social corrosion that eats its way outwards and upwards, from the
bottom.
True Conspiracies -
To summarise the
critique of Wikipedia, the word 'conspiracy' itself has become
over-loaded with a negative inference over the last 60 years or so,
the term automatically resonating with far-fetchedness and so
immediate disbelief; so indeed capable of being applied so as to
undermine any counter posited view; the word today used as short-hand
discreditation.
However, the fact is
that the criminal mind does indeed utilise a conspiratorial
perspective to plan and implement for personal/financial gain.
And with the expansion
of global wealth and financial and legal channels, so inevitably
comes an expansion of criminal activity: whether directly financial,
property-related and otherwise.
Whereby highly
intelligent but self-serving (often clinically psychopathic) mindsets
are able to weave a web of people – ranging from similarly minded
social contacts to those already in their power to those even wholly
unaware. People whose seemingly separate but inter-connected actions
when woven together create a conduit of inputs and outputs of
official and/or non-official processes. And so able to deliver via an
arms-length control technique (using fear, greed, mutual 'favours'
and emotional leverage) the desired end result.
Thus criminal
conspiracies do range from one or more people befriending a more
prosperous yet socially vulnerable person, through to major financial
machinations by corroborating individuals within corporations.
Thus all pre-meditated
criminal activity, from blatant simplicity to the invisibly
sophisticated - may be described as conspiratorial since any
project must have been planned, and that planning is indeed
conspiring.
In group form, there
seems to be a periodic reference to the clan or tribe, an age-old use
of the analogy of the 3 legged stool being mutually supporting used
and given the short-hand of the number 3.
[NB such manipulative
associations could also have been the reason why the electrical
inventor Nikola Tesla had such a reputed obsession with the number
three; but no 'friends' helped him as he died effectively unknown at
the time for all his invention and near destitute; though his name
was re-discovered years later and put to commercial use].
Applying New Minds -
Those often well meaning people who are drawn to the more and less esoteric conspiracy theories would perhaps be more meaningfully absorbed evaluating the very real and so more provable and so convincing aspects of very real criminal conspiracies.
In this regard, just as convicted and suspected hackers are being utilised by national state security operatus to buoy its defenses (and no doubt attack foes and spy on allies), so the inquiring minds of those conspiratorial 'truth-seekers' might be used to boost the resources of national investigative agents.
This might be achieved via powerful enablers, such as the UK's Freedom of Information Act and by cross-referencing the information stored within Companies House and other similarly accrued 'data ware-houses', presumably via a tailored computer programmes.
To Conclude -
Given the radically
shifted economic and social platforms, it is unsurprising that many
intelligent, curious and so questioning people have formed a sizeable
fringe; people who question the motives and methods of entities such
as the Bilderberg Group and others
In an age when
people-power has seemingly never been greater, the undoubted highly
intelligent minds of those who occupy the tails of the demographic
bell-curve and the top percentiles of IQ scores could somehow be
incentivised to assist the police and enforcement agencies, whether
on a project or prize basis.
We have seen decades by
which the best minds go to create new financial modelling methods and
financial innovative instruments. Perhaps now such logical yet
creative minds could be utilised to de-construct the very real
criminal conspiracies that have a far greater negative effect on
society than the seeming actuality of conspiratorial mythologies.
The positive 'new
economic order which embraces far more people across the world has
arrived, even if temporarily slowed, and it requires protecting from
the true forces of evil, which all too often utilise 'bottom-up
social corrosion'.
Flatter, fairer and
metorcratic societies are indeed better systems for humanity,
expelling the vices of older social systems, but they are also very
probably more prone to the greater impact of economic distress,
social corruption and criminal conspiratorialism..
Post Script -
The application of
sanctions against the US by the EU is presently unlikely given that
the EU member states are heavily dependent upon US foreign interest
in re-inflating the still deflated European economy; as seen with GM-PSA and latterly Bill Gates's purchase of Spanish construction stocks. However, through the mid
term this US grip looks set to be loosened as Europe looks at greater
integration with China as with the PSA-Dongfeng re-financing proposal so as to
proffer export relations.
