This conversation covers Antony C. Sutton's "Wall Street Trilogy," (https://amzn.to/46lMS0O) argues that American financial interests played a significant, often overlooked, role in supporting and shaping various totalitarian regimes. It contends that Wall Street financiers, like those from J.P. Morgan and General Electric, provided financial and technical assistance to the nascent Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, and the Italian Fascist state, viewing these regimes as opportunities for economic exploitation and control rather than ideological adversaries. The text further suggests that figures such as Franklin D. Roosevelt were deeply connected to these financial elites, and that his New Deal policies mirrored "corporate socialism," which centralized economic power. It also touches upon attempts by certain American business figures to establish a fascist-style government in the United States, and highlights how information regarding these connections was sometimes suppressed.

Antony Sutton's Wall Street Trilogy

This conversation covers Jacques Ellul's "The Technological Society," (https://amzn.to/3ZXumbk) and explores the pervasive and transformative nature of technique in modern civilization. The text argues that technique, encompassing all systematic means to achieve efficiency, has become an autonomous force, shaping social, economic, and political structures and progressively eliminating human choice. It asserts that this technical dominance leads to a "mass society" where individuals are conditioned to serve the technical system, often losing their traditional essence and finding themselves in a world where even art and leisure are redefined by technical imperatives. The sources also highlight how technique impacts governance, leading to a centralized and potentially totalitarian state that prioritizes technical efficiency over human values.

The Technological Society - Human Adaptation and Control

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