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Originally posted by ManFromEurope
Information is beautiful, the name of the blog says it all. Today, they created a VERY nice pic of Power.
Look for yourself: Who runs the World?
Originally posted by oghamxx
Allow me to add
SMOM Sovereign Military Order of Malta
The Vatican
The Jesuits
Originally posted by CookieMonster09
I guess it depends on your perspective on power and control. I would argue that the spiritual realm trumps the temporal.
Originally posted by CookieMonster09
Money is inert, and does give a person a sense of the power of the purse to acquire material goods. But we have men such as Ghandi, with not 2 pennies to his name, who was once one of the most powerful and influential men of his time, who defeated the British without using military means but peaceful protest and activism.
Originally posted by CookieMonster09
Given the above, I would argue that the most openly visible, public figure with the most spiritual, political, and temporal power is the Pope. The Pope has great sway over his followers. The Catholic Church runs a good portion of the world, in the sense that they have control over many parts of society -- including religious and educational in their churches and schools, respectively.
Originally posted by CookieMonster09
I do believe, however, that there is a power structure that is not visible, and not public, and that is possibly not even of a physical nature. This I leave to nameless monks and shamans, and spiritual beings - human or not I do not know - that are much more powerful than the openly visible.
Originally posted by kwakakev
As for who sits right at the top, one description worth considering can be found in chapter 36 of the book 'Thanks for the memories' www.4shared.com... . The story is about the experiences of a high level mind controlled slave.
Some people do consider these topics as delusion as they are very hard to accept. There is supporting evidence that something is going on with this research. There is also a possibility that this description of 'who is in control' may be a diversion from what is actually going on. Just putting it out there for those interested in the topic of 'who runs the world?'.
Following the money through a lot of these interlocking corporate directors is another way to find where a lot of the power is.
Originally posted by woodwardjnr
It's a shame the diagram in the link you provided is so lame, because it could make for an interesting discussion, but the link is just a pis5 take out of conspiracy theorists and provides no information.