Summary Of Memoirs By David Rockefeller

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We have come to a point where these elites no longer even try to hide what they are doing but rather they publicly mock how easy their wealth has been made by publishing books on it, one example is David Rockefeller who did just this in his 2003 book entitled Memoirs: “For more than a century, ideological extremists at either end of the political spectrum have seized upon well-publicized incidents such as my encounter with Castro to attack the Rockefeller family for the inordinate influence they claim we wield over American political and economic institutions. Some even believe we are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as ‘internationalists’ and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure — one world, if you will. If that is the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it.”
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These elites control the society we live in and therefore need to be held accountable for the damages. They continuously try to manipulate us into thinking that we either have ourselves to blame or try to convince us that it is another nations fault, which results in baseless wars that keep us occupied with the wrong target instead of against the real causes. Together we need to refuse to play the game that these elites have set up, because we will be on the losing side every time. Their supremacy depends solitarily on our submission. It is time that populations get together and build solidarity. We need to stop doing what we are told and start critically analysing what is presented to

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