{"id":88854,"date":"2019-05-15T15:10:56","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T22:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=88854"},"modified":"2019-05-15T15:10:56","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T22:10:56","slug":"identifying-some-threats-to-our-civilization-our-freedom-and-the-menace-of-the-new-world-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2019\/05\/15\/identifying-some-threats-to-our-civilization-our-freedom-and-the-menace-of-the-new-world-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Identifying Some Threats to our Civilization, our Freedom and the Menace of the \u2018New World Order\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Priyantha Hettige\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

Setting\nThe Scene: Threats to us and our survival<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For true\nfreedom, people need transparency in all things. The fact is, for democracy\n(and freedom) to survive we need good information; we need to understand. When\ngovernment hides things or give us false information, our freedom is\ndiminished. In fact, there are so many things we are not told. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For how\nmuch longer can human civilization survive? For seventy years we have been\nliving under the shadow of nuclear war.  Several times, we humans have\ncome extremely close to final nuclear disaster, even by just a few minutes due\nto misunderstanding or human error. When the doomsday clock of the Bulletin of\nNational Scientists was set last January at just two minutes to midnight that\nis now the closest it has been to terminal disaster since the clock was set up\nin 1947. With the USA and Russia, armed with unstoppable hypersonic weapons,\nstaring each other down, the world is facing total destruction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another\nthreat to our continued existence is global warming. It has been slowly getting\nhotter year by year over the last ten years and shows no signs of slowing down.\nExperts say it is the sun changing and warming our upper atmosphere \u2013 but\nassisted by our emissions of methane, carbon dioxide and other noxious gases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A third\ndanger facing us all, is the threat from Earth\u2019s N-S Polar reversal. The\nEarth\u2019s magnetosphere provides us with protection from harmful solar and space\nradiation. A reversal is when the North and South poles switch positions. This\nis highly disruptive, causing mountainous tsunamis, violent earthquakes and\nhigh winds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those are\nterminal cataclysms, but there are others of lesser degree. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is\nthe danger from state tyranny to our freedom.  The price of freedom is\neternal vigilance. There is the grave danger facing the free world made by the\nworld\u2019s ruling elites who are busily undermining democracy. On one side is the\npolitical left, who secretly plan a \u2018New World Order\u2019 ruled by the United\nNations. On the other is the political right, who want to, country by country,\ninstall right-wing governments into power ruled by dictators, all for the\nbenefit of business! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They want\ndictators installed into power to implement their agendas of either the left or\nright, who can rule and imprison all those who oppose their rule. Donald Trump\nhas seriously upset the left\u2019s long-laid plans of re-organizing and oppressing\nthe common man. That explains the animosity directed towards him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then,\nthere are the Islamists, who want a Caliphate to rule the world with Muslim\nSharia law, putting society back a thousand years. Extremists, idealists all,\nwould be happy to install such a state by Jihad or by terror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or,\nirresponsible researchers playing with viruses which can unleash an epidemic,\nor other sources of a virus which is unstoppable and wipes us all out. AIDS and\nEbola viruses are unstoppable and lethal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Little of\nthese threats named above get into the newspapers or on television \u2013 governments\nwant the common man to be kept in the dark, vulnerable to the dangers, but\nentertained by gossip and drama! With our heads empty of meaningful thoughts,\nthey can manipulate and control us like sheep and pigs, and profit from us,\ntoo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How we,\nourselves, Undermine Democracy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Philosophers\nsay we cannot have true freedom without personal moral constraint in a\ndemocratic society. The only truly free people are those that are ruled by\npersonal moral behavior. Democratic government can be very successful where a\npopulation is moral, but it will fail when good standards and practices decline\nand fall and good order in society breaks down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RULE:<\/strong> When\nunrestrained liberty leads to a loss of order, then the demand for order leads\nto a loss of liberty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

EXPLANATION:<\/strong> In the\ncase of a society enduring moral anarchy, corruption and chaos, even before the\narrival of a strong man, people are not truly free. They must be alert and on\nthe defensive.\n                                                         You\ncan say that those who are unrestrained in behavior; by being corrupt and\nimmoral, are destined to be ruled by a tyrant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They\nmistakenly think it is necessary to install a strongman to restore order \u2013 a\njust man \u2013 if such a man can be found! But just men or tyrants have few tools\nin their tool box – when you only have a hammer \u2013 you see all problems as a\nnail to be hammered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus,\nmoral anarchy, corruption and chaos can lead to dictators who have to use\nstrong-arm tactics to solve all the different problems. They have only one\nresponse to extreme problems – the police, jails and even torture and death. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nSuperiority of Reasoning and Moral Restraint<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strong\nmen are a one-sided response to modern situations of chaos; but society is\nbetter reformed by reasoning, explanation and debate for problem solving. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore,\nthe only truly free people are those who are ruled by personal moral behavior.\nGood, educated people can reason and realize the importance of the best human\nqualities, trust, truth, moderation, an efficient system of law; recognizing\nwhat is good and beautiful and protecting it. There is a need to teach the\nconstituent aspects of a moral society. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Democratic\nSociety based on Free, Unbiased Information<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Free\npeople need accurate, unbiased information with nothing held back by which to\nform opinions and understand events in this world. Freedom and good information\nare inseparable necessities for mankind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is\nreality, not illusion or delusion that will determine what the future will\nbring. Unfortunately, there are few TV. documentaries to educate and inform\npeople. All they get is TV. news which is severely limited to five minuits of\nnews \u2013 supplying what one person thinks are items of importance, all\nfollowed closely by the Tele-Dramas. They do not tell us of our dependence on\nthe sun, its power and treachery, nor do they give information of the factual,\nrepeating planetary disasters nor the true history of mankind. Without this,\npeople cannot imagine such events. Many people have only limited awareness of\nnews and events in the wider world.\n                                         The\nmain media fails them and most people do not trouble themselves to access\nsmaller, better news providers. They live in a bubble of delusion. Then they\nact accordingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This\nlimited awareness of a fast moving, violent world should not be enough for any\nnormal educated person. People need more facts about the sun and our planet and\ntruths of political currents and form opinions about them. (For example, Julian\nAssange distributed information about the massive political corruption in the\nUSA \u2013 so he is arrested and maybe sent to prison for life for revealing the\ntruth.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fact\nis, we live in a turbulent world of man\u2019s inhumanity to man. Who would have\ndreamed that just before Easter this year, suicide bombers would change our\nsociety so deeply?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was\nthe French Revolution, the Cuban Revolution, the American Revolution, the\nrevolution in Nicaragua. The world seems peaceful, but in fact, like volcanoes,\nexplosions occur! \u2013 and driving these are the elites who plan for a New World\nOrder, or world dictatorships or even an Islamic Caliphate.  Be aware of\nall the dangers facing you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A\nSuggested Definition of  \u2018Good\u2019 And \u2018Bad\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018GOOD\u2019<\/strong> is\ndefined as whatever is beneficial or brings social harmony and happiness to\nsociety. These actions are good Karma which brings its own good reward. This is\nimportant for progress along the \u2018Eight-fold Noble Path\u2019 towards a personal\nwisdom, peace and\nNibbana.                                                                                                                                      \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  \u2018BAD\u2019<\/strong>\nis whatever action(s) or event(s) that result(s) in pain, harm, anger, conflict\nor causes disharmony in Buddhist society. This slows, hinders or even prevents\npeople following their \u2018Eight-fold Noble Path\u2019 to self-development and wisdom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most\nactions of people fall within these limits of \u2018GOOD\u2019 or \u2018not BAD\u2019 as defined.\nThis can also be seen as a way of minimizing society\u2019s overall unhappiness.\n(i.e. maximizing overall happiness in society).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Priyantha Hettige\u00a0 Setting The Scene: Threats to us and our survival For true freedom, people need transparency in all things. The fact is, for democracy (and freedom) to survive we need good information; we need to understand. When government hides things or give us false information, our freedom is diminished. In fact, there are so […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88854\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}