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Chapter 7: (row 2) Understanding the Dynamics of Life.The modern oligarchy is at the forefront of the ideological movement that portrays man as but a 'worm.' It has enlisted the support of the ecological consciousness of mankind to proliferate this lie, by portraying man as being destructive to the natural system, but wholly dependent on it, like a worm. This line of deprivation that defines man as loathsome worm is actually quite an old one. It goes back to feudal times. It was used to define the nature of profit and determined the ownership of that profit. In those days public opinion was shaped into the belief that all good, all profit, comes from nature, from the good graces of the earth, from the land which yields her increase. This increase, then, was deemed to be naturally owned by whoever owns the land, which was the aristocracy. The human input into the process of agriculture and husbandry was not deemed to be a factor. Man, the peasant who tills the ground, was defined under this 'shaped' perception as but a tool to reap the bounty of nature. He was not recognized as a contributor to that bounty by way of farming technologies, etc.. This feudal system in which man had little value, was well accepted. It actually functioned for a long time, to some degree. But did it produce any real profit for mankind? No, it didn't. It didn't create anything new that didn't exist naturally, except through the effect of a slight improvement in agriculture which was mostly quite primitive. Indeed, the profits that were realized by this system based on primitive agriculture and husbandry were too slim for the tastes of the aristocracy in England, thus Ireland was depopulated in the 18th century to put more land into the system for aristocratic exploitation. Soon, however, public opinion was reshaped. Trade, was suddenly considered to be a source of profit. The great success stories in the accumulation wealth by the Venetian traders were brought to England when the Venetian Empire moved north and infiltrated the British isles. They founded the British Empire, the biggest slave and opium trading empire that ever existed. But did this trade create any real profit? Can any form of trade create profit in real terms? The answer is, no! Public opinion, however, was shaped to accept the opposite? After all, there were riches flowing into the nation in great volume. Except the profits that flowed into England were the bounty of looting from other lands. Trade, had not become a multiplier of wealth, but a collector of wealth. Typically, the English fleet left the home ports loaded with guns, rum, and trinkets, which were 'traded' in West Africa for slaves, which were in turn shipped to the colonies where they were 'traded' for the product of the colonies and some gold or English money, which, then, was taken back home and considered a profit. The trader, of course, realized a gain for he demanded tall prices for his service. In real terms, however, human society as a whole was not enriched by this process of 'trading', but was greatly injured by it. There was no profit at all produced. Nothing more than a relocation of wealth resulted, and a destruction of the wealth producing base of human society. The first large scale creation of profit began essentially with the Renaissance. This profit was derived from a sudden focus on scientific and technological progress which increased the productivity of the people in their daily work. This technology improved the effectiveness of agriculture and other industries which created supplies and products whereby civilization was lifted to a higher standard of living. Mankind was no longer a toiling fool confined into an oligarchic process of gathering up wealth by looting. Instead, mankind has taken on the role of a creator of products and capabilities that never existed before in the natural world or anywhere else. Thus, wealth was created by the application of intelligence, of man's power of reason. By this method real profit was created. || - page index - || - chapter index - || - Exit - ||
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