“In a world that is in chaos politically, socially, and environmentally, how can the human race sustain another 100 years?”—Stephen Hawking, world-renowned Theoretical Physicist.
After reading the article A Plan to Stem Foreclosures, Buried in a Paper Avalanche in the 6/29/09 NY Times, I came away amazed at how it so honestly encapsulates the fundamentally untrustworthy nature of many commercial institutions. This article details the daunting obstacles facing homeowners seeking mortgage modifications to avoid foreclosure. Many are finding that their applications and paperwork are literally disappearing upon being submitted to banks. Other are caught in a merry-go-round of repeated resubmissions of paperwork after being rejected for minor errors or missing documents. Are these coincidences? As the article suggests, banks may be under pressure not to make modifications for homeowners burdened with critical mortgage problems. In one case where the homeowner qualified for a mortgage modification, “the company refuses to take an application because the loan is owned by an investor who is unwilling to absorb a loss.”
Clearly, a fundamental disinterest, and more troubling callous disregard the community welfare can be discerned in this story. That uncivil disposition is often at the core of so many failed efforts to solve the inequities and injustices that afflict modern society. It reminds me of an observation made by former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan in his recent book “The Age of Turbulence.” He comments on the ongoing devastation of “civility and civilization” that began with the first World War. There was a universal optimism prior to 1914. In the late 1800’s, “dehumanizing violence was on the decline,” and the rapid “pace of global invention” and medical science was improving the quality and longevity of life. “Human society seemed perfectible,” he observes. Now, as he candidly admits, due to the myriad of crisis facing modern society, our outlook is “starkly different.” Few men have had such intimate association with the powers governing modern civilization as long as Alan Greenspan. If he expresses no confidence in man’s efforts to perfect society, do we, who can only view such powers from a distance, have any good reason to do so?
Indeed, in spite of stunning advances in invention and medicine the devastation of civility and civilization continues. Who ever imagined that our generation would be grappling with genocide, torture, terrorism, mass starvation, widespread poverty and staggering inequites in the distribution of wealth? We live in a world climate fueled by our own selfishness, indifference and cruelty. As a result, it is easy to see how “dehumanizing violence” such as involuntary testing of directed energy torture weapons and psychological warfare can find such fertile soil.
Dehumanizing Violence and Victims of Involuntary Weapons Testing
In order to justify ongoing harassment and psychological torture of a targeted individual, you (the torturer) must first dehumanize him, stripping him of human qualities or attributes. Once you perceive him as being less human than you are, you begin to justify the abuse he suffers in your own mind. The conscience becomes perverted by this faulty reasoning and justifies torture. In your eyes, he deserves it. Indeed, you’re convinced that the victim is ultimately responsible for whatever he suffers. That is why the covert agencies developing these cruel programs work tirelessly to paint their victims as criminals or social misfits.*see footnote
The cruelty itself becomes a perverse lure for the torturer. He takes pleasure in the suffering and discomfort of others. The Inquisition made the public slow-death-by-fire of so-called heretics a form of entertainment for both the Inquisitors and the morbidly curious public. Likewise, the covert agencies developing these programs, and the neighborhood groups that support them find an unnatural gratification in the discomfort and suffering of their victims. The ongoing cruelty also serves as a control on the victim, destroying his self esteem and initiative to pursue justice and relief. It becomes a virtual concentration camp, invisible to all but the torturers and his victim.
Alan Greenspan got it right. Human society is “starkly different” from the high expectations we had for it just over a century ago.
Footnote: I had a rather odd experience shortly after moving into my present residence. I stopped at the local gas station to pick up some bottled water. As I left the store and entered my car in the parking lot, a man quickly walked up just as I was about to close my door. He was a Black male in his early 30’s, dressed in stereotypical “street thug” attire. “I’m not asking for any money, I just want to show you something . . .” he said as I tried to close my driver’s side door. He had a brightly colored child’s pen in his hand and mumbled something that I can’t quite remember. What stands out however was his odd motion. He brings his hands close to me and them moves them back twice with this silly little pen in his hand. To someone standing outside, it would give the appearance that he was conducting a transaction or making an exchange. I told him to get away, closing my door as quickly as possible. This was very unusual. He was not the normal panhandler asking for a handout. However, it was shortly after that encounter that many individuals among my neighbors began to participate in psychological harassment schemes employed against me locally. What I’ve surmised is this: In order to destroy my reputation locally, they needed some convincing evidence. Since I have never used drugs or engaged in any illicit activity, they would never gain such evidence by honest means. I am convinced that this encounter was recorded covertly (perhaps from another vehicle at the gas station) and used by someone in an official capacity to convince my new neighbors that I am engaged in some form of illicit activity.
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