- Andy GilmanThe story which we think is over is only a chapter in a story which will not be over.
- Luigina SgarroWe live in an interconnected world, in an interconnected time, and we need holistic solutions. Waves of crisis have confronted humanity through the ages, but resources and insights have always sprung up in response, as these inspiring quotes show.Throughout history, crises of different forms have challenged humanity.
Opinion. It’s not just the US, it’s global. So, having said that, we’re saying ‘okay, let’s do something about that. - Leonard SaffirIn every crisis, doubt or confusion, take the higher path - the path of compassion, courage, understanding and love. The coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic is the defining global health crisis of our time and the greatest challenge we have faced since World War Two.
We’re talking trillions and trillions of dollars of capital that’s mobile and can be invested anywhere in the world.
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- Rajeev SiddharthaA time of crisis is not just a time of anxiety and worry. It’s also – there’s less than 70 companies in the world that produce four fifths of the global, um, warming gases that – it’s a major concentration of wealth and power.
The big television stations and the big newspapers are all calling for change there or even making statements about Maduro being a dictator and controlling that, I mean it’s just absolutely not true. - Jennifer DeLucyWhen it all closes in, there are only two kinds of people: best friends and everyone else.
At the same time, AI tools are being employed to expedite research, while online hackathons, like We are the faculty of Esade Business & Law School in Spain. So these giant capital investment companies like BlackRock, and Vanguard, and JP Morgan Chase, and Allianz, and UBS, are worldwide and can control mass amounts of money.We looked in 2017 at the trillion-dollar investment management companies.
The Trilateral Commission was the outspurt of … you know that Rockefeller put together, and Brzezinsky after they went to Bilderberger in the early 70s. They’re involved everywhere in the world, including protecting settlements in Israel. - Kenneth EadeEvery little thing counts in a crisis. They mean growth.
- Susan Elizabeth PhillipsAt first sign of crisis, the ignorant don't panic because they don't know what's going on, and then later they panic precisely because they don't know what's going on. And they collectively hold 41 trillion dollars worth of wealth that they were managing. No matter what our vocation is, we must work toward correcting this systemic malady. And they get together in places like Davos, and the Bohemian Grove, and other places socially, and they interact and they have institutions now that are global, and the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Bank Of International Settlements, I mean there’s a number of institutions that facilitate interaction between the global elite.So, that’s a big problem, and they end up doing speculative investments like the subprime mortgage loans back in 2008, and that collapsed, that almost collapsed the entire world economic system and required trillions of dollars of bailout money from government going to central banks worldwide.
And they’re based in Washington D.C.. And we call them the executive committee of global capitalism. Find that centre, your centre.
Crisis happens when you least expect it.
From overt and covert prejudice to a breakdown in trust, from extremes of wealth and poverty to a disregard for planetary boundaries, the manifold challenges before us may better be conceived of as various expressions of a more fundamental malady. As I am writing this, I am disheartened, disillusioned, and spiritually broken.Our children are witnesses and possibly victims of this inequity. They run mercenary armies and Erik Prince has been trying to convince Trump that Blackwater should take over managing the resistance forrces in Afghanistan – or the resistance against the resistance forces. - Norman CousinsOur world is endangered by the absence of good ideas. In a crisis, be aware of the danger - but recognise the opportunity. Extreme inequality is leading to the rise of right-wing popular insurgencies and neo-fascist uprisings.
What is the fulfillment of your soul?