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The Bird of Paradise—renewed each century—

born in flame, ending in flame!

- Hans Christian Anderson

Several months ago I followed a link on a discussion forum to a website devoted to enterprise corruption, and a lot of things came together for me.  Here is my abridged version of the site, but if you follow the link at the bottom of this post  can see it for yourself.

What is enterprise corruption? Enterprise Corruption is savage form of capitalism, the way the Powers That Be typically deal with industrial revolutions. I think TPTB even call it “The Enterprise,” but don’t quote me because I don’t remember where I read it. I never read Shock Doctrine, but I suspect Naomi Klein included among her case histories an enterprise corruption or two. Or five or ten.

Why is enterprise corruption not in the history books? Because enterprise corruption is formulaic and you are not supposed to learn the formula. TPTB are to profit from it. You are to be burned by it. They need you to be willing to work for cheap during the rebuilding phase.

What does enterprise corruption look like? Globalization, war, white collar crime, currency collapses, nation building, and the exploitation of cheap labor for profit.

Where are we in the industrial revolutionary cycle? Right on the edge of a new one. Do you want to know ahead of time how it’s going to play out?  Me too. So here we go:

What will be the basis of the new industrial revolution? This is just my guess:  The “new electrics,” or the electromagnetic quantum vacuum.  I don’t think it will be wind or solar power; rather I think we’re going to jump over those technologies in favor of something a little more efficient. The new system will keep the U.S. population subject to smart grid control and surveillance. I suspect the Enterprise will find a – let’s say creative destructive -  way to bring down the heart of our present energy distribution system so that it may be reconfigured/rebuilt in accordance with a grand vision.

Public transportation will play into the new electrics infrastructure in a big way:  Warren Buffet just invested in a major U.S. train company and I assure you he didn’t do it because he’s a train collector.  Mr. Buffet gets inside information on the way the future is likely to pan out, and he’s positioned himself to profit from it. Perhaps in exchange for his “foresight” Mr. Buffet will receive a little creative-destructive help in paving the way for a new electromagnetic transportation system. Or at least a taxpayer-funded subsidy, yes?

How will I know when the new revolution will begin? When the paper trail from the previous enterprise is destroyed, usually by war or terrorism. For instance the events of 9/11/01 destroyed much of the paper trail from Enron, Iran-Contra, and the S&L crisis. The events of the next catastrophe will likely destroy any paper trails remaining from the financial and covert dealings related to 9/11 and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Guilty parties will never be prosecuted because all the evidence will be “destroyed in the fire.”

To build the new, first you have to dismantle the old

But sometimes it’s cheaper for business to just blow it all up.

Historical pattern of an industrial revolution (in order):

1. appearance of a disruptive and revolutionary utility, technology, science, or discovery
2. measurement of its effect on wages
3. identification of out-sourceable nations
4. closed-door task force convened
5. securities regulation lifted
6. quiet waivers and exemptions from previous white-collar crime legislation
7. corporations re-located off-shore
8. book-cooking commences
9. moral/ethical diversion(s)
10. foreign infrastructure upgrade
11. foreign infrastructure goes “online”
12. book-cookers quietly confess
13. book-cookers withdraw holdings
14. rumors spread of inappropriate accounting methods
15. share value debased
16. book cookers publicly confess
17. public receives invoice <——-YOU ARE HERE
18. war turns attention from book-cooking to life’s more important issues (life & limb, individual safety, sheer survival from enemy du jour)

Black Swan, my ass. This latest enterprise was by the book.

“May you live in interesting times” is an ancient Chinese curse. We’re at an interesting – and potentially very deadly – time of our present industrial revolution: The blow-it-up and cover-it-up phase. Something was supposed to have been accomplished by now, but for the life of me I cannot figure it out: What was our upgrade this time? Maybe Iraq got the free upgrade. I’m sure they’re thrilled.

Knowing this and suspecting it to be true, what can we do? There is no stopping enterprise corruption. If you have not yet noticed the ears of our supposed representatives are plugged to our voices.  All we can do is try to protect our assets and our asses and get out of the way.  Presuming we aren’t completely wiped out by the upheaval we may even find a way to benefit from an electromagnetic future.

Enterprise Corruption

This isn’t me, but it might as well be. I spent some time out and about in the sunshine, then came home and fell asleep on my sofa.  How many years has it been since I’ve  wasted an afternoon asleep in my livingroom?  I think I was married, before I had Bunny, who by the way is out this Saturday night with my car. So that means at least seventeen years.  I think I need to do this more often.