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Strategies & Market Trends : 2026 TeoTwawKi ... 2032 Darkest Interregnum -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Slagle who wrote (21390)	8/19/2007 12:47:54 PM
From: arun gera	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217977

>coupled with some very ambitious but secretive "one-world" scheming at a higher level.> What is so secretive about this "one world" scheming? Here is my opinion. Since World War II, there have been two power blocs (worlds) and a Third world. US (aligned with UK which still had some remnant world influence) has taken the prime role in defending the first world interests under Pax Americana. Japan, West Germany, South Korea, Taiwan, and the Middle East were built up into consumer societies. US concentrates on building those countries in their sphere of influence in their own image that were more likely to be a danger to them if they joined up with the Second World. These nations are shown as examples of materialistic success if one is aligned with the US/UK (Iran before Khomeini, West Germany, Japan, South Korea, Chile). If the nation resists, they are destroyed or sanctioned out of existence. In fact, US tries hard to make these nations to fail as a punishment (Vietnam, Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and the whole Eastern Europe formerly communist countries before the fall of USSR). So they first concentrated on Japan, West Germany, and then Korea. In South America I can only think of Chile. Whenever, one of the countries starts getting stronger, another competitive vendor is built up. Another factor that seems to be a big one is nuclear weapon capability. The policy there is to first try to stop any nation that seriously tries to get one. But once a nation has nuclear weapons there are only two things to do: cut them off or commit to them fully. Israel has nuclear weapons. So they have to be handled carefully. Israel was also used a counter-balance against other middle east nations. China had developed nuclear capabilities and belonged to the Second World. They had to be handled carefully. Taiwan was used as a counterbalance and example to mainland China. From wikipedia >>Taiwan has transformed itself from a recipient of U.S. aid in the 1950s and early 1960s to an aid donor and major foreign investor, especially in Asia. Foreign trade has been the engine of Taiwan's rapid growth during the past 40 years. Taiwan's economy remains export-oriented, so it depends on an open world trade regime and remains vulnerable to downturns in the world economy. The total value of trade increased more than five-fold in the 1960s, nearly 10-fold in the 1970s, and doubled again in the 1980s. The 1990s saw a more modest, slightly less than two-fold, growth. > By early 1970s, China knew that its cultural revolution was not working economically. Also, Mao's health was declining. China realized it was weak. >In 1969, Mao declared the Cultural Revolution to be over, although the official history of the People's Republic of China marks the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1976 with Mao's death. In the last years of his life, Mao was faced with declining health due to either Parkinson's disease or, according to Li Zhisui, motor neurone disease, as well as lung ailments due to smoking and heart trouble. Mao remained passive as various factions within the Communist Party mobilized for the power struggle anticipated after his death.> Taiwan was already being shown as somewhat of a success. Hong Kong and Singapore were always exceptions, so could not be used to prove the case that capitalism works. At this point, Nixon took that as an opportunity to deal with China. It was an opportunity of a century! Concessions were obviously made on both sides. This was in the 1970-72 time period. (Maybe Nixon had to pay the price for this by his ouster.) Now if I go into Slagle like fantasy conspiracy mode, there were major changes made for the new globalization. Use your imagination and fill in the gaps. Hopefully there is some material for both left and right. Martial Arts: en.wikipedia.org imdb.com Walmart > Wal-Mart got the boost it needed in 1970, when its stock was offered for the first time on the New York Stock Exchange. The public offering created the capital infusion that grew the company to 276 stores by the end of the decade. By focusing on customer expectations, Wal-Mart was growing rapidly in 11 states.>http://siliconinvestor.com/reply.aspx?replytoid=23807797&replytype=Pub&OrigType=Pub Environmentalism Silent Spring facilitated the ban of the pesticide DDT[1] in 1972 in the United States. en.wikipedia.org epa.gov Born in the wake of elevated concern about environmental pollution, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency opened its doors in downtown Washington, D.C., on December 2, 1970. Boeing boeing.com GE ge.com India is another case study... -Arun