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Originally Posted by seashore
...From informationliberation.com:
I saw some of this last night, it's the most insane predictive programming I have ever seen, they tell some fictionalized story of a woman's life in the future where the entire world is destroyed due to overpopulation, global warming and resource depletion... |
Alan Watt often talks about the book
The First Global Revolution by the Club of Rome and the fact that in it is stated that it "would fit the bill" to claim that global warming threatened the world.
I wanted to find the context in which this was stated in the book so I found a
copy of the book and downloaded it.
Here are excerpts from the Foreward:
"1968 was the year of the Great Divide. It marked the zenith as well as the end of the long post-war period of rapid economic growth in the industrialized countries...it was at that time that general and vocal public awareness of the problems of the environment began to emerge.
"A number of individuals close to decision-making points became concerned about the apparent incapability of governments...
"The Club of Rome took shape that year from these considerations...
"From the outset, the Club's thinking has been governed by three related conceptual guidelines:
--adopting a global approach to the vast and complex problems of a world...
--focusing on issues, policies and options in a longer-term perspective than is possible for governments...
--seeking a deeper understanding of the interactions within the tangle of contemporary problems...
"Our first publication,
The Limits to Growth, appeared in 1972 as a report to (rather than
by) the Club of Rome. The study, commissioned by the Club... The report and the controversy it generated immediately gave the Club of Rome worldwide visibility...
"Since 1972, the Club has published eighteen reports on a wide variety of issues... The second among these,
Mankind at the Turning Point...was a computerised growth model... It included a strong warning of the high costs in terms of money and human suffering which would result from delays in taking action...
"If the Club is to live up to its role... We shall, no doubt, be accused as before of being harbingers of doom. This may well be our role and our glory... A preventive approach such as this carries with it the responsibility of putting forward suggested remedies."
It is signed "Ricardo Diez-Hochleitner, President, Club of Rome"
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In the body of the book are 3 paragraphs that show the context of the expression "fit the bill" for global warming.
From page 70 of the book:
"The need for enemies seems to be a common historical factor. Some states have striven to overcome domestic failure and internal contradictions by blaming external enemies...
"Can we live without enemies? Every state has been so used to classifying its neighbours as friend or foe, that the sudden absence of traditional adversaries has left government and public opinion with a great void to fill. New enemies have to be identified..."
And finally, from page 75 of the book, the famous quote:
"In searching for a common enemy against whom we can unite, we came up with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming, water shortages, famine and the like, would fit the bill. In their totality and their interactions these phenomena do constitute a common threat which must be confronted by everyone together. But in designating these dangers as the enemy, we fall into the trap, which we have already warned readers about, namely mistaking symptoms for causes. All these dangers are caused by
human intervention in natural processes, and it is only through changed attitudes and behaviour that they can be overcome. The real enemy then is humanity itself."
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So, what did the Club of Rome say here?
Did they "come up with" global warming so that the world would have a common enemy to fight?