At the same time Stafford Beer was trying to get a grip on the Chilean
economy, the U.S. was trying to destroy it.
* http://ursula.blythe.org/NameBase
*
* Uribe, Armando. The Black Book of American Intervention in Chile. Boston:
* Beacon Press, 1975. 163 pages. Translated from Spanish by Jonathan Casart.
*
* Chile is a well-documented example of covert destabilization by the U.S.,
* and NameBase includes several books on the subject. The CIA had been
* passing out money since 1964 to influence elections in Chile, but Salvador
* Allende won the presidency in 1970 anyway.
*
* Under orders from Nixon and Kissinger, a broad economic blockade was then
* launched in conjunction with U.S. multinationals (ITT, Kennecott, Anaconda)
* and banks (Inter-American Development Bank, World Bank).
*
* According to notes taken by CIA director Richard Helms at a 1970 meeting
* in the Oval Office, his orders were to
*
* "make the economy scream."
*
* Street demonstrations and various dirty tricks were paid for by the CIA
* over the next three years to increase pressure.
The cybernetic project died when Allende was assassinated in late 1973.
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Conclusions
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We have been subject to an imperfect feedback loop form of government
for several decades now. Politicians constantly beating the drums of
war ('1984': The Song of Hate), causing the erroneous public perception
crime is out of control.
Anyone remember the scare ads that got crooked Nixon elected over Humphrey?
This constant 1984 state of war has caused massive damage to our country.
Picture what life would be like without the constant hysteria.
If you can. It's been so long.
You are sitting back on your porch, sipping a cold one, smoking a warm
on