The Incestuous Nature of Capitalism

     Perpetuating problems to turn a profit is the incestuous nature of Capitalism. Social problems are needed in order to capitalize on the privatization of public institutions. Which are in place to deal with issues many people have been convinced will never be solved. Some even surmise that the more people we have on Earth the more these institutions for public services will be needed. Never considering that with the advancements in science and technology many of our social ills are clearly capable of being greatly minimized using preventative methods. Social sciences like public health, utilizing research in epidemiology, biology, psychology, environmental and neurological sciences have discovered that many of the issues labeled as a permanent part of the human condition are actually quite preventable.

      Today we witness private mainstream media corporations exploiting social problems like scarcity, sexism, bigotry, racism and fear of others to encourage more public funding for war and security forces. Stock holders of the privatized prison system and the vastly privatized military industry complex, i.e. weapons manufacturing and research and development, see an increase in their investment returns when the government funds these programs (with tax dollars). This creates a disturbing destructive cycle of violence for profit.

      We also see the mainstream media used to promote private corporate interests through advertising of unhealthy food products. One example of how this perpetuates a cycle which is harming the public is with the sorry state of health for many Americans. Chronic diseases are those that can never be healed but only managed. Managing the diseases of the huge numbers of chronically ill Americans is such a money maker for shareholders of pharmaceutical corporations (and all the varied medical devices, and therapies); that there are no realistic imaginings of ever actually going back to the days when illnesses were treated with the intention to cure them.

      When we look at Education this too has not escaped the greedy fingers of corporate privatization vultures looking for a government nipple to feed from. Seeking to turn an easy profit by inserting themselves as middlemen who really only lessen the quality of services to the people while forever increasing costs. 

     These methods of making a living as a 'business man' are labeled as the mark of success in America and Great Britain. Only because mainstream media has for years portrayed it as such by censoring the reality of what is really going on. We must understand how these privately owned corporate entities are working in an orchestrated fashion to weaken and dismantle society and harm the citizenry. We need to also understand that this is criminal activity at the highest level. With the worst crimes being committed by lawyers, politicians and judges writing and passing laws making these treacherous activities legal.

     This is a time when people are connecting with one another all around the world using technology. Finding that we face similar problems from corrupt leaders who want to preserve the status quo. Finding too that much of what we have been told to fear from one another has been nothing more than privately owned corporate media propaganda working in conjunction with these corrupt leaders of industry and politics. 
     It's refreshing to find that people everywhere are interested in moving forward by recognizing human rights. It is also hopeful to realize people are understanding that Capitalists conspire to constantly scapegoat. Pitting one group against another to benefit their war profiteering. 
     Many many of us are disgusted by the blatant breaking of Human Rights Laws by national leaders with their military led agendas. Their complete disregard for solving the problems facing humanity in constructive and humane ways is shameful. An important part to ending the cycle of destruction created by a multitude of national leaders is to first bring everyone on board to the realization of what's been going on. Then together, move forward to a safer, brighter more abundant future for all people. 

~ Stephanie Gilley 

It's Dangerous To Let Psychopaths Have Control Of Public Policy

Written By: Stephanie Gilley 11/21/2013

It has been suggested not a few times that politicians on the Right feel put-out by the obligation of financially supporting the poor in society. Often the reasons they cite are blame related. Blaming the single mother for not having a husband to support her. Blaming the elderly for not saving enough money during their working years. Blaming the disabled for not having good genetics, or for bad luck of becoming injured. This callous disregard is the common line of thinking among many who support our society being ultra-capitalist. As in "Free-Market Capitalism which actually means a market "free" from governmental regulations. Relying instead only on the invisible hand of (God) the free market itself, to dictate the outcome of capital resources. Notice the magical thinking (often embraced by gamblers). Referring back to their view of a persons "luck" as a reasonable excuse for someone disabled by genetics (which they had no possibility to control) or an injury to suffer in poverty.

Where does this callousness emanate from? Why would anyone elected to serve the people and our society embrace policies that alienate different life-stages of human development? Such as Motherhood and our Golden Years? Preserving the integrity of people while they are in these stages benefits all of humanity. Knowing this, would it not be prudent to plan a strategy of readily available assistance? We know women with children are often abandoned.  And it is no big secret humans have experienced a lengthening of our lifespan. Most of this is actually due to nothing more than discovering the benefits of personal and public hygiene. Water safety standards making a huge impact on the health and longevity of the population. Though you will find no limit to the number of technologies and industries  that want to take credit for this achievement.

So I ask again where does this callousness toward humanity with all its diversity and wondrous life-stages come from? Why do leaders on the Right promote this anti-human anti-society mindset? We all know our natural ability to become corrupted by shiny gold things but is it more than that? And if so who are the wavers of these shiny gold pieces in order to achieve an agenda? Is there an agenda? Maybe not. Maybe these wavers of shiny gold pieces are just doing what they do best...getting what they want when they want it and enjoying watching the chips fall where they may. For fun. Sort of like running down the crowded beach with your buddies, crashing through as many sandcastles as you can. For fun. Laughing at the shrieks and cries of little kids as you keep running and noticing yourself grow larger down there. Is there a sexual satisfaction people like this get for example when they grow up and subject hundreds of millions of people to food insecurity? One should wonder.

As we have advanced technologically we have been able to clear up so many of the mysteries about our biology and our psychology. These discoveries should be used to help shape a more humane modern society. This leads the conversation to the topic of psychopathy and psychopaths. We now know specific details about the personalities and behaviors of psychopaths. We know that some have a great ability to maneuver their way to the top of corporations, to amass millions even billions of dollars, and to enjoy political leadership roles. Researchers and clinicians can diagnose psychopaths by watching a public figure promote destructive policy, alienate whole segments of the human population, and perpetuate human suffering by censoring information and funding propaganda. But there is no need to rely on purely a subjective diagnosis. Scientists are able to diagnose actual neurological brain differences in psychopaths which is the reason for their callousness towards others. Psychopaths have a perfectly functioning reptilian brain. And a not so well functioning of higher order brain networking. Thus the lack of emotions like empathy.

Are the politicians promoting destructive social policy all psychopaths? Perhaps some are just corrupted by the shiny gold things promised by the psychopath campaign donor? We don't know because there are no requirements for people in public office to submit to a psychoanalysis -brain scan. It could determine if they have sufficient higher brain functionality and are therefore fit to hold office (a position of power over others).  A strategy like this could curb much of the purposeful manipulation of public offices for the destruction of civil human society.  It would not be prudent to allow psychopaths to collaborate in order to manipulate and control the most powerful institutions on the planet. Think of these institutions, when working together they are wholly influential over the standard of living of everyone, i.e.  the news media, military industrial complex, banking, energy, farming, medicine, transportation, communication, education, government. It would be very dangerous to allow  any of them to be headed by people lacking higher neurological emotional functioning. It would be suicide to allow them all to be controlled by such people.

Far from being a witch hunt screenings for psychopathy using functional brain scans should be understood as a public health issue. It would work to flag people with the dysfunction as being ineligible for positions of power over any other people, animals or resources i.e. holding political office. Just like other health screenings it is better to diagnose early. It is important that we protect workers, and vulnerable groups such as children and the elderly from the manipulative and abusive tactics of psychopaths. It is important to protect all people from being subjected to living in a society run by psychopaths. If anything is a human right this is.

American People Must Take Responsibility

          It is time for the American People to take responsibility for allowing the 1% to cause so much pain and suffering in the world. As a population we have never been so diverse and so educated. As a population we have never had as much experience and knowledge about how our actions or inaction reverberates throughout the world. Young people, middle agers and retirees are all experiencing the discontent a lopsided economic system can conjure up. We are at the precise moment in space and time to recognize the good the bad and the ugly of which our Nation has become.

          We were convinced by some sly devils to let go of the wheel and trust supply side economics. We were fed the line about how Capitalism would be fair for all. A peaceful people have become the greatest perpetrators of "War For Profit" of any country in modern times.  If this is who we want to be then don’t change a thing. But for some reason I highly doubt that this is the aspiration of greatness any person imagines when feeling proud to be an American. War is a terrible thing even when the profiteers of it convince you that our soldiers are the ones helping to protect women and children~ Only to find out later that terror death and trauma was the reality for most. The psychological welfare of our fighting men and women is not a priority and they suffer greatly, returning home to little opportunity. This we must know by now has been the story for most returning soldiers throughout human history, i. e. broken bodies, broken minds and broken dreams.  

          So this is not a win ~ win situation save for the 1% who have convinced people of the need for war.  Private military contracting companies operate as corporations with the United States Government as their only client. This allows them to make huge profits directly from taxpayer funds.  Creating middle man corporations to do the work federal employees use to do is inefficient and wasteful of tax dollars.

          Americans need to do some serious self evaluation and determine what it is we want to represent to the world. Right now the world knows we are a warring people and that we chose to profit from the wars we perpetrate around the globe. The fact that only 1% of our population really sees the profits could help spur the American people to initiate this much needed self evaluation. We have the power to take things in a new and better direction. Doing so could help move humanity forward and away from our violent past.

~ Stephanie J. Gilley