--- title: 'How we live: Who rules, how and why?' url: 'https://samisdat.in/books/how-we-live-who-rules-how-and-why-2019/read' markdown: 'https://samisdat.in/books/how-we-live-who-rules-how-and-why-2019/read.md' lang: eng date: '2019-10-17' description: 'How we live Who rules, how and why? Clive Menzies On behalf of Critical Thinking at the Free University, London Abstract Purpose: Challenging outdated and erroneous assumptions that govern most people''s world views. To reveal the world as it is, rather than how "authority" would have us believe it …' --- # **How we live** #### *Who rules, how and why?* #### **Clive Menzies** On behalf of Critical Thinking at the Free University, London #### **Abstract** **Purpose:** Challenging outdated and erroneous assumptions that govern most people's world views. To reveal the world as it is, rather than how "authority" would have us believe it to be. **Design/methodology/approach:** This paper is the product of non-hierarchical, selforganised, co-creative learning; exploring the world from multiple perspectives. **Findings:** Institutions which govern our lives are inherently corrupt, having been created, infiltrated and co-opted for the purpose of our subjugation and enslavement. The currently political economy farms humans and harvests the wealth they create for the benefit of a small number of individuals and their families. Farming of humans has a long history and we are approaching the apogee of centralised power which plans the total submission of humanity to its will and population reduction to optimise land and resources for the exclusive use of the "farmers". **Research limitations/implications:** Ideological and institutional blindness have obscured the reality of our existence. **Practical implications:** We are shackled by our beliefs and misconceptions; when we understand the reality of our condition, we have the means to change that reality because we are the power or fuel of the political economy. **Social implications:** Armed with a shared understanding of reality, we can shed our deference to "authority" and cease to abdicate responsibility for ourselves and each other to unreliable representatives and corrupt hierarchies. Self-organisation trumps "command and control" which is easily subverted for selfish ends. **Originality/value:** Orthodox academia and media present a false picture of reality by design, based on abstracted data/information and erroneous assumptions. Co-creative learning reveals the nature of reality by looking at events and issues from multiple perspectives, exposing how everything is connected; little happens in the world by accident. There is a plan and Critical Thinking's research and analysis reveals it. #### **Political Economy 101** We are ruled by fear and kept distracted as we're herded towards the new world order. If we continue on the current trajectory, life will get worse for us all. The current political economy is a system of wealth extraction, destruction and oppression; it will not respond to the needs of people. Our reality is obscured by layers of deception. Most of what we think we know is wrong and realising that is our first step to freedom. Knowledge is power and a shared understanding of political economy will shift collective consciousness. Once we understand and agree on how the system works and that we are its power/fuel, we'll know what to do; transformation will follow. The political economy is a complex system and for a more detailed understanding, we recommend the last iteration of Critical Thinking's analysis[1](#page-1-0) as a starting point. For those who want the essentials, this is a brief overview of political economy in today's dysfunctional world: The current political economy is premised on three fundamental flaws: institutional *hierarchy*, theft of the *commons* and *usury* (specifically interest on money). Competition is the founding principle and competition stems from institutional *hierarchy*. Our first mistake is to accept the authority of another human being over us.[2](#page-1-1) *We are sovereign beings, with the right to self-determination, co-dependent on each other, our ecology and the universe.* Yet we are trained from birth to obey authority which allows those in control of the levers of power to steal the wealth of the *commons* such as land (and all that comes from it), knowledge, the radio spectrum etc. and impose their will on the rest of us. In combination, these two flaws are bad enough but their effect is turbocharged by *usury* (interest on money). By giving money a "time value", we facilitate: the transfer of wealth from poorest to richest[3](#page-1-2) ; environmental destruction[4](#page-1-3) ; and the supremacy of money power[5](#page-1-4) . Money rules. #### **Money Power** Money power controls the levers of power[6](#page-1-5) because it controls markets, economies and everything that flows from them. WW1 Conspiracy - the agenda for the new world order[7](#page-1-6) took shape at the turn of the 20th century. Wall Street and the Bolshevik Revolution[8](#page-1-7) – fomented by money power to remove Russia as an obstacle to global hegemony and to steal the country's wealth. Marxist ideology, under the sponsorship of Moses Hess[9](#page-1-8) , a Rothschild agent, was created as a blueprint for the destruction of economic and social order, following the success of the Illuminati fomented French revolution of 1789. Out of WW1 came the gift of Israel to the Rothschilds in return for ensuring America entered the war – Balfour Declaration[10](#page-1-9) . 1 2 3 Interest and Inequality - 01 07 2018 4 Environmental Destruction - 01 07 2018 5 Money Created From Nothing - 01 07 2018 6 7 8 9 [http://whale.to/c/karl\\\_marx.html](http://whale.to/c/karl%5C_marx.html) 10 Behind the Balfour Declaration by Robert John [http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v06/v06p389\\\_John.html](http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v06/v06p389%5C_John.html) Israel, via the Talpiot programme and Unit 8200, established in the 1970s, controls global mission critical systems (financial, military, infrastructure etc.) and holds the world hostage - *Talpiot Talk LIVE with Know More News on 6th August 2018*[11](#page-2-0) US, UK and European politics are controlled by Israel (Rothschilds' private fiefdom) – *The Lobby*[12](#page-2-1) China is also enmeshed in the new world order[13](#page-2-2) – One Belt, One Road Russia (Putin) is accountable to Israel – Chabad Lubavich - *How Israel Rules — Barbarians Inside the Gates*[14](#page-2-3) #### **Objectives and Means** World Wilderness – announced at the UNCED conference in 1992[15](#page-2-4) together with the creation of a Rothschild owned "conservation" bank to handle carbon "credits". Environmental activists were referred to as "cannon fodder" while indigenous populations were regarded as a problem. Climate Change - global agreements[16](#page-2-5) to ensure nation states bend to the will of the Structural Elite controlled UN. High Density City States[17](#page-2-6) - UN Agenda 2030 - driving the global population into city states under UN control, independent of national governments. 9/11 – War of Terror - created fear to destablise nation states and set the scene for perpetual war[18](#page-2-7); provided the pretext for blanket surveillance and control. Induced Mass Migration[19](#page-2-8) - articulated in 1925 in the Coudenhove-Kalergi plan and implemented via UN and EU directives - to destabilise nation states and destroy societal cohesion - eliminate the source of potential dissent. #### **Civil War/Revolution - detabilsation** US – Salomon de Rothschild[20](#page-2-9) reported back to the "firm" regularly in the run up to the American civil war as various interests jostled for gain and supremacy. Russia – Following the French revolution of 1789, the 1917 Bolshevik revolution created the template for global control - Jüri Lina *Under the Sign of the Scorpion*[21](#page-2-10); Today, Vladimir Putin is navigating the 11 Talpiot Talk LIVE with Know More News on 6th August 2018 12 13 14 How Israel Rules — Barbarians Inside the Gates 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 treacherous path between Russia's national interest and Israel's blackmail capability; note Chabad's proximity to Putin. Syria - "Arab spring[22](#page-3-0)" - fabricated and fomented; the "spontaneous" uprising was manipulated like all revolutions. Ukraine[23](#page-3-1) - \\$5Bn invested in regime change; snipers in the Maidan targeted both protesters and security forces. France[24](#page-3-2) - following the well tried and tested methodology; Rothschilds' man, Emmanuel Macron, is firing up the pressure cooker to implement the Structural Elite[25](#page-3-3) agenda. #### **Perpetual War** Greater Israel – Yinon Plan 1982 to dominate the Middle East[26](#page-3-4) and its resources (for Rothschilds and the Structural Elite): control of Western governments facilitates the threat to China and Russia while Israel's leverage over them both ensures the geopolitical two step continues with proxy wars, cyberwarfare and propaganda. NATO/EU - military unification is folding the UK and EU nations into NATO-led western aggression to attack countries which have resources but resist the new world order. Russia and China are the other two protagonists in the perpetuation of proxy wars to gain influence and colonise resources. In short, this is the hierarchy of geopolitical control: ![](https://samisdat.in/user/pages/03.books/2019%20-%20How%20we%20live/read/_page_3_Picture_10.jpeg?g-16018011) 22 23 24 25 26 Whether Rothschilds are at the top of the pyramid of power is subject to debate but the means of control is not; money rules and controls all the levers of power. #### **Withdraw Consent** Our means of resistance[27](#page-4-0) is to withdraw ourselves from participation in the current political economy, wherever we can. We are compelled to treat with the system to live but we aren't powerless; we can create alternative systems of organisation to reduce our reliance on the system. ![](https://samisdat.in/user/pages/03.books/2019%20-%20How%20we%20live/read/_page_4_Picture_3.jpeg?g-16018011) Why does this matter? Because events are coming to a head; dramatic changes to the fabric of global society are accelerating. **The "powers that shouldn't be" are preparing for the Cull**. ## **Culling the Human Cattle** The primary means of culling potential opposition to the new world order in the 20th century was war and revolution. Two world wars[28](#page-4-1) wiped out two generations of European youth, while the so called "communist" regimes of Russia and China eliminated millions more, particularly the "intelligentsia" and potential opposition – thus entire ethnic or religious populations were genocided, as the Palestinians have been genocided since the unlawful creation of Israel. Elsewhere, in recent decades, the attacks on humans have become more subtle and slower to take effect. Meanwhile the internet has created the means for people to wake up to their lived reality; hence the accelerating imperative to close down dissent[29](#page-4-2) and execute the final stages of the plan for world domination, before the "sheep" awaken to their condition. Threats to our health and survival are many and various and seem to be expanding at an accelerating rate. 5G30, "smart meters" and the internet of things (IoT) are existential threats, not just to humans but 27 28 29 to all species; they are both weapons and means of control and surveillance. Vaccines[31](#page-5-0) and pharmaceuticals reduce our bodies' natural capacity to resist infection while providing another means of extracting and transferring wealth to those in control of big pharma[32](#page-5-1). Copious evidence has accumulated to show that our skies are continuously sprayed with toxic chemicals[33](#page-5-2); the reasons are multifaceted: weather warfare[34](#page-5-3), propping up the climate change[35](#page-5-4) hoax, reducing our capacity to think, as well as impairing our health. The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion[36](#page-5-5) clearly documents what has unfolded to date and indicates what is planned; irrespective of the document's provenance, the Protocols are either a plan or a devastatingly accurate prophesy. Similarly, Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars[37](#page-5-6), explains how we are to be subjugated and controlled. These are supplemented by other documents which corroborate the notion of a new world order and one world government such as the Coudenhove-Kalergi plan[38](#page-5-7) and Rebuilding America's Defences: Strategies, Forces And Resources For A New Century[39](#page-5-8) published prior to the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon*.* The document referred to the need for a *New Pearl Harbour* to catalyse the plans for global war; hence the "attacks" which unfolded on 11th September 2001. Perpetual war is now our reality, the justification for which is continuous propaganda peppered with false flag attacks[40](#page-5-9). As more is spent on arms, security, control and surveillance, the more our freedoms are curtailed and our future is put in peril – the state is terror[41](#page-5-10) and war is the gift which keeps on giving to those who profit from it[42](#page-5-11) . Preparations for the **Cull** have been long in gestation, such as the signing into effect of the Noahide Laws[43](#page-5-12) by George Bush Senior in 1991; under the Noahide Laws, Christians are to be decapitated...[44](#page-5-13) sound fanciful? The Georgia Guidestones[45](#page-5-14) are clearly telling us something. If you want to understand how our future may unfold unless we awaken to our reality, study the atrocities of the Jewish led Cheka in Bolshevik Russia. Being Jewish is no magic defence[46](#page-5-15), Jews who deny Jewish exceptionalism and reject Talmudic doctrine are equally at risk. 30 31 Vaxxed - From Cover-up to Catastrophe 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 The Truth About the Noahide Laws 45 46 ## **Wolves in our Midst** "Climate change" is the new religion of eugenics[47](#page-6-0) fabricated to fleece, sort and cull the sheep while they are busy berating themselves and each other for living and breathing. The man-made climate change narrative[48](#page-6-1) is founded on scientific and financial fraud to tighten the noose of control; CO2 is not the "bogeyman" - the man-made global warming myth has been fuelled by media and academia in the face of contradictory evidence which suggests the bigger risk is cooling, ie. a potential Little Ice Age. In the face of winter, the sheep are shorn[49](#page-6-2) while the wolves in their midst provoke fear and hysteria. The Greta Thunberg phenomenon[50](#page-6-3) and Extinction Rebellion[51](#page-6-4) are choreographed PSYOPS to panic the sheep into the "holding pen" to await their fate; some will be slaughtered and some retained as serfs – economic units to feed the predatory political economy. Meanwhile, the "green agenda" is creating a potential energy crisis[52](#page-6-5) of life threatening proportions on a global scale. NGOs are levers of power[53](#page-6-6) and have come increasingly under the control of money power and the intelligence services. For example, the White Helmets, created by British intelligence services[54](#page-6-7) and feted and applauded by media and the establishment as an humanitarian organisation, are deeply embedded in terrorist activity and fabricated propaganda. The BBC created and promoted Panorama's "Saving Syria's Children"[55](#page-6-8) which inverted reality; it was the US/UK/Israel backed terrorists (along with the White Helmets) who were terrorising the civilian population and killing children, not the Syrian government. The BBC was established as the propaganda mouthpiece for AngloAmerican power and by paying a TV Licence[56](#page-6-9), we support our own indoctrination. ## **Money Power and Economic Collapse** Critical Thinking's comprehensive analysis of money power[57](#page-6-10) was published in the *Islamic Economics Journal* of King Abdulaziz University in 2017. Money power controls all. A 2011 study revealed the concentration of commercial power by looking at common directors and shareholders' registers of 43,060 transnational corporations. It showed that 60% of world trade is controlled by a "super-entity" of 147 corporations of which 45 of the top 50 are banks and financial corporations. Critical Thinking's research reveals that global banks are controlled by the 47 The Post-Carbon Energy Eugenics Hoax EXPLAINED 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 [https://iei.kau.edu.sa/Files/121/Files/153872\\\_30-02-09-Clive-3.pdf](https://iei.kau.edu.sa/Files/121/Files/153872%5C_30-02-09-Clive-3.pdf) same money power, as are most of the world's central banks[58](#page-7-0). Since the 2011 study, concentration of commercial power has increased[59](#page-7-1) . Money power has been fuelling boom and bust for well over a century in order to shape the political economy for its benefit. Remember, when reading The Great American Bubble Machine[60](#page-7-2), that banks like Goldman Sachs are fronts for Rothschilds and the other banking families. The signs of impending economic collapse[61](#page-7-3) are accumulating. Central banks have been fuelling the asset bubble ever since the global financial crisis of 2008[62](#page-7-4). Nothing has changed to resolve the problems which led to that crisis and arguably they are even more acute today. Every time the economy collapses, the banksters hoover up yet more real wealth while undermining the money system they created. In short, banking is a criminal enterprise[63](#page-7-5). A stark illustration of how financial crime is fostered and condoned from the top is the case of HSBC's illegal laundering of drugs and terrorists money[64](#page-7-6) for which neither the company nor its executives were indicted - cartel banks commit crime with impunity because the privately controlled Bank of International Settlements (BIS), City of London and captive financial regulators "have their backs". The lineage of predatory banking runs from the ancient Chaldeans, to the Phoenicians, then Venice[65](#page-7-7) and finally northern Europe, specifically the City of London[66](#page-7-8) which is a "state within a state" wielding global financial and geopolitical power. These two films, Secret City[67](#page-7-9) and The Brussels Business[68](#page-7-10) , give a flavour of the power of the City of London which, whether the UK is in or out of the European Union, will always thrive and prosper, as money power always has. #### **Divide and Control** In hindsight, the election of Donald Trump and the Brexit referendum in 2016 were intended to divide the 99%, thus diverting attention from the real authors of human misery… money power and centralised control. Prior to both Trump and Brexit, more people were awakening to the reality of centralised power but since then, the "99%" have turned on each other. Meanwhile, the trajectory towards one world government and the new world order continues. Trump is not his own man[69](#page-7-11) and Brexit is an illusion and theatrical distraction[70](#page-7-12); the UK's military, financial, legal, social and legal arrangements are being woven ever tighter into the dictatorship of the European Union, NATO and the United Nations. 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 Political parties, religious factions, campaigning movements etc. are either created or manipulated to foment division and conflict. While people focus on the "other" as the target of their anger, the system continues to add to their misery. #### **Agenda 2030** The warm fuzzy language of Agenda 2030 such as Sustainable Development[71](#page-8-0), Strong Cities and Global Goals etc. obscure the real, sinister agenda all under the cover of the big conservation lie[72](#page-8-1) . Numerous measures are being foisted on the global population, the implications of which and how local government plans are dictated by Agenda 2030[73](#page-8-2), are concealed. Among all the other attacks[74](#page-8-3) on our well-being is Codex Alimentarius[75](#page-8-4), the process by which non-food by-products of industry are recycled into food products, rarely with beneficial consequences for human health. Agenda 2030 is the foundation of one world government and the new world order. #### **Criminal Institutions** It is important to understand that while those who work within institutional hierarchy are complicit in the crimes against us all, compartmentalisation and conditioning ensure few understand the implications of their actions and decisions. Whether we're referring to governments[76](#page-8-5), religion[77](#page-8-6), law[78](#page-8-7) , banking[79](#page-8-8), media[80](#page-8-9) , commerce[81](#page-8-10), technology[82](#page-8-11), academia[83](#page-8-12) or the military-security-intelligence complex[84](#page-8-13), they are all controlled by the same money power because money is key to controlling everything. We are ruled by the worst in society who are bribed and blackmailed using sex and money. The Jimmy Savile exposure[85](#page-8-14) in the UK and the recent Jeffrey Epstein revelations[86](#page-8-15) have begun to reveal the sinister web of global criminal power, exerted through paedophilia and Satanic ritual abuse. Evidence indicates we live in a global kakistocracy[87](#page-8-16) but few have the courage to explore this dark underbelly of our existence, yet the evidence is there[88](#page-8-17) for those prepared to look. 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 Few are aware that we are "vessels lost on the sea of commerce" and have no legal standing to challenge authority. In Britain, the Cestui Que Vie Act of 1666[89](#page-9-0) cast us adrift, robbing us of our rights under common law while turning us into assets of the state to be harvested for profit and disposed of when we no longer have commercial value. It is a system of control replicated throughout the world[90](#page-9-1) . ## **Induced Mass Migration** While European cultures (and potential opposition to the new world order) were softened up for destruction[91](#page-9-2) through two world wars and the creation of the European Union, the war on us all entered a new phase in 2015[92](#page-9-3) with the explosion of unfettered mass migration orchestrated by the EU, the UN, governments, NGOs and money power to disintegrate the nations of Europe and set migrants, who are victims of the dysfunctional political economy in their native lands[93](#page-9-4), against the indigenous populations of Europe. Induced mass migration has similarly diluted social cohesion in the USA and created interracial conflict. The question to ask is *cui bono* and why are Jews and Israel, which is singularly unwelcome to non-Jewish immigrants, at the forefront of "multiculturalism" and induced mass migration[94](#page-9-5)? Under the cover of migration and "humanitarian" organisations, organs are harvested and children trafficked for paedophilia[95](#page-9-6) . ## **The Ashkenazi Cult which uses Jews as a Security Blanket** From Arthur Koestler's 13th Tribe[96](#page-9-7), we understand that Khazars converted to Judaism around 700AD, since when they've usurped and subverted Judaism, along with Christianity, Islam and other religions. This plan for world domination has deep roots and goes back centuries, not least with the planned creation of a Khazarian cognitive elite but fronted as being Jewish[97](#page-9-8) . Throughout history, we hear of "pogroms" and the victimisation of Jews, yet we seldom hear of the context and why Jews were resented. Furthermore, given that the Bolshevik revolution was led by Khazarian Jews and the atrocities committed by the Jewish led Cheka against millions of Russian people, the notion of Jews being victims is questionable[98](#page-9-9) . Another alleged victimisation of Jews is the holocaust, yet when we explore the claims of annihilation of 6 million Jews by Adolf Hitler and the German people, we find little evidence to support the allegations beyond confessions obtained under torture and witness claims motivated by greed. The 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 mythology of the holocaust is the linchpin of Rothschilds' power and wealth[99](#page-10-0); more people are awakening to the reality that, rather than being victims of the holocaust, the Ashkenazi cult was the instigator of both world wars and the genocide of Germans in the aftermath of WW2[100](#page-10-1) . This is a deep rabbit hole which few are willing to enter but until we understand the history of the 20th century, we cannot make sense of today and the trajectory towards one world government and the new world order will continue uninterrupted. Meanwhile, Chabad Lubavich[101](#page-10-2) is dictating governments' policies and the Noahide Laws[102](#page-10-3) are seeping into the fabric of the law around the world. ## **Self Organisation – Anarchy** When discussing dissolution of hierarchy, a number of objections arise, one of which is that large complex enterprise or functions cannot exist without hierarchy but Frederic Laloux's research and book, Reinventing Organizations[103](#page-10-4), demonstrate that it is precisely large, complex tasks which are best suited to non-hierarchical organisation. Laloux's research is focused mainly on commercial organisations although the successful case studies he cites include a self-organising school in Germany. It is not a big stretch to imagine applying the principles which emerge from his research to local, regional, national and global organisation of society. Laloux refers to three principles which the most successful self-organising entities adopt: - Self-management - Wholeness - Evolutionary purpose What is surprising is the lack of strategic planning and budgets; he relates the analogy to a bicycle journey. When you plan a journey, you don't plan every tilt and turn of the wheels to adapt to the topography of the terrain or attempt to anticipate every traffic incident you will meet; if you did and applied the plan rigorously, it would end in disaster - you'd fall off or worse. On your journey, you maintain the overall objective that you're travelling from A to B but adjust your riding dynamically as the journey unfolds. This is an excellent analogy and applies to how we could develop a nonhierarchical political economy. Murray Bookchin's Ecology of Freedom[104](#page-10-5) provides us with the intellectual justification to dissolve hierarchy[105](#page-10-6) and challenges us to think differently. Laloux demonstrates how self-organisation can work in practice to manage large, highly complex tasks. 99 100 101 102 Kabbalah, Chabad, & Noahide Laws EXPOSED!!! 103 104 105 The word anarchy has been demonised is people's minds as meaning chaos and destruction – "anarchy" simply means "no ruler". There's a very good reason anarchy has been demonised – anarchy terrifies the Structural Elite[106](#page-11-0) – when people realise they can organise themselves to freely flourish and prosper in collaboration and co-operation with others, it will be game over for "authority" and the Structural Elite. Global, or even national, political economy is far too big and complex to be planned and managed by the "command and control" regime of centralised power but it can **self organise**. ## **Journey of Discovery** *This is the 7th and final iteration of our analysis of the political economy but our work will continue elsewhere unconfined by definitions of Critical Thinking.* Those involved in Critical Thinking have been a journey of discovery described as three stages: **Public and Commercial Education** - Curricula, Specialisation, Compartmentalisation, Linear Abstraction, Erroneous Assumptions, Misinformation, Structural Incentives and Penalties to Conform, Orthodoxy, Binary Groupthink ► Trained Ignorance; **Critical Thinking** - Rational or Deductive Reasoning, Multiple Perspectives, Polymath, Self-Organised Learning, Unrestricted by Curricula, Co-Creative Learning Methodology, Logic, Empirical Evidence, Objectivity, Impartiality, Spiral of Learning ► Expanding Understanding; **Spiritual Exploration** - Microcosm to Macrocosm - Self and the Universe, Reflective, Subjective, Intuitive, Inductive Reasoning, Contemplation, Esoteric Knowledge, Occult ► Spiritual Awareness. Most of us have been trained within orthodox, public and commercial education systems applying predefined curricula, working to approved texts from "authorised" sources. We are accustomed to binary logic – answers are either right or wrong, true or false, black or white; as we are tested and sorted, "right" answers determine our place in the pecking order. Those who most diligently complete their training rise to the top of their field and often achieve influence, power and status far beyond the limitations of their trained capacity. Compartmentalisation ensures the perpetuation of ignorance of how the global political economy works a system to farm humans and harvest the wealth they create. Thus the status quo is not only protected but perpetually reinforced with rewards, prizes and accolades granted to those who prop up the edifice of centralised power, wielded by the Structural Elite. Of course, those who dissent from orthodoxy are marginalised, demonised and eliminated. However, the internet is undermining this centralised mode of control, in spite of strenuous efforts to harness proprietary software and social media to maintain it. The internet is the *de facto* distributed network through which co-creative learning is expanding. Human scale, "circles of trust", built on relationships not numbers, have emerged and they are sharing information and ideas that challenge conventional wisdom and human perception which have, hitherto, been blinded to reality. As these circles of trust interact across borders and ideological boundaries, an expanding ecology of learning is 106 creating a shared understanding of reality which is resonating far beyond those directly involved in cocreative learning. We are on the cusp of the next leg of our journey of discovery, spiritual exploration, to add to the foundation of our empirical understanding of the global political economy derived from Critical Thinking. #### The Reality Gap Newspeak and euphemistic language convey the impression of a benign political economy which serves humanity while the reality is a system of wealth extraction, human degradation and environmental destruction. This is the reality gap – people's perceptions versus their lived reality. Critical Thinking has sought to bridge this gap through an explicitly radical approach to learning but one which persists throughout human activity, unrecognised and often suppressed by conventional education. Collaborative, self-organisation is the foundation of our methodology which has been documented and shared via the free, open source CoCreative Learning project107 for anyone to access, use and adapt. When Critical Thinking started in January 2012, we set out to understand how the world works, with a view to coming up with solutions to the many and various problems in the world – a form of root cause analysis. From that starting objective, we went via systems thinking to structural thinking and our evolutionary purpose or task became to answer this question: *who rules*, *how and why*? We answered this question, at the "mechanical" or physical level in 2016 and published the 4th iteration of our analysis: Hierarchy and the Political Economy108. That was followed by the publication of a paper in the *Islamic Economics Journal* of King Abdulaziz University: Reform Proposals in the Monetary System for Attaining Global Economic Stability109, the 5th iteration of our accumulated analysis. Having identified *usury*, theft of the *commons* and institutional *hierarchy* as the three fundamental flaws underpinning today's dysfunctional political economy, we understood, and explained, in our 6th iteration in 2017, that we can't teach people this; they have to learn it for themselves. That is a big ask for many because it means abandoning all our preconceived notions and beliefs to relearn everything we thought we knew. Coming to terms with "letting go" of the comfort of our existing world view is a daunting prospect but remains the major impediment to solving our problems. #### Self Organised Learning Environments CoCreative Learning was launched in the autumn of 2017 to encourage others to co-create their learning by sifting, analysing and sharing information from diverse sources and perspectives to develop a shared understanding of our reality. Since then we've established partnerships with Newcastle University's SOLE Central[110](#page-13-0) (as in Self Organised Learning Environments) and their School in the Cloud project. CoCreative Learning is listed on their website as a Global SOLE[111](#page-13-1). Another spinoff co-creative learning project, [MacroRisk Connect](https://macroriskconnect.com/) is also working with SOLE Central. During the last two years, we have witnessed the growth and development of co-creative learning in action; there is a growing shared sense of why the world is the way it is and it's gathering momentum. Nonetheless, there remains a stubborn resistance to learning among most of the world's population, particularly among those who are seeking social justice, an end to war while "saving" the planet etc. Why won't those who support movements such as Extinction Rebellion question what's put in front of them? Could it be laziness? Not really, because many make significant sacrifices and expend considerable time and resources to support their "cause". Is it ignorance? Certainly. But from where or how does this ignorance arise and why the reluctance to challenge inculcated world views? FEAR. Fear is the ultimate barrier to understanding. #### **Fear** As we have progressed on our journey of learning, we are confronted with the glaringly obvious fact that most are imprisoned within their world views by FEAR. Fear is the reason people succumb to the structural incentives and penalties to ignore, dismiss or suppress any evidence or information which challenges their "comfortable and familiar" world view. To "march out of step" to bridge the reality gap requires courage, the courage to challenge our preconceptions and beliefs; those who "step out of line" risk ridicule, opprobrium and worse. Fear comes in many and various guises and is similarly betrayed in multiple behaviours, not least, aggression or retreat in the face of facts or uncomfortable truths. When confronted with information which shows people that their governments and all the institutions in which they trust, kill, steal and corrupt everything they touch, most are inclined, like children, to stick their hands over their ears and sing loudly, "*la, la, la, we're not listening because you're a bat-shit crazy, tin-foil hat wearing, conspiracy theorist spouting Nazi hate speech* \[aka. Uncomfortable Truth\] " While many fears relate to loss of status, material wealth, security and fear of social isolation, what underpins them all is Fear of DEATH. Fear of death, and all our insecurities, stem from our trained ignorance of *who we are*, *where we come from* and *what is our purpose*? Through secularisation of religion, reductionist *faux* science and moral relativity, we've descended into depravity and ignorance; we have been exiled from our true spirituality. Furthermore, the knowledge we've been denied is used against us, to further dumb us down and isolate us from the universe and each other. The "system" would have us believe that we developed from amoeba in the primordial swamp and evolved into the humans we are today. Quantum mechanics and our growing encounters with esoteric 110 111 knowledge have increasingly led us into conflict with this notion. Prompted by exploration of astrotheology and esoteric teachings[112](#page-14-0), we have started to explore beyond what can be accessed using deductive logic. A few Daily Pickings have alluded to the need to go beyond critical thinking but not explicitly expressed the intention to do so, not least because the thought ceasing to work on the Critical Thinking project had never entered our heads. The Jeffrey Epstein revelations and evidence of Satanic ritual abuse across the world suggest deeper, hidden forces are at work, beyond the tangible or physical manifestations of manipulation and control. As our work on hierarchy and political economy unfolded we encountered astrotheology and ancient teachings which suggest we need to look beyond what is revealed through deductive logic. By definition, critical thinking requires us to approach information with circumspection and scepticism. Hence the need to look beyond critical thinking. #### **The Future** There is no saviour coming to save us but there is the possibility of a shift in human consciousness; that is something that all of us, who recognise the dangers we face, can help bring about through learning and sharing what we learn. We are at a crossroads and faced with a choice; the choice will differ depending on where people are on their personal journey of discovery. Many have yet to reach the limits of critical thinking in exploring political economy to realise that there lies a world of possibilities beyond. The Critical Thinking website[113](#page-14-1) will remain, as will our BitChute channel[114](#page-14-2), as repositories for those seeking information. In time, the iterations of our analysis will be mirrored and contextualised on a new site(s). We're not abandoning Critical Thinking, we just won't be adding to it under the "brand name" of Critical Thinking. The @FCriticalThink[115](#page-14-3) twitter account will remain and while we won't continue to monitor it as consistently as we have to date, we will post news of progress of other co-creative learning projects from time to time. Some of the people involved with Critical Thinking may decide to form new co-creative learning groups to continue with similar work to focus on exoteric knowledge – ie. what is physical, tangible, visible. However, others want to explore esoteric knowledge – hidden or occult knowledge - what lies beyond the gateway into our innermost self and where to we fit within the universe – *microcosm* and *macrocosm* **Analogy:** In Critical Thinking we've been on a journey of discovery which entails a widening spiral of understanding. Recently, our expanding spiral has become bounded by a dense, tall thicket through which we see glimpses of amazing possibilities but we don't have the necessary equipment to break through the thicket to explore further. However, we've found a gateway to escape beyond the confines of the thicket but the gateway is tall, daunting and impregnable to deductive logic. Intuitive reasoning is the key to unlock this door to new possibilities. 112 113 114 BitChute - Critical Thinking at the Free University 115 ## **Spiritual Exploration** Hermetic Philosophy is founded on the following seven principles – for a fuller explanation see Chapter 2 of The Kybalion[116](#page-15-0) . - 1. The Principle of Mentalism. - 2. The Principle of Correspondence. - 3. The Principle of Vibration. - 4. The Principle of Polarity. - 5. The Principle of Rhythm. - 6. The Principle of Cause and Effect. - 7. The Principle of Gender. Quantum mechanics has developed through deductive logic (but may well have been "guided" by intuition) and tends to support the concept of an electric universe – or conscious energy vibrating within receptive space[117](#page-15-1), as did Nikola Tesla[118](#page-15-2) who relied on numerology among other ideas and universal phenomena. Pythagoras was a mystic as well as an empiricist[119](#page-15-3) . Deductive logic is a powerful masculine trait which is confirmed by Principle 7. This is not "sexist" but a fundamental principle of the universe. Androgyny, in the Hermetic sense, refers to our "being" rather than physical sex. We all, male and female, need to aspire to balance masculine and feminine reasoning, between deductive logic and inductive intuition, in order to arrive at an understanding of *who we are*, *where do we come* from and *what is our purpose*? When we understand, even in a general or superficial way, that we are instances of universal consciousness within receptive space, ie. space is not a void but an essential ingredient for our existence, fear of Death evaporates. The balance between deductive logic and intuitive contemplation is expressed in the Tarot, most obviously, in four of the major arcana (of 22 arcana or trump cards) II Priestess, III Empress, IV Emperor and V Pope or High Priest. II and III rely on intuition to govern the spiritual and physical worlds respectively. Whereas IV and V apply deductive reasoning to the physical and spiritual worlds respectively. The Tarot itself is a book of knowledge of infinite possibilities. Our first encounter with the Tarot was Manly P Hall's *Secret Teachings of All Ages*[120](#page-15-4); from there, we were led to other sources among which one stands out as significant: 116 117 118 119 120 [http://www.freecriticalthinking.org/images/Documents/Reference/The\\\_secret\\\_teachings\\\_of\\\_all\\\_ages.pdf](http://www.freecriticalthinking.org/images/Documents/Reference/The%5C_secret%5C_teachings%5C_of%5C_all%5C_ages.pdf) The Tarot of the Magicians[121](#page-16-0) by Oswald Wirth *In occultism a very great importance is attached to the twenty-two arcanas or keys of the Tarot, which all together present in pictures a treatise on high philosophy.* *Similar books in which the text can be reduced at the very most to the chapter headings, have nothing to say to the person who has acquired the faculty of making the books speak to him. On the other hand they speak...and with marvellous eloquence… to those who can question them wisely.* #### **Building on Critical Thinking's analysis** Coming back to our work: Critical Thinking has identified institutional *hierarchy* as a fundamental problem – through our deference to corrupt authority and reliance on others, we've abdicated responsibility for ourselves and each other. Human perception has been induced, over millennia and our lifetimes, to isolate us from the natural universe, our families and our communities. There are many strands to how this has been achieved and it requires much more work to understand the whole edifice of deceit. The concept of Androgyny is an example of how spiritual precepts have been co-opted to infiltrate the collective psyche with notions of no gender or gender fluidity in the physical sense. Transgender politics and education is brainwashing young children and provoking outrage from parents while imagery promoting Satanic worship have created further confusion, all sanctioned by creeping moral relativity, thereby making us even more malleable. The Occult[122](#page-16-1) conjures up notions of "evil", even among those who are regarded as intelligent and welleducated. The magic of the "system" has been to discredit esoteric knowledge in our minds as primitive superstition while that same esoteric knowledge is used to subjugate us. Mark Passio[123](#page-16-2) explains, as with technology, the Occult is a tool that can be used positively for the good of all, or as a means to obtain power over others, ie. selfishly or unselfishly. This knowledge is most potent and effective when used for the benefit of everyone. 121 [http://www.askthecards.info/free\\\_ebooks/Tarot\\\_of\\\_the\\\_Magicians\\\_by\\\_Oswald\\\_Wirth.pdf](http://www.askthecards.info/free%5C_ebooks/Tarot%5C_of%5C_the%5C_Magicians%5C_by%5C_Oswald%5C_Wirth.pdf) 122 123 Mark Passio - Anarchy & The Occult [https://youtu.be/7jYHe\\\_s2K5k](https://youtu.be/7jYHe%5C_s2K5k) ![](https://samisdat.in/user/pages/03.books/2019%20-%20How%20we%20live/read/_page_17_Picture_0.jpeg?g-16018011) Another double-edged sword is secrecy. Sects and ancient orders were highly selective as to who would be initiated into their circle because esoteric knowledge is so powerful, it is undesirable to let if fall into malicious hands. Today, all of our institutions and organisations have been infiltrated, subverted and co-opted to fulfil the ambitions and desires of the few possessing this knowledge. Adam Weishaupt was funded by the Rothschilds to create the Illuminati[124](#page-17-0), a secret sect to infiltrate the already secretive lodges of Freemasonry. The Occult is available to those with pure intent; those manipulating us through symbology, numerology, geometry, vibration and colour clearly understand their cause and effect but have failed to understand what this knowledge is for and, consequently, are as much a risk to themselves as to everyone else. Turning to the Tarot, there are images which reinforce the idea that the Tarot is some form of black magic to curse people; these ideas stem from our ignorance of what the Tarot is, a vast repository of knowledge and wisdom. ![](https://samisdat.in/user/pages/03.books/2019%20-%20How%20we%20live/read/_page_18_Picture_0.jpeg?g-16018011) ![](https://samisdat.in/user/pages/03.books/2019%20-%20How%20we%20live/read/_page_18_Picture_1.jpeg?g-16018011) ![](https://samisdat.in/user/pages/03.books/2019%20-%20How%20we%20live/read/_page_18_Picture_2.jpeg?g-16018011) Thus, by some interpretations, The Hanged Man (le Pendu) is not in distress but letting go of material preoccupations and limiting beliefs. Death (unamed card) is a necessary recondition for birth and rebirth; we see that in nature as dying vegetation provides the nutrition for new growth. The Devil (le Diable) has the words, Solve (analyse) on one arm and Coagula (unite) tatooed on the other – depending on context, this can mean the resolution of competing imperatives from actions contemplated. In summary, our evolutionary purpose cannot be fully realised within the confines of Critical Thinking but demands a different approach. Whatever form our work takes from here on, it will incorporate the work we've done to date but will be exploring sources of ancient knowledge, including the Tarot, to expand our understanding of our condition while sharing information as we learn, ie. following the CoCreative Learning methodology. Our working assumption is that we're in spiritual exile and that we need to get to the root of why and how that happened; beyond that, *how do we return "home"*? Whatever we've learned so far has been the result of many people's work, drawing on countless diverse sources. In short, we couldn't have got to this point without you all. And so **thank you**, even if you've never directly contributed to the project itself; if our work has, in any way, influenced or refined your understanding, that is gratifying in itself and adds momentum to the shift in human consciousness. Daily Pickings will no longer be published daily, although we will communicate through the various Critical Thinking channels when there is progress on co-creative learning to report or knowledge that can be usefully shared. Meanwhile, if you're inclined, why not start your own co-creative learning group[125](#page-19-0)? Those involved in the Critical Thinking group will continue their work in some form or another, yet to be decided, but the iterations of our analysis and eight years worth of Daily Pickings stand as an archive of reference material to support efforts to answer this question: *who rules, how and why?* 125 --- ## Navigation - Parent: [How we live - Who rules, how and why? 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