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"It's a question of economics," began Sanor in his

most powerful oratorial voice. He looked around at

his audience, he could see they were enraptured by

his power but he felt a little unsure of their

reception of his subject matter.

He continued. "You mentioned the situation inAfrica, or in the other parts of the Third World, but,

and I emphasise this," and he did with an

expansive movement of his arm that would have

swept all and sundry within a metre, "it is not to do

with ignorant savages, tribal divisions or Third

World propensities for growing their own dictators".

He paused, reflecting on the quality of hismetaphor in view of the importance of agriculture

in these countries.

"No it is not these which constitute the African

problem. In fact," he paused again for melodramatic

effect "it is not Africans who are the problem",

except for the few traitorous dictators who had beenbought off, "it is their economic masters."

He looked around as he hesitated. A good orator

judges the mood of his audience, and he felt there

was chance of success. He tried to gauge the


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imagined light bulbs, those instruments of

enlightenment that almost became tangibles to the

more successful of speakers. Yes he could almost

feel the power begin to surge in one or two places.The restlessness that often accompanied the start

of his speeches was beginning to be replaced in part

by a reflective silence.

In some cases there was an almost electric desire

for knowledge - personified by the woman in the

second row who was almost on the edge of her seat.Still, he mused to himself, she had looked at him

with interest before he had begun to speak.

Prescience, his oratorical arrogance told him, but

he did look to his lower body as other parts gave

him a different message. He shuffled

embarrassedly as he returned his mind to the

speech. He looked pointedly at the young woman."These countries have never been given their

independence. After the second World War these

countries with their war-trained armies began

striving for independence. But there was conflict,

counter this with the war economies of the colonists

who had developed a more entrenched andexploitative control. Ah!!," he looked around again

"many people forget this in their analysis." There

were some nods of acceptance. He continued, things

seemed to be going his way today. "So these


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colonists were demanding continuance of their

economic superiority whilst the armies wanted to

ally their war-gained personal independence with

that of their country. Now in different countries thedifferent empires dealt with it in their own way. In

some cases they created all out armed conflict

which meant the need for armed oppression. In

other cases they tried to lessen the differences by

employing the war-heroes and buying them off in

that way. Hence the lower echelons of many civil

services were autochthonous - African to you and

me!"

He laughed with his audience, he made a point of

using the technical words. By demystifying the

language used by the system he felt that he was

taking away one of the weapons they used for

maintaining ignorance - it was obvious that some inthe audience had heard him before. He smiled at

the girl who had laughed after he had.

She was very attractive, he thought. "One thing

that the colonial b...," he paused and thought better

of the word, "these colonial rulers knew that they

couldn't maintain control as they had been doing.Firstly their armies were depleted by the war and

secondly the peoples were beginnning to demand

independence. They didn't really want to remain as

colonial oppressors anyway."


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"Why you ask?" he saw the half-formed questions "

economic reasons again, it was cheaper to have

others do their dirty work if, and it's a big IF, they

get what they wanted. And that is cheap naturalresources and cheap labour."

He was now beginning to make his links, they were

now beginning to recognise the economic content.

"So gradually the European empires allowed a

minor shift within the power bases of their colonies.

Instead of being the oppressors themselves withinthese countries, and being white they were easily

singled out as such, they paid off local chiefs to do

their dirty work. In fact the French used to allow

some to join their parliament, not enough to have

any great effect. But by the time they had retired

from dictatorial megalomania they simply wanted

their villas and servants in the South of Franceanyway."

"This question of race was strange. In South Africa

subsidiaries of European and American companies

exploited and murdered many African workers. But

then these same people attacked the Dutch

colonials who didn't really have any power. But theyattacked them because they were white. So there

was much publicity about apartheid but the

hypocritical ignorance of these middle-class twits

who sit at soirees or evening meals condemning the


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Dutch in South Africa whilst they live off the

profits of their own subsidiaries."

"Of course the government never bothered because

although they feigned ignorance and stupidity theyknew which side their bread was buttered.

Particularly the Tories they spend a few years of

unpopular power and then when they're out of

office they get directorships in the companies they

have won contracts for. This is where the real battle

for Africa lies in the consumer societies in the West.And this battle is hard for it is fought on many

strange fronts. Despite the fact that this society

claims to be rational, it is fought on the most

irrational of fronts - a total aim at discrediting

anyone who claims to tell the full truth. Partial

truths are fine they appeal to the consciences of the

academics while they are being bought off, theseacademics stand up and pretend they are fighting

for socialism. And the people from their cocktail

parties and suburban parties with their suburban

political screwing techniques and political chat-up

lines:- "Oh Norman I had never thought of that" as

her slightly inebriated breath gasps heavily as her

thighs rub next to his under the dinner table, his

hand supposedly adjusting his napkin moving

slowly up and down the inside of her leg through

the gap in her exquisite cocktail dress. Politics,


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these people know nothing of politics, they simply

play the parlour games that they are allowed by the

system. These people who control the system they

know the best way to control people that is to allowthem to believe they are doing it for ultimate good."

"Ultimate good!" he repeated with heavy sarcasm,

"Ultimate good, for King and country or the coffers

of the war machine, it is a matter of sovereignty or

is it a matter of billions in the defence industry.

Britain like America cannot do without itsindustrial-military complex, the economy would fall

apart. As would the economy of the nuclear

industry."

"And here's another part of the economic question.

Everyone knows nuclear bombs are pointless, who

needs them? It was very early on that USA and

USSR had enough of the bloody things to kill usmany times over. So why did they build them?

Quite simple, to maintain the economy. "

He noticed someone get up, he hated that. It was

obvious they were going to the toilet but couldn't

they see this was really important, couldn't they see

that if they really understood all this there wouldbe no problem? Oh he despaired sometimes but he

had to remain detached, ah detachment that was

the way - superior control of the mind, by the spirit.

Unity, that meant that whatever he did was true.


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He felt refreshed with that reminder of spiritual

succour.

"You see all these things come from the economy

but it is not simply barter, it's exchange severaltimes over. The more you use your money the better

it creates your economy. But here's the crux of the

whole issue, " he noticed a yawn. Yes, learning is a

hard job, it makes you tired. Yes yawning was often

a good sign. To his right a hand moved "Please if

you don't mind I will take questions at the end, it'simportant that I explain these things in a logical

order, or otherwise newer members might not

understand too well." He enjoyed this club and was

always pleased when they asked him back, they

often did.

The man did not ask the question. "Ah the crux.

These economies are not based on money they arebased on trust and confidence. Yes I know you won't

believe it but they are. If we stopped all the credit

and loans and so on, and said that everyone had to

pay their debts now, it would all collapse. Take the

old Westerns they showed on the TV, you know

when they had runs on the banks. Someone wouldlose confidence in the bank and then word would

pass from stetson to stetson, and soon everyone

would draw out their money until the bank ran out.

They'd start shooting each other and then the bank


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manager and so on. Well that could happen now. No

not the shooting but there could be a run. In fact

there was a run. The Japanese one day decided that

they would not transfer their funds across the worldto an American bank. One of the banks subsidiaries

had had some trouble with oil and had gone bust so

everyone was troubled about this big American

bank so they all drew out their money. More and

more people drew out their money until the bank

almost went bust. It was only saved by the other

banks pooling together and backing all their loans.

"But confidence is even more important than this.

The money they deal with on their exchanges

doesn't exist. Bankers know that only $1 in 8 is

likely to be drawn out at any one time so they lend

the rest. All the dealings on the stock markets are

based on non-existent money which is supposedlyincreased by speculation. But it all doesn't exist.

The way in which these people control the world

with their supposed vast stores of capital and yet it

doesn't exist. Can you believe it? It doesn't exist!"

He looked round, they didn't seem to believe it. But

who could blame them, it was incredulous! It'sfiction, he thought. "To return to my theme. If these

banks can get together to support each other why, if

they were caring, can't they get together and

support banks in Africa or South America? Simple


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because they would lose control of their economy

and all the profits would not go to the big multi-

nationals but maybe to the people who actually do

the work."You see those multi-nationals they control the One

Economy - the title of my lecture." He thought that

he had made the connection well but no-one seemed

to have got it. "Didn't you listen?" he asked "that is

really important. Everyone blames governments

this and governments that but it's not true. Evenhere the governments are just puppets, paid

puppets to take the f lack to take the blame, buffers

for the capitalist. Don't you see they are not that

stupid, they know what they're doing can't work.

It's not meant to, don't you see?" he saw a man

standing at the back - he must have just walked in.

Was he government? Still he must continue hecouldn't let his audience down even if they didn't

fully understand.

"The reason you don't believe all this is because

they won't allow you to be told. They control

everything you hear. I know it sounds paranoid but

they do. In schools if a teacher talks about this,they are told that what they are teaching is biased

and political and it must not be taught. But if they

teach about oppressive African dictators or the

wonderful British people for all their aid or all the


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work that governments do for inner cities then they

are not being political, they are being fair. Don't you

see this is true?"

He felt his voice beginning to crack, he tried to calmdown but this was so important. "And then the

media they're the same. Who employs the editors,

who runs the publishers, who pays the TV bosses?

They aren't going to allow the truth to be told, they

don't want people to know what bastards they are,

how they kill babies in Africa, how their callousnessallows millions to die in the Third World while they

hoard their millions in rich castles in Palm Springs.

Palm Springs where millions is spent to maintain a

moneyed arrogance that they can defeat nature."

By now he was banging on the table, he knew he

was a bit loud and he was getting a bit carried away

but after all this was really important. If thesepeople could really see this if they could pass it on,

then maybe more and more would get to know the

truth. The latecomer had moved nearer the front,

did he recognise him? And the girl now wore a

pained expression didn't she not now understand

him?"And they always prevent you from telling! Oh yes

they let you say it. Oh yes there is nothing to stop

you from saying it to one or two people but on the

media - no! And if you were having any effect, oh


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they'd stop you they'd put you in prison or they'd

lock you away. I know friends of mine, all they did

was say what I've been telling you and they were

locked away. They were causing a public nuisanceor whatever, and the judges they just locked them

away. Oh our legal system that is supposed to be

unbiased but they obey the law, whose law? The law

of the One Economy. There is only one law. Let us

kill as many people as we like so we can gain untold

wealth and kill off anybody who disagrees with us.

Don't you realise this?"

He looked around again and he recognised the

latecomer in the white coat. He moved over towards

his friends in the audience. "It's not only the law

that's not fair. Doctors and psychiatrist they are

their tools. Madness what is madness? They don't

know, madness? You aren't mad! They are, they letthese people do it, they let them get away with all

their killing and all their exploitation just for bits of

paper. Just so they can say I've got more bits of

paper or I've got more bits of rock. Don't you see?"

He began shaking Napeon in the audience "Don't

you see? We aren't mad, they are. Their rules putus here, not natural rules, not rules that are right

and true. They call us mad but we're not, they are.

They are told to put us here and they do it."

He continued to shake Napeon whose face became


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redder and redder until the attendant came up and

forcibly grabbed him by the arm. Sanor tried

struggling but these police were big - they were the

same as police - he continued to struggle but thenanother one came along and stuck the syringe in

him. He shouted "It's One Economy, don't you see?

Won't you listen to me?"

But his words were not heard, as his brain numbed

by the drug, couldn't control his lips enough to form

them. As he was being taken to his room the nurseasked "Do you ever listen to him?"

"I never listen to any of them otherwise you become

mental like them." She looked at him and nodded.

The girl looked on as the three walked off. She still

loved him but she couldn't tell him. If he knew he'd

only tell them, and she would be certified sane and

thrown out. And he so needed her - maybe he'd playtheir game one day.

The two time-watchers clicked off their screen.

They never failed to be amazed at the depths and

depravity of the twentieth century - and the

gullibility of its people.

The next two time-watchers examined their screen,they were continually amazed at the arrogance of

the so-called advanced.

The last time-watchers were ashamed to look


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back!!!

Wai Zarendhara (1982)

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