Exclusive: Hanne Nabintu Herland decries ongoing effects of the elite-led transnational model
In the current U.S. political system, whoever is richest with the largest capital base seems to rule the nation, whichever motive drives him. His group buys the newspapers and thereby controls their content, manufacturing any desired consent, as Noam Chomsky would have put it. The careers of journalists and editors are dependent on their willingness to agree with the pushed-for narrative, which – of course – is structured to produce capital gain for the super-rich.
The very same companies may fund politicians running for Congress, fund NGOs, the WHO, think tanks and pay their way into controlling public funds. In fact, in the United States, one may be a snotty college student one year and one of the world’s richest a few years later (Mark Zuckerberg), with all the above-mentioned powers. Nobody stops a dorm boy from controlling a population in the most abrasive totalitarian way. In China, a political leader must go through 30 or more years of training before he is given the top position, ensuring the top leader is the very best.
Think about it: An elected politician in Congress may hold stocks in an oil company, Big Pharma or the military industry – after having his campaign for Congress paid for by the very same groups. The same person may also write laws that deregulate one of those particular industries, causing its stock to soar, but not until after buying stocks with the foreknowledge that the value will skyrocket, amassing wealth for himself.
The size of the wallet is all that matters, no checks and balances. Political world leaders worship at the feet of the super-rich, their political destinies depending on how good they are at concurring when leading capital owners outline the future as they see it.
That will change when Americans Finally get ENOUGH !!!!