The West, once a time so rich, is sliding downhills to poverty. But not for all. Some few individs retains an extremely power they never will get enough of, as they always will aim for the ultimate power. The Supreme power over the Universe. And it seems that it will go right easy, too easy. 

The fruits of human existence , matured by hard work, creative inventions, smart administration, careful politics is fast going to consolidate in the pockets of the very few.

Digital technique, once understood as beneficial for the main stream population, understood to bring free speech, education, comfort, safety, freedom, has turned to be the very opposite. Today, it appears to be a threat, the ultimate theft. Theft of all...

PART 1: INTRODUCTION

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1. The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. They have greatly increased the life-expectancy of those of us who live in "advanced" countries, but they have destabilized society, have made life unfulfilling, have subjected human beings to indignities, have led to widespread psychological suffering (in the Third World to physical suffering as well) and have inflicted severe damage on the natural world. The continued development of technology will worsen the situation. It will certainly subject human being to greater indignities and inflict greater damage on the natural world, it will probably lead to greater social disruption and...

On September 18 of the year 96 AD, a fairly obscure and elderly politician named Marcus Cocceius Nerva was proclaimed Emperor of Rome by the Senate. Rome was in chaos at the time; the empire had suffered from years of turmoil, economic decline, and oppression.  Most of the last several emperors-- going back before the suicide of Nero in 68 AD-- had been extremely destructive… plundering the treasury, waging expensive wars, and dismantling individual liberty. The government was also extremely unstable; it was not uncommon at that point for emperors to be deposed or even assassinated.

In fact, Nerva’s predecessor-- the emperor Domitian-- had literally been murdered that morning.  Nerva was seen by many Senators...

It was a damp evening in the early 1560s when Walter Kapell was marched through a silent crowd in the town square. He had just been convicted of heresy by the Inquisition, and he would only have a few more minutes to live. Kapell was a wealthy man and beloved by the townspeople of his native Diksmuide in modern day Belgium. He reportedly gave much of his wealth away to feed and clothe the poor, and his many beneficiaries turned up to watch his execution in horror.

This was a period in history when the Catholic Church, having long ruled over European society, started to lose its grip on power. The Church fought back aggressively against this threat to its power, and the Inquisition, also established in the ‘United...