:41:01
to lead an organization of
500000 men which would
:41:04
be able to take over
the functions of government...
:41:08
A Congressional Committee
ultimately found evidence
:41:10
of a plot to overthrow
Roosevelt.
:41:13
According to Butler
the conspiracy included
:41:16
representatives of some
of Americas top corporations
:41:19
including J. P. Morgan
Dupont and Goodyear tire.
:41:27
As today's chairman
of Goodyear knows
:41:30
for corporations
to dominate government
:41:32
a coup is no
longer necessary.
:41:36
Corporations have gone
global and by going global
:41:40
the governments have lost
some control over corporations
:41:45
regardless of whether
the corporation can be trusted
:41:47
or can not be trusted
:41:49
governments
today do not have
:41:51
over the corporations
the power that they had
:41:55
and the leverage they
had 50 or 60years ago.
:41:59
And thatÂ’s a major change.
:42:00
So governments have
become powerless
:42:03
compared to what
they were before.
:42:06
Capitalism today commands
the towering heights
:42:10
and has displaced
politics and politicians
:42:13
as the new high priests
:42:14
and reigning
oligarchs of our system.
:42:17
So capitalism and its principle
protagonists and players
:42:21
corporate CEOs
:42:23
have been accorded unusual
power and access.
:42:27
This is not to deny the
significance of government
:42:29
and politicians
:42:31
but these are
the new high priests.
:42:36
I was invited to
Washington D. C. to attend
:42:38
this meeting that
was being put together
:42:41
by the National
Security Agency called
:42:43
the Critical
Thinking Consortium.
:42:46
I remember standing
there in this room
:42:48
and looking over
on one side of the room
:42:51
and we had
the C IA N S A D IA FB I
:42:55
Customs Secret Service
:42:59
and then on the other
side of the room we had