"The World Has Cancer And The Cancer Is Man" - A.
Gregg as quoted in Mankind at the Turning Point (1974)
In 1974 the book Mankind at the Turning Point: The Second
Report to The Club of Rome [1] was published. This report states
the need to create an "organic" or a truly interdependent society as
the only way to save the world from the almost overwhelming world problematique.
According to The Club of Rome, the world problematique is the
set of interlocking world problems, such as, over population, food shortages,
non-renewable resource depletion, environmental degradation, etc. With
the use of absurd, exponentially based computer models, the complete
unravelling of society and perhaps the biosphere was predicted. Not
surprisingly the only solution capable of adverting global catastrophe
is the development of an organic society. As I will show, a global organic
society is only a euphemism for totalitarian world government.
The Club of Rome is a premiere think tank composed of approximately
100 members including leading scientists, philosophers, political advisors
and many other characters who lurk in the shadows of power.
Organic Growth
From Mankind at the Turning Point:
"In Nature organic growth proceeds according to a "master
plan," a "blueprint." According to this master plan diversification
among cells is determined by the requirements of the various organs;
the size and shape of the organs and, therefore, their growth processes
are determined by their function, which in turn depends on the needs
of the whole organism.
Such a "master plan" is missing from the process of growth and development
of the world system." - 7
"The concept of the "organic growth" of mankind, as we have proposed
in this report, is intended as a contribution toward achieving
that end. Were mankind to embark on a path of organic growth,
the world would emerge as a system of interdependent and harmonious
parts, each making its own unique contributions, be it in economics,
resources, or culture.
...Such an approach must start from and preserve the world's regional
diversity. Paths of development, region-specific rather than based
on narrow national interests, must be designed to lead to a sustainable
balance between the interdependent world-regions and to global harmony
- that is, to mankind's growth as an "organic entity" from its present
barely embryonic state." [emphasis mine] - VIII
"Apparently, the emerging world system requires a "holistic" view
to be taken of the future world development: everything seems to depend
on everything else." - 21
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Interdependence is the End of Independence
Though rarely stated and frequently denied, the concept of interdependent
nations implies the end of national independence or sovereignty.
"And cooperation, finally, requires that the people of
all nations face up to an admission that may not come easy. Cooperation
by definition connotes interdependence. Increasing interdependence
between nations and regions must then translate as a decrease in independence.
Nations cannot be interdependent without each of them giving up some
of, or at least acknowledging limits to, its own independence." -
111
"...the statement acknowledged, even if unintentionally, the dawn
of an era of limits to independence - even for the strongest and biggest
nations of the world." - 114
Interdependence is Totalitarian
Bertrand Russell, a strong proponent of world government and all around
elitist, wrote in his 1952 book The Impact of Science on Society
[2] that the inevitable result of a society based on an organic philosophy
can only result in totalitarianism. For more on this book please
read this.
From The Impact of Science on Society:
"The most obvious and inescapable effect of scientific
technique is that it makes society more organic, in the sense of increasing
the interdependence of its various parts..." - 42
"Totalitarianism has a theory as well as a practice. As a practice,
it means that a certain group, having by one means or another seized
the apparatus of power, especially armaments and police, proceed to
exploit their advantageous position to the utmost, by regulating everything
in the way that gives them the maximum of control over others. But
as a theory it is something different: it is the doctrine that the
State, or the nation, or the community is capable of a good different
from that of individual and not consisting of anything that individuals
think or feel. This doctrine was especially advocated by Hegal, who
glorified the State, and thought that a community should be as
organic as possible. In an organic community, he thought, excellence
would reside in the whole. An individual is an organism, and we do
not think that his separate parts have separate goods: if he has a
pain in his great toe it is he that suffers, not specially the great
toe. So, in an organic society, good and evil will belong to the whole
rather than the parts. This is the theoretical form of totalitarianism.
...In concrete fact, when it is pretended that the State has a good
different from that of the citizens, what is really meant is that
the good of the government or of the ruling class is more important
than that of other people. Such a view can have no basis except in
arbitrary power.
More important than these metaphysical speculations is the question
whether a scientific dictatorship, such as we have been considering,
can be stable, or is more likely to be stable than a democracy...
... I do not believe that dictatorship Is a lasting form of scientific
society - unless (but this proviso is important) it can become
world-wide." [emphasis mine] - 64
A worldwide organic society is exactly what The Club of
Rome is proposing.
Selling Totalitarianism
It is interesting to note the pleasant soothing words used to sell the
concept of totalitarianism: "organic", "holistic", "differentiated",
"harmonious", "interdependent", "balanced" and "sustainable". The very
same "sustainable development" is all the rage these days. Sustainable
development was codified into international law during the United Nations
Conference on the Environment and Development (popularly known as the
Rio Earth Summit) in 1992. The Secretary General and main organizer
of the conference was Maurice Strong. According to his own book, Where
on Earth Are We Going? [3] he is a "Member of the Executive Committee
of the Club of Rome".
Creating A New Man and Total Material Interdependence
How do you make the transition to an organic society? Part
2 of this series will examine the desires of The Club of Rome to
change the value system of modern man.
"An analysis of problems and crises as reported in subsequent
chapters indicate that (1) a "horizontal" restructuring of the world
system is needed, i.e., a change in relationships among nations and
regions and (2) as far as the "vertical" structure of the world system
is concerned, drastic changes in the norm stratum - that is, in
the value system and the goals of man - are necessary in order
to solve energy, food, and other crises, i.e., social changes and
changes in individual attitudes are needed if the transition to
organic growth is to take place." [emphasis mine] - 54
The
final part of this series will discuss the need for total control
of all resources by a world authority.
"Now is the time to draw up a master plan for organic sustainable
growth and world development based on global allocation of all
finite resources and a new global economic system. Ten or twenty
years form today it will probably be too late..." [emphasis mine]
- 69
[1] Quotes from Mihajlo Mesarovic and Eduard Pestel, Mankind
at the Turning Point: The Second Report to The Club of Rome (1974).
ISBN 0-525-03945-7
[2] Quotes from Bertrand Russell, The Impact of Science on Society
(1952). ISBN 0-415-10906-X
[3] Quotes from Maurice Strong, Where on Earth Are We Going?
(2000). ISBN 0-676-97364-7
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