130912 JUST
DEFIANCE Avaaz anti-corruption email, and my REACTION Edition
Some
months ago, I opened my gmail window to allow “Avaaz” emails to
fly in, which generally, are about social and human justice issues
which concerned citizens of earth think need confronting.
Some
are good, and since doing so for the 1st couple, which I
was able to put my online signature, mainly I think just my email
address, to, to a petition they send to governments and/or other
large authorities, there's been a rush, [well..., not a rush, but
there was an increase in the rate] of issues thought worth taking on
by the open communities “Avaaz” allows to sign-on and create a campaign.
I
can't and don't mock the Avaaz mob, their site, or the concept.
There's
shitloads of people out there, now interglobally [internet and
global], who are pissed with things as they are, and are eager to do
something to contribute to making a better world.
You
can't knock people who want to try.
But...,
the old reality creeps up on all of us, eventually, and is well
understood by the powerhouses of the world. So well understood that
the elite powerhouses have, for well over 100 years gone out and
blackmailed, subverted, invented their own “social justice
organizations”, so-as to assume, usually covertly, control of the
whole of the planet's mainstream “social justice” mechanism, and
organizations.
You
DON'T WANT TO KNOW, the seedy sides of the many large worldwide NGOs
of today.
But
I'd still like to support this Avaaz mob, albeit that the “a little
knowledge is dangerous” adage applies when “inspired”
volunteers chime in with their ideas of how to help the world.
Also,
and this really shits me, volunteer organizations, especially in the
fields of social justice, are known, by my experiences in them, to be
riddled with slippery bastards who are not there for anything but to
scam the usually government funded set-ups' funds, for themselves.
But...,
in these types of “shops”, there's always a shortage of funds.
Not because of the scammers, but because governments in their
benefactorial roles try but cannot dish out large sums to all of
them. So even the largest of them, are run on “shoe-string
budgets” mostly.
So
those who are paid to work for the “volunteer” organizations,
typically in the management levels, usually do so with large doses of
goodness in their hearts, and are genuinely dedicated to doing the
right thing. They are mostly, from my experience, “salt of the
earth”people, without whom the larger society would be enormously
less moral, and less intelligent.
And,
with their not being paid huge amounts, so sacrifice sometimes a lot,
for the sustenance of the organization, and so, of the larger group
or society they serve, in some cases, it's not unreasonable for them
to “play the game”, the larger game of corruption, which bring
the need for their organizations into being in the 1st
place, for their own side-benefits.
If
they don't undermine the work and the group they work within, and
this way affords them a few improvements to their otherwise
lesser-paid existence, then, it ain't all bad, methinks.
However...,
this mornin' there was an email from Avaaz in my inbox.....
It
didn't have that option to simply and at no cost, put my name, or
signature, or email address to a petition, which they typically did
inform us is to be sent to such as the UN, or the US government,
or Australia's etc.
It
only asked for DONATIONS, by clicking on the link???
WARNING!?
WARNING?!
Guards
pop up all over my mental screen!
What
was worse, though might be simply a “cause” set-up using this
Avaaz website, by some naïve monkey wanting to pave the road to
Hell?
But
what was worse, was that it tried to sell itself by using
“the
root of all evil - corruption” as it's driver?
“Naive”?
Either the poster, constructor of this appeal for donations was but
a child, with mummies help on the internet, and was just a little bit
naïve and a little bit illiterate, for thinking that “corruption”
is the root of all evil, or the poster constructor of this Avaaz
appeal FOR DONATIONS - NOT your email address/signature for a
petition to governments, etc etc., was a shuckster, trying to scam
“the volunteer” and willing wanting and loving to help the Avaaz,
and/or the world in general public?
Being
out here, so not in any social group of like minds who might also
contribute to this specific “Avaaz” site, and for being otherwise
focused..., I haven't followed up on whether my previous signatures have
gone to the said recipients, with any positive effect.
So,
I don't know if Avaaz does what they say they'll do with my online
data they undoubtedly cream off each time we link online, or whether
the petitions make a difference to us avoiding Armageddon?
I
guess, even in this most degraded era, where shucksters are
every-fucking-online-where, we, I, must maintain SOME level of trust
and expect the people running Avaaz ARE “kosha” are genuine, and
are incorruptible?
I
guess?
But
shucksters being what Nimbin is all about, I MEAN, everywhere, it
struck me, in my CYNICAL-EXTREMIST online mood, that Avaaz might even
be shonky to the degree where they spend say, a year, building trust
and support from their stated “millions” of participants and
contributors, as a bone fide human justice association, such that
they lure us all in, and win our trust, then - BANG! With one, or a
series of foul swoops, they ask for DONATIONS, and disappear like the
wind, with several million willing peoples' $10, $100, $1000
donations, never to be poor again!?
Being
from the white, middle-upper-upper classes of the world, most of them
will be, this kind of thing, is second nature to them. Ask any True
Fella Bleck Fella?
But...,
I don't think so.
Here's
the text of their appeal for MONEY to help kill corruption...:
On Thu, Sep
12, 2013 at 2:08 AM, Ricken Patel - Avaaz.org
wrote:
Dear
friends,
Underneath
it all -- the devastation of our environment, the subversions of
democracy, the cover ups of human rights violations -- there's one
pervasive poison: Corruption. But together, we just might have the
antidote.
When
politicians work for people, everything we care about gets better.
And when they work for big money, everything suffers. Corruption is
as old as the hills, but something unexpected is happening… the
tide seems to be turning. Avaazers are teaming up with local
activists in places like Brazil, India and Italy to build mass
anti-corruption movements, and more and more, we're winning!
The
strategy is to focus on one goal: to kick corrupt politicians out of
office, and so end the culture of impunity in which corruption
thrives. In Brazil, we played a key role in helping pass the Clean
Record Law, which barred politicians convicted of corruption from
running for office. It was hailed as a political revolution, barring
thousands of dirty candidates!
In Italy,
we helped fight off Berlusconi's gag law, which gave cover to
politicians under criminal investigation. In India, we've rallied to
protect a court ruling to sack guilty leaders.
In each
case, the level of public support has been gigantic. And in a social
media age where we can track and counter their every move within
hours, politicians are finding it hard to make their old tricks (bury
something in committee, quietly buy off the press) work. This model
is working -- let's take it to the next level. Click below to pledge
a donation to expand our anti-corruption work with more campaigns,
more investigators, more damning opinion polls and media exposes --
and let's strike at the root of what ails us:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/end_corruption_b/?baulNeb&v=29081
When just
one dirty politician goes down for their crimes, it sends a message
to the rest that they may be next. When hundreds of them do, there's
only one word for what happens next: Revolution. That's what le Monde
called the outcome of the ‘Clean Record’ campaign in Brazil.
Millions of Avaazers teamed up with dozens of civil society
organizations to pass that law, which was initially declared
impossible because 30% of the people who needed to vote for it were
themselves under investigation! But vote for it they did. How?
Time and
again, we're finding a winning equation to beat corruption, against
even the worst odds:
a
smart, sensible, easy to understand anti-corruption measure like the
clean record law +
absolutely gigantic public support, on the order of 98% of the
population! +
rapid,
nimble campaigning over many months to match the politicians' every
squirm and wriggle to delay or dilute the measure, forcing, in the
end, an up or down vote on it.
= WIN!
We've seen
transformative results with this in Brazil, huge wins in Italy,
promising beginnings in India, and much more. But to take it to the
next level, we need funds to bring civil society coalitions together,
hire experts to draft effective measures, run nimble media campaigns
and opinion polls, and keep the pressure sustained over many months
until the corrupt politicians realize their day in the sun is over,
and give in. Corruption is public enemy number 1, sucking the hope
and life out of our democracies and every issue we care about --
let's take this promising new corruption-killing model of campaigning
to scale:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/end_corruption_b/?baulNeb&v=29081
Together,
every week, we strive for better, more responsive and accountable
government, whether it be on a particular issue of justice, poverty,
human rights, democracy or the environment. We've helped put
politicians on notice like never before that the people are watching.
But we're getting bolder. Winning battles isn't enough. It's time to
change the system. Corruption has tyrannized too many of us for too
long. It's time for a revolution.
With hope,
Ricken,
Ian, Maria Paz, Ari, Rewan, Alice, Heather and the whole Avaaz team
Nevertheleeeesss...?
I certainly didn't donate anything to this “LET'S KILL THE ROOT OF
ALL EVIL - CORRUPTION!!”
Avaaz campaign, and instead, replied to them, with this.....:
Yeah,
good on yer, Ricken, and buddies.
If
Avaaz ever was the Honorable group it says it is/was, then this type
of hype, using cliches like "the root of all evil - corruption"
has Avaaz drop down the list into the basket of the millions of
scams.
If
you want to get to and expose and correct the "root of all
evil", you have to Man-Up, as the say, and address the actual
root of all evil -
"Unjust,
uneconomic, inequitable land distribution".
It's
what subverts all tax or revenue issues,
thus
the ability of government to actually govern honestly,
it
perverts totally our culture, and
is
the root cause of the vast majority of personal mental health and
security issues,
leaves
the masses, AND the elite, no choice but to resort to your root,
"corruption"
to
pay the rent,
or
the equally evil "mortgage" [french for "death
pledge"]
and
banking in general.
It's
what forces people into subhuman workplaces, jobs and living
standards, and
is
what drives the push for ever-increasing wages and salaries.
It
upholds a closely related "root of all evil" -
the
real estate industry, and
their
ignorant, selfish and evil lust to falsely push up land prices.
It
utterly perverts all markets,
from
the local green grocer
to
the global stock markets.
It
screws every business person's chance of running a clean business,
because
the biggest overheads are locational values and tax,
where
were Land distribution Properly addressed and made right,
the
land rent would be the tax.
So,
we win twice,
with
the almost total eradication of all current taxes ["all tax is
theft"]
paid
instead in the land rent,
to
the local councils,
who
then forward whatever is needed up to national government.
Go
read Mr Henry George's "Social Problems" to start your
awakening to the real root of all evil, then come back and ask for
"donations" for your cause?
I
actually, am disgusted at your cheap attempt to garner donations from
a willing public by saying you're taking on "corruption".
The
road to Hell is paved with good, but shallow, unintelligent,
unscientifically researched whiteguy christian intentions.
If
you DO want to get rid of corruption, there's an Hell of a lot of
homework you have yet to do, including into
usury,
taxation,
the
economic science of land rent for government revenue, and
dive
into the depths of Philosophy of what makes us think the ways we do.
But
underlying all of it, is
"Law",
of
the universe,
of
the land,
of
economics, which is how humans interrelate with the planet, and
of
the occult.
I
actually ask that you withdraw this appeal to get donations, and
repost it once you have done the above-mentioned homework, defined
the tasks, the targets, the Knowledge, and the Proper Alternatives to
reduce corruption.
And,
I put it that "corruption" is based in bad laws.
"One
man's corruption is another man's income". It all depends on
the laws making one income legal, and another illegal.
Go
figure.
All
the best.
The
following is always at the bottom of their
emails/appeals/newsletters, which I include for your benefit.
I
restate that I don't think Avaaz is a scam.
(But, what would I know?)
It's
just my “healthy paranoia” operating properly. Banks, are a
scam. Real estate is a scam. MacDonalds is a scam. Britain is a
scam. Government is a scam. Religion is a scam. So....?
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