THE RECORD
June 21, 2000

Fiat Lux

by Ed Deak

The following is a continuation of the analysis of the wonderful world of globalized economic competition, otherwise known as daylight robbery. We may think that this globalization hysteria is something new, brought on by the electronic age, but in reality it has been going on in various forms and dimensions since the beginning of history.

The purpose of globalization, or the past forced extension of the borders of societies, countries, religions and empires has always had one single purpose: resource and energy theft from others. The results were also always the same: first the destruction and expropriation of the peoples and infrastructures of conquered areas, then the increasing energy demands to hold on to the conquests. This always has and always will result in the burnout of the conquerors as the energy demands cause ever growing inefficiency and the ultimate collapse of the system. Thus, the conquerors destroy others and then destroy themselves. The best example of this is the simple fact that most countries of Europe were large empires at one time. Now that can hardly feed their own small populations.

No competitive society has ever survived in the long run and none ever will. This may come as a surprise to people who can only see the censored and selected news of our controlled media, but the signs of the collapse of our own competitive madness are beginning to show and grow every day.

The advertised purpose of democracy is that of the great equalizer, where nobody has special rights and everybody is equal before the law. Looks good on paper, sounds good in speeches, until we realize that the same propaganda has been sold under many ideologies since the beginning of written history.

All societies and religions have the same short, blanket rules and laws against stealing and killing. Then they use millions of words to come up with excuses and rationalizations on the justification of theft and killing to please the gods and fulfill the prophecies.

In past societies the excuses were mainly based on the licence to kill and take away the properties of the infidels of other religions as the will of the gods. The gods were usually also very good to certain aristocracies and gave them birthrights to rule over others of their own kind. The lords lived in fancy castles, ate fancy foods and ruled over the lives and deaths of their serfs. The serfs had the right to kiss the lords' hands, to run around in rags, roll around in the mud, send their daughters to please the masters and climb the scaling ladders when they decided to take the neighbours' castles. It was all considered the Will of God, because if God hadn't given the lords their power they wouldn't have been born into the nobility.

Then came the age of colonization with millions killed in the Crusades, the Holy Jihads, the reform movements, inquisitions, counter reform and so on. All on the orders of the priesthoods who interpreted the scriptures and advised the great leaders where and whom to kill and conquer next. Of course, these wars and destruction have not been considered murder and theft, because the experts always found passages in the prophecies giving licence to conquer and kill.

Going to war in defence of the faith and to rob others of their resources was always considered the great purpose of life. It still is. Here's a quotation that could come out of a modern textbook on economics, urging competition, to gain wealth and prosperity: "Mankind has grown strong in eternal struggles; and will only perish through eternal peace." The author? Adolf Hitler, although it could have been any of our modern politicians in Canada, the USA and in just about every country in the WTO.

The problem with economic competition is that it is not competition, but borderline and real crime. My definition of real competition is: "The search for excellence under the neutral protection of life and property." On the other hand : "The purpose of war, crime and economic competition is the acquisition of resources against the owners' will." In short: Theft.

If I see a child on the street and just touch him or her, or knock him off the sidewalk, or hurt him in any way I would be charged under a number of laws. However, if I go to the bank and borrow enough money to take over a mill I would not only be permitted, but encouraged and praised as a great competitive mover and shaker if I could destroy the lives, educational possibilities, health and futures of thousands of children of fired employees in so called downsizing sprees, while filling my own pocket.

This is happening all over the world, every day and our rulers and masters want more. Well, I think there are great changes in the air and this reign of terror is just about ready to backfire in a big way.Copyright (c) 2000, West's International