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Summary: A Fascinating Book
Comment: Some years ago I began doubting the offical line on Pearl Harbor. How were the Japanese able to "sneak" an entire fleet of twenty three large ships, including six aircraft carriers, across the Pacific Ocean without anyone noticing it? Other seemingly unrelated questions arose: Where did Hitler get the money to build his war machine? Where's the blast crater underneath the LEM? A lot of things we used to accept as gospel back in school just didn't add up in the end. Conspiracy theory fills in a lot of the gaps and it's an ugly picture that develops.
How the World Really Works is a great starting book for rookies who are just beginning to study conspiracy theory. But it's a valuable tool for old hands as well. In short, the theory holds that a conspiratorial, power mad ruling elite, and their political puppets, decide things; not "we the people". Much of what happens in the so-called democracies contradict what (most) voters want, and the explanations served up by the mass media are often ridiculous. Alan Jones takes on some of the weird stuff we see going on and tells what's really at stake.
HTWRW is actually a summation of twelve conspiracy books by various authors; each taking on a different facet of the elite's hidden agenda: a polyhedron with many sides, all abutting one another.
Want to know the real reason we're in Iraq? "A Century of War" will help you understand. Interested in learning why America and Americans can't get out of debt? "The Creature From Jekyll Island" tells you why. Do you wonder why things like "the environment" and "The War on Terrorism" suddenly become national mantras? "Report from Iron Mountain" lays it out. Is the CIA really running drugs? "The Politics of Heroin" and "Dope Inc." reveal some very interesting things.
I found HTWRW to be a fast and fascinating read. I've been into books on conspiracy theory for several years, but there was a lot of stuff in it that took me by surprise. Still, there are a few gripes: Jones makes a sketchy connection between prohibition and the rise of the dope industry. His explanation of the idea behind "waste" as described in "Report From Iron Mountain" is somewhat unclear. And trying to follow the many twists in "Politics of Heroin" and "Dope Inc." made those chapters tough to read.
Also, though he's generally a good writer, some of Jones' prose gets rather tangled. He understands what he means but the reader may have to re-read something several times to understand it. Overall though, it's a great book, and very helpful.
My favorite chapters: "A Century of War", "Tragedy and Hope", "The Creature from Jekyll Island" and "The Politics of Heroin". After reading HTWRW I bought some of the books summarized in it, and I'll be getting some of the others.
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Summary: This Book Reviews Other Books
Comment: The 'Introduction' explains this book as a shortcut to the essential knowledge needed to fight for democracy and freedom. Its 12 chapters are the author's reviews of a dozen books that present facts and views censored from the daily corporate press. Today's problems are interconnected in ways that will surprise you.
Chapter 1 explains how the wars over the past century were for the control of oil. American and British oil companies control their governments and eliminate any competition. Third world nations are exploited through "foreign aid". Any country that tries to develop nuclear power is punished, as that will lower the price of oil. Chapter 2 discusses the restricted book that documents the secret "international Anglophile network" that controls much of the world's history. The Rhodes Scholarships are part of this, and other organizations are named. It explains why millionaires subsidize "left-wing" movements (p.30). Tax-exempt foundations were created to pursue a hidden agenda (p.31). Read the secret 'seven points' to understand 1930s Europe. Did the bankers of England and Germany put Hitler into power (p.42)? Chapter 3 tells how banking dynasties have replaced dynastic monarchies. These banking families control the political and economic life of the world (p.45). The super-rich want to take over the world (p.49)! They control the educational systems (p.53). Who gets the oil and natural gas concessions after a revolution (p.57)? Chapter 4 explains how tax-exempt foundations are used to control the government and people of America to benefit the super-rich. One method is to control the teaching of history (p.63). Do they give funds to organizations for covert activities (p.70)?
Chapter 5 examines the Federal Reserve Bank and its history. It names the real person who inspired the "Daddy Warbucks" character in a comic strip (p.89). Its purpose was to attack smaller banks and corporations that finance their growth from profits (p.89)! The public pays more to enrich the banking cartel (p.93). Pages 107-111 tell how the Carnegie Foundation brought America into WW I. Who benefitted (p.118)? Chapter 6 discusses George Orwell's "1984", a satire on England and the world of 1948. England is under fascist rule (called "English Socialism") where telephones monitor everybody's lives. [Like today's cellphones?] It is a dark world without hope. [Yes, Orwell said "television" to avoid prosecution under the Official Secrets Act.] Chapter 7 discusses "The Report from Iron Mountain" which fictionalizes reality and projects its logical conclusions. Advertising, education, and the broadcast media controls the thinking of most people. [The chemical found in birth control pills is in most of the fresh water supplies to a limited amount.]
Chapter 8 asks if Environmentalism is just a power grab to control the wealth of the world (p.150). Is "global warming" a newer version of these fears (p.155)? Page 161 explains how this scam would work to benefit the banks of the rich. Populations in the Third World are oppressed to create wealth for their oppressors (pp.162-163). There is a warning against independent agencies and their administrative law (p.169). Chapter 9 tells about the lucrative business in drugs, such as opium and cocaine. US Intelligence agencies helped the drug trade (p.177). This was called "fighting Communism" (p.180)! CIA supported forces increased opium production in Burma (p.189). The war in Afghanistan supported opium production (p.201), cocaine in Nicaragua (p.202). Chapter 10 discussed the assassination of JFK as the conspiracy between intelligence agencies and organized crime to safeguard the lucrative trade in drugs, and related issues. The policy changes after JFK's death are listed on page 237. Chapter 11 uses a report, not a published book to tell about the many prestigious banks that are used for financing the world trade in drugs. Chapter 12 has the author's review of his own book. It seems to want to repeal the New Deal. This seems very fantastic and idealistic. To the extent its been done the result has been another depression today. The 'Epilogue' by Taylor Caldwell seems to be more fiction than history.
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Summary: Brainwashing
Comment: Alan B. Jones in this book in simple terms explains how the elite operate with their upper class puppets that they buy,sell,and deal with as is profitable for their criminal acts.
Jones uses 12 books to support is contention of what elite have done,and do.
I will in very simple terms state a fraction of what Jones has wrote in these books.
The FED is unconstitutional It produces paper money which through inflation becomes worthless.It is a private bank.They convert your valued money into assets which increase in value.Read my other reviews for details.It is my opinion among others that the FED is the major problem in how the U.S. is in decline.It is stated that international bankers run the world with their corporation puppets,and other super rich.They contrive to make war,and play all sides against each other.The purpose is to keep the populace in check, make profit,and retain power.The education system has been degraded to keep the people stupid,and they have been successful.They want one world.This way they can control forever, they think?.A king is best form of rule,not democracy,and an informed public.This is their constant fear.This is the elite conspiracy.One world,one culture,open borders,Free Trade,no rules except theirs.
Now going back to the Fed.Look at expressions on officials faces as result of crash in the housing market,and general economy which will be world wide.Some of the upper classes now realize that they will be in poverty,so even through they help create the criminal system now want it changed.The FED says it will regulate itself.What a joke.Like Israel it keep talking,and taking,with no change.I will repeat the FEDERAL RESERVE
IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL,YET IT EXIST.
Immigration is used to exploit nations by reducing value of individual,
and producing profit on volume.In others words the entire system is corrupt,it is a game that is fixed.You know about excessive profit of corporations,and business general.You know about lawless government with a president that should not be.He exist because the government,and the corporation are corrupt.This includes individuals.This is the international conspiracy of elite,world control,you without rights,without hope,outsource everything to China,India,and others,so that America can be destroyed,and then they can reorganize the world economy as elite like it,all power to them.They will say we want to make the world better,but look, over population,slavery,war,exploitation of all means,who profits from this hell,you know who?
Are the above statements in fact true.Is the intent to undermine America?Did the FED and its others in the business get caught.Does America have to go down,for China and the others to take over making America third world?Would this be more profitable and safe for them.
Walter E. Haas reviews and comments.Save America.
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Summary: I should have read the chapter titled "Let's Fix America" first
Comment: Most of us know there's something wrong with the way the "world" works. And we figure that folks with money and power will use their positions to do whatever it takes to accumulate more money and power at the expense of anyone or anything that get's in their way. Unfortunately, this book doesn't help clarify or give us tools to win the class war. If you're looking for clarity, start with Noam Chomsky's 2 CD audio "Propaganda and Control of the Public Mind." Chomsky offers a much more insightful and easier to grasp view of how the world really works.
For someone who hasn't cracked open this book yet, I would suggest that you read Chapter 12 first--"Let's Fix America". Jones has a few good ideas there, but for the most part his "tough love" ideology meshes perfectly with that of the "elites" he supposedly opposes. So it's difficult for me to assess if his work is designed to assist the working class, confuse it, or destroy it. Because destroying it is exactly what his taxation and social program ideas would do. If you examine these notions closely you can't help but notice that they sound like ideas that would be sponsored by far right-wing Think Tanks--typically funded by corporations and elite old-money families.
There is certainly a lot of info in the book. And some of it is likely correct--(Professor McCoy "Politics of Heroin" is considered a first class researcher)--with this kind of shotgun approach, it couldn't help but hit something. Unfortunately for Jones, "Report from Iron Mountain" was outed by the author, Leonard Lewin, as fictional satire--dead on satire, but fiction none the less. This leaves me with questions about the author's ability or desire to separate fact from fiction.
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Summary: HOW THE WORLD REALLY WORKS
Comment: This book is a must read for those who operate "in the spirit of trust." Before reading this book, I wrote a book published in late 2001 called "Blacks In The Spider's Web" which substantially views the world as the subject book, but from a black American perspective. Although I have not read all of the books reviewed in "How The World Really Works" (I'm sure most are out of print now), my analysis of the world situation corresponds materially with Alan B. Jones' book. Much of what we see of the world is a false facade that must be pierced in order to come to the reality of the truth. "How The World Really Works" helps to pierce the veil of secrecy covering the "military industrial complex," the "Kennedy assassinations" and the "dumbing down of America," among other "unsolved mysteries."
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