The bidding of the leaders…
Chuck Ponzi January 22nd, 2010
If you remember rightly, the financial crisis of 2008 created a lot of people drawing parallels between that and a war, indeed, even Warren Buffett called it the “economic Pearl Harbor“.
I said it then, that this was fear-mongering and disingenous. The crises of 2009 and 2010 and 2011 will be products of those decisions. The decisions made then by the Banking Cabal (whose long fingers include Paulson, Geithner, Bernanke, Summers, Blankfein and others) will eventually lead to financial indenture. For those who saw this coming, let me share with an excellent quote:
“Naturally the common people don’t want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.”
Ten points for anyone who can tell me who wrote that. Or at least which decade it was written in.
We were lied to. Plain and simple.
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hermann goering
Sad to see that our country’s leadership has stooped to the tactics of fascists. Sad.
… during the Nuremberg Trials that took place in Germany from 1945 to 1946.
I don’t think it’s quite correct to say that they “stooped to the tactics of fascists” – although even this is a bit a mistake because Goering was a nazi-ist, that is a bit different from a fascist (see Mussolini or Franco) but I understand the idea. The issue is that I think, as Goering said it, every political power is doing it more or less, to quote Machiavelli, the end justify the means… . And when you have political power the end is verrry important… for you.
During the N trials. Too bad the fat boy didn’t have the guts to do “the job” himself.
It’s easy to find out who said what and when. Just Google it. Here’s the reference. <a href="http://thinkexist.com/quotation/naturally_the_common_people_don-t_want_war/339098.html"
After all and everything I believe that no matter what policy is taken by the rulers or the governments, if there’s any sufferer, it’s always the common people. I wish the world to change.
I think Chuck’s point was it would be fun ‘if you knew the answer without googling it’
Yeah, I think just about anyone in the world with a computer is aware of google. If not, they can google it
Really? What is this “google” you speak of?
I’ve never come across it.
This must be a magical device, indeed.
“Google” is indeed magical!
so should we assume now that mediocrity is queen? because whenever you know an answer you are suspected of “google-ing” it?
I guess than, the sad thing is not that now many people than ever know who said it but ignore what was said. Vietnam, Iraq.. are just few examples. Now national financial meltdown… what’s next? Martians?
“We [Göring and Gilbert] got around to the subject of war again and I [Gilbert] said that, contrary to his attitude, I did not think that the common people are very thankful for leaders who bring them war and destruction.
* Göring: Why, of course, the people don’t want war. Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don’t want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship.
Gilbert: There is one difference. In a democracy, the people have some say in the matter through their elected representatives, and in the United States only Congress can declare wars.
Göring: Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.”
– In an interview with Gilbert in Göring’s jail cell during the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials (18 April 1946)
I completely agree with you that we were lied to and our government led us astray. But I feel we all must realize the fact that as a country as a whole Americans have always tried to live above their means and own many things they just couldn’t afford.
J Rubijevsky
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