Globalism

This concept that we call "globalism" or "globalization" is nothing new. Back in the 1950's and 1960's it was a somewhat esoteric and mysterious concept that was known as "internationalism". The idea behind it was that extremely nationalistic/patriotic countries like America needed to be changed by altering the mentality of the people to be more international or "global" minded.

There were a number of patriotic Americans who were warning us about the consequences of turning from nationalism to internationalism. Their premise was basically a warning that it's origins were in world socialism. Some of you may remember the best selling book "None Dare Call it Treason" or the other one that gained popularity titled "None Dare Call it Conspiracy" (which were written by two different authors who were not affiliated).

The basic tenant of the warnings concerned global socialism being slowly but purposely spread to the world's masses over the next 50 years or so via the United Nations and it's programs. This global socialism would be a sort of equalizer among nations, attempting to eventually put all nations on a more or less equal footing financially and politically. In the end the world would be one big happy family (a "one world order"), with no poverty and no war.

There were accusations of the Rockefellers, the Rothschild's, the ACLU, Robert McNamara (the Secretary of Defense under President Kennedy and President Johnson) and a host of other "progressive insiders" running the world from behind the scenes while the rest of humanity went about their business. The Council on Foreign Relations, the Trilateral Commission, various national leaders, nationwide media sources, and the Bildeberger group were all linked to the changes that were going on in the world - especially in the United States, which had proven in World War 2 to be the strongest and wealthiest nation in the world.

Because of the freedom allowed, the trusting and compliant hard working citizens, and the great wealth in the United States it was chosen to be the "change agent" for the world (along with wealthy and influential European nations, to a lesser degree). The problem was that the thinking of the American people would need to be changed first. They would need to be more "free thinking", "open" and "world conscious". And so the changes came. From the "America first" mentality of the overly patriotic American people to the "puritanical" thinking of all of these church goers, to the innocence that was America, the changes came in boatloads.

The youth were targeted because they would be the next generation and they are naturally more impressionable, not understanding life like adults do. [Adults who understand life, who are set in their ways and who are not easily swayed would not be good candidates for the big changes that would need to come in the 1960's.] The changes came in the public schools and the universities since they would have direct access to the youth on a daily basis and authority over them to teach them how America should really be.

During this same time, the late 1950's and early 1960's, parental influence would also be negated with regards to puritanical morality. Putting hormone driven rebellious youth in control of the nation's music would be most affective here. Hollywood morality and the fads coming to America's youth out of California would also play an important role in determining how American youth would think and act. In hindsight the 1960's were the times that changed America. Whether you agree with what is written here or not, the changes that took place in real world America are undeniable and we can see the results all around us.

Whether we reminisce on the strange assassination of President Kennedy - which seemed to put the nation in perpetual shock, the beatnik/hippie "dropout of society" movement, the changing of American music by the rock and rollers, the feminist movement, the removal of prayer and God from the public schools, Vietnam and the anti-government movement that came with it, the illegal drug explosion, the changes that would come to American churches and alter their effectiveness, the explosion of imported good's from Japan, the disregard for authority, women and the elderly - or any of the other changes that we all watched happen in that time of upheaval - the fact remains that by the end of the 1960's we were a different nation.

The sexual revolution, the advent of pornography into the main stream by Hugh Heffner, and the "God is dead" movement worked together to take away our nation's innocence and it all started to take it's toll on the American family. We were thinking and acting differently by the end of the 60's. More "progressive", more "free", more "open".

Maybe the oddest and most effective change of all was that our culture's music and standards were now being set by rebellious youth, who don't understand the affect of music, who are at the stage in their lives when hormones control their thinking and who maintain the foolish notion that they know everything and that their elders are stupid. I remember it well because I was one of those youth. Those of us who were around watched it all happen. I was just a kid but anybody could see that the country was changing.

Looking back on it makes it even easier to understand. I think that it would be a fair assessment to say that there have been few times in history, if any, when a nation was changed so drastically in a 15 year time period. I think that I can also fairly assess that collectively we are not as good a people as the previous generation (the World War 2 generation which is being referred to as "the greatest generation" now days). Of course that can change if the American Taxpayers are up for it. I would have to admit that we do have more money, bigger houses and fancier cars now days but who really cares about those things when our society is falling down around us?

Most Americans back then didn't know quite what to make of all of the internationalism "conspiracy theories" as they really didn't seem to affect every day American life much at the time. In reality, most people were too busy with every day life to invest too much energy in all of this. It was widely understood that Americans could trust their leaders to protect them from world globalism/socialism. After all, weren't we in the midst of a cold war with the United Soviet Socialist Republic?

To the average American Taxpayer back then the whole idea of one world socialism coming to America seemed a little far fetched, like something out of a spy novel. There was obvious merit to the information that was coming out but without strong, continual media support keeping the issue in front of the public the fervor slowly faded and the American Taxpayers were eventually conditioned to accept the changes. When the alarmists were "out of sight", they were "out of mind" as the old saying goes. No matter how many warnings there were and no matter how much evidence was brought forth by these "prophets" who were trying to warn the public, the movement to globalize the world slowly moved on. As we were watching the front door for the Soviet socialists were they coming in the back door?

Here we are in 2006 and as we look back and try to understand why our nation changed so much during that time we can now determine that those "alarmists" weren't so crazy after all. I suppose it would have been much easier on our country if we had listened to them. But back then their message seemed like the ravings of paranoid fanatics.

It's been about 42 years since "None Dare Call it Treason" became available to the American public (if I remember correctly it sold over 7 million copies). With 40 years of hindsight how has the idea of globalism worked out in the real world? If it's not real, why do world leaders keep using that word? If it's not real, where did all of the American jobs go? If it's not real why is everything I buy made in a communist/socialist country called China? Why are we even talking about it - unless it is a reality that we can see all around us?

I'm not going to pretend to be an expert on the subject of globalism, who's behind it, or if it's even a reality, but you can't deny the changes that we have all seen happen to American society and the American economy over the last 40 years. In my opinion there is no "if" to the reality of it. Because of it we are now a different nation than what we were in 1960.

In my opinion America was a much better place than it is now. Today's young people who did not "feel" the America of 1960 have no idea what I'm talking about and I cannot accurately convey it because it is not possible. In today's language, "you had to be there." But imagine if you will an America just like today only much slower paced, much more friendly and less greedy, much more family centered, a lot more moral, with a lot less angry people, far fewer criminals, less emphasis on a person's outward appearance and less influenced by foolish media personalities and entertainers who can't run their own lives.

Imagine a people more romantic than sensual, strong standards in society such as the idea that a young woman should never give in to a young man sexually but should save herself only for the one she would marry. Imagine strong families (this was before the divorce rates shot up in the mid-1960's and early 70's) and the strong society that comes from them. It was a better place. One that it could be again - if that is what we want. Is that what you want or are you satisfied with how things are? If you want change in this country are you willing to fight for it?

We were warned back then by those "alarmists" that part of the plan of globalism was the redistribution of the wealth of prosperous nations to the less fortunate ones by making them all compete in the same (global) market. Obviously the workers of the poorer nations can work cheaper than those with high wages in the more prosperous nations. In a global market the companies of the richer nations would find themselves employing the cheapest labor they could find to boost profits. Hence the great loss of "expensive" American jobs to cheaper labor in foreign countries.

As the poor nations would become more prosperous their economies would improve accordingly. Eventually they would be at a higher level so that their people could have a better life. This sounds good for the poorer nations. But what about all of the jobs that the richer nations lose to the workers in those poor nations? And what about the quality of the products from those poor nations?

I don't need to tell you about how all of this has worked out in the real world for the U.S.A. You've watched job after job go overseas, down to Mexico and up to Canada. When one American manufacturer decides to use foreign labor to raise profits, their competitors have to follow if they want to remain competitive (and stay in business). It's been almost like a domino effect. Our economy has gradually changed from a manufacturing economy to a service economy.

Whether all of the global conspiracy stuff is true or not is beside the point now. The important thing that we need to address now is how to get all of the high paying jobs that Americans want back to America - without destroying the economies of all of the nations that we have found ourselves entangled with.

As we look at the American economy today we can see that the steel industry has been devastated, most of our nation's tools are now being manufactured somewhere else, the textile and shoe industry is only a shadow of what it once was, and the American automobile makers are barely keeping afloat. And let's not forget the ever growing electronics industry that Americans have conceded to the Asian countries (formerly Japan and now becoming dominated by Communist China).

Only God knows how many thousands of support industries and machine shops have closed down in the U.S. as a result of what has happened to the industries that I have mentioned, and others that I have not. All of these industries and their support industries are not only important to the American Taxpayers because of the jobs they create, but it is important to remember that all of these industries are essential during war time to keep the war machine supplied.

Replacing these jobs with telemarketing jobs, retail sales jobs, and fast food jobs is not wise for the security of the country, not to mention that many American Taxpayers - and especially single mothers - are having to work two jobs to be able to make end's meet.

The world doesn't see the plight of the American working people when they look at American wealth. And neither do they see the millions who are living on credit, which is fantasy wealth. They tend to confuse the wealth of the U.S. government with the wealth of the American Taxpayers who provide it.

The quality of the products that we have filled our land with seems to be getting better. It would only be fair to say that it varies from country to country and manufacturer to manufacturer. Most of them are not the same quality as the tools from the pre-import era. The last few power tools that I have bought at Sears ( drill press, angle grinder, jig saw and circular saw) are all made in China oddly enough. The quality does seem to be better than other non-Sears Chinese tools, but that is probably due to Sears higher standards. Some of the Chinese tools that I have bought over the last 10 years have proven to be real junk.

Many of you may remember the Japanese tools of the 1960's when they first started coming in to the U.S. It was all a bunch of junk too. As time went on they improved their quality to very high standards. Japanese cars followed that example. Now, forty years later, the Japanese cars are the best in the industry (at least Toyota and Honda are). The Chinese will probably not attain to the high standards that the Japanese have set for themselves but who has? But you can bet that their quality will improve with time.

As for me, if I have the choice of an American tool and an import at the same price I will always choose the American tool. The fit and finish just always seems to be more to my liking. Thanks to global trade agreements (which can be broken) it is very difficult to find American made tools at the same price as imports. This should be no surprise. There is really no way that an American craftsman who makes $25.00 per hour can keep competitive with a Chinese worker who gets paid $25.00 per day.

Somebody in this equation is eventually going to lose their job and I can guarantee that it will be the one who is paid much higher. This is the problem and has been the problem all over the nation for the last 30 years. The only way to insure that the American doesn't lose his job is if he doesn't have to compete with slave labor from less developed nations.

This example should make it clear that American companies with American employees should only be allowed to compete with other American companies with American employees. Of course it will cost more to purchase the American made tools but we know the quality will be higher and we will be bringing the jobs back to Americans. It is my opinion that we need to put a halt to exporting the good paying jobs that Americans want.

Thanks to globalism American companies have found themselves having to down size their work forces, out source jobs to foreign nations, cut benefits to their workers and become highly efficient to be competitive in a world where others are willing to work for nothing. Those who don't want to play the "global" game don't last long. This has put undo strain on thousands of American companies and on the American people in general. It has caused the hyper-fast pace that we find ourselves living now days, a perpetual struggle to keep step with the world and longer work hours for the American workers.

What it amounts to is that the American people are working too much, mothers with small children are having to work, people who need vacations are taking fewer vacations, fathers are spending less time with their families and too many are constantly having to change jobs as the competitive edge shifts through world markets. This has all taken it's toll on the foundation of American society - the family. We're told that the days of job security for life are gone, that vacations like the Europeans take are out of the question, that company pensions are gone, that health benefits can't be expected and that the slow steady pace of life that our fathers enjoyed is gone. I say nonsense.

We put ourselves in this hole and we can dig ourselves back out. I don't accept or tolerate the dooms day pessimists. It's simply a matter of the American Taxpayers understanding what needs to be done to correct the problem and choosing to go in a different direction than the one we have been traveling. Our country is not beyond help, but I can guarantee that massive changes to our economy - such as making sure that all American jobs that the American Taxpayers want are brought back to America - will not be initiated by our leaders. The American Taxpayers will need to force it on them.

So what are we going to do about all of this? Nothing if that is what the American Taxpayers want. On the other hand we can make some big changes if that is what the people want. I am not a "globalist" or an "internationalist", if you will. I am a nationalist and an American patriot. That always means "America first". However, I am not an "isolationist" as some will accuse me of after reading this. My first priority, however, is the welfare of the American Taxpayers.

Other nations have their own leaders to watch after the good of their people. American presidents should do the same for the American Taxpayers and not be concerned with trying to save other failed cultures from their own stupidity at the expense of the hard working American people. I am willing to work with other nations and I do think that we should trade with other nations.

I do not want to see world hunger or poor nations taken advantage of (as some claim that America does through the WTO). However, it would be laughable to think that I would want good paying American jobs to go to any other nation while American single mothers are working two fast food jobs so that they can provide for their children. I would consider myself a traitor if that was the case. Haven't we seen enough of that for the last 30 years?

Since I am not an expert on world trade or the globalism movement, I think that it would only be fitting if we all learned more about globalism together. Let's bring it all out in the open for all to see. Who has been lurking in the shadows pulling all of the strings, if anybody? Were all of the changes in the 60's just a big coincidence? I bet the American Taxpayers have a lot of questions about all of this and I bet they will have more as we dig deeper into the issue together during the "Meet and Vote" meetings.

I also would bet that we can come up with some people who have answers to the questions that the American Taxpayers have. Therefore we will address this subject via the "Meet and Vote" process on national television so that the American Taxpayers can get properly informed. We'll talk about it in a series of meetings (this one might take a few days) and the American Taxpayers will need to come up with the direction that they would like to see our nation take. A national vote, as usual, will tell our elected representatives which direction that our country will be taking concerning globalism and the problems that it has caused the American economy.

The American Taxpayers have been doing more than their fair share over the last 40 years to bring about a better world and have been paying the price for it. I liken the American work force to a hive of over productive bees feverishly going about their business making honey while the queen has been working just as hard giving the honey away to bees from a different hive. Since she is the leader no one would expect her to be misusing the honey that they worked so hard to produce. Nevertheless, her workers keep working harder and faster trying to keep up. As they figure out new ways to work harder and faster - streamlining and becoming ever more efficient - the queen finds new ways to give away the honey. Instead of telling the bees from the foreign beehives to make their own honey she let's her bees work themselves into exhaustion.

It's my opinion that the bees should dump the queen, go back to doing the things the way they use to and let the other bees find their own honey. We'll address this globalism stuff when I become president in 2008 and see if we can't get it right for the American Taxpayers.

[See also "Economy" and "Jobs" in Index 2. These three issues - "Globalism", the "Economy", and "Jobs" - will need to be addressed together using the "Meet and Vote" process since they are so intertwined. The American Taxpayers will decide the direction that the nation should take after getting educated on the facts.]

INDEX 1 - AGENDA

INDEX 2 - ISSUES