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KiwiMum
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Posted: November 10 2015 at 2:33pm |
Here's a question for you all:
Just who are the 'elite' that everyone keeps talking about? And why does everyone seem to think the 'elite' are in some kind of special club that makes them privy to all sorts of secret information and that they are all making plans to save themselves and to hell with the rest of us? Are the elite celebrities? Politicians? Extremely wealthy? The thing is I just don't think they exist. There isn't a special club that you instantly become a member of if you become rich/famous/successful. I just don't think there is a conspiracy out there where the better off members of society are all banding together to save themselves - leave that for a Hollywood blockbuster. I've met a fair whack of rich and famous people and they are just like you and me. They really aren't any different from the rest of us, except that they may well have more money or a recognisable face. But essentially they are just like everyone else. I also have friends who have achieved amazing wealth, multi millionaires and they haven't automatically become members of secret club. They are just extremely rich and can afford to buy multiple homes in beautiful, out of the way places. The money doesn't change them, it just eases their worries and makes life a whole lot easier and nicer. They are still the same people as before, still with children and families and still compassionate and concerned for others. If anything, huge wealth affords compassion in a way that poverty doesn't. To be frank, if I were a millionaire, I'd also look to buy some fabulous house somewhere, and if I were security minded, I'd look for one that was safe and secure. If I were a prepper and millionaire, yes I probably would stock up on stuff on a huge scale - why not? Afterall, money is there to be spent. You can't take it with you when you die. I'd really like us all to stop with the whole conspiracy of wealth rubbish that keeps popping up in this site. Speculation about conspiracies just distracts us all from what's actually happening. Does anyone here actually know someone personally in this so called "elite" club?
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Satori
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just wasted an hour of my life watching the Republican "kiddie table debate"
damn sure weren't no elites there |
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onefluover
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You are exactly correct Kiwi.
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"And then there were none."
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Dutch Josh
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite
[edit]C. Wright Mills wrote in his 1957 book The Power Elite of the "elite" as: "those political, economic, and military circles, which as an intricate set of overlapping small but dominant groups share decisions having at least national consequences. Insofar as national events are decided, the power elite are those who decide them".[1] Mills states that the power elite members recognize other members' mutual exalted position in society.[2] "As a rule, '[t]hey accept one another, understand one another, marry one another, tend to work and to think, if not together at least alike'."[3][4] "It is a well-regulated existence where education plays a critical role. Youthful upper-class members attend prominent preparatory schools, which not only open doors to such elite universities asHarvard, Yale, and Princeton but also to the universities' highly exclusive clubs. These memberships in turn pave the way to the prominent social clubs located in all major cities and serving as sites for important business contacts".[5][6] The men who receive the education necessary for elitist privilege obtain the background and contacts that allow them to enter three branches of the power elite, which are: The Political Leadership: Mills contended that since the end of World War II corporate leaders had become more prominent in the political process, with a decline in central decision-making for professional politicians. The Military Circle: In Mills' time a heightened concern about warfare existed, making top military leaders and such issues as defense funding and personnel recruitment very important. Most prominent corporate leaders and politicians were strong proponents of military spending. The Corporate Elite: According to Mills, in the 1950s when the military emphasis was pronounced, it was corporate leaders working with prominent military officers who dominated the development of policies. These two groups tended to be mutually supportive".[7][8] |
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Satori
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The Deep State: The Unelected Shadow Government Is Here To Stayhttp://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-11-10/deep-state-unelected-shadow-government-here-stay take a few minutes to read this article it is quite an eye opener |
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arirish
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Who's buying 4.5 million dollar survival condo's then? It's sure not me, LOL!
http://survivalcondo.com/ |
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Buy more ammo!
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Satori
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who are the "elite" ?
Why Allen Dulles Killed the Kennedyshttp://www.blacklistednews.com/Why_Allen_Dulles_Killed_the_Kennedys/47286/0/38/38/Y/M.html the deep state the people who REALLY run the world or maybe I should say ruin the world |
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‘The Attacks Will Be Spectacular’ http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/11/cia-directors-documentary-911-bush-213353 |
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