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flem's avatar

Is this symptomatic of "New Normal" era of democracy where the government and its stakeholders seek to impose public groupthink on contentious global issues such as immigration, climate action, Covid, gender ideology, etc? Meaningful engagement at a grassroots level is avoided as much as possible, while the best we can expect are pre-chosen "Civil Society" groups whose only real function is to agree to whatever pre-determined policies are set out before them.

https://unlimitedhangout.com/2021/12/investigative-reports/the-new-normal-the-civil-society-deception/

'Representative democracy is quietly being phased out to be replaced with a “new normal.” This “new normal” is a nascent form of governance being referred to as “civil society.” It is founded upon the principles of communitarianism and it is being offered to us as an illusory replacement for representative democracy.

The Global Public-Private Partnership (G3P), who set the worldwide policy agenda, have long-seen the manipulation of the concept of civil society as a means to achieve their ambitions. This is at odds with how many emergent “civil society” groups understand their allocated roll...

..In an attempt to add a veneer of democratic accountability to this Strategic Partnership Framework, as the world uniformly moves towards Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the UN strongly advocates collaboration with “civil society.” Indeed, SDG 17 specifically refers to this arrangement: “Goal 17 further seek to encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships”

Civil society will be engaged by utilising the WEF concept of the “multistakeholder platform.” This is a core element of the WEF’s definition of stakeholder capitalism.

The communitarian model of civil society is based upon a triumvirate power sharing structure between state (public sector), market (private sector) and community (social or third sector.) However, the WEF’s interpretation of stakeholder capitalism assumes that the public-private partnership stakeholders (state-market) select the civil society communities (social or third sector) they wish to engage with...

...The necessity for the WEF model of the Fourth Industrial Revolution is assumed, as is the partnership with industry to achieve it. The problems are predetermined and the “solutions” have already been decided before civil society has the opportunity to “collaborate with government and business.”

The civil society stakeholders are chosen. Representatives from NGOs, religious communities, unions and philanthropic foundations are the selected stakeholders whose only role is to agree with the policies placed on the table by the public-private partnership. Their consent is deemed to be public consent.'

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Throgmorton's avatar

Rosa Koire describes how 'stakeholders' are intended to operate in her book Agenda 21: Behind the Green Mask.

The public, or at least, selected members of the public supposed to be "representative," will be called to attend 'Visioning Meetings' where they will be manipulated and intimidated into a predetermined consensus using the Delphi Techniques developed at the Rand Institute. Questioners will be shamed and silenced (and put on a list.) These charades will be presented and trumpeted by the fake news as representing the authentic Vox Populi, though they are absolutely top-down totalitarian control.

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Louise Roseingrave's avatar

I need to read this book. Thanks

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Louise Roseingrave's avatar

All of that makes a lot of sense. Thanks Flem

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Diarmuid's avatar

This all makes much more sense when energy is understood to be the primary driver..

https://thehonestsorcerer.substack.com/p/capitalism-cannot-turn-into-anything

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Richard Kelly's avatar

Thanks Louise , happy Christmas to you and family

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Louise Roseingrave's avatar

And you Richard!

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Humbug's avatar

Thank you for writing about this, Louise. The Government's complete lack of respect towards the people they are supposed to represent is staggering.

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Louise Roseingrave's avatar

Agree!

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Paddy Early's avatar

Thanks for writing about this abomination and backing up Stephen Kerr a warrior in this war against right reason✅

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Louise Roseingrave's avatar

He is fearless!

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Diarmuid's avatar

And interest free mortgages under 'Islamic financing'..

https://www.revenue.ie/en/companies-and-charities/financial-services/islamic-financing/index.aspx

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Louise Roseingrave's avatar

News to me! Amazing!!

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