At a 1961 San Francisco symposium titled “Man and Civilization: Control of the Mind,” (Aldous) Huxley elaborated on what he called “The Final Revolution”:
There will be in the next generation or so a pharmacological method of making people love their servitude and producing dictatorship without tears, so to speak. Producing a kind of painless concentration camp for entire societies so that people will in fact have their liberties taken away from them but will enjoy it, because they will be distracted from any desire to rebel by propaganda, or brainwashing, or brainwashing enhanced by pharmaceutical methods. And this seems to be the final revolution.
This month I finished reading author Seamus Bruner’s recently published book titled Controligarchs. Published by Sentinel in 2023, Controligarchs is definitely not a novel, not a memoir, nor a series of essays. Mr. Bruner presents his thesis almost as a research tome. He is meticulous. He cites one thousand thirty nine sources that credit his over view of the facts woven into ten chapters of his 263 page Controligarchs.
The excerpt, shared above, is found near the bottom of page 223, Chapter 9, paragraph subtitled, The Final Revolution. Bruner cites the Huxley quote as follows; Aldous Huxley, “the Ultimate Revolution,” Tavistock Group, California Medical School, audio recording.
Bruner’s book, Controligarchs, focuses on thirteen billionaire philanthropists identified as members of The Good Club. Of those thirteen, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, George Soros and the Rockefellers are exposed in greater detail. Most of these men doubled their net worth over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bruner points out an over-riding philosophy shared by The Good Club members; no disaster or pandemic should ever be looked at other than an opportunity for more control and power.
On pages xi and xii of the Introduction it is written; American oligarchs; a new breed of philanthropists, entrepreneurs, and tech titans seeking to impose an unprecedented system of control not only in the US, but around the world. The author’s two years of research is summarized, ironically, in the Foreword on page ix. Controligarchs is a window into their vision for your future in a world where they decide what we can own , how many children we can have and what we are allowed to eat. The Foreword has been written by one Peter Schweizer. He continues; It is vital to read this book not as a fait accompli but as your wake up call. Some of the clarion calls- population control, eugenics, the great reset and digital currencies. These billionaires move under the distraction of pandemics, climate change, bank collapses food and energy crisis. Their blankets of philanthropies distract from their singular motive to control populations of fearful citizens around the world. We will own nothing and be happy!
They and others meet regularly at places like Davos Switzerland. The World Economic Forum is where Davos men conjure up goals and plans to raise their standard of living at the expense of my neighbors and me and you! I agree with Mr. Schweizer, Controligarchs is a wake up call. Or to put it more bluntly, Bruner’s book is analogous to the kitchen light switch touched in the morning only to illuminate all the roaches scurrying back to their secret shadows.
I am heading to my metaphorical lighthouse this month by a mode of transportation I normally don’t use. In my mind’s eye I am seated in a train car with large windows. There has been some blathering lately in the local press about improving rail service west to east across our small state. Maybe someday we can actually travel the 80 plus miles to our beautiful sea shore accompanied by the wonderful rhythmic clickity-clack of a train car pulled by a majestic iron horse. In any case the lack of that regular transportation doesn’t stand in my way of day-dreaming this ride onto the prose of this page. I didn’t realize this little ride was going to take three months! And most of the ride was though a dark tunnel, no scenery to be seen. The tunnel of darkness I refer to is the subject matter of my readings these last months. The Ku-Klux Klan stories and Controligarchs are all focused on fear, hate, judgement, and control. Not exactly nice scenery out my rail car’s window. ( Now you would be correct to point out my visits the past two months to my metaphorical lighthouse and not once did I mention the picture of a three month train ride in a dark tunnel. So I ask you to politely ignore my analogy’s transgression and lack of timely logic.)
I labor here to reflect on the energy of darkness as I believe it is important to discern the shadows as I leave them behind while bathing in the rotating light above me. The mirrored light shines over the sea as I accept the light within me! I am now traveling back home with the lighted scenery out the window of my tracking ride. In that light I pick up The Phantom Tollbooth written by Norton Juster in 1961. Juster’s book is rated for an 8 to 12 year old audience. You might ask why is a a septuagenarian looking to read a children’s story? Well I have two answers to that question. Firstly, I was 12 years old when The Phantom Tollbooth was first published and I am just getting to it now. Sometimes life can get in the way of a good read! Secondly, I have many children’s books on my bookshelves. They stand proud with Shakespeare, Dickens, Hemingway, and other literary giants. Some of the truest answers to questions in my life came from Winnie the Pooh, Alice in Wonderland and Harold and the Purple Crayon! I look forward to reading Juster’s wonderful imaginative trip of a story!
I end my reflections this month with what I learned by staring into the darkness of hate, fear and control. Look for the truth, discern it, resonate with it. That truth will be the light that guides me to my light within as well as the light without!
Thank you for reading.
Be in peace and joy!
Mark