LETTER TO THE AUTHOR
OF:
“2052: A Global
Forecast for the Next Forty Years.”
JORGEN RANDERS
April 23, 2015
First, I must congratulate you for writing the most current,
thorough, and well documented book on the situation of our planet. I applaud your years of work in positions of
importance, and difficultly and the respect that you have earned.
A very important factor has emerged from the science of
neuroscience and psychiatry: the proof
that the sociopaths have been the cause of 99% of the
misery that man has rendered on other men throughout the
ages.
Sociopaths are the cause of “evil” (in Christian terms) ;
they play an enormous role in the ecological damage to the planet as well as
being the cause of the corruption
of our government, including President Bush’s disastrous and
illegal war in Iraq
at a cost of 3.5 trillion dollars and the lives of 8,000
American soldiers as well as
250,000+ Iraqis.
In addition, the breakdown of the banking system in 2008,
which almost bankrupted the U.S and started a worldwide economic collapse, made
billions of dollars for the sociopathic bankers. They were not punished in any
way.
When President Obama selected his financial advisors to
hopefully create regulations to prevent such an event in the future, he found
that ALL of the upper-crust bankers were sociopaths. He, thus, ended up with
some people who engineered the banking collapse making billions of dollars at
the same time.
Needless to say, no regulations to prevent future “legal”
theft from the American people were implemented.
For at least 3 decades, child psychiatrists have been able
to identify future sociopaths based on a child’s behavior. What is new is
vigorous scientific proof of the reasons for their behavior. Due to a genetic defect , they are born
without the brain mechanisms to tell right from wrong. These brain defects occur in utero because of
a genetic defect present in 0.9% of every population group on the planet.
This tells us that the sociopath has been a part of our
species for hundreds of millions of years.
We now have the ability to identify sociopaths; and, having
identified them, develop methods of preventing the sociopath from gaining
positions of power.
This would greatly accelerate governments loosening their
attachment to unbridled laissez faire capitalism, which is what drives the
thoughtless use of fossil fuels and the raping of the Earth and the Oceans of
other resources. These resources are being virtually stolen from developing
nations such as those in Africa and South America.
All other positions of power have stringent requirements to
even enter training programs: doctors, lawyers, nurses, and other healthcare
professionals. Once they are in training, they are constantly observed to
ensure that they possess the intellectual, ethical, moral, and desire to fill
these positions in society. A weak
commitment means the individual is likely to quit training and waste the
$100,000 or so invested in their training.
Trauma surgeons have the most demanding training of anyone in
society. The skillset needed is so
enormous that few are capable of completing the training. Few are admitted to this elite work, which
literally saves lives.
Our military surgeons are the best in the World because they
are the most experienced and the most extensively trained.
Why shouldn’t there be a similar system of requirements
before a would-be politician is allowed to run for office ? The higher the
position, the greater the opportunity to
abuse voters and other peoples around the World. As I stated before, Bush’s
unlawful war on Iraq is a case in point.
A Constitutional amendment would empower society to keep
sociopaths and others with unstable mental conditions from obtaining positions
of control over other people. This directly addresses the discussion of “The State Will Get More Involved.”, and
your distress over the fact that Global society will only when they are forced
to by another round of Katrina like episodes convinces powerful heads of governments
and corporation that it makes economic sense.
But that may be too late to prevent reaching the tilt point of 2.8
degrees of warming. These ideas, if well
executed would accelerate the entry of large powerful and wealthy institutions
into the foray at least 10 years earlier, which could easily make the difference
in survival accompanied by the most sophisticated and humane societies in the
history of our species, and the most rapid extinction cycle ever. These differences in outcomes could not be
greater.
The same type of level-based system should also imposed on
the heads of corporations since corporations are considered “people.”
This is an opportunity never before available in the history
of our species.
It gives America the chance to regain its position as the
greatest experiment in producing a nation that offers freedom and opportunity
for everyone, as stated in both the Declaration of Independence as well as the
Constitution.
At present we have been knocked off our pedestal and the
Constitution is in shreds.
This is because of the corruption of power by sociopaths in
our government as well as the support of these “evil” people by other
sociopaths in the corporate world like the Koch brothers.
The response of the public to the life-threatening situation
due to the drought that is unprecedented in our species is tragic. Humans have caused the global warming that
makes normal droughts for 30 or so billion people living in a desert such as
Texas or California impossible to survive the way it is NOT being handled at present.
The Texas governor and legislature do not even acknowledge
that the drought will cause the capital in Austin to run out of water. By keeping the citizens in the dark about
what is a certainty that every climatologist in the world agrees on, the opportunity
to survive is denied the people.
The climatologists agree that the drought from the Pacific
Ocean to the plains of Texas will last 100-200 years.
The governor of California is being quite transparent about
the severity of the crisis in his state; but, the California population has not
changed their behavior by conserving water nor made any plans to migrate when
they do run out of water and power.
For example, the
steam turbine, the standard device used to generate electricity for 3 decades
cannot be operated safely without large amounts of water to cool it down.
Exceptions are hydroelectric power and wind-generated power.
Texas has more wind-generation capacity than any other state; but, the
government refuses to build power lines to deliver it to the major cities.
HOW TO IDENTIFY A SOCIOPATH :
There are several recently published books from
psychologists which do a good job of teaching readers to identify sociopaths.
One such book is entitled :
“SNAKES IN SUITS.”
Here are a few ways that I have determined :
Anyone who hoards money in a world when billions of people
are starving is a sociopath. They care about themselves and nobody else.
The first book to address the sociopath (though the author
does not use that label.) is Scott Peck’s “People of the Lie” This book sold
well in the “self help” community.
I heard Mr. Peck speak. He is “the real thing.” He is a man
who lives by true Christian principles as truly taught by Jesus; and, he walks
the talk. Dr. Peck suffered severe degenerative arthritis of the spine ;
sitting in a chair to give a 2 hour lecture was torture. Just as Rachel Carson
wrote “Silent Spring” while she was dying of breast cancer, Mr. Peck continued
to travel and give his lectures for years, despite his painful illness.
Can a person be wealthy and not be a sociopath ? Certainly.
Bill Gates (whose family in Seattle had a long history of philanthropy) is an
example. Warren Buffet has a long
history of being critical of the IRS code: ”Why does my secretary pay more
taxes than I do ?” There is one more prime example: Michael Dell, who has made
money since elementary school by working several paper routes at once, had
earned more than the average family makes in a year by age 10, and his parents
were very affluent professionals. He
worked hard at a precocious age because he just loved business. Then, in a
University of Texas dorm room, he made good, inexpensive computers for other
students. His business grew so fast that he soon had to move to a warehouse in
Round Rock, a struggling farm town 30 miles north of Austin. The rest is
history. He did not wait until he had made millions to begin his philanthropy.
Sociopaths do not give money away to help people…ever!
Yes, the Koch brothers of Kansas have promised to give the
GOP 900 million dollars for the 2016 election.
That is money to ensure that they can maintain their own wealth and
power however! The Republican party is
currently in the embarrassing situation:
candidates are schmoosing to get the support of various
multi-billionaires. No talk of issues
important to the American people, just groveling for money from the super-rich.
The sociopathic gene (present in 0.9% of the World’s
population) is not linked to any skill set.
Thus, in any population, the top 1% of sociopaths are smart enough to
figure out society’s rules, as well as determine how to carry out the nefarious
deeds without being caught. Dick Cheney
is a prime example. Sociopaths with born
with exceptional facility in language and all academic skills are brilliant
liars. They can pass any polygraph
because they believe they are always right; even if the evidence of their crime
is right in front of them!
Sociopaths can also be very charming; so, don’t let this
dissuade you from being suspicious. The
facts that reveal the chronic excuses are in their history. They are biologically programmed to lie,
cheat, and steal; they enjoy causing others misery.
Therefore, a well-taken history will always reveal the
sham. As an example: children with
Oppositional Defiant Disorder will have histories of cruelty to animals. (the
family cat always seems to have a broken leg. They start fires, often burning
the family home to the ground.) Many parents with an ODD child divorce because
of the profound difficulty managing them. At this point, the child is usually
put in foster care where their cruel and dangerous deeds continue. Foster parents can be very idealistic and
“just cannot believe” that a charming 6 year old can do these things. But, they
do, Thus, the foster parents give up when the child is dominating their lives
to the point that the parents are always arguing about whose fault it is that
the child was caught stealing money. The
child bounces from foster care to foster care until they are about 12 years
old. At that point, if there is a psychiatrist involved, the diagnosis is
changed to “sociopathic personality disorder.” As teenagers, these children
turn into petty criminals by stealing, injuring others, and illicit drug use. The vast majority of sociopaths wind up in
jail or prison for most of their lives.
By the way, 100% of ODD children develop into
sociopaths.
Child psychiatrists have known all this for 3 decades. What has changed is that cutting edge
scientists have figured out the precise mechanism that causes the sociopath’s
behavior. This determination has come
from more advanced brain scans which show all the way to the level of how
neurons communicate with other neurons.
This was finalized in 2003. The
best book explaining the process is “American Mania: When More is Not Enough”
by Peter Whybrow written in 2005. An
update to this information is due to be published this spring.
Other tips that may indicate you are dealing with a
sociopath : the applicant for a job or an advancement does not demonstrate the
skills sufficient to the obtained record of accomplishment, implying that they
have cheated in some way to have a good looking record.
The sociopath excels at blackmailing, ambushing, and
half-truths.
For example, the billions of dollars that the American
public donated to the families of the 9/11 disaster were stolen by the CEO of
the Red Cross. When confronted by the
Board of Directors, she said that her records clearly showed multiple past
misbehaviors. That should have indicated
to the Board that she was a very risky choice fro the top position in the
organization. If the Board went public,
she said she would produce the evidence and destroy the reputation of the Red
Cross. Her argument was so vicious that
the loyal and dedicated members of the Red Cross backed down, promising not to
go public with the fact that she was a thief.
Of course, nothing stays secret for very long due to the
internet; the public eventually learned of the nefarious deeds of the Red Cross’s
sociopathic CEO.
She has disappeared; the funds are likely to be in an
offshore account. This is exactly why
the offshore bank accounts were created by the super-wealthy in the first
place.
For example, Mitt Romney got away with having multiple offshore
accounts, which can only mean that he made his fortune by illegal means; more
than likely as an international broker of drugs or weapon sales. Mormons have been the top recruiting grounds
for the CIA for decades. Graduates of Brigham Young University are ideal CIA
operatives: they have lived in foreign countries as missionaries, thus becoming
very fluent in the language and customs of these countries. They have risen to
top positions in the CIA and this gave Romney protection from being identified
as the broker in drug and arms transactions.
The evidence was either destroyed or Romney was warned to bail out of
the deal. I cannot prove this because,
for the first time in the history of the American presidency, the candidate did
not fully reveal his financial records.
This in itself implies interference in the normal process, that came
from someone at a very high level ao government agencies. Perhaps a Mormon at a high level position in
the IRS.
There are to other common strategies used by sociopaths to
rise to positions of power and control of large funds; these are well-noted
elsewhere.
Now, let us take a look at the weaknesses of the sociopath :
1)
Since they “know” they are right, they never
change their minds and never compromise. The GOP is presently caught in their
own game because there is no qualified candidate for President among any of the
different factions.
How are they
going to select a candidate for 2016 ? In all likelihood, they will be forced
to choose an outsider that no group supports.
2) The sociopath seldom seeks “wise
counsel”. Even if they do, they go ahead
with their own plan. As an example:
after a 3 week blitzkrieg of France, General Rommel (the German equivalent to
America’s Patton) advised Hitler to invade England immediately because the
Brits were not prepared. Hitler wanted to punish the Brits for the post WWI
reparations so he wanted to bomb London to torture them. They were, after all, in Hitler’s mind :”just a nation of shop
keepers.” (he underestimated the strength of the opposition, which is yet
another sociopathic weakness.) However, the British never even hinted that they
would surrender. The brilliant leadership of Winston Churchill kept them glues
together. Six months of relentless
bombing of the defiant Brits gave them time to fortify the Cliffs of Dover;
time for help from the Americans to arrive, making an invasion of England too
costly for the Germans.
Most importantly, this gave the Americans a base of
operations from which to invade the Continent and retake the territories taken
by the Germans.
With no base of operations in Europe, it is very doubtful
the Americans could have defeated the Germans, keeping Europe under Hitler’s
control for decades.
Hitler’s stubborn belief in his own judgment, fueled by his
sociopathic desire to cause as much misery to England as possible along with
his refusal to accept Rommel’s wise counsel, cost Germany the entire war.
I invite you to compare this scenario to how Romney and his
Mormon counsel ran his 2012 presidential campaign.
The point of all of this dialogue is that sociopaths have an
enormous amount of power, and stand in the way of a critical point in your
marvelous book. Until governments
and large corporations “by in” to the
importance of policies that reduces the burning of fossil fuels, global warming
will continue to rise, coming perilous close to the critical 2.8 degrees at
which the warming becomes unstoppable due to a positive feedback loop. When the frozen methane currently frozen at
the bottom of the oceans, states to thaw, it causes rapid global warming, and
the cycle repeats itself until a mass extinction occurs. I know I am preaching to the choir, but I
wanted you to know that I understand the process.
If sociopaths can be removed from positions of power, an
earlier governmental and corporate entry into the efforts to stop the burning
of fossil fuels, could easily make the difference in life or death of our
species.
Again, my highest respect goes to your book, which is by far
the most comprehensive and well documented book ever written about the future
of our species. Your inclusion of well
recognized researchers in various aspects of your overall point of view, gives
the book a very respected boost, proving that these are not just your opinions,
but your ideas are enthusiastic supporters.
My favorite was the scientist who spent his career studying the causes
of previous extinctions. This man
demonstrates the dedication required of an investigative scientist.
Best wishes,
Morris Creedon-McVean, DO
A gentleman and a scholar.
I have never been published.
I worked for 40 years as a Fmily Practice Physician. In 2010 we moved from Seattle to Austin, and
I became interested in the drought and the state of denial among the population
and the failure of the government to inform the public of the severity of the
situation. I began writing essays about
the situation and posting them on my blog: www.biologybehaviorchaos.blogspot.com
If you care to know more about me read “Why I know What I
Know”, one of the earlier essays. You
may use this material freely, all I ask for is credit. I am disabled and am trying to gain work as a
columnist. So, if you think my writing is appropriate, a recommendation to a
major newspaper in the United States or
anywhere in the Western world (Even Oslo!) would be appreciated.
PS: I know you had to
endure another slushy and abbreviated winter.
Here in Austin, Texas, we face running out of water in about two years. And the new governor is even more secretive
about the danger of the drought, and will give the public any warning, and will
not call the President to report a natural disaster (the normal behavior for an
environmental crisis), there will be no military presence to maintain
order. Thus, we will have total
socio-economic anarchy. The first time
in the history of our species that a thriving city has become a deadly place of
anarchy, literally, over night.
