Cultural diversity and political systems are harmonised to attain 'economy of scale', the be all and end all of the their economic structure. We all have to be the same, automatons, with the same needs and outlook in order to service this multinational imperialistic megalomaniac machine.
Great legions of lobbyists
Nothing as far as possible is left to chance, apart, of course, from the roulette wheel of the stock exchange. Countries, political systems, market trends and the public have all been thoroughly assessed, researched and analysed. A methodology and model is developed to conquer the market. Many of these corporations and even individuals have ready access to more cash than individual countries.
All our political, legal, educational institutions are used to further multinational corporations' goals . Great legions of lobbyist, solicitors, engineering, planning and economic advisers are employed to copper-fasten their agenda.
The illusion of democracy and freedom is churned out through the controlled media, puppet politicians and omnipotent public relations firms. We are led to believe that all the endeavours are for the citizen's own good and the benefit of society. There is never any mention of the vast profits to be made or the control of political systems. The public are constantly fed the idea of democracy and are told that they have a choice, a say in their affairs. Half truths and diversions hide the fact that the illusion of democracy comes around every 5 years where we dutifully hand over the levers of power to political prostitutes and the sugar daddies. It is a merry-go-round, a house of mirrors, flashing lights and the jingle of change. Maybe we might walk away with the teddy bear or maybe nothing at all.
Ireland, it's people and it's politicians have been thoroughly assessed, surveyed, our habits and markets researched and analysed. The elite have produced a model and a methodology to suit their philosophy. Such a model is Irish Water Ltd and an unmerciful propaganda war is now raging to consolidate the company and philosophy into the Irish system.
Multinational feast, of course, done through a competitive procurement process
Bord Gáis was chosen to oversee this project. In their 2014 submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee they stated “Bord Gais was given a mandate to establish Irish Water as a key part of the water reform programme. We set out for Government our approach for delivering Irish Water back in January 2012......... Bord Gáis set out clearly, from the outset, that while the core capability to define what was required to establish Irish Water existed within Bord Gáis, it would require the use of specialist service providers to help implement this programme. In essence the Bord Gáis team in conjunction with secondees from the Local Authorities and the Department specified what was required. Bord Gáis used its experience and its existing systems and processes to define the requirements for Irish Water. ”
The external services and the costs were: IBM €44.8m, Accenture €17.2m, Ernst & Young €4.6m and KPMG €2.2m.
Up to 2014 Bord Gáis spent the guts of €2bn including the above expenditure, their own running costs and that of the metering contracts of over €1.2bn. All metering contracts went to outside multinational companies including Murphy Group, Coffey Northumbrian Ltd and GMC Sierra. GMC Sierra a subsidiary of the infamous and former Siteserv, (now Actavo). Last year Eurostat calculated that Irish Water expenditure to be €800m per year over a 8 year period until 2021. This figure will probably reach €1bn per year. Incidentally there is no mention in the report of the Siteserv controversy or the offer made by Siemens to provide meters at a much cheaper price. No everything was above board and contract awarded "through a competitive procurement process".
Bord Gáis Éireann has since been split up, the lucrative part privatised and sold to Centrica plc in 2014. The unprofitable part is now called Ervia, a semi state company. Irish Water Ltd, apparently is a subsidiary of Ervia. Even Eurostat, an EU statistical office was not able to define the make up of Irish Water Ltd. Isn't it ironical that Bord Gáis the parent company who used it's own model as a template for Irish Water has been privatised and sold off. A bad omen for the future.
So you believe we have a democracy?
A quote from Ernst & Young, one of the external corporations hired by Bord Gáis in 2012 to set up Irish Water, “We have one strong global leadership team that sets one single global strategy and agenda. To ensure we are efficient and effective, we have organized our legal entities into 28 similarly sized business units, called Regions, in terms of both people and revenues. These Regions, almost all of which are purposely not single countries, are grouped into four geographic Areas:”
What is Democracy?
According to political scientist Larry Diamond, democracy consists of four key elements:
(a) A political system for choosing and replacing the government through free and fair elections; (b) The active participation of the people, as citizens, in politics and civic life; (c) Protection of the human rights of all citizens, and (d) A rule of law, in which the laws and procedures apply equally to all citizens.
Democracy, he says, “must improve where it already exists before it can spread to other countries. He believes solving a country’s governance, rather than its economy, is the answer. Every democratic country needs to be held responsible for good governance, not just when it suits them."
"Without significant improvements in governance, economic growth will not be sustainable. For a democratic structures to endure – and be worthy of endurance – they must listen to their citizens’ voices, engage their participation, tolerate their protests, protect their freedoms, and respond to their needs.” The Spirit of Democracy
Shane Ross magnificent Dáil speech
“Irish Water symbolises what is so wrong with Ireland today and so wrong with this government. It embraces so many wrongs and so many attitudes that so many recent that it has united unusual and unlikely forces against this government and Irish Water” he goes on to admonish the government of political appointments to the board of Irish Water.” Shane Ross, 2014, Dáil Éireann.
