1. The collapse of the TPP treason and end of financial idolatry
By Raymond Aitken, ​published on LinkedIn Pulse​, Aug 3, 2015
The good news
The good news is that Trade ministers representing the
Trans­Pacific Partnership failed to reach an agreement over
the weekend of 1­2 August, despite days of intense
negotiations. No agreement was even reached on when to
resume the negotiations.
Lori Wallach, Director, Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch
explained[1]:
It’s good news for people and the planet that no deal was done at this final do­or­die meeting
given the TPP’s threats to jobs, wages, safe food, affordable medicines and more.
Only the beleaguered negotiators and most of the 600 official US trade advisors representing
corporate interests wanted this deal…
As Stephen Lendman reported on the site of Global Research[2]:
Polls show it’s unpopular in countries involved for good reason. It’s hugely
anti­consumer/anti­environment. It’s a trade deal only corporate predators would love – along
with government bureaucrats and other officials doing their bidding​.
An act of treason
The Trans­Pacific Partnership (TPP) as well as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
(TTIP), and the unconstitutional fast­track authority, the TPA, are ACTS OF TREASON against the
sovereignty of all Peoples comprising the nations of the world. This treachery by participating politicians
and bureaucrats, would impose regulations upon the national legislatures and local governments of the
countries they supposedly serve, as if those countries had been defeated in a war.[3]
In fact, the TPP and TTIP are an act of war against all of us, the Peoples of the world by the
transnational corporations that serve and suckle liquidity from the rentier­debt banking system[4]. (This
act of war also implies collateral damage to the ecological support systems that we depend on).
An attempt to transition to a feudalistic steady-state global economy
The parasitic rentier­debt banking system intends to consolidate its tyranny of political dictatorship over
the whole world, in order to retain and extend its criminal privileges, in face of the imperative to transition
to a feudalistic steady­state economic model. Its current dis­economic model based on infinite growth on
a finite planet has reached its "sell by date".
The historic enforced capture of the credit of each nation by the co­opted State, to produce counterfeit
debt, is now threatened with immanent collapse, because since the 1970's, the exponential function of
compound interest, which necessitated the "infinite" transformation of nature and people into money, to
pay off this counterfeit debt and keep the system solvent, exceeded the ecological limits of the planet.[5]
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Maintenance of the status quo was only achieved through the ponzi magic of speculative virtual profits,
based on the recycling of unredeemable counterfeit debt into its "derivatives". This virtual life­support
system has now reached its mathematical limits, and can no longer conceal the massive systemic
bankruptcy of the rentier­debt financial system.
Abandoning financial idolatry
Humanity has no choice but to abandon the illusion of money as a thing, and go back to the future, when
money was not a manipulable commodity and means of debt­bondage, but a reciprocal human
relationship, based on rights and obligations, including human rights and our obligations towards the
planet and future generations. Credit and debt are not the same thing. Credit is a social relationship
which is future orientated for the common good. Privatisation of the credit commons, for rentier
purposes, transforms the healthy social relationship of credit into past­orientated toxic debt, leading
inevitably to the enslavement of the many by the socio­pathic few.
Humanity must abandon the illusion of materialism, which implies utter dependency on the Idolatry of the
golden calf of bank "reserves" and "foreign investment", whether literally as metallic gold, or virtually as
central bank and commercial bank counterfeit credit. The true capital was never in the bank. The capital
is our innate creative human ability and our energy to develop and apply it. The materialistic illusion that
capital is something extrinsic means we blindly hand over our intrinsic money power to others, so that
they can command our life energy to their purposes, and dispose of us as their slaves and chattels. This
fault lies within us, not with the plundering parasites.
Civil Society as a transformational cultural force
There are manifestations that the Peoples of the world, are organising themselves, through Civil Society
movements, as a transformational cultural force, which can cut through the Gideon knot of endemic
mutual corruption between the domains of governance and finance. The possibility that this might lead to
the implementation of a self­financing system of human development, based on re­appropriation of the
credit commons, to allocate interest­free credit for real economic production,[6] has already been
anticipated by the architects of the TPP­TTIP war on the Peoples and their nations.
Invoking Higher Law
Less publicised than the the TPP­TTIP agreements is the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA)[7]. As
attorney, author and public banking advocate Ellen Brown points out: "TiSA would nip attempts to
implement public banking and other monetary reforms in the bud."[8].
However, the illegitimate political and legal process, as well as the extreme negative human rights
implications of the TPP, TTIP and TiSA negotiations[9], are not only treasonous acts carried out by
participating politicians and bureaucrats, relative to the national sovereignty of the Peoples they
supposedly represent, but moreover, this illegitimate attempt to establish corporate global dictatorship is
also refuted by the higher law principle that is enshrined in international law, as a result of the 1945­46
Nuremberg trials.[10]
It is now time for us, the Peoples, to declare our non­consent to such illegitimate political processes and
treasonous legislative laws, which contravene Higher Law and Human Rights. The conspiratorial nature
of the TPP, TTIP and TiSA negotiations leaves us Citizens with no other option, but to make our political
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3. consent conditional upon a citizen’s direct democracy right of veto, as well as of initiative, regarding the
enactment of legislation at every level of governance (like is the case in Switzerland)[11].
The spiritual dimension of money and banking
To the mind dominated by the force of materialism, it seems "unthinkable" and goes against "impossible
odds" to imagine that we, as Civil Society could dare to re­establish the original noble purpose of money
and banking, as the activation and mobilisation of people’s innate abilities towards the common good
(the needs of society), through a meaningful livelihood, and in a way that allows each one to realise their
full human potential (both materially and spiritually).
From the perspective of materialism, the system of rentier­debt banking can seem invincible, so that
politicians almost willingly capitulate to its power, as happened recently in Greece; because as President
Woodrow Wilson observed: this system is "so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so
complete, so pervasive that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in
condemnation of it."[12]. Perhaps Alexis Tsipras, the present Greek Prime Minister, might also echo the
lament of the caring humanist, President Wilson[13]:
I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by
its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our
activities are in the hands of a few men. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most
completely controlled and dominated governments in the civilized world. No longer a government by free
opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the
opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men.
It is becoming increasingly evident to anyone who cares to go beyond the propaganda of mind control by
the corporate media[14][15], that the major central banks, and the largest commercial banks that they
serve[16], control key transnational corporations at the core of the global economy[17], as well as the
most powerful governments (including their intelligence agencies and armed forces.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
­ William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 1. Scene V
However, the mechanistic nature of the materialistic mindset is blind to, and therefore vulnerable to,
forces that exist beyond the orbit of their robotic computations of possible scenarios and cunning
contingent preparations.
As Ng Kok Song, a former chief investment officer of the Government of Singapore Investment
Corporation, surmised[18]:
My thesis is that the root of major problems in the world—ethnic conflict, violence and terrorism,
greed and irresponsibility in business and finance, desecration of the environment and extreme
income disparity—is fundamentally spiritual. It is in the realm of spirituality that the human person
discovers the meaning and the goal of human existence. For a change in values to happen, we
need to go to the depth of the human person where one experiences an interdependence on
others, and where the motivation for action and external behaviour arises.
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4. And as Professor Jacob Needleman[19] counsels:
The forms of social and cultural organization founded within the great spiritual traditions of the
world have been based on a recognition of the reality of the inner world, and of the higher force
that can enter into human life through the inner world. Money itself may have originated in this
context as a sacred device.
It is only by connecting with the spiritual dimension of
money within us, that we can transform the rapacious
dragon of fear induced greed, so that it becomes a
noble steed, which can serve the knighthood of our true
human purpose in this world. This is the meaning of the
image of St George and the dragon. The horse and the
dragon symbolise the same thing, the egocentric
materialistic drives of our lower self, which if not
regulated by our higher self (symbolised by the knight
riding the horse), automatically transform into the
dragon.
We do not need to continue in the error of historical
materialism[20]. Yes, it is evident that we are burdened
with a great karma of the strong, clever and wealthy
enslaving the weak, the ignorant and the poor. But
class warfare is not the answer. Only by
reconnecting with our spiritual nature can we
redeem ourselves. For our spiritual nature is not
concerned about struggles of supremacy over each
other, whether religious, cultural or socio­economic.
At level of the spiritual consciousness of humanity,
the greatest amongst us is by nature the servant of
us all.
The knight symbolised by St George is the
defender of the feminine nature that cares for,
protects and nurtures the vulnerable. It acts without
fear or favour, and never compromises itself for temporal gain or safety. The nobility of character
symbolised by knighthood is universally present in every culture, because it is intrinsic to our being
human, no matter what our station or calling in life is.
According to Ervin Laszlo[21], philosopher of science and systems theorist, Humanity is facing an
inflection point for the species and the future of civilization. A point after which a dramatic change will
occur, with either positive or negative results. We are faced with an imminent choice between being the
last generation of a dying era, or the first generation of a new living era.[22]
André Malraux, who died in 1976, was the first Minister of Culture for France. He famously predicted
that:
The 21st Century will be spiritual or will not be.
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5. Now is the time for all good knights to come to the aid of humanity. To make the dragon of rentier­debt
banking obsolete, by instituting a self­financing interest­free international monetary system as a public
service of Civil Society, which respects the sovereignty of each People and their respective nations.
PS:​ You are most welcome to join this quest at the ​banking4humanity group​ on LinkedIn. Thank you.
Notes
[1] Yet Another ‘Final’ TPP Ministerial and Again No Deal; Not
Surprising Given Growing Controversy Over TPP Threats Here
and in Other Nations : ​http://www.citizen.org/documents/statement­reaction­tpp­ministerial­july­2015.pdf
[2] TPP Ministerial Deadlock.”Good News for People on the Planet”. Worldwide Opposition to Trade Deal
­
http://www.globalresearch.ca/tpp­ministerial­deadlock­good­news­for­people­on­the­planet­worldwide­op
position­to­trade­deal/5466469
[3] ​https://www.popularresistance.org/fast­track­for­the­tpp­should­be­called­the­treason­act/
[4] Rent­seeking involves seeking to increase one's share of existing wealth without creating new wealth.
Rent­seeking results in reduced economic efficiency through poor allocation of resources, reduced
actual wealth creation, lost government revenue, increased income inequality, and national decline.
Attempts at capture of regulatory agencies to gain a coercive monopoly can result in advantages for the
rent seeker in the market while imposing disadvantages on (incorrupt) competitors. Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent­seeking
[5] See: Global Derivatives: $1.5 Quadrillion Time Bomb
­​http://www.globalresearch.ca/global­derivatives­1­5­quadrillion­time­bomb/5464666
[6] See: Bail­in proof banking without Grexit"
­​https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/bail­in­proof­banking­without­grexit­raymond­aitken
[7]
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015­06­06/forget­tpp­wikileaks­releases­documents­equally­shady­%
E2%80%9Ctrade­services­agreement
[8] ​http://ellenbrown.com/2015/06/11/fast­tracking­tisa­stealth­block­to­monetary­reform/
[9] TTP, TTIP, TISA: Stop Obama’s Insane “Legacy” Trade Deals
­​http://www.globalresearch.ca/ttp­ttip­tisa­stopping­obamas­insane­legacy­trade­deals/5455447
[10] Raymond Aitken (2014): Our natural right to extend credit to each other is the perfect basis for a
money system ­
banking4humanity:​https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gUsjGk­PuLNenjWTKr6KYXymrCY96oQ38VU
MeZqmWow/pub#h.jrerndyihu1x
[11] Switzerland's voting system is unique among modern democratic nations in that Switzerland
practices direct democracy in parallel with representative democracy. That is why the Swiss system is
called semi­direct democracy. Direct democracy allows any citizen may challenge any law approved by
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6. the parliament or, at any time, propose a modification of the federal Constitution. In addition, in most
cantons all votes are cast using paper ballots that are manually counted. Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_in_Switzerland
[12] President Woodrow Wilson (1913): THE NEW FREEDOM ­ A call for the emancipation of the
generous energies of a People ­ Gutenberg on­line library:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/14811/14811­h/14811­h.htm
[13] President Woodrow Wilson, a few years before his death in reference to the Federal Reserve act of
1913, which he signed into law. The American Mercury​, p. 56. 1919.
[14] Global Research (2015): Truth, War Propaganda, CIA and Media Manipulation ­
http://www.globalresearch.ca/truth­propaganda­and­media­manipulation/23868
[15] Colin Todhunter (2015): Countering The Lies Of The Mainstream Media ­ Global Research:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/countering­the­lies­of­the­mainstream­media/5441427
[16] Adam Lebor (2015): The Bank of International Settlements: Meet The Secretive Group That Runs
The World ­ first published on Zero Hedge, and republished on Global Research:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/the­bank­of­international­settlements­meet­the­secretive­group­that­runs­th
e­world/5442583
[17] Susanne Posel (10 April 2013): Swiss Study Shows 147 Technocratic “Super Entities” Rule the
World ­ ​http://occupycorporatism.com/swiss­study­shows­147­technocratic­super­entities­rule­the­world/
[18] Quoted from a keynote speech by Ng Kok Song, entitled: “Spiritual Capital: an untapped resource
for a sustainable global economy”This event was organised within the framework of the 10th anniversary
of the Bankinter Innovation Foundation. See: “The keys to the new global balance” ­ Executive
Summary:​https://www.fundacionbankinter.org/web/global­site/­/the­key­for­the­new­global­balance
[19] Jacob Needleman is Professor of Philosophy at San Francisco State University, former Visiting
Professor at Duxx Graduate School of Business Leadership in Monterrey, Mexico, and former Director of
the Center for the study of New Religions at The Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He
was educated in philosophy at Harvard, Yale and the University of Freiburg, Germany. He has also
served as Research Associate at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, as a Research Fellow at
Union Theological Seminary, as Adjunct Professor of Medical Ethics at the University of California
Medical School and as guest Professor of Religious Studies at the Sorbonne, Paris (1992). He is the
author of the book “Money and the Meaning of Life”
­​http://www.jacobneedleman.com/money­and­the­meaning­of­life​ See an extract published in the
Gurdjieff International Review:​http://www.gurdjieff.org/needleman4.htm
[20] Historical materialism is a methodological approach to the study of human societies and their
development over time first articulated by Karl Marx (1818–1883) as the materialist conception of history.
Source:​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_materialism
[21] Ervin Laszlo is the Founder and President of The Club of Budapest, Director and Co­Founder of the
Ervin Laszlo Institute for Advanced Study (ELIAS) and of the Laszlo New­Paradigm Leadership Center
(Italy), Member of the Hungarian Academy of Science, Fellow of the World Academy of Arts and
Sciences, Member of the International Academy of Philosophy of Science, Member of the International
Academy of Systems Research and Cybernetics, Senator of the International Medici Academy, and
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7. Editor of the international periodical World Futures: The Journal of General Evolution. He is the author or
co­author of fifty­four books translated into as many as twenty­three languages, and the editor of another
thirty volumes including a four­volume encyclopedia. SOURCE:​http://ervinlaszlo.com/
[22] Ervin Laszlo (2006): The Chaos Point: The World at the Crossroads
­​http://www.amazon.com/Chaos­Point­World­Crossroads/dp/1571744851/ref=si3_rdr_bb_product
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