Not so much for the paranoid scare value as to indicate the
applicablity of:
People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for
merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a
conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to
raise prices.
---Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and
Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 1776.
I think most people -- people who manage moderately complicated lives
adequately -- fail to grasp the degree to which corporate entities
mount systematic, organized, heavily funded, carefully debated and
thought-out projects to suppress anything that threatens anything that
is on the current corporate agenda.
(I avoid saying "threatens profit and/or share value" because often
(AFAICT) "things on the corporate agenda" are often trendy, misconceived,
harmful to profit/share-value or similar.)
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-fracking-industry-admits-to-employing-military-psychologial-operations-on-american-citizens-2011-11
>From the article -- advice to fracking insiders:
"Download the U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency
Manual, because we are dealing with an insurgency," Carmichael
said. "There's a lot of good lessons in there and coming from a
military background, I found the insight in that extremely
remarkable."
>From the manual mentioned:
" ... insurgency has been a common approach used by the weak to
combat the strong. At the beginning of a conflict, insurgents have
the strategic initiative ... the insurgents generally initiate the
war. They may strive to disguise their intentions, and the
potential counter-insurgent will be at a great disadvantage until
[corporate] leaders recognize that an insurgency exists and are
able to determine its makeup and characteristics to facilitate a
coordinated reaction.
While the [corporation] prepares to respond, the insurgent is
gaining strength and creating increasing disruptions throughout
the state. The existing [corporation] normally has an initial
advantage in resources, but that edge is counterbalanced by the
requirement to maintain order. The insurgent succeeds by sowing
chaos and disorder anywhere; the [corporation] fails unless it
maintains order everywhere.
Alles in Ordnung. Zu Befehl.
How dare the biomass talk back? :-o
FWIW,
- Mike
--
Michael Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada .~.
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http://home.tallships.ca/mspencer/ ^^-^^
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