[size="4"][color="#008080"]Part V [/color][/size][size="4"][color="#008080"][size="2"](of XIII)[/size][/color][/size][size="4"][color="#008080"] [/color][/size]ââ¬â [size="2"]adapted transcript of The Capitalist Conspiracy (by G. Edward Griffin), a 1969 documentary[/size]
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[size="2"]In 1870, a wealthy British socialist
by the name of John Ruskin, was
appointed as professor of fine arts
at Oxford University in London. He
advocated the necessiy of a ruling
class and the extension of English
culture throughout the world.[/size][/floatleft]In 1870, a wealthy British socialist by the name of John Ruskin was appointed professor of fine arts at Oxford University in London. He taught his students that the state must take control of the means of production and organize them for the good of the community as a whole. But he advocated placing control of the state into the hands of a single dictator. He said:
[indent]My continual aim has been to show the eternal superiority of some men to others, sometimes even of one man to all others.
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[floatright]![[Image: cecil-rhodes.jpg]](http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd436/sumishi2009/The%20Capitalist%20Conspiracy%20--%20Griffin/cecil-rhodes.jpg)
[size="2"]Cecil Rhodes, one of the world's
richest men, formed a secret
society and spent most of his vast
income to advance the ruling class
ideas of John Ruskin, his former
teacher.[/size][/floatright]Dr. Quigley tells us:
[indent]Ruskin spoke to the oxford undergraduates as members of the privileged ruling class. He told them that they were the possessors of a magnificent tradition of education, beauty, rule of law, freedom, decency, and self-discipline, but that this tradition could not be saved, and did not deserve to be saved, unless it could be extended to the lower classes in England itself and to the non-English masses throughout the world.
Ruskin's message had a sensational impact. His inaugural lecture was copied out in long-hand by one undergraduate, Cecil Rhodes, who kept it with him for thirty years.
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Cecil Rhodes made one of the world's greatest fortunes. With help from international bankers, he was able to establish a virtual monopoly over all of the diamonds that came from South Africa and most of the gold as well. Throughout his entire life, Cecil Rhodes spent most of his vast income to advance the ruling-class ideas of John Ruskin.
Many people are familiar with the world-famous Rhodes Scholarships which were established to promote the less controversial aspects of John Ruskin's dream, but very few are familiar with the fact that, in 1891, Cecil Rhodes established a secret society to promote the rest of that dream.
[floatright]![[Image: cecil-rhodes-secret-society.jpg]](http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd436/sumishi2009/The%20Capitalist%20Conspiracy%20--%20Griffin/cecil-rhodes-secret-society.jpg)
[size="2"]The secret society created by Cecil Rhodes set up an inner
circle of initiates which, in turn, established Round Table
Groups in the chief British dependencies and the United
States. The Round Table Group in the United States
promptly created an external organization known as the
CFR, the Council on Foreign Relations.[/size][/floatright]Dr. Quigley explains:
[indent]In this secret society, Rhodes was to be leader. Stead, Brett (Lord Esher), and Milner were to form an executive committee: Arthur (Lord) Balfour, (Sir) Harry Johnston, Lord Rothschild, Albert (Lord) Grey, and others were listed as potential members of a "Circle of Initiates;" while there was to be an outer circle known as the "Association of Helpers" (later organized by Milner as the Round Table organization).
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Here, then was the classic pattern of political conspiracies throughout all history. As the center, usually depicted as the all-seeing eye, there is a tiny group in complete control with one man as the undisputed leader. Next comes a circle of secondary leadership that, for the most part, is completely unaware of the inner core. They are led to believe that they are the innermost ring.
In time, as these conspiracies are built from the center out, they form additional rings of organization. Those in the outer eschelons usually are poor idealistic souls with an honest desire to improve the world. They never suspect an inner control for sinister purposes, and only those few who demonstrate a ruthless capacity for higher leadership are ever allowed to see it.
Stay tuned...
[floatleft]
[size="2"]In 1870, a wealthy British socialist
by the name of John Ruskin, was
appointed as professor of fine arts
at Oxford University in London. He
advocated the necessiy of a ruling
class and the extension of English
culture throughout the world.[/size][/floatleft]In 1870, a wealthy British socialist by the name of John Ruskin was appointed professor of fine arts at Oxford University in London. He taught his students that the state must take control of the means of production and organize them for the good of the community as a whole. But he advocated placing control of the state into the hands of a single dictator. He said:
[indent]My continual aim has been to show the eternal superiority of some men to others, sometimes even of one man to all others.
[/indent]
[floatright]
[size="2"]Cecil Rhodes, one of the world's
richest men, formed a secret
society and spent most of his vast
income to advance the ruling class
ideas of John Ruskin, his former
teacher.[/size][/floatright]Dr. Quigley tells us:
[indent]Ruskin spoke to the oxford undergraduates as members of the privileged ruling class. He told them that they were the possessors of a magnificent tradition of education, beauty, rule of law, freedom, decency, and self-discipline, but that this tradition could not be saved, and did not deserve to be saved, unless it could be extended to the lower classes in England itself and to the non-English masses throughout the world.
Ruskin's message had a sensational impact. His inaugural lecture was copied out in long-hand by one undergraduate, Cecil Rhodes, who kept it with him for thirty years.
[/indent]
Cecil Rhodes made one of the world's greatest fortunes. With help from international bankers, he was able to establish a virtual monopoly over all of the diamonds that came from South Africa and most of the gold as well. Throughout his entire life, Cecil Rhodes spent most of his vast income to advance the ruling-class ideas of John Ruskin.
Many people are familiar with the world-famous Rhodes Scholarships which were established to promote the less controversial aspects of John Ruskin's dream, but very few are familiar with the fact that, in 1891, Cecil Rhodes established a secret society to promote the rest of that dream.
[floatright]
[size="2"]The secret society created by Cecil Rhodes set up an inner
circle of initiates which, in turn, established Round Table
Groups in the chief British dependencies and the United
States. The Round Table Group in the United States
promptly created an external organization known as the
CFR, the Council on Foreign Relations.[/size][/floatright]Dr. Quigley explains:
[indent]In this secret society, Rhodes was to be leader. Stead, Brett (Lord Esher), and Milner were to form an executive committee: Arthur (Lord) Balfour, (Sir) Harry Johnston, Lord Rothschild, Albert (Lord) Grey, and others were listed as potential members of a "Circle of Initiates;" while there was to be an outer circle known as the "Association of Helpers" (later organized by Milner as the Round Table organization).
[/indent]
Here, then was the classic pattern of political conspiracies throughout all history. As the center, usually depicted as the all-seeing eye, there is a tiny group in complete control with one man as the undisputed leader. Next comes a circle of secondary leadership that, for the most part, is completely unaware of the inner core. They are led to believe that they are the innermost ring.
In time, as these conspiracies are built from the center out, they form additional rings of organization. Those in the outer eschelons usually are poor idealistic souls with an honest desire to improve the world. They never suspect an inner control for sinister purposes, and only those few who demonstrate a ruthless capacity for higher leadership are ever allowed to see it.
Stay tuned...