Democrats share the blame. Jimmy Carter was a member of the Trilateral Commission. At the time it was a little talked about international organization that served the interests of business. It was one of the key organization pushing neoliberalism. Carter filled his administration with Commission members. His Vice-President, Secretary of …
Democrats share the blame. Jimmy Carter was a member of the Trilateral Commission. At the time it was a little talked about international organization that served the interests of business. It was one of the key organization pushing neoliberalism. Carter filled his administration with Commission members. His Vice-President, Secretary of State, Defense and Treasury, were all members of the Trilateral Commission. Carter's National Security Advisor was its director. Many lesser officials also came from the commission.
In 1975 the Trilateral Commission issued a book-length report called The Crisis of Democracy (written by Michel Crozier, Samuel Huntington, and Joji Watanuki). The writers worried about the “governability of the democracies.” Frankly scared by the Sixties when “previously passive or unorganized groups in the population,” such as “blacks, Indians, Chicanos, white ethnic groups, students and women — all of whom became organized and mobilized in new ways to achieve what they considered to be their appropriate share of the action and of the rewards.” The Commission believed that “some measure of apathy and noninvolvement on the part of some individuals and groups” was a prerequisite for democracy. Higher education should emphasize “economic and political goals” not political engagement. If college was offered to the masses, “a program is then necessary to lower the job expectations of those who receive a college education.” We all knew that business was pouring more money into politics, but we had no idea how organized the corporate campaign was.
Democrats share the blame. Jimmy Carter was a member of the Trilateral Commission. At the time it was a little talked about international organization that served the interests of business. It was one of the key organization pushing neoliberalism. Carter filled his administration with Commission members. His Vice-President, Secretary of State, Defense and Treasury, were all members of the Trilateral Commission. Carter's National Security Advisor was its director. Many lesser officials also came from the commission.
In 1975 the Trilateral Commission issued a book-length report called The Crisis of Democracy (written by Michel Crozier, Samuel Huntington, and Joji Watanuki). The writers worried about the “governability of the democracies.” Frankly scared by the Sixties when “previously passive or unorganized groups in the population,” such as “blacks, Indians, Chicanos, white ethnic groups, students and women — all of whom became organized and mobilized in new ways to achieve what they considered to be their appropriate share of the action and of the rewards.” The Commission believed that “some measure of apathy and noninvolvement on the part of some individuals and groups” was a prerequisite for democracy. Higher education should emphasize “economic and political goals” not political engagement. If college was offered to the masses, “a program is then necessary to lower the job expectations of those who receive a college education.” We all knew that business was pouring more money into politics, but we had no idea how organized the corporate campaign was.