When we democratize
these technologies and allow them to be available throughout the world, we will
have to put a seat at the geo-political table for the people of Africa, the
people of India, the people of China, the people of Southeast Asia, the people
of Central America – all around the world.
And there are people who don’t want to share that power.
– Dr. Steven Greer, "The Promise of New
Energy"
I think
there is a connection between what may however pejoratively be called left wing
ideas and the ideas of a gamut of conspiracy theorists. I think they are both going after core
injustices, just from different perspectives.
At first glance it is easy to say that some on the left are dealing with
facts, while conspiracy people – not having or not understanding or not willing
to engage with facts – must use metaphor: the amorphous realm of the Illuminati
is in point of fact the global corporations with their interlocking
directorates and their revolving doors intimately linking them to halls of
political power. Instead of the
government covering up extraterrestrial technology that could cleanly alleviate
an energy crisis and feed the world’s poor what the government does hide it
hides in plain sight – legislative decisions aiding entrenched interests,
government policies enacted on the sly that only members of the left versed in
such tactics understand and try to communicate to the society at large. In many respects what those on the left and
those espousing conspiracy popularly receive is the same: inattention or ridicule.
Is this
unfair to conspiracy people – me saying that they are unable to deal with facts
and have to resort to a WWE-like description of reality? To counter I would say that conspiracy-people’s
willingness to think so far outside of the norm is a boon. I think some researches are on to some topics
that even the left are unable to conceptualize.
Steven Greer’s
ethics are comparable to Noam
Chomsky’s when it comes to compassion for the world- and domestic-poor and
the desire to provide them a fair chance.
Both outside of the mainstream, Dr. Greer’s solutions are rooted in pragmatism
as much as Dr. Chomsky’s are, albeit Greer is calling on government disclosure
of all in know re: ETs and ET technology that would enable us to provide energy
for the world at relatively no cost.
My favorite
thing, and the thing that makes me feel vindicated, is when there is a
cross-over between the left and the so-called conspiracy theorists. Chris Hedges showing up on Alex Jones’ show
and having them come the same conclusions was terrific to watch. Russia Today’s Max Keiser sort of blurs the
line to some degree: esp. see his blueprint for bringing down JP Morgan –
"the biggest financial
terrorist on Wall Street”.
In the end
both camps try to live
in truth as they understand the truth to be. Perhaps it is the various backgrounds of the
various people involved and their respective, sundry followers simply having
different capacities for conceptualizing the world. I think the two sides may learn from each
other – why not? An even more holistic
approach can only make them stronger.
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