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The Rise Of The Philanthropists-------- THE RISE OF THE PHILANTHROPISTS-------------------------------------Philanthropist - the word is supposed to invoke the image of the so-calledwealth creator giving freely to good causes for the benefit of his fellowman.These days, though, it has become something quite different, as Agenda 21 andthe Big Society instead invoke images of a (Leo) Straussian hell where lawsare created not by accountable, representative, government for the benefit ofsociety, but by corporatised charities and think tanks.Tony Bliar was intereviewed on Newsnight the other night from Washington(http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17737368), where he had been speakingat the Global Philanthropy Forum. (What is "Global Philanthropy?)Time and again during the interview, TB refers to the "philanthropy sector",like the "manufacturing sector" or the "services sector". Philanthropy today,you see, has become big business, and will, in time, become the centralmechanism of elitist control.An obvious illustration of this is smoking. We have a smoking ban in place; apiece of government legislation which say we may not smoke in public in anenclosed space.I am not a smoker and have no opinion on the rights and wrongs of thislegislation. But I do have an opinion on this:Nowhere in the Act of Parliament does it say I may not smoke in the car parkof a hospital. And yet, should I be caught doing so, my local hospital willfine me!How does that work?The answer is this: the hospital, run probably by a trust, has made up itsown law. While we are using hospital facilities, we are bound by its law.This is not Natural Law created by God. Its not Common Law created by Juries.It is not Statute Law created by an accountable, representative democraticParliament. It is law created by a private corporation in the guise of acharitable trust funded (at present, but not for much longer) by the publicpurse.As the Big Society kicks in, more and more public services traditionalysupplied by government and bound by government regulations (legislation) arebeing replaced by, or outsourced to, charities and profit making companieswho feel they can just make the rules up as they go along. Where will it end?The implications of the great asset stripping of the nation and theprivatisation/corporatisation of the public sector are, as Brian would say,"unbelievably dangerous".----This weeks UK Column News bulletin isYou can also watch it on Paradigm Shift TV, Sky 201 on Saturdays at 7pm----We are on twitter: http://twitter.com/ukcolumnPlease promote the UK Column as widely as you can. Get involved!
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