[P2P-F] Fwd: 2018 Summer Newsletter

Tue Jun 26 11:40:41 CEST 2018

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From: Thomas H Greco <thg at mindspring.com>
Date: Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 6:50 PM
Subject: 2018 Summer Newsletter
To: Michel <michel at p2pfoundation.net>

   - *My latest article*
   - *What we can and cannot afford*
   - *New Warrior Training Adventure and the Mankind Project (MKP)*
   - *The developing business of commercial trade exchanges*
   - *Other Items of interest*

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*My latest article*

How has extreme centralization of power and concentration of wealth come
about? What are the pillars upon which the global power structure rests?
How can power be decentralized and dispersed more broadly to enable people
to live in peace and freedom?

These are questions I addresses in my latest article, Confronting the power
elite
<https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=9e15ba59b6&e=686d597d8c>,
An abridged version was published a few days ago by Open Democracy in their
online journal Transformation
<https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=4bafbb3101&e=686d597d8c>.
It was then picked up by the Post Carbon Institute and republished in their
journal Resilience
<https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=37ea810eca&e=686d597d8c>.
Here is an excerpt from the original:

*The world today is controlled by a small elite group that has been
increasingly concentrating power and wealth in their own hands. There are
many observable facets to this power structure, including the military
security complex that president Eisenhower warned against, the fossil fuel
interests, and the neocons that are promoting U.S. hegemony around the
world, but the most powerful and overarching force is “the money power”
that controls money, banking, and finance worldwide. It is clear that those
who control the creation and allocation of money through the banking system
are able to control virtually every other aspect of global society.*

*Having taken control of the political leadership in North America and
western Europe, they are determined to use military force, if necessary, to
create a unipolar world order in which the power elite enjoy “full spectrum
dominance.” Based on a long established pattern of covert and overt
interventions, it is evident that they are willing to employ, either
directly or through proxies, a wide range of tactics, including propaganda,
bribery, cooptation, deception, assassinations, false-flag attacks and war.
Large segments of the media and entertainment industries, education, and
the military power have been captured to help manufacture public consent.*

*Be that as it may, I believe that the natural course of human evolution
tends toward a multi-polar world order based on honesty, openness,
compassion, cooperation, and fairness, but that requires a well-educated
and informed populace and “broad spectrum” participation in the political
process. Fortunately, the internet and world wide web have enabled people
to be better informed than ever before and to engage with one another
directly, bypassing intermediaries that control and limit what people can
share. On the other hand, the political machinery has been so thoroughly
taken over by the power elite that the will of the people has thus far been
of little consequence in deciding the course of world affairs.*

*So what can be done to turn the tide? How can we the people empower
ourselves to effectively assert our desires for a more fair, humane and
peaceful world order? Is it possible to influence the behavior of those in
power? Or is it possible to install new leaders who will act more
responsibly and in accordance with the popular will? Or is it necessary, or
even possible, to reinvent and deploy political and economic structures by
which people can more directly assert themselves?* …
Read the entire article here.
<https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=87a2b40183&e=686d597d8c>
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What we can and cannot afford
<https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=08ef4a11d3&e=686d597d8c>
is another article that I published on my website about the same time. This
is a subject that gets far too little attention in the political debate and
thus we remain burdened with “sacred cows” that are driving us to
destruction.

   1. We cannot afford continuation of the Empire with its deployment of
   military forces around the world and endless overt and covert warfare.
   2. We cannot afford continuation of the interest-based, debt-money
   regime that forces unnecessary expansion of economic activity and
   centralizes power and concentrates wealth in the hands of a super elite.
   3. We cannot afford continuation of the environmental destruction and
   climate change that is caused by the fossil fuel based economy.

Read the full article here
<https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=79f9fd6eff&e=686d597d8c>
.
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*New Warrior Training Adventure and the Mankind Project (MKP)*
For almost a year now I’ve been participating in a biweekly men’s circle
associated with the Mankind Project
<https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=6a0e1721be&e=686d597d8c>,
a community in which men support one another in achieving self-awareness,
finding purpose, taking responsibility, and becoming compassionate servants
to their communities and the planet. The first weekend in May I
participated in the New Warrior Training Adventure
<https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=aa1474c6e1&e=686d597d8c>
at a ranch in central Arizona. It was a significant experience that helped
to boost my confidence, self-esteem, and emotional maturity—just what I
needed at a time when I was feeling a bit lost and dissatisfied with the
results of my work. The training helped me to identify imbalances in my
life, accept reality, and clarify my purpose going forward. I now feel more
grounded and motivated, and connected and supported by a growing
brotherhood of "new warriors." I highly recommend the NWTA to any man who
seeks to improve himself and his relationships. It was no surprise that I
was the oldest man there, but I can testify that self-inquiry and
stretching ones’ limits are appropriate endeavors at any stage in life.
___________________________________

*The developing business of commercial trade exchanges*

Recently, I came across an article about what seems to be a significant
development in the commercial trade exchange industry: *Trade Authority
rebrands as Moxey with new digital currency, national expansion plans*
<https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=77ca26e145&e=686d597d8c>.
I’ve been aware of the Trade Authority exchange for several years but had
not taken a close look at it. I've lately been dialoging with Chip Davis,
founder of Trade Authority and currently Executive Vice President of Moxey
<https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=48b6a23cec&e=686d597d8c>,
and with others in the Moxey executive team. Moxey, a network of 14 trade
exchanges operating around the Gulf coast, is unique in the industry in
that the various exchanges in the network are each member-owned.

Based on the answers to my questions that I have received so far, it
appears that Moxey has avoided the common mistakes that have limited the
effectiveness of some other trade exchanges and prevented them from
realizing their full potential (For more about that see this excerpt from
my book, Chapter 15 Limiting Factors in the Operation of Commercial
Trade Exchanges
<https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=07962d1e02&e=686d597d8c>).
At some point in the near future, I will publish my interview with the
Moxey leadership. Watch for it on https://beyondmoney.net/
<https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=2d2799a2c7&e=686d597d8c>
.
___________________________________

*Other Items of interest*

*The Bank Bailout*
The Big Bank Bailout
<https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=e4ac207ce2&e=686d597d8c>
appeared in Forbes magazine a couple years ago. As another financial crisis
looms on the horizon, it is still relevant, describing  in detail the forms
and extent of the bank bailout that began in 2008 and continues to this day.

*Malaysia*
Over the past 11 years, I’ve spent a lot of time in Malaysia. Upon my first
visit I discovered that Malaysia is not some poor, insignificant Asian
backwater but a country with a well-developed infrastructure and
geo-political importance—a country worth getting to know. The recent
election unseated the party that has governed Malaysia since its founding
in 1957 and saw the surprising return to power, at age 92, of Mahathir
Mohamad, the man responsible for Malaysia’s modernization.
This New York Times article tells the story, A Stunning, Sudden Fall for
Najib Razak, Malaysia’s ‘Man of Steal’
<https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=e69234f45b&e=686d597d8c>.
And this comment, Endearing courage of Malaysians rescued country from the
brink...
<https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=151734f2d9&e=686d597d8c>,
provides additional background and insight into the significance of the
election outcome.

*Russia and Syria*
Anyone who wishes to understand geopolitics needs to have a broad purview
and not rely simply upon mainstream media sources which seldom provide more
than a one sided and biased perspective. This is especially true of the
coverage relating to Russia and Syria.

Despite President Trump’s repeated statements about his desire to normalize
relations with Russia, others in his administration and the mainstream
media continue their barrage of unsubstantiated allegations against both
the Russian and Syrian governments. In his Nation article
<https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=cbcc9fab81&e=686d597d8c>,
Stephen F. Cohen, professor emeritus of Russian studies at NYU and
Princeton,  provides some counterweight to the anti-Russian hysteria
arguing that, “Given a chance, Russia can be a vital peacemaker, and there
is ample reason to think that the Kremlin is ready to do so if again met
halfway by Washington.” Will Trump’s handlers and the deep state allow that
to happen? That seems unlikely but time will tell.

Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs tells the truth about US
involvement in the Syria catastrophe on The Jimmy Dore Show, Bombshell:
Professor Stuns MSNBC Panel On Syria
<https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=ba9c3558ae&e=686d597d8c>,
and in this excellent interview Between the Lines
<https://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=8d14e75a61&e=686d597d8c>
.
___________________________________

There is much more that I could include in this message but I know you have
many other things vying for your attention so I will leave it at that.

Regarding travel, other than my brief visit to family on the east coast in
early June, I’ve not been travelling since my journey to Greece a year ago.
I’m still hoping to get away for a few weeks this summer but my plans
remain open.

Wishing you all a pleasant summer,

Thomas
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