Buzzfeed reports that Erik Prince, brother of Betsy DeVos, is opening training camps in China.
“Erik Prince — founder of the private military company Blackwater, financial backer of President Donald Trump, brother to the new Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, and frequent Breitbart radio guest of White House power broker Stephen Bannon — has been offering his military expertise to support Chinese government objectives and setting up Blackwater-style training camps in two Chinese provinces, according to sources and his own company statements.
“The move could put him at odds with Trump, who has often taken a hard line against China, and could also risk violating US law, which prohibits the export of military services or equipment to China.
“Former associates of the 47-year-old Prince told BuzzFeed News that the controversial businessman envisions using the bases to train and deploy an army of Chinese retired soldiers who can protect Chinese corporate and government strategic interests around the world, without having to involve the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.
“In December, Frontier Services Group, of which Prince is chairman, issued a press release that outlined plans to open “a forward operating base in China’s Yunnan province” and another in the troubled Xinjiang region, home to the mostly Muslim Uighur minority.
“He’s been working very, very hard to get China to buy into a new Blackwater,” said one former associate. “He’s hell bent on reclaiming his position as the world’s preeminent private military provider.”
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This is very scary.
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what next???
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This all makes sense and is part of God’s kingdom plan. It’s a very exciting time. The Chinese government has a monopoly on military. It’s run by union thugs. Chinese military families need choices. Have you seen their bases? They’re dropout factories. Status quo. It’s terrible. Sad. The DeVos family will provide choices and arm wonderful charter and private armies to protect the people of China from grizzlies. It’s going to be great. You’re gonna love it. Trust me.
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Global Capitalism = Borderless Economy = Scary Results
All of the corporations are eager to sell their products to anyone who will buy them and equally eager to locate their headquarters in whatever State will charge them the lowest taxes. As a result these corporations are not beholden to any government and they are disdainful of any government that tries to regulate them.
When any corporation that manufactures commodities that we want to buy inexpensively locates its headquarters offshore, our politicians shrug and say they are powerless to do anything about it. When those same corporations use de facto off-shore slave labor to provide the cheap flat screen TVs, electronic gadgets, and other products our consumers love to purchase our politicians shrug and say they are powerless to do anything about it. When those same corporations seek to build factories in countries with lax environmental laws and consequently pollute water and foul the atmosphere, our politicians shrug and say they are powerless to do anything about it.
Eric Prince’s “product” is “protection”… and like his fellow global capitalists he is eager to sell his product to anyone who will buy it. He doesn’t care if the buyer is a despot or a democratic leader because he and his shareholders only care about the bottom line. And again, our politicians shrug and say they are powerless to do anything about it.
It isn’t too difficult to connect the dots and see a dystopian future unfolding as Eric Prince eagerly hires “protectors” who want to avoid working for the slave wages being paid in factories… and those “protectors” who are thrilled to avoid the drudgery of the factory floor are not only OK with the “new world order”, they are willing to do whatever it takes to keep that “new world order” in place. And once again, our politicians shrug and say they are powerless to do anything about it.
I hope that we don’t come to the point where an interlocking directorate of global CEOs formulate a global governance structure that is indifferent to borders and beholden to an ever shrinking number of shareholders. The best way to avoid such an outcome is to vote out of office any candidate who shrugs and says they are powerless to do anything about it. There are steps they can take, the first of which is to explain to voters why it is important to regulate capitalism so that the dystopia outlined above to not come to pass.
MAYBE public education could help… but it is unlikely given our current leadership.
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And the sad part the clown in the White House ran as the messiah who was going to do something about it. His plan crush those who raise the questions and concerns and turn over all the keys in the kingdom.
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The only thing global capitalists worship is cash, and it does not matter who has it. Whatever happened to patriotism?
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It must run in the family: Prince supplies mercenaries to authoritaran states, while de Vos seeks to enable mercenaries to hijack public education.
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With religious fervor and a deep faith in The Almoghty, I might add.
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Yes, jc…in the almighty dollar, that is.
Is there no end to the evil in this world?
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Yes, Mammon is a stern and vengeful God, indeed.
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Aah… so much profit to be made and oh THE POWER to all those riding the Trump hair weave (oh I am sorry – coattails). Vanity fair has this article that exposes yet another glaring and impeachable Trump offense (involving China)… perhaps the uniforms at Eric Prince’s academies will sport the Trump label so as not to waste an ounce of profit opportunity???
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/02/donald-trump-impeachable-offense
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Just when you think you’ve seen the worst kind of gall . . . .
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Betsy DeVos’ husband, Richard DeVos, is the founder and head of the West Michigan Aviation Charter School. https://www.yahoo.com/news/michigan-charter-school-backed-devos-growing-081815386–election.html Her brother Erik Prince has a private air force for Blackwater. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/02/13/blackwater-air-is-back-and-flying-for-u-s-special-forces.html
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OMG, thank you, phla. HORRORS. The white house is now the EVIL HOUSE.
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This is another example of how Devos would not qualify if security checks were used as they should be. Background security clearance checks involve financials, drug use, foreign contacts, run- ins with the law. For you and/or people close to you. In other words, you would have a tough time getting cleared if a relative close to you forged some checks. Yet her brother has foreign contacts!!! Have you seen this story?
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/320008-wh-dismisses-six-staffers-for-not-passing-background-checks-report
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The Secretary of Education should be asking her brother: Why aren’t we keeping these jobs in the USA !
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“China’s Ruthless Crackdown on Its Muslim Population”
by Journeyman TV, 30 minutes…
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