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A NEW PLAN OF ACTION

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 CONTENTS

PART I
MAK ING O UR WORLD BET T ER

1 Introduction
2 A New Plan of Action
2 Problems
4 Solutions
5 Renewed Democracy
11 World Morals
14 Ignorance and Arrogance
15 Extreme Greed
18 Growing Populations
19 Limited Resources
20 War and Mass Murder

PART II
MAK ING YO UR LIFE BET T ER

25 Power of Thought
26 Making Healthy Thoughts
26 Using Healthy Thoughts
27 Thought and Energy
28 A Few More Thoughts
28 Examples of Thought Sets
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The following was written in simple English by through war and genocide. Hundreds of millions more
ordinary people from many backgrounds. It’s part were injured and impoverished. At the same time,
of an experiment in idealism that began with a personal fortunes were made in every war. Inter-
challenge—from a child to their parent—to do more national bankers and arms dealers helped all sides—
than complain. as they still do. “War is a racket. The few profit, and
the many pay.” (U.S. Major General Butler)
Today, half of the world’s people struggle to live
on less than $2 per day—while the handful of super
INTRODUCTION
rich keeps growing. The middle class that remains in
We buy and sell in one global market. We work some countries is being squeezed out of existence.
and compete in one global workforce. We exchange Around the world, class extremism is growing—and
thoughts through one global communication net- the police state that it needs for protection is grow-
work. We travel through one global transportation ing along with it. Clever excuses are made for slowly
network. We have become one global public. stripping away people’s rights. The ignorant masses
As members of one global public, we share re- believe the lies that mass media feeds them. They
sponsibilities as well as rights and powers. Because are being obediently programmed by TV and radio
of today’s growing challenges, we must recognize news and entertainment. And they are losing their
our shared responsibilities and use our shared rights rights to privacy and self-protection.
and powers to build greater social justice and secu- Democracies are being eroded into business-
rity—for ourselves and future generations. We must controlled empires, where the laws place profit first
develop a plan of action that is legal, peaceful, and and people second. “Fascism should more properly
based on reason—and we must use it. This is our be called corporatism, because it is the merger of
moral duty. state and corporate power.” (Mussolini, the father
When we recognize ourselves as members of one of fascism)
global public, we recognize our strength to guide the Today’s richest global businesses are in oil, bank-
direction of our world. We are not at the mercy of ing, and medicine. At the same time, more people
tyrants. We can stop them in legal and peaceful are struggling to afford fuel, to pay debts, and to buy
ways. We are all responsible and empowered to co- medicine. People are working more, but they have
create our shared future. We have the power to less. Where is the reward of their effort going? Why
make our world better and the power to make our don’t governments protect the people? Do govern-
individual lives better. ments of so-called democracies even represent the
What price do we pay for not taking healthy action? people?
What price do we pay for remaining silent while How much more will people pay before they final-
governments and businesses use mass media to turn ly take healthy action? And when they take action,
people into passive, obedient, ignorant sheeple? what will they do? New politicians and new parties
Many allow themselves to be divided and con- do not work. Communism does not work. Democ-
quered. They blindly accept the lie that they are racy with easily corrupted elections does not work.
superior based on their religion, race, and nation- Religion-controlled government does not work. What
ality. The masses are kept ignorant and arrogant—so will restore people’s power to govern and protect
they are easily divided and conquered. “If a nation themselves? Finding answers is the focus of what
expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civili- you are about to read.
zation, it expects what never was and never will be.”
(Thomas Jefferson)
The world spends over $1.3 trillion a year on mili-
tary. At the same time, governments approve bil-
lions in business with the same nations that they
spend billions preparing to fight. They get the poor
to kill the poor. In the last century, governments
organized the killing of over 100 million people

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What is your plan of action? More TV? More news?

More complaining? How about a new politician or a
PART I new political party? Has any of these ever reduced
corruption in a big and lasting way? Will any of
these prevent class extremism, police states, wars,

MAKING OUR and mass murders?

We need a plan of action that offers new ways to

WORLD BETTER select government officials. We need a plan that also

offers new ways for individuals to improve them-
selves—because societies and governments are made
of individuals.
A NEW PLAN OF ACTION In February of 2004, we published a new plan of
action. And we invited people to share their thoughts.
Most people agree that world problems are getting Since then, we’ve heard from people around the world.
worse. Most of us know much about them. We see Thank you.
them in our daily lives. And we hear about them in
the constant chatter of mass media. But how much
do we hear about solutions? Common sense says
that if we spend more time on solutions, we’ll have
fewer problems. So, turn off the TV for a while.
PROBLEMS
It seems that most solutions given by many leaders The following are some of the world’s biggest prob-
are self-serving. Many are quick fixes, distractions, lems.
or simply bad ideas. And some make people feel good
but don’t solve much. How bad will things have to
Ignorance and Arrogance. Over 80% of adults in
get before people wake up, think for themselves, find
the world can read. But many stay ignorant. Many
new solutions, and take healthy action?
have stopped using their freedoms to question, reason,
When you learn about solutions, you learn about
invent, speak out, think for themselves, and act on
who gains and who loses. And you see why some
their own healthy thoughts to make things better.
people want to keep us distracted from thinking about
Some have become so overly proud they’ve become
them. In many places, mass media constantly enter-
arrogant. Some have become so ignorant and arro-
tains us with small-minded fun and games. And it
gant they harm themselves and others. (See page 14
floods us with news about problems. We need to
for details.)
remember that we have freedom to control this—by
pressing the off button.
Some tell us we should simply trust that others Extreme Greed. People need healthy concern about
will make things better for us. They tell us that themselves to survive. Having too much of this is
new politicians and new political parties will final- greed. Having too much of anything usually harms
ly fix things. But many of the world’s systems for the person having it. And it harms others.
selecting government officials remain wide open to Since the early 1900s, ignorance, weak govern-
corruption by money and mass media. At the same ments, and inventions helped make the modern
time, some leaders of religious groups tell us we power of extreme greed. This power is felt at city to
shouldn’t do anything but hope and wait—for years, world levels. It’s led by corrupt leaders of big busi-
centuries, or longer. nesses, governments, and religious groups. It harms
So from all sides, we’re kept distracted and told more people and things every day. It even harms
that the combination of blind trust and little action those who’ll be born hundreds of years from now. In
is a good plan of action. It’s good even if it doesn’t a reckless way, it makes as much money—as fast as
work and things keep getting worse. Oddly, many it can—for a few people. It makes the following
people praise past plans for major change—like those lasting problems as it does this. It consumes earth’s
for expanding democracy in the 1700s. resources without having things to replace them. It
uses them in ways that pollute land, water, and air. It

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treats animals with cruelty. It makes unsafe working Medical care. Medicine. Education. And transpor-
conditions. And in some places, it treats people worse tation. They see the fast rising prices of almost every-
than animals. It starts wars and mass murders. It sells thing they buy. And in many places, the costs of
weapons to dangerous rulers and groups. And it uses things are rising faster than wages. As this happens,
money and mass media to take away people’s power many get poorer. Usually when many are poor, there’s
to govern and protect themselves. (See page 15 for more crime, more violent public protest, and more
details.) war. In many places, people already see more fight-
ing over resources. (See page 19 for details.)
Growing Populations. The world had 4 billion people
in 1974, 5 billion in 1988, and 6 billion in 2000. If it War and Mass Murder. Wars and border fights are
keeps growing like this, there’ll be 9 billion in 2050. growing—mainly because of two reasons. Earth’s re-
When there are too many people, the following things sources are limited. And more people are consuming
start to happen. Wages get lower for many people. them. Today, the world’s limited supply of cheap fuel
Prices rise for limited supplies of things needed to is ending. This is why there’s war over oil. Many
live—like food, fuel, housing, and so on. In some think there’ll be increasing conflict over clean water
places, resources run out. Land, water, and air get and farm land. And many think that as the gap grows
badly damaged. Crowding gets worse. And the fol- between the super rich and others, class war will grow.
lowing things people pay taxes for and share get Some wars are needed. For example, World War II
overloaded. Roads. Schools. Public hospitals. Police was needed to stop mass murder and the violent spread
and fire protection. Water, sewer, and garbage ser- of fascism. But many wars are fought to make a few
vices. And so on. people richer and more powerful.
The number of people in poor countries is growing Many of the world’s poor are being asked to fight
the fastest. And in almost all countries, the poor are in today’s wars. They want a better life. And many
having more children than any other group. Many of of them feel they don’t have much to lose. In every
them are having more children than they are able to war, some of the super rich get more money. And
care for. Some of them are getting sick, starving, and some of those with much power get more power. But
dying. It appears that the number of people in the most others get poorer, weaker, badly hurt, and killed.
world will keep growing until many get sick, starve, (See page 20 for details.)
and die. (See page 18 for details.)
Growing Poverty. People are getting poorer. This is
Limited Resources. The earth’s resources are limit- happening first to the following people. The young.
ed. And they are being consumed more quickly as Minorities. The less educated. And people living on
world population grows—and as more people in fixed incomes—like many old people. In some places,
industrializing countries can afford to consume more. more people are going hungry. More are getting ill
Today, China and India are using many more energy- and spreading disease. People are working more just
consuming machines as they industrialize and be- to buy basic things needed to live. More have to bor-
come wealthier. Together, they have over one third row money. And many money lenders are charging
of the world’s population. Smaller countries are also higher interest on loans. In some places, the number
starting to industrialize. Also, the number of poor of people going bankrupt and losing their homes is
in the world is growing very fast. And in fully in- rising.
dustrialized countries, people with extra money are
using more comforts and luxuries. All of these things Growing Monopolies. Small businesses are being
are consuming earth’s resources—like oil, coal, farm forced to quit. Some are selling their businesses to
land, clean water, metals, and so on. Because of this, much bigger ones. Some are closing. And others are
it’s getting more difficult and costly to find and take going bankrupt. This is happening to all kinds of small
earth’s remaining resources—and change them into businesses. As competition is reduced, prices of goods
things people use. and services are more easily increased to make a few
Many see the fast rising prices of the following. Gas- people richer.
oline. Heating oil. Electric power. Food. Housing.

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Falling Wages. Many jobs are paying less money. Growing Public Anger. More people are showing
And the value of this money is falling. The few high anger about problems that are worsening. More are
paying jobs are going away. And many of the high showing less respect for laws and police—and some
paying jobs that remain are with the military. Many are showing hate toward them. And in more places,
jobs are offering fewer work hours. Many jobs that public protests are becoming violent.
once gave bonuses and other benefits are reducing
them—and some have stopped giving them.

Rising Taxes. Taxes are rising. In some places, taxes SOLUTIONS

are being raised in ways that are less noticed—such
as by making new fees. In many places, more tax The following are some solutions. We invite you to
money is being spent on increasing police and mili- share your thoughts on them.
tary forces. More is being spent on caring for the
growing number of poor people. More is being spent Selecting Your Thoughts. Be careful about the
on giving tax breaks to very wealthy businesses. And thoughts you let into your life. Keep out unhealthy
more is being spent on the rising operating costs of thoughts that are spread through the following forms
governments—as the costs of fuel and other basic of mass media in many places. TV. Radio. Movies.
things increase. Video games. Newspapers. Magazines. Books. And
recordings of music and other things. At times, stay
Growing Gap between Rich and Poor. The gap be- away from all forms of mass media for a couple weeks
tween the super rich and others is growing. Many of or more. Tune in to your own thoughts and feelings.
the super rich are working less and having more You choose the thoughts you have. Thoughts are
comforts and luxuries. Most others are working more things you can screen. And thoughts change things.
just to buy basic things needed to live. In some So if you want a more peaceful world, don’t have
places, this gap is so big that some of the rich live thoughts about the opposite. Don’t see or hear vio-
like royalty while others live like peasants. This is lent things. Have healthy thoughts and feelings that
happening first in countries where people are kept you choose.
ignorant and afraid. As the cost of basic things rises,
the growing gap between rich and poor becomes Growing. Be brave about the following. Ask many
more visible. questions. Think for yourself. Learn from many
sources. Be open to new and different thoughts. Learn
Growing Drug Abuse. More people are using illegal something new every day. Imagine. And exchange
drugs. Some do it to numb their pain. Some do it to thoughts with others. Help others do the same.
work more hours. Some do it for fun. Some people
make very bad decisions when they use drugs. Some Golden Rule. Follow the golden rule. And display it in
steal to buy drugs. Some harm and murder others. homes, schools, workplaces, and so on.
When more people use drugs, more make and sell
drugs. The world’s drug business is getting more Legal and Peaceful Actions. Only use legal and peace-
organized and more violent. ful ways to make things better.

Increasing Crime. As poverty grows, more people Democracy. Continuously improve democracy. Invent
are committing crimes. And crimes are becoming better ways to choose government officials. And see
more violent. Because of these things, people are which ones work best. First try them in a few cities.
spending more on protecting themselves and their Then try the best of these in a few counties. And so
property. And this is using money that could be on. (See page 5 for details.)
spent on things that help others.

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World Morals. Make morals that most of the world’s

people agree on. And use them to help people and
groups do better. (See page 11 for details.) RENEWED
World Second Language. Make English the world’s
DEMOCRACY
official second language. And teach it everywhere. One of many ways to make our world better is the
This will reduce bigotry, hatred, mistakes, confu- following. Continuously improve democracy. Invent
sion, fights, wasted money, and other problems. better ways to choose government officials. And see
Why choose English? Because more countries use it which ones work best. First try them in a few cities.
as a second language than any other language. Over Then try the best of these in a few counties. And try
one billion people around the world use simple the best of these in a few states. Finally use the very
English. best for the nation. Residents of places trying the
new ways vote on the results. And their vote be-
Censoring Violence. Limit censorship to stopping comes part of the government record open to all.
people from exchanging thoughts on killing and Most of these ideas aren’t new. They’re from the
harming others. Do this for all forms of mass media. first democracy. They make sense. They worked for
people in the past. And they can work for us today.
Spending Your Money. Be careful about what you Democracy comes from the ancient Greek word
spend your money on. Don’t spend it on things that démo-kratía for people-power.
harm you or others. So if you don’t like businesses Democracy also means the following.
and governments that harm people, don’t buy from • When the largest number of people in a group
them. And don’t invest money in them. agrees on something, it’s as if the whole group
agrees on it. This is also called majority rule.
• People and their laws have equal respect for each
Tax Savings. After there’s more security and peace,
person’s rights.
spend less tax money on military and police forces.
• People govern themselves. They do this in one
Spend some of the saved money on the following.
of two ways. The first is direct democracy, where
• Spend more on education. Make all kinds of edu- each person helps make and enforce laws. The
cation free—or at very low cost—to all people. second is indirect democracy, where people
At the very least, make 16 years of free, basic edu- choose representatives to help make and enforce
cation available to people around the world. If laws.
there isn’t enough money for this, help women
receive a basic education before men. Do this be- Today, almost two thirds of the world’s people are
cause women are usually the first ones to teach governed by some kind of democracy. But many of
the very young. these democracies are being corrupted by new powers.
• Buy more mass media and have government offi- These are the powers of extreme greed and mass media.
cials of a renewed democracy manage it. Spend Democracy is also in danger of being corrupted by
more to make access to the Internet free—or at the growing number of ignorant and arrogant people.
very low cost—to all people. Many of them don’t care enough to vote. Some don’t
• Make traveling and exchanging thoughts faster learn enough about things they vote for. Some vote
and less expensive. Transportation and commu- for people who keep making promises they don’t
nication should be affordable and available to all keep. And some of the ignorant and arrogant get
people. voted into office and then harm others.
In today’s democracies, people only use voting to
choose their officials. This is wide open to corrup-
tion by money and mass media. In many places, this
is harming more people every day. Today, many gov-
ernments mainly work for some of the super rich.
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Many are starting to see we must do a better job jurors for public trials. Public voting was used to
protecting democracy around the world. We must choose very few officials. Voting was mainly used to
protect it at all levels. We need to begin with coun- choose ten equal ranking generals. A general couldn’t
cils of local governments (e.g., cities, towns, muni- make or change laws. He couldn’t interpret or judge
cipalities, and communes). laws. And he couldn’t start wars. He could only obey
Most people agree that some of the super rich run orders. The only people who could propose laws
many of the world’s local government councils. were officials chosen by lotteries. And the people of
Most people don’t have enough time or money to Athens were the ones who accepted or rejected these
campaign for government office. So they don’t try. proposed laws—by public vote.
Usually the cost to campaign is based on the size of People didn’t have much trust in using public vot-
the city. So only a very few can afford to campaign ing to choose officials. They felt it gave too much of
in the largest cities. The ones who can are super rich the people’s power away to some of the super rich
or those with super rich friends. and those who could spread messages to the public.
Some of the super rich want power over cities. People of Athens used lotteries to choose official
But they don’t want to serve in a local government members of their Council of 500, which made pro-
council. Some don’t have the time. Some don’t posed laws. Only men could become Council mem-
want others learning about their private lives or bers. And they had to be at least 30 years old and
businesses. Some don’t want to do the hard work of citizens of Athens. These things meant much to
campaigning. So some of the super rich simply buy people at that time in history. In other democracies,
power by giving money to campaigns of certain officials had to be men of a certain race. And they
candidates. If their candidates win, they tell them had to own land. It was like this for some of the other
how to vote. It’s that simple. And it happens all the early Greek democracies. And it was this way for the
time. It happens in small to big cities around the early American democracy.
world. The Council of 500 had members who represented
Some local government councils have members ten districts. Each district used lotteries to choose 50
who appear to represent the variety of society. They men from its people to represent the district.
have men and women with different skin colors, The Council used lotteries to choose presiding
religions, and national backgrounds. But most have officers from current Council members. It chose a
to collect money for expensive campaigns. And this new Council presiding officer every day. Each month,
puts them at risk of owing favors to the people who it would choose presiding officers from one district’s
give them money. So it doesn’t matter how much a group of Council members. The Greek calendar had
council seems to represent variety. Using only elec- ten months in a year. So every district was represent-
tions is wide open to corruption. ed in the position of presiding officer for one full
In many city to national governments, the few month each year. A person could only be presiding
take power away from the many. In most places, officer up to two times in their life.
government is not democracy. It’s not démo-kratía. Athens used an Assembly of citizens to vote on
It’s not people-power. accepting laws proposed by the Council. Almost any
citizen could come to Assembly meetings. But only
THE FIRST DEMOCRACY men—who were at least 18 years old—could vote.
At one time, the Assembly had room for up to 6,000
History’s first recorded democracies started in the
citizens. During Assembly meetings, only Council
cities of Greece around 600 B.C. The people of
members could introduce laws for acceptance by
Greece tried many ways to have democracy. They
Assembly vote. But all citizens could suggest ideas
saw which ones worked best. And they tried the best
for laws to Council members.
in bigger cities.
People of Athens used lotteries much more than
The first democracy that used representatives start-
public voting. They did this because they knew lot-
ed in Greece’s largest city, Athens. It lasted from
teries protected democracy from corruption by some
around 600 B.C. to 300 B.C. In Athens’ democracy,
of the super rich and those who spread messages to
people used lotteries to choose almost all of their gov-
the public. And using lotteries helped people know
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what democracy means. Lotteries gave more people Next, the workers use lotteries to choose people
the chance to govern and be governed. A wider varie- from the first list. The people who are chosen must
ty of people were represented in government. come to a government office for testing. Laws force
Thousands of years ago, some of the world’s smart- them to do this. Government workers test them for
est people knew lotteries protected democracy. One mental problems. And they test them for problems
of them was Aristotle. He lived from 384 B.C. to with the language used at trials. The workers put the
322 B.C. And he wrote an encyclopedia of almost all names of people who pass these tests on a second
knowledge of his time. He also taught people how to list.
use logic, reason, and laws. Because of these things, People on the second list must visit another office
many say he made much of the way we think. for more testing. High ranking government workers
Aristotle encouraged people to keep democracy safe and private lawyers test them by asking questions.
by using lotteries to choose officials. Today, democ- They make notes on the answers. Then they compare
racy is much more at risk of being harmed. the notes in private. If they like peoples’ answers,
Today, things are very different from Aristotle’s they put their names on a third list. People on the
time. The super rich are many times richer. Some third list are forced to be jurors. People are paid very
businesses are richer than countries. And election little for their time spent being screened and being
campaigns cost much more. Modern campaigns use jurors. Almost always, the people doing the final
TV, radio, and other mass media. Long ago, they testing are much richer and more educated than the
used town criers, leaflets, and posters. Today, mes- people being tested.
sages are spread much faster and to many more Some think there are problems with all of this. They
people. In only a few minutes, mass media can easily think many of the rich find ways to not be jurors. They
change the thoughts of millions. But some things think that many of the poor value how much jurors
haven’t changed much. People can still spread lies are paid, because it’s more than what they earn.
and rumors. And they can still spread unfair news Some think the final testing is unfair, because it
that makes others look good or bad. doesn’t have to use the same questions with every-
one. And it’s unfair because rich people decide which
LOTTERIES TODAY answers are good and bad. All of this lets them choose
jurors who favor the rich.
Long ago, people of Athens used lotteries to choose
Some think we should choose jurors using a fairer
government officials and trial jurors. But today,
way. They think we can find a new way to choose
people only use them to choose jurors. Why? Some
honest people who use facts and reason. They think
think this is to make sure the super rich can have fair
the same way should be used to choose both govern-
trials.
ment officials and jurors. And some think that jurors
Lotteries aren’t used for justice in government,
should serve terms of office and get paid much more.
because some of the super rich would lose power.
The following are a few more thoughts and ques-
And they don’t think they’d get anything in return.
tions. Some think if we use lotteries to choose jurors
Some know they’d get a more secure and peaceful
and officials, then we should not screen them in any
world for themselves and their children. But to most
way. They think doing this will force society to fix
of them, much money and power are worth more
its problems. They think that if people with problems
than these things.
sit next to others in councils, society will be forced
By seeing how jurors are screened and selected for
to help people get better.
trials, we can learn how to have more justice in gov-
Others think that if lotteries are used, some kind
ernment. In most democracies, here’s how they’re
of screening is needed. They don’t want criminals—
chosen.
or the crazy and ignorant—in government and trial
First, government workers make a list of candi-
juries.
dates. These candidates must be at least a certain age.
Another question about screening is the following.
They must be citizens of the country and residents of
If we use screening, what’s the best way to do it? If
the area. And they must be free of ever committing a
we use written tests, there’s a risk they’ll be changed
felony crime. The workers use public records to screen
over time to choose selfish, dishonest people. If we
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only choose people with things like college degrees, votes. Cities with less than 10,000 don’t use lotter-
then this can be unfair. There are smart, honest people ies. In these cities, people who get the most votes be-
without degrees. And there are selfish, dishonest come council members.
people with them. So how can we screen in a way
that is wise and difficult to corrupt? Chief Ex ecut ive Of f ic er of
L oca l G over nment a nd M e mb er s of
RENEWED DEMOCRACY Count y Gover nment C ouncil
Here’s what a renewed democracy could be like. After serving a full term together and learning about
People use public voting, government council vot- each other’s fitness for higher office, the local govern-
ing, and lotteries to choose their representatives. They ment council does the following. It elects a candi-
use public voting to choose candidates for local gov- date for mayor to serve in the next term. And it elects
ernment council. And they use lotteries to choose candidates to be the city’s representatives in the coun-
council members from the candidates. Government ty government council. It elects volunteer candidates
councils vote to choose candidates for higher offices from the current local council.
and higher councils. Then the public votes to accept Next, there’s a public vote where local residents
or reject the council’s choices of candidates. These accept or reject the candidates. If they reject the can-
last two steps are used to choose representatives for didates, then the council votes for other current coun-
government councils of counties (e.g., districts, shires, cil members. And there’s another public vote, where
and prefectures), states (e.g., provinces, territories, residents accept or reject the new candidates.
and regions), and nations. These last two steps are
also used to choose chief executive officers (e.g., gov- Chief Ex ecut ive Of f ic er of
ernors of states—and presidents and prime ministers C o u n t y G o v e r n m e n t a n d M e m b er s o f
of nations). Sta te G over nment C ou nc il
When people vote to accept or reject officials, they After serving a full term together and learning about
can also have referendums on other things. A refer- each other’s fitness for higher office, the county
endum is a public vote to accept or reject something government council does the following. It elects a
proposed by the government or a group. candidate for chief executive officer of the county
Officials can serve only two terms in county, state, government council to serve in the next term. And it
and national levels. They’re paid well and guaran- elects candidates to be the county’s representatives
teed good jobs when they leave. Compared to the in state government council. It elects volunteer can-
high cost of corruption, this is a bargain. didates from the current county council.
All of this gives people more power to govern them- Next, there’s a public vote where county residents
selves. accept or reject the candidates. If they reject the can-
didates, then the council elects other current council
Loca l Gover nment C ouncil members. And there’s another public vote, where resi-
The public votes for people to be in a group of can- dents accept or reject the new candidates.
didates for local government council. Then lotteries
are used to choose council members from this group. C ouncil of C hief Executive Officer s of
People can campaign and spend as much as they want. Stat e Gover nment a nd M ember s of
To be a candidate, a person must be at least 18 Na tiona l G over n me nt C ou nc il
years old. The person must be a citizen of the coun- After serving a full term together and learning about
try and a resident of the city. The person must be each other’s fitness for higher office, the state govern-
free of ever committing a felony crime. ment council does the following. It elects candidates
In a city with more than 100,000 residents, the for a council of chief executive officers of the state
person must get at least 1,000 votes. In a city with government to serve in the next term. And it elects
50,000 to 100,000, the person must get votes from candidates to be the state’s representatives in the
at least one percent of the residents. In cities with national government council. It elects volunteer can-
10,000 to 50,000, the person must get at least 500 didates from the current state council.

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Next, there’s a public vote where state residents time during a year. The order of being presiding officer
accept or reject the candidates. If they reject the is chosen by lottery.
candidates, then the council elects other current state
council members. And there’s another public vote, WHAT TO EXPECT
where residents accept or reject the new candidates.
The following are some of the things we can expect
from this renewed democracy.
C ouncil of C hief Executive Officer s of Government is less corrupt, because public voting
Nationa l Gover nment is only used for the following. It’s used to choose
After serving a full term together and learning about candidates for local government councils. It’s used
each other’s fitness for higher office, the national for referendums. And it’s used to accept or reject
government council does the following. It elects can- government council choices of candidates for higher
didates for a council of chief executive officers of offices. This careful use of public voting makes it
the national government to serve in the next term. more difficult for money and mass media to corrupt
And it elects candidates to be the nation’s represent- government. It also reduces the need for political
atives in a world morals council. It elects volunteer parties. All of this helps people save money in the
candidates from the current national council. following ways.
Next, there’s a public vote where the nation’s resi- • There are fewer officials making poor decisions
dents accept or reject the candidates. If they reject that waste public taxes and private money.
the candidates, then the council votes for other cur- • Political parties have much less power. So people
rent national council members. And there’s another don’t need to spend much money on them or
public vote, where residents accept or reject the new expensive campaigns. And people don’t need to
candidates. spend money on fixing problems from the dis-
trust, anger, and division that parties make in
Chief Ex ecut ive Of f ic er s of society.
Sta te a nd Na t iona l G over n me nts
In this renewed democracy, more people have a
Modern inventions ended the need to have only one
chance to serve in all levels of government. This helps
person as chief executive officer of state and national
people in the following ways.
governments. These inventions made it easy for
groups of people to make big decisions and handle • There’s more variety of people in government.
emergencies. These inventions include wireless tele- There’s more variety of women and men, skin
phones, computers, satellites, and airplanes. People colors, beliefs, national backgrounds, jobs, in-
in many nations already trust groups to make big come levels, and so on. More people can clearly
decisions in their justice systems. These groups are see they’re represented in their government.
• More people can know what democracy means,
their supreme courts. Usually they have nine mem-
bers. And each member has an equal vote. because more can govern and be governed.
• More people respect one another and the laws
In this renewed democracy, having only one chief
executive officer of state and national governments they make, because more people take part in gov-
is replaced by having a council of chief executive ernment.
• There’s more respect for police, judges, and others
officers. This lowers the chance for corruption. It’s
more difficult to bribe and corrupt a group of people who enforce the people’s laws.
than only one person. In this renewed democracy, local government coun-
The chief executive officer of a state is replaced cils have much more meaning. Serving in a local gov-
by a council of chief executive officers. And the ernment council is the first step a person must take
chief executive officer of a nation is replaced by a to advance in government. Because of this, more
council of chief executive officers. Each council has people go to local government council meetings. More
at least nine members. And each member has an try to get voted to local government council. And more
equal vote. Council members are approved by a pub- people vote.
lic vote. Each council has a presiding officer. And Top officials are voted into government by people
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no longer the main way to get into government. And RULES

top officials must first prove they can do a good This renewed democracy could use the following
job for their neighbors. They must first serve in local rules.
government council for at least a year. And if they
do a good job, their council member peers—and the Lotteries. Lottery drawings must be watched in
public—vote to promote them to higher office. This is person by at least 100 volunteers who are chosen by
different from today, where people can become chief lottery. Their names become part of the government
executive officers of states—and nations—without record open to all. A live view showing all 100 people
first proving they’re trusted by their neighbors and and the drawing must be televised. Drawings must
other peers who personally know them. use machines that choose from marked objects hav-
In this renewed democracy, officials must progress ing the same size, shape, weight, and so on.
through every level of government. This makes them
better experienced in governing. And it helps them Public Voting. Public voting uses secret voting and
know more about problems at every level of society. paper ballots. Ballots are stored for at least five years,
In this renewed democracy, it’s more difficult to in case a recount is needed. Voting is held in places
corrupt the chief executive offices of states and na- where most of the public usually goes each week,
tions, because they’re replaced by executive councils. such as shopping centers.

NUMBER OF Collecting and Counting Votes. People who collect

REPRESENTATIVES and count voting ballots can only do this up to four
In most democracies, the number of representatives years. Government councils choose candidates to
from a governed area is based on the area’s number collect and count ballots. And the public votes to
of people. This renewed democracy keeps doing this. accept or reject the candidates.
But it uses a rough logarithm to not reward fast
growing numbers of people and crowding. Here’s an Getting Listed on a Voting Ballot. To be listed on a
example of how the number of county government voting ballot for local government council, people
council members is chosen. must be at least a certain age. They must be a citi-
• As one group, cities with more than 1,000 and zen of the country. They must be a resident of the
up to 10,000 have three county council members. city. They must be free of ever committing a felony
These cities choose a group of candidates, and crime. They must make a list of people who plan to
use lotteries to choose the three from this group. vote for them. A minimum number of people’s names
• A city with more than 10,000 and up to 100,000 and signatures must be on the list. They must give
has one. the list to the local government. And the list becomes
• A city with more than 100,000 and up to 1 million part of the government record open to all.
has two.
• A city of more than 1 million has three. These News about Candidates and Officials. News about
cities are divided into districts with councils that candidates for office—and people already in office—
are chosen like local government councils. At could be shared in the following ways.
the end of a term, each district council elects a • Candidates for local government council must
few of its members to be candidates for the coun- write a summary of their fitness for office. The
ty government council. District residents vote to government publishes these summaries in news-
accept or reject them. Those who are accepted papers. Equal newspaper space is given to each
enter a citywide group of candidates. And the candidate.
city uses a lottery to choose its candidates for the • If needed, the government holds public debates.
county council from this group. Finally, city The same questions are given to each candidate.
residents vote to accept or reject the candidates. And there’s equal time for answers. Live public
broadcasts of debates should be made through
TV and radio. And all of the debate questions and

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answers become part of the government record Why don’t more people know—and use—the above
open to all. things? Is it because they don’t feel they’re part of
• In any democracy, candidates for office—and making them?
people already in office—are at risk of being How do we make morals that more people agree
harmed by the abuse of mass media’s power. At on? Do we use a council of representatives to make
times, corrupt people use this power to invade world morals? Do we combine ideas from many
privacy. They use it to broadcast private things religions and philosophies? Or do we choose them
that aren’t related to how well a person performs from only one religion? If we choose them from
in office. In any democracy, laws are needed to only one, will they lose support from the others?
limit this power. Laws are needed to limit the The following chart shows the percent of people in
kinds of private things mass media can broad- the world that belong to the largest religions.
cast.
1900 2000 2007
Council Meetings. In many places, government coun- Christians 34.5% 33.4% 33.3%
cil meetings are open to the public. And each council Muslims 12.4 18.5 21.0
member’s vote is open. Recordings, minutes, and Hindus 12.5 13.4 13.3
notes of these meetings become part of the govern-
ment record open to all. This renewed democracy Buddhists 7.8 5.9 5.8
keeps all these things open to the public. This includes Sikhs 0.2 0.3 0.4
council meetings to choose candidates for higher coun- Jews 0.8 0.3 0.2
cils and offices.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Attendance. Serving in a council means attending at
If world morals were made by a council of demo-
least 80% of its meetings.
cratically selected representatives, they’d be a sign
of people’s power to govern themselves. They’d be a
Term Limits. To reduce chances for corruption, people
symbol of democracy around the world.
can only serve two terms in each office.
World morals could help people and groups do
better.
People could use world morals as a general guide
to make detailed laws. They could do this in govern-
WORLD MORALS ments of cities to nations. This would reduce fight-
ing between governments and religious groups over
One of many ways to make our world better is the
which laws are good.
following. Make morals that most of the world’s
People could use the morals to guide children as
people agree on. And use them to help people and
they become adults. They could teach classes on how
groups do better.
the morals make everyone’s lives better. Students
could have the choice to go—or not go—to the class-
QUESTIONS AND CHALLENGES es. And no one could punish them for not going.
What things like world morals have people tried to
make in the past? COUNCIL MEMBERS
• In 1948, the United Nations made a Universal If representatives are needed for a world morals
Declaration of Human Rights. council, what’s the best way to choose them?
• In 1993, the Council for a Parliament of the
Should we use the ideas given for a renewed de-
World’s Religions made a Declaration of a Global mocracy? Should each nation use lotteries to choose
Ethic. its world morals council members from its national
• In 2001, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples
council of chief executive officers? Or should each
Organization made a Universal Declaration of the nation’s council of chief executive officers choose
Rights of Peoples.

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world council candidates from themselves, and have COUNCIL DUTIES

a nationwide vote to accept or reject them? After making world morals, a council could do the
People could start making a world morals council following.
today by using national lotteries to choose from It makes the morals better as people get better. It
candidates who served in local government councils. learns about problems from comments by people
To be a candidate, a person must be at least 30 years around the world. These comments become part of
old. The person must be free of ever committing a the government record open to all.
felony crime. And the person must have served at The council checks each country’s new laws. It
least two full terms as a local government council checks for any big changes the laws make to people
member—voted into office by the public. Later this and the earth. It also checks if the laws agree with
could be changed if a large majority of all world the world morals. It makes reports on what it finds.
morals council members vote to change it. They These reports become part of the government record
could change it so that a candidate must have served open to all. It never has power to force anyone to
at least one term as a chief executive officer of a obey the morals or the council’s decisions.
local, county, state, or national government. These Council meetings are open to all. The council can
are some of the many ways representatives can be only make decisions at its meetings. And recordings
chosen for a world morals council. of these meetings are part of the government record
Choosing the number of representatives from each open to all.
country is a challenge. This is because there’s a big
difference between the number of people in each
RULES FOR
country. And the number of people in countries is
MAKING WORLD MORALS
changing. The following are a few ideas on how to
do this. A council could use the following kinds of rules for
The number of representatives from each country making world morals.
could stay the same for 50 years after representatives The morals must not have any beliefs about God
from most of the world’s countries first meet in the or Founders of religions. This is because people don’t
council. Each country’s number of representatives have the same beliefs. And many fight over who has
could be chosen by using its number of people and the right ones.
a rough logarithm. This would help to not reward fast The morals should agree with the good teachings
growing numbers of people and crowding. The fol- of the world’s religions. But they must go against any
lowing is an example of how this would work. teachings that harm people. They must go against any
teachings that say the following things are alright.
• As one group, countries with more than 100,000
• First strike that harms peoples’ bodies, minds, or
and up to 1 million have three representatives.
feelings.
• A country with more than 1 million and up to 20
• Being ruled by dictators.
million has one.
• Making people live in fear or terror.
• A country with more than 20 million and up to
• Encouraging people to think only those who are
45 million has two.
the same are good, and all others are bad.
• A country with more than 45 million has three.
• Encouraging people to have children they aren’t
After the end of the 50 year wait, each country’s able to care for.
number of representatives could be more directly • Stopping people from exchanging thoughts that
based on its number of people. This number of repre- are new or different.
sentatives could only be changed if a large majority • Stopping people from learning by themselves and
of all council members vote for it. from many sources.
• Stopping people from asking questions about all
leaders, traditions, and old beliefs.
• Treating people unfairly because of their sex,
skin color, age, religion, opinions, national back-
ground, language, sexual orientation, wealth, liv-
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• Using promises of rewards and punishments after Hinduism

death that aren’t proven yet. Do not do to others what would cause pain if done
to you.
THE GOLDEN RULE
Humanism
The first world moral could be to follow the golden
rule at all times. People help themselves and others Do not do things you would not want to have done
by following this rule. Its main moral is to respect to you.
all life. This is the way to security, peace, and hap- Islam
piness. Many people say it like this: Treat others the
No one of you is a believer until he desires for his
way you want to be treated.
brother that which he desires for himself.
If you belong to a religion, follow its golden rule
today. Don’t delay doing this until after its Founder
Jainism
returns. This may not happen for thousands of years.
The Holy Books of religions say no one knows when A man should go through life treating all creatures
it will happen. And most people who say they know as he himself would be treated.
do this to get money and power. They’ve fooled
people this way for thousands of years. Some have Jesus Christ
even fooled people into torturing and killing. So if And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye
you belong to a religion, follow its golden rule to- also to them likewise.
day. And stay away from people who encourage you
to do the opposite. Lao Tzu
The following are some of the ways people know Regard your neighbor’s gain as your gain. And
the golden rule around the world. regard your neighbor’s loss as your loss.

Aristippus Mithra
Cherish mutual goodwill, so that you want another The law imprinted on the hearts of all men is to love
person’s well-being as your own. the members of society as themselves.

Aristotle Moses
Conduct ourselves toward others as we want them Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
to conduct themselves toward us.
Shawnee
Bahá'u'lláh Respect for all life is the foundation.
Choose thou for thy neighbor that which thou choos-
Do not harm your neighbor, because it is not him
est for thyself.
that you harm. You harm yourself. So, do good to
him. Add to his days of happiness, as you add to
Buddha
your own. Love him because the Supreme Spirit of
Seek for others the happiness you want for yourself. the Universe loves him also, as the Spirit loves you.
Treat not others in ways that you would find hurt-
ful. Shintoism
The heart of the person in front of you is like a mirror.
Confucius
See yourself in it.
Do to others what you would want them do to you.
And do not do to others what you would not want Sikhism
them do to you. This is the only law you need. It is Do not create hatred with anyone, because God is
the foundation of all laws. within everyone.
Reciprocity is the one word that can serve as a prin- No one is my enemy. None a stranger. And every-
ciple of conduct for life. one is my friend.

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Socrates these thoughts are from today’s mass media. Some

Do not do to others that which would anger you if of these thoughts are from speeches by corrupt lead-
others did it to you. ers and some of the super rich. The ignorant don’t
stop listening to these lies. They don’t try to legally
Sufism silence those who lie. They don’t stop giving money
If you do not want to gladden someone’s heart, then to them. They don’t vote against them. They don’t
at least be careful to not hurt their heart. No sin find courage to learn through many sources. They
exists but this. stay busy with small-minded fun and games of every
kind. They stay busy doing things that don’t make
Thales their lives better. They stay busy doing things that
Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing. don’t make them ask questions or use reason. Some
even stay busy doing things that harm themselves
Unitarian and others.
We affirm and promote respect for the interdepend- Many decide to be ignorant and stay ignorant. By
ent web of all existence, of which we are a part. doing this, they no longer truly live. They trade truly
living for lies and cheap short term comforts offered
Zoroaster by corrupt leaders and some of the super rich.
Corrupt leaders and some of the super rich want
The nature of being good is to not do anything to
people to be ignorant, so they can gain more money
another that is not good for itself.
and power. At times, schools, religious groups, and
Whatever others do that bothers you, do not do to families want people to be ignorant. They fool people
others. into doing the following. Giving unearned trust. Being
afraid. Being weak inside. Being filled with too much
pride. And blindly obeying.
Many free themselves from being ignorant by doing
IGNORANCE the following.
.

They become humble and curious like a child.

AND ARROGANCE •
• They learn and grow from everything.
Over 80% of adults in the world can read. But many • They learn from many sources.
stay ignorant. Many have stopped using their free- • They learn from thoughts that are new and
doms to question, reason, invent, speak out, think different.
for themselves, and act on their own healthy thoughts • They question what they’re told. They see life
to make things better. Some have become so overly through their own eyes. They hear life through
proud they’ve become arrogant. Some have become their own ears. And they know life through their
so ignorant and arrogant they harm themselves and own knowledge of things.
others. • They use their powers to reason and imagine.
Many don’t try to make things better. They think And they make these powers stronger and better.
others will do this for them. They’re encouraged to • They make decisions based mainly on facts and
believe the following. They don’t have power to help reason. And they don’t make decisions based
themselves. Others will do a better job for them. mainly on guesses and emotions.
They don’t need to learn more, because they already Many stay ignorant by doing the following.
are very smart. They should be afraid. And they’re • They accept the thoughts of others without ques-
safer when they do these things. They’re encouraged tion.
to be ignorant. • They watch people give dramatic and shocking
They’re also encouraged to believe the following. news reports.
They already have the very best. And they’re much • They watch people make dramatic and scary
better than others. They’re encouraged to be arrogant. guesses about the future.
Some ignorant people let themselves and their • They listen to rumors and lies. And they believe
families stay filled with harmful thoughts. Many of them.

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• They mainly see life through the eyes and cam- When people free themselves from ignorance,
eras of others. And they mainly hear life through they make their sense of right and wrong stronger.
the ears and microphones of others. And when they do this, they govern themselves
• They mainly know life through the thoughts and better. They make their lives better by themselves.
words of others. They need fewer police, judges, lawyers, jailers, and
• They receive many repeated, harmful thoughts so on. They need fewer government workers to make
of others through the following forms of mass and enforce laws.
media. TV. Radio. Movies. Video games. Record- People can become so ignorant that it’s easy for
ings of music, talks, and books. Newspapers. others to take freedoms away from them. Many are
Magazines. Books. The Internet. And so on. still learning that they can’t be ignorant and free at
Many think life is easier when others tell them the same time.
what to think and do. Many don’t like leaders who Most of us must pay to fix problems made by the
want them to ask questions and think for them- ignorant and arrogant. We pay with public taxes. And
selves. Many are too lazy or uncaring to do these we pay in other ways. So we should help others learn
things. And some are afraid. They’re afraid of not and grow. We should help them be free of ignorance
looking smart. They’re afraid of others shaming and arrogance. When we do this, we’ll have much
them. They’re afraid they might find they’ve been more money to use on other things.
wrong or ignorant for a long time. Going through
life like this isn’t truly living. It’s more like being
a robot.
Some schools and religious groups make people EXTREME GREED
afraid to ask questions and learn by themselves.
People need healthy concern about themselves to sur-
They encourage people to not ask too many ques-
vive. Having too much of this is greed. Having too
tions. They encourage them to blindly accept what
much of anything usually harms the person having
they’re told. And they encourage them to believe it
it. And it harms others.
isn’t easy for people to learn by themselves.
Since the early 1900s, ignorance, weak govern-
Many don’t question unproven ideas passed on
ments, and inventions helped make the modern power
to them by their families. They accept these ideas.
of extreme greed. This power is felt at city to world
They even blindly accept things that aren’t based
levels. It’s led by corrupt leaders of big businesses,
on reason. They accept superstitions. They fail to use
governments, and religious groups. It harms more
their sense of reason and their power to learn and
people and things every day. It even harms those
grow.
who’ll be born hundreds of years from now.
Some give their time, money, health, and lives
In a reckless way, it makes as much money—as
to people who want to keep them ignorant and arro-
fast as it can—for a few people. And it makes the
gant. They give these things to people who make
following lasting problems as it does this. It uses
money from passing on superstitions. They give to
up earth’s resources without having things to re-
people who encourage others to believe it’s wrong
place them. It uses them in ways that pollute land,
to question all things.
water, and air. It treats animals with cruelty. It makes
TV and radio programming is an honest way to
unsafe working conditions. And in some places, it
say what most of today’s mass media does. Many of
treats people worse than animals. It starts wars and
today’s programs don’t encourage people to ques-
mass murders. It sells weapons to dangerous rulers
tion things or use reason. People watching—and
and groups. And it uses money and mass media to
listening to—these programs use only the part of
take away people’s power to govern and protect
their brain that accepts things without question. This
themselves. The good news is that people can get
is called passive viewing and passive listening. And
their power back in peaceful, legal ways.
their thoughts and feelings are changed without
Extreme greed in big business is harming democ-
them knowing it. When people fall asleep with the
racy around the world. It bribes and scares govern-
TV or radio on, this change happens much faster.
ment officials. And it corrupts systems for choosing
And it’s much stronger and lasts longer.

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them. It does this by giving money to candidates for Mussolini was called the father of fascism. And many
their campaigns to get votes. Extreme greed gets say he said this about it: “Fascism should more proper-
favors from them after they’re voted into office. ly be called corporatism, because it is the merger of
This means many officials get chosen if they’re state and corporate power.”
dishonest enough to ignore the needs of regular peo- In most countries, mass media is controlled by
ple and mainly help some of the super rich. And it only a few businesses. In others, it’s controlled by
means many are selfish enough to want power at governments. So today, a few people have power
any cost. For many years, they also had to have a over the thoughts of billions of others. This is how
certain sex, skin color, religion, and national back- extreme greed uses mass media to harm democracy
ground. But now, they mainly need to be dishonest around the world.
and selfish. Extreme greed gets richer from human misery.
In many countries, this power buys up mass media It does this by doing the following. It encourages
to take away the public’s power to protest. This has people to be ignorant and arrogant. It encourages
happened in countries including those with histories them to have more children than they’re able to care
of brave fights for freedom of speech. For example, for. It takes and sells earth’s resources in an ignorant
Americans bravely fought for freedom of speech. and selfish way. It encourages people to buy more
But today, almost all of their mass media is owned things and borrow more money. And it starts wars to
by about five big businesses. This is described in the steal things.
book The Media Monopoly. When did extreme greed get so much power?
In many countries, some people still think they Since the early 1900s, big businesses grew very fast
have freedom of speech. They’re free to speak, but around the world. As they grew, they took power
they’re not heard—because mass media has so much away from people and their governments. Almost
power. It has power over the thoughts of many more all big businesses are corporations. And a growing
people than one person’s voice. Owners of mass number of them have more money and power than
media can even silence a loud protest march with countries. By 1999, 51 of the world’s 100 largest
thousands of people. They do this by having little to economies were those of corporations—the rest were
no news about it in TV, radio, newspapers, and so on. those of countries.
Inventions helped a few people get much more Multinational corporations have factories, offices,
power over the thoughts and feelings of others. This and market places in many countries. Because of
started in the 1400s when inventions made the print- this, many don’t have to obey laws of any one coun-
ing press much faster. And this helped people spread try. Some of them use much money and power to
thoughts faster through things like flyers, pamphlets, control governments. Some are openly arrogant
newspapers, books, and so on. Then in the late 1800s, about how they disrespect and harm people around
sound recordings and radio were invented. Together, the world.
these were used to quickly spread repeated messag- How did extreme greed get so much power? Sev-
es to millions of people. eral things happened. Starting in the early 1900s,
The first time repeated messages were used to start there were more inventions every day. These helped
war between nations was around 2700 B.C. Leaders many things move faster. There was plenty of cheap
of Iraq’s government had religious groups spread oil and coal. And some inventions made it easier
messages that Iran was making dangerous weapons and cheaper to get these fuels out of the earth. More
and getting ready to attack. After enough people money—and more power to spread messages—made
believed this, Iraq invaded Iran and stole many it easier to corrupt governments.
things. This first war between nations is described in Inventions helped the following things move faster.
the 1992 research paper Evolution of Warfare and • They helped people, raw materials, and products
Weapons by the Strategic Studies Institute of the move faster through world networks of travel
United States Army War College. ways for cars, trucks, trains, ships, and airplanes.
In the early 1900s, the dictators Mussolini and Hitler • They helped oil and natural gas move faster
used the new power of mass media to spread fascism. through networks of pipes—and electric power
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• They helped thoughts and information move at government offices. Soon people around the world
faster through networks of telegraph and tele- lost power to govern and protect themselves.
phone wires. Later, inventions helped them move Problems started to happen right away for the
faster through wireless networks of radios, TVs, public, investors, and the earth. This is because the
and computers. first duty in charters is for corporations to make
• Inventions helped spread messages faster and far- money for investors. And usually they must do this
ther. And mass media’s power over the thoughts forever. But they can’t. Earth’s resources are limited.
and feelings of people grew. Today, it has power So it gets more difficult and costly to find and take
over what billions think, feel, and do. earth’s remaining resources—and change them into
Corrupt leaders of some big businesses helped self- things people use. Also corporations compete by
ish, dishonest people become government officials. using earth’s resources in ways that make the most
They used bribes and mass media to do this. Then money. Some do this in ways that harm people, ani-
the corrupt leaders of some big businesses and gov- mals, and the earth. Others must then do the same to
ernments used mass media to make people weak. compete and stay in business. All of these problems
They encouraged people to be ignorant, arrogant, are getting worse as earth’s resources are consumed.
selfish, and uncaring. Many people started to feel more Most charters also give corporations the powers of
distant from their governments. The corrupt kept people to do some of the following things.
doing these things until they took away most people’s • Sue and be sued.
power to govern and protect themselves. Many people • Own property—and other things—in their name.
who tried fighting this became tired or afraid. Many • Hire and fire people.
finally stopped trying. This is how extreme greed got • Make and sign contracts.
so much power. • Make laws that govern actions inside the
How does a business become a corporation? People corporation.
make a legal paper to do this. The paper is called a • Keep going after their makers leave or die.
corporate charter. It defines the rights and duties But many charters don’t give corporations the fol-
of a business. And it keeps investors safe. Investors lowing good things people have.
are people who put their money in a corporation to
• A sense of shame when they harm people, animals,
make more money. They do this by buying parts of
and the earth.
a corporation. These parts are called shares, stocks,
• A sense of right and wrong.
and shares of stock.
• A sense of unselfish concern for the health and
Modern incorporating started in the mid 1800s. It
happiness of others.
started when some of the super rich wanted to make
very big businesses. And they wanted to protect Charters protect investors in corporations. They pro-
money they invested in them. So they had their tect them from being forced to pay for the problems
governments make laws about the legal body of a corporations make. Charters do this in the following
business. This isn’t like the body of a person. It’s ways.
more like the moving body of a dead person. It’s • If a corporation owes much money—or goes bank-
like a living corpse with special powers. Making this rupt—investors don’t have to pay the debts.
kind of body is called incorporating. And the body • If a corporation commits a crime, investors don’t
is called a corporation. have to pay fines or go to jail.
Back in the 1800s, the first duty in corporate char- • If a corporation harms people, investors can’t be
ters was to protect the public. Their second was to sued or arrested.
protect investors. And only a congress could give
power to charters. Then during the early 1900s, big Many charters give the legal bodies of corporations
businesses grew in size and power. And they used the powers of living corpses. They give them powers
this power to make many governments change their of Frankenstein monsters to do the following.
laws on charters. Soon the first duty in most char- • Power to take from others, so they can give to
ters was for corporations to protect investors. And their makers and investors.
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• Power to consume and damage earth’s limited • They get more people to give them money for
resources without care. And power to do this things they sell.
without having things to replace the resources. • They get more people to work for very low wages.
• Power to harm people, animals, and the earth with • They get more people to be so poor that they’ll
almost no worry or shame. do very bad things to themselves and others for
• Power to protect their makers and investors from money.
the people they harm.
The following chart shows how fast the number of
• Power to live forever.
people in the world has grown.
Every day, extreme greed takes away the freedom,
World
health, and lives of more people. And it harms
Year Population
animals and the earth. It does this at city to world
levels. It does this the most in countries where 1 200,000,000
people have lost most of their freedom of speech. 1000 310,000,000
And extreme greed keeps growing. But over time,
1750 790,000,000
things will change. And people will regain their
power to govern and protect themselves. 1820 1,000,000,000
1930 2,000,000,000
1960 3,000,000,000
GROWING 1975 4,000,000,000

POPULATIONS 1988 5,000,000,000

2000 6,000,000,000
The world had 4 billion people in 1974, 5 billion in
1988, and 6 billion in 2000. If it keeps growing like The number of people in the world grows faster
this, there’ll be 9 billion in 2050. When there are too every day. In 2007, it grew by over 200,000 per day.
many people, the following things start to happen. In 2008, it grew by over 233,000. And in 2009, by
Wages get lower for many people. Prices rise for over 272,000.
limited supplies of things needed to live—like food, The fast growing number of people makes the fol-
fuel, housing, and so on. In some places, resources lowing problems get worse.
run out. Land, water, and air get badly damaged. • Every day, over 840 million people go hungry.
Crowding gets worse. And the following things • Over one billion people live in severe poverty.
people pay taxes for and share get overloaded. Roads. This means they struggle to live on less than
Schools. Public hospitals. Police and fire protection. €0.70 Euro per day ($1.00 U.S. dollar).
Water, sewer, and garbage services. And so on. • Over three billion people are poor. This means
The number of people in poor countries is grow- they struggle to live on about €1.40 per day
ing the fastest. And in almost all countries, the poor ($2.00).
are having more children than any other group. • The world’s farm land divided by its population
Many of them are having more children than they averages about 0.4 hectare (1.0 acre) per person.
are able to care for. Some of them are getting sick, This isn’t enough for a person’s basic needs of
starving, and dying. It appears that the number of life.
people in the world will keep growing until many get
sick, starve, and die. Around the world, there’s a growing gap between
At times, corrupt leaders—and some of the super the rich and poor. The following are some examples.
rich—encourage fast growing populations. They do • Since the early 1900s, the gap between the world’s
this for the following selfish reasons. poorest 20% and the richest 20% grew almost
• They get more people to rule over. three times bigger. Today, the world’s poorest
• They get more people to be in their religious 20% use less than 2% of the world’s goods. And
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• Minimum wages start at about €0.17 per hour to find and take earth’s remaining resources—and
($0.24) in poor countries—and they go up to change them into things people use.
about €6.00 ($8.50) in rich countries. Even though Many see rising prices of the following. Gasoline.
these wages are 35 times higher, their buying Heating oil. Electric power. Food. Housing. Medical
power is falling. Each day, more people in rich care. Medicine. Education. And transportation. They
countries can’t afford the rising costs of housing, see rising prices of almost everything they buy. And
food, fuel, and other things needed to live. Pov- in many places, the costs of things are rising faster
erty is growing. But the super rich keep getting than wages. As prices keep rising, many get poorer.
richer. Usually when many are poor, there’s more crime,
• The world’s seven richest countries (America, more violent public protest, and more war. In many
Germany, Japan, Canada, France, Italy, and Eng- places, people already see more fighting over re-
land) have less than 12% of the world’s popula- sources.
tion. But they use more than 40% of the world’s In some parts of the world, entire countries are start-
oil, coal, and other fuels. ing to use resources much faster. They’re doing this
• Poverty is growing the fastest in the poorest coun- for many reasons.
tries. Most rich countries are investing less in Some countries with many poor people are using
them. And they’re giving less free aid to them. many more machines that use oil, coal, and other
This is because they’re spending more to fight fuels. This is called industrializing. Today, it’s hap-
war, crime, and public unrest. pening in the world’s largest countries—China and
• The middle class of most rich countries is shrink- India. Together, these two countries have over eight
ing. Their way of life needs good paying jobs times as many people as America. China has over
and cheap oil. But their elected officials let these 1.3 billion and India has over 1.1 billion people. Most
jobs move to poor countries. And the cost of oil of their people are poor. And they want better lives.
keeps rising. At the same time, they’re encour- Some countries with many poor people aren’t yet
aged to spend more and have larger debt. And industrializing. But they’re using more oil. This is
their elected officials let lenders raise the cost of because the number of people in them is growing.
borrowing. So each day, more of them go bank- So they need more food, housing, clothing, and
rupt, become homeless, and fall into poverty. other things needed to live. And they need oil and
other fuels to make these things.
Countries with people living in great comfort are
already industrialized. Their comforts consume much
LIMITED fuel. And they’ve consumed most of their own. At
the same time, many more people around the world
RESOURCES are starting to earn enough to buy comforts and
luxuries. All of these things are consuming earth’s
The earth’s resources are limited. And more people limited resources. So prices are rising everywhere.
are using them as world population grows—and as Since the early 1900s, the number of people in
people in industrializing countries can afford to con- the world has grown very fast. And the demand for
sume more. Today, China and India are using many things has grown even faster. To meet this demand,
more energy-consuming machines as they industrial- extreme greed has taken and sold the earth’s re-
ize and become wealthier. Together, they have over sources as fast as it could.
one third of the world’s population. Smaller coun- Extreme greed takes and sells earth’s resources
tries are also starting to industrialize. Also, the num- in a very selfish way. It does this without much
ber of poor in the world is growing very fast. And planning for what to do when resources run out. For
in fully industrialized countries, people with extra example, it takes and sells earth’s limited resources
money are using more comforts and luxuries. All of of energy like oil. It does this without making other
these things are consuming earth’s resources—like fuels ready to take its place. It does the same with
oil, coal, farm land, clean water, metals, and so on. natural gas and coal. It does this will all kinds of
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Because of this poor planning, people around the building poorly planned cities and roadways that
world see rising prices of fuel and electric power. sprawl over more farm land each day.
And they see rising prices of almost everything they Many times, extreme greed pollutes air, water, and
buy. This includes all things that are made, moved, land when it makes things in the cheapest way. It
or stored using energy—like food. Only a few coun- does this when it takes raw materials out of the earth
tries planned ahead to have new kinds of energy to and makes them into products. And it does this
replace the old ones. They get much of their electric when it makes electricity by burning coal and oil,
power cheap and almost pollution free. They get it and by using radioactive materials.
from sources like sun, wind, geothermal, and water The following are more examples of how extreme
wave energy. greed poorly managed earth’s limited resources.
Each day, it gets more difficult to find, take, and • Almost one fourth of the earth’s land is in danger
change earth’s resources into things to sell. So the of turning into desert.
world’s fastest possible speed of taking and selling • Every year, over 25 billion metric tons (28 bil-
resources is starting to slow down. And prices are lion U.S. tons) of topsoil are lost to erosion and
going up. Some believe this problem started with pollution.
oil in 2004. • Every year, over 200,000 square kilometers
For many years before 2004, more and more oil (100,000 square miles) of earth’s forests are cut
was taken and sold almost every year. After 2004, down.
the amount taken and sold each year stayed about • Air and water pollution are very big problems.
the same. From 2004 to 2007, many more people They’re the worst in places like Eastern Europe,
saw rising prices of gasoline, heating oil, and elec- the former Russian Empire (Soviet Union), and
tric power. From 2004 to 2007, the price of gasoline China.
more than doubled in many places. Each year, the • 15 of the world’s 17 largest fishing areas are over-
world’s demand for oil grows. fished or have other big problems.
Oil isn’t only used to make fuel burned by cars. It’s
also burned in power plants to make electricity. And
it’s turned into things like plastics, weed poisons, and
fabrics. In some ways, oil is used in making, moving, WAR AND
and storing most of the things for sale. Extreme greed
did a poor job managing the world’s fuel resources. MASS MURDER
Extreme greed also poorly manages how it makes
our food. It does things as cheap as it can to make Wars and border fights are growing—mainly be-
the most profit. It uses chemical poisons to make cause of two reasons. Earth’s resources are limited.
unnaturally huge amounts of food. It fertilizes crops And more people are consuming them. Today, the
with chemicals. In some places, it uses sewage water world’s limited supply of cheap fuel is ending. This
as fertilizer—and this spreads disease at times. Ex- is why there’s war over oil. Many think there’ll be
treme greed also uses chemical poisons to kill insects increasing conflict over clean water and farm land.
and weeds. And it uses large amounts of antibiotics And many think that as the gap grows between the
and hormones to make unnaturally huge amounts of super rich and others, class war will grow.
meat and milk. All these things become part of the Some wars are needed. For example, World War II
food we eat. And most people can only afford to buy was needed to stop mass murder and the violent
this kind of food. Some places sell “organic” food spread of fascism. But many wars are fought to make
without poisons. But only a few can afford to buy it. a few people richer and more powerful.
Some of it costs up to twice as much as poisoned Today, a war is being fought in countries around
food. the world. Some call it a world war. Some call it a
Extreme greed also destroys farm land. It does this global war on terror. Some call it the fourth world
by farming in ways that speed up how fast soil is war, because the Cold War was the third worldwide
eroded by wind and water. And it does this by war.

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The Cold War was fought from the mid 1940s to At times, mass media is selfish and reckless. It
the early 1990s. It was fought between countries increases fear and terror. It does this by having news
using different ways to do business. Some used cap- and other programs do more than report facts. It has
italism and others used communism. Now many of them talk about terror attacks many times and for
these same countries are trading partners. For exam- many hours. It has them make scary guesses about
ple, America and countries in Europe now trade with things that might happen in the future. And it has
big communist countries like China and smaller ones them give dramatic and shocking news reports.
like Vietnam. Today, violent terror groups are growing around
The Cold War was mainly between Russia, China, the world. They’re gaining members, money, and
and America. But it was fought in places like Korea, weapons because of worsening problems like the
Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Cuba, Nicaragua, Afghan- following. Many poor people are having children
istan, and other poor countries. Many millions of they aren’t able to care for. There’s more crowding.
poor people died and got hurt in this war. But now, There are more shortages. People don’t have things
almost all of these countries do business with each needed to live. Some are going hungry. There’s grow-
other. And they make much money. ing religious arrogance and hatred. And corruption
Today’s worldwide war is mainly being fought in governments and businesses is growing.
between people of certain religions. Christians, Mus- Members of these violent terror groups are being
lims, and Jews are fighting. It’s mainly a war over hunted, imprisoned, and killed. But these groups are
the earth’s limited resources of oil and natural gas. still gaining members, money, and weapons.
Oil is worth the most to countries that use the On all sides, many of the world’s poor are fighting
U.S. dollar. The dollar has oil as its unofficial back- in this war. They want a better life. And many of
ing. Almost all the world’s oil can only be bought them feel they don’t have much to lose. So they’re
using the dollar when it’s first traded. This gives the willing to take bigger risks with their lives. Some
dollar its worth and backing. Because of this, some are even willing to kill themselves while they fight.
businesspeople call it the petrodollar. In the past, Even in rich countries, some of the poor volunteer to
gold—and then silver—were the dollar’s official fight because they want better lives. Many times,
backing. But the big businesses and government of they help kill people who are even poorer. History
America changed the backing to oil in 1963. Some has many examples of some of the super rich encour-
of the super rich got richer from this. aging the poor to kill the poor. Today, the number of
Some people are fighting because they’re angry poor in almost every country is growing very fast.
at governments and big businesses. Some blame And the number of people in many poor countries is
them for making people poor. They do this regard- growing much faster than in rich ones.
less if people got poor from having children they In many countries, there’s growing worry about
weren’t able to care for. Some blame governments how big today’s wars will get. More people are get-
and big businesses for taking away their freedom ting poor. Poor people are having many children.
of speech and other basic freedoms. And earth’s limited resources are being consumed.
On all sides, some people are fighting simply be- Today, war is being fought between rich and poor
cause they’re ignorant and arrogant. They hate people countries. On all sides, most of the people killing,
who belong to religions that are different from theirs. dying, and getting hurt are poor. Today’s wars may
In today’s world war, some people formed violent turn into growing class wars between rich and
groups at city to world levels. Usually these groups poor. These wars may be fought in many countries.
share the same religion and use violence to solve Today’s wars are being fought between people of
problems. They don’t have tanks, warplanes, or war- different religions, classes, races, and cultures.
ships. So they use small weapons like bombs, guns, There’s also growing fear that one day violent
and knives. And some trick their members into be- groups will build and use bombs that kill many
ing human guided bombs. They use surprise attacks people. These bombs are usually called weapons of
to make widespread fear and terror. They use this mass destruction. Some countries already have many
fear and terror as their biggest weapon. of these bombs. For example, nine countries have a
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is a list of how many atom bombs countries have. Russia €350 ($500)
Russia has about 7,000 to 16,000. America has Germany €345 ($490)
about 10,000. China has about 100 to 2,000. France Japan €220 ($315)
has about 350. England has about 200. Israel has Canada €210 ($300)
about 200 to 1,000. India has about 100. Pakistan China €50 ($70)
has about 50. North Korea has about 10. And South
Africa had about five in the 1990s, but it took them Some governments also get their military money
apart. in the following ways. Taking and selling earth’s
Around the world, members of some religions ex- limited resources from other countries. Selling illegal
pect that the end of the world will happen soon. drugs. Borrowing. And selling all kinds of weapons.
Some want it to happen. They think it will bring the The following countries sell the most weapons
return of their religions’ Messiahs. Christians call it around the world. The list is from S.I.P.R.I. and is in
Armageddon and Judgment Day. Muslims call it the order of highest to lowest sales in 2006. America,
Day of Resurrection. Some call it a misused and Russia, Germany, France, Netherlands, England, Italy,
worn out reason for fighting over earth’s resources— Spain, China, Sweden, Israel, Canada, Poland, Swit-
to make some of the super rich richer. And others zerland, Ukraine, South Africa, South Korea, Austria,
call it a way to keep people’s attention away from Czech Republic, and Belgium.
problems like rising costs and growing poverty. Countries that spend the most on their military
Most people know that if any group or country forces are listed below, along with the amount they
makes a first strike that kills many people, others spend each year.
will likely fight back. And they’ll use the same kind America €295 ($420) billion
of bombs—or bombs with even more power. If this China €63 ($90) billion
happens, many millions will be killed by fire and Russia €50 ($70) billion
poison. And much of the world’s air, water, and
England €35 ($50) billion
land will be poisoned for many years. It will be an
France €35 ($50) billion
apocalypse.
Germany €28 ($40) billion
Some countries are trying to stop the spread of
powerful bombs around the world. This is a big chal- Japan €28 ($40) billion
lenge. Each day, more people learn how to build Italy €21 ($30) billion
them. In 2004, the United Nations International Canada €7 ($10) billion
Atomic Energy Agency said that 40 more countries
People in some of the countries listed above also
were able to build atom bombs. The good news is
have the most comforts in the world. For example—
that the number of atom bombs in the world went
as talked about earlier—the world’s seven richest
down from a high of about 65,000 in 1986 to about
countries (America, Germany, Japan, Canada, France,
22,000 today.
Italy, and England) total less than 12% of the world’s
Each year, governments of the world spend over
population. But they use more than 40% of its oil,
€915 billion ($1,300 billion) on military forces. Many
coal, and other fuels. As another example, America
say they must spend so much money because they’re
has less than 5% of the world’s population. But it uses
afraid of each other. But at the same time, they do
about 25% of the world’s oil.
much business with each other.
Governments make most of the world’s wars.
Most governments get their military money by
They get many of their countries’ poor to do the
taxing people. In countries with the largest military
killing. And at times, they hire the poor from other
budgets, if each adult and child paid an equal share
countries to help with the killing. They usually have
of the budget, each would pay the following amount
them kill using weapons. At times, they have them
per year.
kill by starving people and spreading disease. Some
America €985 ($1,400)
of the super rich and people with power get more
England €580 ($820)
money and power from wars.
France €550 ($780) Some wars killed more than 30 million people.
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China. Then there were the following. The An Shi poor from other countries to help with the killing.
Rebellion in China. The Mongol Conquests in Asia They usually have them kill using weapons. At times,
and Europe. World War I. And World War II. These they have them kill by starving people and spread-
wars are shown in italics in the list below. ing disease.
Wars that killed more than one million people are Some mass murders killed more than 15 million
listed below in order of when they ended. people. The first of these was the Arab trade of slaves
• Second Congo War (1998 to 2003) taken from Africa. Then there were the following.
• Second Sudanese Civil War (1983 to 2002) The European mass murder of the native people in
• Russia’s War in Afghanistan (1979 to 1989) North, Central, and South America. Stalin’s mass
• Iraq-Iran War (1980 to 1988) murder in Russia and countries around it. Japan’s
• Vietnam War in Southeast Asia (1945 to 1975) mass murder in Asia. Hitler’s mass murder of Jews
• Nigerian Civil War (1967 to 1970) and others in Germany and countries around it. And
• Korean War (1950 to 1953) Mao Zedong’s mass murder in China. These mass
• Chinese Civil War (1928 to 1949) murders are shown in italics in the list below.
• World War II in Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Mass murders of more than one million people are
Pacific (1937 to 1945) listed below in order of when they ended.
• Second Chinese-Japanese War (1931 to 1945) • Saddam Hussein’s mass murder in Iraq (1980 to
• Russian Civil War (1917 to 1921) 2003)
• World War I in Europe (1914 to 1918) • Khmer Rouge’s mass murder in Cambodia (1975
• Taiping Rebellion in China (1851 to 1864) to 1979)
• Shaka’s Wars in Africa (1816 to 1828) • Mao Zedong’s mass murder in China (1949 to 1975)
• Napoleon’s Wars in Europe (1804 to 1815) • Joseph Stalin’s (a.k.a. Joseph Dzhugashvili) mass
• Christian Extremists’ Crusades (1095 to the late murder in Russia and countries around it (1932
1600s) to 1953)
• Muslim Extremists’ Conquests (632 to the late • British mass murder in India (1857 to 1948)
1600s) • Adolf Hitler’s (a.k.a. Joseph Schicklgruber Hiedler)
• Thirty Years’ War in Germany (1618 to 1648) mass murder of Jews and others in Germany and
• Manchu Conquests in China (1616 to 1644) countries around it (1933 to 1945)
• French Wars of Religion in Europe (1562 to 1598) • Japan’s mass murder in Asia (the 1930s to 1945)
• Timur-e Lang’s Wars in the Middle East, India, • Joseph Stalin’s (Russian) mass murder in the
Asia, and Russia (1370 to 1405) Ukraine (1932 to 1933)
• Mongol Conquests in Asia, Europe, and the Middle • Turkey’s mass murder of Armenians, Assyrians,
East (1207 to 1279) and Greeks in Europe, the Middle East, and Afri-
• An Shi Rebellion in China (755 to 763) ca (1914 to 1923)
• Three Kingdoms War in China (184 to 280) • Arab mass murder of Africans in slave trading to
• Warring States Era in China (475 to 221 B.C.) the Middle East and other places (600s to the
Governments do most of the world’s mass mur- early 1900s)
dering. And some of the super rich and people with • Leopold II’s (Belgian) mass murder of Africans
power get more money and power from it. during slavery in the Congo (1877 to 1908)
Mass murder of people with certain skin colors or • European mass murder of the native people of
North, Central, and South America (1500s to the
religious beliefs is called genocide. At times, it’s
called ethnic cleansing. And mass murder of people late 1800s)
with certain beliefs on how governments should act • European mass murder of Africans in slave trad-
is called political mass murder. ing to North, Central, and South America (1600s
Governments get money for mass murdering by to the late 1800s)
taxing people. At times, they get this money by kill- • Chinese mass murder of Muslims in China (1856
ing people and then taking their things. And similar to 1873)
to wars, most governments get many of their coun- • British mass murder in Ireland (1845 to 1852)
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Today, leaders of many countries are getting their members. Since God doesn’t value non-members as
people ready to fight more wars. Some fear these wars much, they’re less human. And it’s alright to kill
may turn into mass murders. things that aren’t human. People kill animals all the
For war and mass murder, young men and women time. Some of their religion’s leaders even go fur-
must become soldiers. Taxpayers must pay. People ther. They live in comfort and safety while they en-
must be more willing to harm and kill without ques- courage their members to give up their money and
tion, pause, or shame. Some leaders get their coun- lives for rewards they’ll get after they die. None of
tries to do these things by changing people’s thoughts these leaders ever proves with facts that this hap-
and feelings. pens. Corrupt leaders of Jewish, Christian, Islamic,
They encourage people to have the following and other religions have all done this at times. Some
thoughts. It’s good to be ignorant and arrogant. still do it today.
Others aren’t worth as much. Others are less human. Corrupt leaders get people to feel afraid. There are
Small human differences are bad and dangerous. many ways to do this. They can say that the once
People are in great danger. People should feel much harmless differences between people are now dan-
fear. People should act on their fear. Asking many gerous. They can say that an enemy is about to attack.
questions is bad. Having new—or different—thoughts They can talk about all the weapons an enemy has—
and opinions is bad. Violence is good, and it’s need- and not talk about their own weapons. They can talk
ed. Violence can be funny, sexy, admired, noble, and about past attacks. They can make scary guesses about
glorified—and even loved by God. Young people are the future. There are many ways to scare people.
super strong. They rarely get killed or hurt. Mainly Corrupt leaders get people to feel violence is a
their enemies get killed and hurt. People who ques- good way to solve problems. They get people to feel
tion these things are bad. this is normal. They get people to feel less upset
Corrupt leaders encourage people to be ignorant over it. They get people to feel less shocked when
and arrogant. This makes people stop wanting to they see—or hear about—people being beaten,
learn and grow. These leaders know that ignorant stabbed, cut, shot, tortured, killed, and blown up.
people react to dangers mainly with the feeling of They get people to feel numb about these things.
fear. And then these people keep making decisions In today’s world, they use mass media to make vio-
based on those feelings. They act this way because lence look good, funny, and sexy—and even blessed
they don’t think first. They’re ignorant. And they’re by God.
encouraged to stay ignorant and arrogant, so they Corrupt leaders encourage young people to feel
can be fooled again and again. they’re super strong and can’t get hurt or killed.
Corrupt leaders get people to feel their lives are They also get them to think that only enemies get
worth much more than other people’s lives. They hurt and killed. Many of today’s video games,
fool people into feeling this way by sending repeat- movies, and TV programs show this over and over.
ed messages about how much others are different In video games, players never get badly hurt or
from them. They send messages about differences in killed forever. They get many lives in each game.
the following things. Religion. Skin color. Language. And when the game ends, they hit the reset button to
And national background. These things are almost live again—and fight some more. In movies and TV
always harmless. But sometimes people send mes- programs, heroes have many deadly fights and never
sages that make them seem very bad and dangerous. get badly hurt or killed. This even happens in child-
They also send messages that it’s funny—or good— ren’s cartoons and so-called funny shows. And in
to call others bad names. They do this to make many of these, there’s a soundtrack of laughter when
others seem less human. people get hurt and killed. From the time people are
Today—on all sides—many leaders are fooling children, they’re brainwashed into thinking and feel-
people into feeling they’re much better than others ing that violence and killing are funny and acceptable.
based on beliefs about religion. At city to world Today, corrupt leaders quickly make people have
levels, some of their religion’s leaders teach them thoughts and feelings they want them to have. They
that God thinks their religion’s members are more do this by using mass media to send many repeated
blessed, more saved, or more chosen than non- messages. And these messages have much more

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power than in the past. This is because they use life- In every war, some of the super rich get more mon-
like images and sounds in TV programs, movies, and ey. And some of those with much power get more
video games. And many more people see and hear power. But most others get poorer, weaker, hurt, and
these things. killed.
In the past, corrupt leaders were limited to using
messages people could hear through radio programs
and recordings. Before that, they were limited to
BAD NEWS AND
things people could read—like posters, flyers, news- GOOD NEWS
papers, magazines, and books. And long before that,
The bad news is that the world has many problems
they were limited to things people could hear in
that are getting worse. The good news is that we can
person—like speeches, sermons, songs, and stories.
solve many of them using things like democracy.
History has many examples of how all these things
But this can only happen when we make ourselves
were used to lead people into hatred, violence, tor-
better. Better people make a better world. Part II
ture, slavery, war, and mass murder. Since around
gives some ideas on making our lives better.
2,700 B.C., governments have made wars. At times,
they were for ending very bad things. And at other
times, they were for very selfish things.
Most people know wars are needed for ending the
following kinds of things. Attacks on their country.
Attacks on others who are too weak to defend them-
selves. Mass murder. And slavery.
Most people know wars aren’t needed for the fol-
PART II
lowing kinds of things. Stealing things to get more
money for some of the super rich. Stealing things to
get more power for those with power. And taking
MAKING YOUR
attention away from problems like people getting
poor. Leaders get people ready for these types of
LIFE BETTER
wars by repeating the following kinds of messages.
• Their people are the very best. They already have POWER OF THOUGHT
the very best. They don’t need to question things.
You can make your life better, because you can
They don’t need to learn new things or grow.
change the following.
They already are the strongest, smartest, and
best in the world. • Your thoughts.
• Their people are much better than others. They’re • Your view of things.

special. God values them much more than others. • Things about you like your feelings, actions,

Others aren’t worth as much. Others are less and body.

human. Others are like animals and can be killed • Things around you.

like animals. You can erase any past unhealthy thoughts. And
• Their people are in great danger. They should you can make new healthy thoughts. You can make
live in fear. It’s alright to live in fear. It’s alright them into commands to yourself. Some people call
to make decisions using feelings like fear. It’s these kinds of thoughts affirmations and self-sugges-
better to make decisions using feelings than to tions. To keep things simple, we call them thought
use facts and reason. sets.
• Violence is good, funny, and sexy. And it’s val- A thought set is like a computer program. And
ued by God. your brain is like a computer. Your body is like a
• Their young people are super strong. They rare- machine run by this computer. Your brain has more
ly get hurt or killed, because their young are power than any computer. And your body is more
special—and favored by God. Mainly their ene- complex than any machine.
mies get hurt and killed.

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You have the power to choose the thoughts you words like I could, I look forward to, I might, I ought
have. Your thoughts send signals—through your to, I should, I will, and I would.
brain—to every cell of your body. Your brain sends Use thoughts that focus on good things you want.
chemical signals through your veins. And it sends And avoid thoughts that focus on what you don’t
electric signals through your nerves. Science has want. So use words like avoid, free, reject, and stop
proven that every part of your body is changed by as little as possible. You can do this by saying the
your thoughts. Your feelings are also changed by same thing in a positive way. The following are some
your thoughts. examples. I avoid fear becomes I am brave. I am free
Mass media has power to change the thoughts from weakness becomes I am strong. I reject con-
of billions of people around the world. And by fusion becomes I am clear. I stop a harmful habit
changing thoughts, it changes people’s feelings and becomes I am healthy and protected from harm.
actions. It does this in ways that feel very personal. Avoid thoughts about working to make things
It does this in homes around the world. It sends out happen. Use thoughts about things happening right
thoughts through the following. TV. Radio. Movies. now. So avoid thoughts that start with words like
Newspapers. Magazines. Books. Internet. Videogames. I achieve, I acquire, I push away, I reject, and I seek.
Recordings of music, talks, and books. And so on. Instead, use thoughts that start with words like I am,
Mass media has power to program your thoughts I have, or I receive.
through these things. And this power is even stronger Avoid thoughts that sound unsure about things. So
when you listen to things while you sleep. It’s avoid thoughts that start with words like I could and
almost funny that TV and radio shows are called I might.
programs. Your mind usually overlooks small things that re-
When people have the same thought at the same verse the meaning of bigger things. So avoid using
time, they increase its power. They can do this for the following.
good or bad. The following are some examples. • Words like no or not.
Some use loving thoughts of group prayer to help • Words that begin with dis, non, or un.
heal people. Some use angry thoughts of mob men- • Words that end in less, free, or out (e.g., without).
tality to harm others. And corrupt leaders spread
violent thoughts to make large groups do violent If you must use these things, make them easy to
things. They do this through mass media. Millions see and hear. Try using italic or capital letters.
of people watching violent shows—and playing vio- Three examples of positive and concise thought
lent games—make the world more violent. sets are at the end of Part II.
Be careful in choosing things you watch, listen to,
and read. And be careful in choosing video games USING HEALTHY THOUGHTS
you play. At times, you can simply stop accepting To get better using healthy thoughts, you must make
thoughts from others. And you can make and use new lasting electric paths in your brain. To make a
your own thoughts. You can have thoughts that new path, you must repeat a thought around 130
are most healthy for you. times. Try doing this in ways that keep your atten-
tion. You might try repeating the same thought
MAKING HEALTHY THOUGHTS using different words.
You can make strong thought sets you enjoy read- Making a lasting electric path in your brain is like
ing. The following are some ways to do this. making muscle memory. When you repeat a body
Use words you say in your daily life. Try to keep motion enough times, you finally do it without think-
things simple. And try to keep sentences shorter than ing about it. When you want to walk, you don’t
about 14 words. think about which muscles to use. But when you
Use thoughts about things happening right now. want to do new things, you must think and then re-
So use thoughts that start with words like I am, peat new movements many times. The same happens
I do, or I feel. And avoid thoughts about things hap- when you want to change what you think. You need
pening later on. So avoid thoughts that start with to repeat healthy thoughts many times.

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The fastest way to make a lasting electric path is the terns. These patterns send out encoded things called
following. Send your thought energy through as many written words.
parts of your brain and body as you can. You can do Science has proven the following about thought
this by reading, speaking, hearing, writing, and re- and energy.
calling thoughts. Doing these things with others can • Thoughts, mass, and space are made of an elec-
help even more. Try different ways to see which ones tric kind of energy. Every thing is made of this
work best for you. energy. And this energy is always changing.
All things are made of an electric kind of energy. • Every thing is connected in one energy field.
Every thing we now know—or can imagine—is made • Every thing is always changing and always stays
of this energy. The mass of solids, liquids, and gases connected. And no one knows what any thing is
is made of it. Thoughts are made of it. Even outer made of. “Solid” things are made of atoms. And
space is made of it. This is how radio waves travel atoms are made of 99.999…% space and some
between spacecraft and earth. They travel through type of unknown, vibrating bundles of energy
the electric energy of outer space. They do this like strings. Things appear to break apart into ever
water waves travel through the liquid mass energy smaller things. And they appear to join together
of the ocean. into ever larger things. The smallest might be
Please don’t use only thoughts instead of getting parts of an atom. The largest might be the ex-
help from a doctor. There’s a time and a place for panding universe or other dimensions scientists
everything. Get help from a doctor if you think you are talking about. No one knows what the small-
need it. And get this help if others think you need it. est or largest things are. And no one knows what
It’s better to be safe than sorry. they’re made of. Our knowledge of them keeps
changing. So we can only imagine what we’ll
THOUGHT AND ENERGY know about them in the future. It’s as if today’s
Science has proven energy isn’t made or destroyed. science fiction becomes tomorrow’s reality.
It only changes form. The following are two exam- • Our world is made of thoughts, actions, space,

ples. We store energy in a flashlight battery in the and other forms of energy. Every thing is part of
form of solid chemical energy. And it’s changed in- one connected—and always changing—energy
to light and heat energy. We store energy in a car’s field. This includes your view of things. Your
fuel, in the form of liquid chemical energy. And it’s thoughts and body change this energy field. And
changed into motion, heat, and electric energy. this field changes your body and every thing
Thoughts are made of an energy that changes into around you. It Is. And we’re all part of It.
electric energy. And this energy travels through bil- You are a form of energy that can view and change
lions of cells in your brain. Each thought becomes other forms of energy (i.e., things). We know you
electric energy that moves between parts of your view and change them in the here and now. But no
brain. These electric changes are called brainwaves. one knows the exact point that you view them from.
And they can be measured like all other energy waves. When you close your eyes and daydream, where do
These brainwaves are changed into electric signals you view things from? Where’s the exact place of your
that travel through your body. viewpoint? No one knows.
In some ways, you receive and send energy waves. Your energy to view and change other forms of
You receive light energy waves through your eyes. energy may live on after your body dies. In support
And you receive sound energy waves through your of this idea, we know that energy isn’t made or de-
ears. Your brain turns these waves into images and stroyed. It only changes form.
sounds. And you understand them in the form of The above means you’re not the following. Your
thought energy waves. And you send out energy material things (forms of energy that you’ve collected
waves in the following ways. Your thought energy or believe you “own”). Your body. Your parents.
waves change into waves of electric signals. These Your children. Your partner. Your name. Your sex.
signals make your body send out sound waves, with Your race. Your age. Your national background. Your
encoded things called spoken words. And your thought sexual orientation. Your job. Your education. Your
energy waves make your hands move in wave pat- degrees. Your achievements. Your religion. Your

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opinions. Your beliefs. Your thoughts or feelings— of years, this collective thought energy has changed
of the past, present, or future. None of these things the energy of every thing around us. It’s made many
define who you are. Defining yourself by them can of our thoughts. This thought energy shaped our past.
limit your freedom to experience life and grow. Thoughts from imagination and inspiration shape our
Many people find it most difficult to understand future.
that they’re not their thoughts and feelings. If you
are these things, which ones are you? All those of A FEW MORE THOUGHTS
the past, present, and future—including the ones
If you’ve learned something new about thoughts,
you’ve changed and outgrown? Or are you only
your view of things has changed.
some of them? If you are your thoughts and feelings,
What can you do to have a better life? Be careful
will you disappear when you forget them? You ex-
about the thoughts you let into your life. Reject
perience thoughts and feelings in a temporary way.
unhealthy thoughts that are spread through mass
But you’re not these things. You’re not these forms
media in many places. At times, stay away from all
of energy. So, you’re not any of the things (action
forms of mass media for a couple weeks or more.
energy) that happened to you—and you’re not trapped
Tune in to your own thoughts and feelings. Have
by memories (thought energy) of them. You live in
healthy thoughts and feelings that you choose.
the here and now. And you experience the thoughts
You can make your life better. And you can make
you allow yourself to have in the here and now.
our world better. These things start with your thoughts.
If you’re not the things listed above, then what are
you? As talked about earlier, you’re a form of energy
having the power to view (experience, understand,
EXAMPLES OF
and know) things and to change your view, thoughts,
THOUGHT SETS
feelings, actions, and many things. The view and
thoughts you have—and the things you change—
are your choices. I Control My Thoughts
To summarize your powers, you can do the follow- I am aware of my thoughts, feelings, and actions. I
ing things. And you do them in the here and now, in control my thoughts, feelings, and actions. I control
one connected—and always changing—energy field. my thoughts to control my feelings and actions. I
control my thoughts.
• Choose and change your view of thoughts and
I make my thoughts better to make my life better.
other things.
I make my thoughts better to make my feelings and
• Choose and change your thoughts. By doing this,
actions better. I make my thoughts better to make
you choose and change things about you—and
my body better. I make my thoughts better. I make
things around you.
my life better. I make my feelings and actions better.
• Change things about you like your feelings, actions,
I make my body better.
and body.
I choose the thoughts I have. I have healthy
• Change many things around you.
thoughts. I have healthy feelings and actions. I have
• Recall old thoughts from memory and from sym-
a healthy body.
bols (e.g., letters, figures) imprinted on things.
I am attracted to good thoughts. I allow good
• Receive new thoughts from imagination.
thoughts into my life. Good thoughts fill my life. I
• Receive new thoughts from inspiration.
have good thoughts.
• Receive new thoughts from All That Is.
I make my life good by choosing good thoughts
• Exchange thoughts to change what others know,
and a good view of all things.
feel, and do.
I make my thoughts good by carefully choosing
• Have no thought.
them.
Your thoughts change your life and things around • I choose all my thoughts.
you. They do this in small and big ways. And they • I choose each thought in my life.
do this in slow and fast ways. The thought energy • I choose thoughts I have in the here and now.
from you—and everyone who ever lived—has slow- • I choose thoughts I have in memory.
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• I choose thoughts I move from memory into the I choose to respond to things in any of the follow-
here and now. ing ways.
• I choose thoughts I move from the here and now • I delay responding to things of concern.
into memory. • I become free from things of concern.
• I choose thoughts I erase from the here and now. • I remain engaged with things of concern.
• I choose thoughts I erase from memory. • I think before I do things, when there’s time. I

I choose all my thoughts. I choose good thoughts. become calm and focused about making healthy
My thoughts are good. responses. I slow down and become quiet. I make
a plan of healthy responses by doing the follow-
I make my view good by carefully choosing it. ing. I gather facts. I learn about things I want to
• I choose my view of all things. change. I learn about things through the views of
• I choose my view of each thing. others. I learn about many sides of things. I learn
• I choose my view of past, present, and future things. about how I can change things. I exchange thoughts.
• I choose my view of All That Is. I receive help from others. I reason. I imagine. I
I choose my view of all things. I choose a good receive inspiration. I have new thoughts, new views,
view of all things. My view of all things is good. and new understandings. I use my plan of healthy
I control my view of all things. I decide how I view responses. I change things in the here and now.
• I quickly use my healthy instincts when there is
all things in my life. I view all things in healthy
ways. I view all things as ways to grow. I direct my little time to respond to great danger.
• I stay calm by doing any of the following. I have
view. I can direct my view to the following.
• I can direct my view to old thoughts I keep in
healthy thoughts. I have thoughts about good
memory and from symbols imprinted on things. things in life. I think about the good things I have,
• I can direct my view to thoughts I have in the here
and I become thankful for them. I become busy
and now. doing healthy things. I do happy and fun things. I
• I can direct my view to letting in new thoughts
listen to happy music. I watch funny shows. I
when I learn, when I imagine, when I am inspired, laugh. I do healthy activities. I exercise. I do slow
and when I am open to All That Is. deep breathing.

I control my thoughts. And I make my thoughts I control my thoughts, words, and actions. I am in
better. I control my view of all things. I make my charge of my thoughts, words, and actions. I control
view of all things better. I control my thoughts. how I respond to things. I respond to things in healthy
ways.

I Respond in Healthy Ways

I am clear in my thinking and feeling. Because I am I Live in the Here and Now
clear, I make wise choices and responses. I make Living happens in the here and now. The here and
wise choices and responses, regardless if extremes now is for me to know and treasure. I make best use
are around me. I respond to things in healthy ways. of the here and now. I do this because it is where
I know which things I can change. I know which and when I live. I live in the here and now.
things I lack power to change. I know some prob- I have rights to do the following because I am in
lems can not be solved. I can be happy without the here and now. I have the right to be here now. I
solving every problem. have the right to be happy. I have the right to live.
I have healthy concern about things I can change. And I have the right to grow.
I limit my concern to things I can change. I choose I receive things needed to live and grow in the
how much thought and energy I give things. I spend here and now.
a healthy amount of concern, energy, and thought on I have healthy concern about things that may
things. happen in the future. I do not guess too much about
I can respond to things in many healthy ways. I the future. I do not worry too much about the future.
control my responses. I respond to things in ways I am as happy as I allow myself to be in the here
that are most healthy for others and me. and now. I remain happy even when I must do

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difficult things. I am happy in the here and now. I

am happy in life. I am happy.
I am at peace with the here and now. I live in the
here and now.

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