A Brief History of Plutocracy

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A Brief History of Plutocracy
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A presentation given by Dr. Robin Upton.
2008-08-18 Available from http//www.altruists.org
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The Public Story of Money
Private
medium of exchange
tracting tribute
safe store of value
un
measure of productivity
complicity with plutocracy
independent of political/legal systems
timately connected to
The modern money system is shrouded in
misinformation.
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The Stories Begin...
Isolated Hunter Gatherers
Food
Violence
Orders
Money
Labour
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Primeval Growing Population
Inter-tribe Conflicts, First Resource Shortages
Warriors
The Rest
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10,000 B.C. Agriculture
Settlements
Artisans
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9,999½ B.C. Rules Rulers
Effective Food Storage needs Rules
Rulers
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Local Currencies
Standardised artefacts embody Community Good
Will
Rich separated from Poor
Larger communities ( gt150 people )?
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Forced Standardisation
Acceptability for Royal Taxes defines Good
money
Royal Goldsmiths
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1694 Bank Of England, Ltd.
Legalisation of Fractional Reserve System
Private Credit Monopoly
Class of International Central Bankers
emerges...
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C18th War Management as Business
When borrowing money
to raise armies,
warring governments must agree to repay their
enemies' loans...
International Financiers
Divide Conquer...
So whoever 'won', managed wars were lucrative for
inter-national financiers.
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C19th Rise Of Corporations
1819 Corpore Charters 'Inviolable' (US)?
1844 Easy creation of 'Corporations' (UK)?
1855 Limitation of 'Legal Liability' (UK)?
1886 Doctrine of 'Legal Personhood (US)?
Corporations start using citizens' rights against
them...
1898-1904 1,800 Corporations merged into 157
(US)?
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C20th Mass Compulsion Schooling
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Dumbing Down by Corporations Governments
Citizenship
History
Economic Literacy
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Increasing Abstraction
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Globalisation
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Politicians rubber stamp a Supra-national
Financial Monoculture
MAI,
NAFTA,
WTO,
GATT,
IMF,
FTAA . . .
Invisible Hand Universal Self-Interest Divide
Conquer
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C21st Institutionalised Plutocracy
Politicians
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What to do... ?
Dont fight the beast...
Just stop feeding it!