I'm reviving this thread (or attempting to) because I consider it crucially important for us to refine our arguments here...before any kind of change can be affected by any means, we absolutely must convince the general public.
Sitting around agreeing with each other and shouting down dissenters is a luxury we cannot afford, because our numbers are not nearly high enough! In order to convince the general public, we need bulletproof arguments based on empirical evidence...as Doktor Jeep noted, most people will refuse to believe something inconvenient because truly believing would force them to action (then again, I think it's more likely that many just have enough "shadow of a doubt" that they are not confident enough that action is warranted, especially drastic action).
Unfortunately, it really is difficult to come up with such empirical evidence, because if there's no conspiracy (or the conspirators don't have very much power), the evidence doesn't exist, and if there IS a conspiracy, the empirical evidence would obviously have been covered up. Either way, such evidence will not be in mass circulation. One crucial reason why all evidence comes from "biased" sites is because this type of conspiracy is so earth-shattering that anyone hosting any relevant files will most likely be devoting a great deal of their time to exposing it. A major problem with obtaining evidence is that, if the global power elite (Rockefellers, etc.) truly have so much political, economic, and media power, the mainstream "trustworthy" sources are in fact not trustworthy at all (and really, we should already know this, but...). If this conspiracy really does exist and is as far-along as we think it is, mainstream sources like the New York Times will not host evidence! By definition, you cannot prove that mainstream sources omit damning evidence by using only evidence procured from those same mainstream sources. Unless we come across some kind of breakthrough (which this thread more than any other has a shot at, IMO), it currently comes down to a simple matter of, "Which sources do you choose to believe are more trustworthy than the others?"
Hey, the New York Times. That's a viable source. Now you're getting the hang of it.
Here's a lesson to everyone: No matter how much we "know" that the New York Times and mainstream sources are full of shit and omit extremely important information (IMO, they don't carry much more weight than any random conspiracy blog), they're still the only sources most care about. It sucks, and it's unfair, but we need to find a way around this brick wall.
Our problem is further demonstrated by the next quote:
Thank you for posting from Americandeception.com, a vast resource for, well, conspiracy theories. Do you have any link to this supposed sworn testimony that isn't posted on a site with a conflict of interest? I can't seem to find one. Can you?
What kind of people or organizations are going to host the US Congressional 1953-54 Reece Committee Hearings? As far as I can tell, there are only two potential sources for them:
- People who have a specific interest in these hearings (e.g. conspiracy theorists)
- Some kind of library or archive containing all Congressional hearings, etc.
While it's possible the latter exists, do we know of such a source? (I'm sure someone here actually does...Library of Congress maybe? Other libraries? etc.) If there are a very small number of such sources, it's also possible that particularly damning transcripts have been removed from circulation by people with a vested interest in containing such information. It's very easy to eliminate paper records with few copies in the wild...but unfortunately for us, many will attribute ZERO weight (rather than just limited weight) to a document obtained from any non-mainstream source.
No matter how many such documents exist to paint a pattern, many will view an imperfect source as a worthless source...and while we may disagree with such a mentality, far too many people have such a mentality for us to afford writing them off. We must find a way to cater to them.
Ultimately, our problem is that we don't currently have enough evidence to prove every link in the chain. Instead, we're demonstrating certain claims (such as the Rockefellers' influence on Chinese intellectuals) and then filling in the blanks by recognizing the pattern that has emerged (a pattern which infamous quotes appear to flesh out). We need to understand that the great majority of people are not willing to stake their entire worldview on an incomplete (if blatant) pattern, and Nathan Hale is one of them. Unlike many, Nathan is at least willing to continue examining claims, no matter how much he tires of their incompleteness. Instead of throwing him out, we should be thankful for his presence. I say this because he's a somewhat sympathetic audience we can continue to practice on, and we cannot expect the same out of everyone - in fact, most people will refuse to consider further arguments after finding a single flaw in just one argument (because, when it comes down to it, most people just want an excuse to believe that everything is just fine). With most people, we're only going to have one shot at this...and this thread is very good practice.
Now that I'm almost done, I want to quickly address something else Nathan said:
(In response to:
"This present window of opportunity, during which a truly peaceful and interdependent world order might be built, will not be open for too long - We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis and the nations will accept the New World Order."
David Rockefeller in an address to the 28th Annual United Nations Ambassador Dinner, September 14, 1994, as quoted in the Business Council for the United Nations Briefing; Vol. 8, Issue 2, Winter 1995, page 1.
)
This shows only what we know - that Rockefeller was an internationalist. It has nothing to do with the motives of the CFR or the influence that the CFR has over the presidential candidates, which was my challenge in this thread.
Actually, this shows more than
just that Rockefeller is an internationalist (I say "is" because David Rockefeller is still very much alive): It shows that he also views the "right major crisis" as desirable, with little apparent concern for the toll it might take on others. In other words, this quote provides evidence that David Rockefeller believes in the ruthless philosophy that "the end justifies the means." He wants a "New World Order" badly enough that he'll hope for (or perhaps create) presumably any excuse to convince nations to accept it. I just wanted to point out this additional implication.