Politics of a New Paradigm

I saw a bumper sticker on somebody’s car the other day that said “Half The People In The World Live On Less Than $2 A Day.” That really got into my head, so I Googled it and came up with this piece at the Population Reference Bureau that corroborates the claim on the bumper sticker (as of 2005).

John McCain thinks that the only war is in Iraq, and we’re winning.

We are a global family of human beings, and when the international economic system, that is in fact manipulated by a handful of central bankers, leads to this type of tragic inequality, those who orchestrate global finance need to be replaced immediately, and a new ethos needs to be embraced. That anyone who is involved in the top levels of international government and banking could claim that they are adherent to any type of spiritual discipline, other than perhaps Satanism, is a slap in the face to the entire concept of divinity.

The “One World” government and international bankers have turned the sacred staple of food into a financial commodity to be manipulated by the markets. World hunger is rampant, and before long, as prices rise, you and me may be counted among the hungry and poorly nourished, so it may be time to pay attention.

Any true civilization would need to adopt a system that fed all of the people, wouldn’t it? A civilized world government wouldn’t flood the planet with weapons and covertly encourage their use in myriad ways, would it? A successful species would protect its environment and never kill its own, wouldn’t it?

John McCain says we are winning the war, but the richest 2% of the planet own half the wealth. McCain may feel as though the only war we are fighting is in Iraq, but I suggest that we should be fighting a war with war itself, and a war with poverty and inequality. I don’t think the people are winning these wars. Whoever is printing and channeling money seems to be guiding most of it into very few pockets.

I saw that Mexico is actually winning the war to provide affordable gas to its people. You can buy gas in Tijuana right now for $2.54 a gallon, but across the border in San Diego, which is a military town in the richest country in the world, gas prices are $4.61 a gallon. That is a war McCain may want to consider fighting.

I don’t practice any particular religion, but the book Siddhartha by Herman Hesse has stayed with me throughout my life. What I got from it is that you can’t be truly happy while there is suffering in the world. My own dreams have nothing to do with me personally. I aspire to live in a peaceful and conscious world without warfare and greed. One with a healthy environment and more than enough food and clean energy for everyone. I want to live in a world where everyone is equally respectful of one another, where we have enough time to create art and play and bask in mother nature. A world without envy and archaic feuds and male domination through violence. One where we respect all sentient beings. The world we all came here to find.

I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to fight the war that John McCain thinks he is winning. We have much more pressing concerns as a global family.