In the News (Vesti Finance): “International assistance to poor countries based on the principle of Robin Hood: Take from the rich and give to the poor. …

“Nobel Laureate Angus Deaton, writes about this idea in his article on the Project Syndicate.

“’A more formal term for this Robin Hood principle is ‘Cosmopolitan prioritarianism.’ This is an ethical principle that we need to think about all of the world equally, regardless of who lives where, and to channel their assistance to those who need it most. Those who have less are given priority over those who have more. Directly or indirectly, this philosophy is the basis of the distribution of all allocated to economic development aid, health and humanitarian emergencies. The needs of the people in poor countries are more urgent, and the level of prices in these countries is so low that for every dollar or euro of aid, two or three times more can be done than at home. …

“‘Globalization saving people in the poorest countries, proved to be harmful to the inhabitants of the rich countries, as some businesses and jobs migrated to countries where labor is cheaper. It seems that this phenomenon is an ethically acceptable price, because those who lose from globalization were much richer (and healthier) those who won. …

“‘Yet how much do these Americans suffer from globalization? Are they doing much much better than Asians, who now work in the factories that once settled in their cities? In general, of course, better. But a few million Americans, including blacks, whites and Hispanics, now live in households with a per capita income of less than $ 2 a day. This, in essence, is the same standard that the World Bank uses to determine the level of poverty in India or Africa. With this income in the US it is so difficult to find a roof over their heads, that the poverty with incomes of less than $ 2 a day in the US is definitely much worse than similar poverty in India or Africa. Cities that have lost plants due to globalization, and lost their tax base, are now finding it difficult to maintain high-quality school education, and with it – a chance for a better life for the next generation. Elite schools are gaining rich children to pay their bills, and at the same time fawn the minorities, offsetting centuries of discrimination. …

“‘It annoys the representatives of the white labor class, whose children have no place in this brave new world.

“‘When citizens believe that the elite cares more about those who live overseas, than about those who live across the street, the social contract is broken, we are divided into groups, with those who remain behind experiencing frustration and anger against a policy that no longer serves their interests.’”

My Comment: Do not be confused: it is not globalization when plants from a rich counter are relocated in poor countries in order to profit from cheap labor.

Globalization is a common, harmonious, mutual relationship that gives the main result of overall interrelations that begin in a small community and spreads throughout the whole world.

The term “globalization” indicates that we are mutually connected, and therefore live harmoniously with nature, which should positively affect everyone. We need to build mutual relations between us in the same way on every level.

The main tool to achieve that is educating people, since by educating them we provide them with the knowledge about the global interdependency of humanity. On the other hand, partial use of the aspects of globalization will only increase the current crisis.
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Comment: France is paying the price for a decade of a failed multicultural policy.

Aleksandra Rybińska asserts in a recent article that none of the models of immigrant integration are working: not the German model, the Gastarbeiter (immigrants as temporary, unskilled workers), not the French model of a secular enlightened country (the immigrant becomes a Frenchman and waives his own cultural identity), not the English version (the immigrant maintains his culture within the frameworks of the local community and the authorities believe that he at the same time identifies with British values).

The author concludes that France is approaching a revolution.

My Response: Not only are the French approaching a revolution. The explosion will be everywhere. The only question is: when? In spite of Europe wanting to maintain itself and maintain its roots, it won’t succeed. Its hope that the immigrants would work didn’t materialize. On the contrary, the Germans and French work on behalf of the migrants.

The immigrants don’t dissolve into the general mass of the local residents; actually it is the locals who gradually dissolve into the mass of the immigrants and convert to Islam.

Nothing is left of them. In the cultural practical sense of life, Europe has no power. It is decrepit and not ready for anything, except arranging beautiful costume parades, boasting its historical past. These are things that totally do not fit into the ensuing culture and Europe will be forced to yield.

Question: Won’t there be a revolution?

Answer: There is no need for that. Islam will conquer Europe and actively and undoubtedly enslave it. The religion of the Europeans will be Islam.

Question: In this case, what is required of Israel? Should it just watch passively from the side?

Answer: The Israelis cannot do anything except for one thing, to unite between themselves. Through unity, the Light will pass to the rest of the world and correct it.

Our attitude to what is happening should be completely passive. In no way should we interfere. The entire world is arranged as one unique unit that is connected in a totally mutual way. If we arrange for the contact of all humanity with the Upper Light, with the force of good, through us, then it will go through us to the whole world and will arrange everything needed.
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From KabTV’s “News with Michael Laitman” 6/9/16

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In the News (Russian Bazaar): “Americans aged 18 to 29 years continue to rapidly lose interest in marriage. If in 1960 55% of people in this age group were considered married, today only 19% of “millennials” (born from the early 80’s to late 90’s) officially live a family life.

“Today we can say with certainty that all attempts to return interest to the institution of marriage, undertaken by the government and religious institutions, failed miserably. …

“According to experts, young people no longer understand the meaning and the essence of the religious marriage.

“‘Many ‘millennials’ consider marriage obsolete and an outdated institution, which from a legal perspective only complicates life. Without marriage, as we know, there is no divorce, division of property and other litigation. …

“Getting a college degree, moving to their own homes, buying a house or car, the birth of a child – all of this is much more important for today’s youth, than a wedding. Even ‘meeting someone you love’ they rate much higher than official marriage. …

“Look who is protecting the institution of marriage today. By and large, they are conservative Americans aged 45 years and above. They grew up with other values and traditions, and now they want to instill in their children. But the 90’s and 2000’s greatly changed American youth. It thinks very differently and evaluates reality differently than the older generation.”

My Comment: Human behavior is based on a single feature: egoistic pleasure. This determines every aspect of our behavior. Therefore, the reason for a change in our behavior is a change in the basis of the phenomenon, egoism.

Egoism has developed and continues to develop very rapidly, especially qualitatively. At the heart of nature is its development program and the program of human development.

You can read about the lack of free will in any of our actions in my post “There Is No Such Thing As Free Will“.

According to this program a person has to penetrate nature’s program, to study it, implement it on himself, and act in harmony with it. Currently, we operate opposite to this program. But it is normal and this is also part of the actual program, which is called the growing period, similar to the way children grow in our world.

Today we are in the stage of transition to actively participating in the plan of creation. The program of creation will force us to attain its essence and to act specifically according to it. It is similar to the way young people become independent in our world. Some easily succeed and others find it very difficult.

The wisdom of Kabbalah is the science of human development and it is meant to tell us what happens to us and to prepare us for the correct interaction— Achishena, hastening time (along the quick and easy path)—with nature, with the Creator.
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Opinion (Fyodor Lukyanov, editor in chief of the magazine Russia in Global Affairs, chairman of the Presidium of the “Council on Foreign and Defense Policy” NGO): “The world elite can not understand what is going on with all those whom they, in theory, should operate – their own population is increasingly distancing from these elites. …

“Why is this happening? The world’s elite are globalized. It is a combined establishment – American, French, German, Croatian, Chinese, etc. In fact, the different ‘upper classes’ have more in common with each other than with the national communities that they represent. It repeatedly pops out. The recent ‘Panamanian dossier’ has caused a strong reaction in the world. Why? Because in the worst possible moment another confirmation that this elite community, hides money offshore, while their compatriots are at risk of losing their savings in their homelands.

“So, in my opinion, the world is at a critical turn. The current model of globalization has reached the limit beyond which lies a dilemma: either the real world government, in any case – the government, which controls vast territories, communities and units, or the movement of globalized elites back to its roots, without which they, in fact, do not have legitimacy. …

“The next step is a rematch of people who believe that the elite have detached from them, forget about them and do not want to know what they need.”

My Comment: There is a limit to the control of any system: if the world is interdependent, it needs to be united, universal, and managed by a single institution or divided into subsystems and finding a mutual balance between them. The current situation, in which the elites are united and the lower class is separated, cannot continue for long.

Natural development is toward world government. But in the absence of a method of consolidation, the wisdom of Kabbalah, everyone believes that achieving such a state is impossible. Even though everyone is aware of the need for world government, they prefer to keep their distance rather than entering into a fight.
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In the News (Market Watch, “Don’t look now! Helicopter money is already being deployed”): “…Torsten Slok, Deutsche Bank’s chief international economist, argues that the Fed has been employing measures similar to helicopter money via its remittances to the Treasury.

“‘The Fed in 2015 paid the U.S. Treasury $117 billion and dividing that by the total number of households (125 million) shows that the Fed is already giving money to U.S. consumers,’ he said in a note on Tuesday.

“That comes out to each U.S. household receiving about $1,000 from the government and equivalent to a 2% tax relief for households falling in the $50,000 median-income bracket, according to Slok.

“Helicopter money in its simplest form calls for a central bank to print money and give it to people, most likely in coordination with fiscal policy like a tax cut or to fund spending. It’s an idea that was first articulated by Milton Friedman in his 1969 paper, ‘The Optimum Quantity of Money.

’“Slok’s main point is that helicopter money isn’t always accompanied by fanfare.“[It] is normally thought of as a big event where fiscal and monetary policy work together to kick-start the economy. Today’s version of helicopter money is more quiet. What the Fed is doing today corresponds to a situation where the Fed sent a check every year of $1,000 to every single household,” he told MarketWatch.

“In other words, sometimes it’s ‘the communication of helicopter money that determines how effective it is in supporting GDP growth,’ Slok said. Traditionally, the concept of helicopter money has been viewed as a policy tool of last resort and sometimes policy makers are reluctant to publicly embrace such drastic measures.

“‘What is at stake here is the risk that people lose faith in money and in the government having things under control. So there are good reasons why policy makers in the U.S., Europe, and Japan are hesitant to do full-blown helicopter money,’ Slok said.

“With the global economy shackled by anemic growth, more economists and Wall Street big shots have called on the Fed to explore creative means to resuscitate the economy. DoubleLine Capital’s Jeffrey Gundlach recently predicted the Fed will have to resort to the helicopters.

“Economist Nouriel Roubini also has urged central banks to deploy more ‘unconventional’ monetary policies as ‘desperate times call for desperate measures.’”

My Comment: All points to the fact the money will no longer play a role. Ensuring each person receives all necessities will be possible and required. But his participation in society will also become necessary, his participation in the public educational process, which will transform everyone into a participant in one single society.
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In the News (Vesti Finance): “Former US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, one of the few who consider the growing social costs of direct threat to the country’s economy. …

“the truth is that social spending now exceeds even military spending: it accounts for more than $1.75 trillion, that is, half of all federal spending, while the needs of Pentagon spending is approximately $700 billion per year. This is an exemplary picture of what happens when the military and social spending beyond the capability of the state, the state collapses. And a perfect example of this -. [In] The Roman Empire … the huge costs of ‘bread and circuses’ practically exhausted the imperial treasury. Initially it was assumed that this would facilitate the suffering of the poor. A free food program was designed for 40,000 residents of Rome in 71 BC. e. and 320,000 (about one-third of the entire population of Rome) under the emperor Augustus… .

“The expensive entertainment, bloody gladiator fights that took place during the holidays, were common in the sunset of the Roman Empire, depleted state treasury. …

“The situation is similar in the United States: social expenditures exceed the resources of the economy, they take half of the federal budget. This is compared to 20% in 1970. Furthermore, expenditures will only grow. … To pay for social benefits, federal tax rates have doubled. It is unlikely that the elite, to get the most benefit from their status quo, will deduct 80% of their income as federal taxes. From a comprehensive analysis it becomes clear that the economic elites and corporate groups representing the interests of business, have quite a strong influence on the US government , while ordinary citizens have little impact on the political process. no one dares to encroach on the ‘third pillar’ of US policy. So, if there is no free lunch, it is better not to talk about them, than to engage in populism.

“The Romans were not interested in solving this problem. As soon as people were used to free bread, riots began to occur in cases of delayed delivery of the grain. The authorities are faced with the unrest, growing demand, depleted coffers, and weakened currency, it was necessary as a politically expedient ‘solution.’ American elites are trying to solve problems with the help of an uncontrolled release of money to subsidize the federal budget deficit, stubbornly unwilling to notice the final fall of the currency, which it inevitably will.”

My Comment: It is impossible to stop the evolutionary process of society; egoism must prove itself as the gravedigger of the reign of the self, like a cancer that devours the body and ultimately dies together with it. Salvation is only with introducing Integral Education among to the public and its implementation in society. This is the path of the Light.

Otherwise it will be the path of suffering, not through curing egoism, but through the death of the entire body, the empire of the ego.
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Comment: June 23, 2016 is a significant day; a referendum was held in England about leaving the European Union. British Prime Minister James Cameron appeared before the Jewish public with a request to vote in favor of the nation continuing in the European Union since according to him, “We are helping you in every way possible and are encouraging Europe to support Israel.”

Answer: In fact, England is the most anti-Semitic nation. And even though the Prime Minister says the exact opposite, considering Britain’s diplomatic past, without a doubt it seems otherwise.

Comment: Everyone is waiting anxiously and with apprehension regarding the outcome of the referendum because it would lead to many consequences depending on whether England remains or leaves the EU.

Response: If we are talking about tactics, meaning the plan for the near future, then this result is not beneficial to the EU because of the many and various agreements that were signed by England, and in this context there will be a need to carry out new calculations.

It could be that the breach of mutual obligations will cost the two sides several billion dollars to bring everything into the right form. But gradually everything will take its course. They say that the rejection will be gradual, the dismantling and the distancing of England from the Common Market could even take a decade.

Question: But how will it be for the European Union?

Answer: The member nations of the EU will feel that it is possible to leave the Common Market and will begin to abandon it.

A paradoxical situation will be created in Europe: The Germans granted loans to everyone so now everyone has become fully dependent on them. Even though this is a financial obligation, it even makes it possible for Germany to give political orders. Unequal exchange rates of political monetary transfers are created.

With England, the accounting is a bit simpler; they can allow themselves to leave the EU. In the future, this union will fall apart anyway because nothing was done in Europe to bring nations and peoples together, developing something in common. What united them was free entry from one nation into another and what is called the “Common Market.”

The fact that they live in close proximity doesn’t indicate anything. On the contrary, it could be that this is worse than union.

Comment: In principle, they took the concept of unity as a foundation of a religious principle….

Answer: Today they have no religious principles. Religion doesn’t connect them, it no longer exists. Only Islam connects them, which is growing quite successfully in all the European nations. For Islam, in general, it is not important if this is France, Germany, Italy, or Spain. For them the title of the transformation is what is important. In principle, the strategy is very simple.

If England wants to be in the union, then it will remain. And if not, in any case, it will be necessary to leave the EU sometime. It could be that leaving now is not worthwhile temporarily, but in the long run it will use it. It won’t need to accept any limitations, any European laws; it will be able to function on its own.

According to its psychology, this is a nation situated on an island that stands on the side, at some distance from everyone. From the point of view of history, England has always been against Europe, so it doesn’t need to look back on the European Union. It was better for it to become independent and not to depend on it, but politicians have their own calculations.

Question: As a result of all these developments, must we achieve becoming a single whole?

Answer: A single whole can be achieved only through Israel, and this is the problem. So ultimately fascism will unite Europe, and together they will turn against us.

The logic of nature, the forces latent in nature, will bring us to this, if not, we will pre-empt it through our efforts to bring the upper force and goodness to our world.
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From KabTV’s “News with Michael Laitman” 6/23/16

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In the News (vz.ru): “Four developmental stages are known to mankind: the archaic, traditional, industrial (modern era) and post-industrial (postmodern).

“And, judging by all the trends, these phases follow each other in a closed cycle. That is, the postmodern will follow the new archaic, even with robots, plasma engines and Martian colonies.

“The main feature of the archaic society is its isolation and castes. The current post-modern globalization breaks up into fragments of closed regional systems. Democracy, monarchy, oligarchy, even with formal observance of the rights and freedoms will be replaced despotism.

“And if the despotism of the modern era (beginning with the totalitarian regimes of the XX century) were powerful, they are fragile and will not last forever …

“At the same time the border between the postmodern and new archaic very unsteady. This is not the first manifestation of a new era of the steadfast position of the liberal forces in the world that, in spite of the declaration of rights and freedoms (including the right of free choice), openly spit on the voting results and slowly and persistently grow its roots in the body of society. …

“Despots of modernity kept their identity (Stalin, Mussolini, Roosevelt). Archaic despots are impersonal. … the faceless bankers caste / priests / fathers of the people. In this case, unlike the monarch era traditions, the archaic despot is not bound by any obligations to citizens and the higher powers. He is the supreme power. …

“What is important in the world of the archaic era? The main thing – it’s the law. The Law of Moses or the Code of Hammurabi, the customs of your caste, the word of the despot, officer or supervisor. …

“In this regard, the destruction of Christianity in Europe, the main teachings of the tradition of the era, and its replacement on the postmodern calculations is highly symbolic, but on the surface. But the content of exchanges in Europe, migrants who profess the doctrine of dogmatic (opposed to the traditional) Islamic law, which is indistinguishable from that of ancient times, carries a much larger problem.

If this process is not stopped, then after 30 years, Europe will be divided into 50 Caliphates in which Islam is not only developed, but also sits as indestructible oppressive institutions of power. What we see today in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and other countries in the region.

“However, their shape and way of life will be determined not by the will of the peoples and nations, … , but simply by the opportunity and the will of these same faceless rulers.”

My Comment: The boundary between postmodernism and a new archaic is unstable. This is the stage of the proliferation of the wisdom of Kabbalah. Kabbalah calls for this so that history will not repeat all four of its stages. Movement toward the next cycle can be by way of a world war.

Humanity must learn a lesson from the four egoistic phases of development through which it has passed in order not to repeat them on their advanced level, and instead, attract the light of a higher correction to balance its egoism and to begin to exist in a system of the three lines on the next level, not in our world, but in the world of Atzilut, the purpose of creation.
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In the News (rg-rb.de): “The majority of people in Germany believe the domestic media is controlled: against the background of the crises of recent years, ‘the fourth power’ has become a support tool of the elite to impose the desired opinions on the citizens.

“A representative sociological survey conducted on the eve of World Press Freedom Day (3 May) … makes it clear: the people of Germany do not believe in the independence of the media. Six out of ten respondents believe that the German news media are controlled and supported by the establishment. On the news, you can influence – both in their content and in the form of feed materials, according to respondents. …

“’The dark forces controlling the media—more than half (54%) of Germans believe it is controlled by politicians and big business (the lobbyists and pressure from advertising clients). More than half of respondents believe that the news media in Germany controlled by the state, the government, corporations, and influential stakeholder groups. …Sociologists note dissatisfaction with the political, economic elites and distrust toward them is rooted in German society as a result of crises in recent years.”

My Comment: In the developed egoistic world it cannot be otherwise! If the media are a tool for control over people, then how is it possible to leave them unmanaged?! Unmanaged, unpaid for communications media does not exist. That is how it is in every nation. The dependence of the media will disappear only with the disappearance of egoistic dependence between people, with the transition to a new society.
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 Remark: According to studies that were conducted recently, Europe is becoming a continent of drugs. Recently 98 new drugs have appeared that have a narcotic effect. For every 1,000 of the European population, there is a need for 500-1000 milligrams of drugs.

Answer: The phenomenon of drugs hosted by the government of every nation and the world government as a whole, is very easy: give a person so many grams of drugs and he is calm and happy.

So soon they will give everyone drugs in the form of cocktails or a special cup of coffee for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. They will even give them in schools instead of the drugs given to children today for various problems. This is something that will happen in the near future, and as a result of this, it will be easier for the world.

But the fact is, this is not a correction. After all, we are in a certain natural system that must bring us to the disclosure of the managing force to ensure we will take upon ourselves the management of the world.

We need to rise to the level of the upper force (the Creator); this has been given not just to the Kabbalists, but to everyone. When a person understands everything that is happening, he can consciously participate in the work of the one integral system, independently turning this entire “clockwork” in unison with everyone else, meaning that he feels the entire system of creation, its flow and direction. This should be discovered soon.
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From KabTV’s “News with Michael Laitman” 6/2/16

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