The first sample “chapter” has been completed, in its rough draft form. Now begins the process of editing. As per usual, the chapter is obscenely long, 137 pages in total. And so the editing process will either trim it down (by roughly 100 pages), or it will simply be published as a series of samples from multiple chapters throughout the book, which is the general intention of the introduction anyhow.
But within the 137 pages a great deal of areas are covered in at least some detail, serving as an introduction to multiple subjects which will be the focus of the first book in this series, including: the influence of corporate and financial dynasties, the concentration of ownership and influence among dynasties, individual oligarchs and institutions within what are broadly called “financial markets”; the nature of power politics and empire, with the central role of states and political authority in the exercise of that power; the realm of economic and financial diplomacy and governance (finance ministers, central bankers, international technocrats); the construction of a system of global governance through economics; the institutions and forums through which globalized power is exercised, from think tanks like Bilderberg and the Trilateral Commission, to industry associations and lobby groups like the Institute of International Finance and the Group of Thirty, and political forums of financial diplomats and heads of state, such as the Group of Five, the G-10, Group of Seven and G-20; the gangster state power politics that lies behind the veneer of China’s totalitarian technocracy; and much more!
The approach and influences to discussing these issues of power politics, Mafiocracy and the Empire of Economics is a mix of a linguistic-rhetorical critique drawing heavily from George Orwell and Noam Chomsky (with a focus on the uses and abuses of ‘political language’ and ‘Mafia principles’, though applying these concepts more to finance and economics than politics and foreign policy), as well as a mix of Machiavelli’s ‘The Prince’, written as a clear and concise examination of power as it exists (as opposed to power in theory). Machiavelli dedicated his book to the first financial dynasty of the modern world, the Medici family, whom he had long advised, among princes, popes and others. His intention was to analyze the realities of power and strategy, to speak plainly and purposefully in an effort to support those institutions and individuals of authority. I am trying to bring a similar approach to discussing power, though with opposite intentions: to expand the understanding and support the development of strategy among the wider population, mixing an anarchistic approach to revolution with a pragmatic understanding of power.
I am hoping that the editing process for this first chapter (or multiple samples) will be completed this week, and published almost immediately thereafter, I shall keep you readers updated on progress.
Thanks again for all the support.
Cheers
Andrew Gavin Marshall