經濟殺手的告白001 中英字幕

every time you borrow money from a bank
每次你從銀行借錢時
whether it is a mortgage loan or a credit card charge
無論是抵押貸款還是信用卡收費
the money given to you is not only counterfeit
給你的錢不僅是假的
it is an illegitimate form of consideration
這是一種非法的考慮形式
and hence voids the contractor repay
從而使承包商的償還無效
for the bank never had the money as property
因為銀行從來沒有把錢當作財產
to begin with
首先
unfortunately
很遺憾
such legal realizations are suppressed and ignored
這種法律實現受到壓制和忽視
and the game of perpetual wealth transfer
以及永久財富轉移的遊戲
and perpetual debt continues
永續債務仍在繼續
and this brings us to the ultimate
這給我們帶來了終極
why
為什麼
during the American Civil War
美國內戰期間
President Lincoln bypassed
林肯總統繞過
the high interest loans offered by the European banks
歐洲銀行提供的高息貸款
and decided to do what the Founding Fathers advocated
並決定按照開國元勳們的主張去做
which was to create
這是為了創造
an independent and inherently debt free currency
獨立且本質上無債務的貨幣
it was called the Greenback
它被稱為美元
shortly after this measure was taken
採取這項措施後不久
an internal document
內部文件
circulated between private
在私人之間流通
British and American banking interests
英國和美國的銀行業利益
slavery is but the owning of labor
奴隸制只不過是對勞動力的擁有
and carries with it the care of laborers
並帶著勞動者的關懷
while the European plan
而歐洲計劃
is that capital shall control labor
是資本控制勞動力
by controlling wages
通過控制工資
this can be done by controlling the money
這可以通過控制金錢來完成
it will not do to allow the Greenback
允許美元是不行的
as we cannot control that
因為我們無法控制
the fractional reserve policy
部分準備金政策
perpetrated by the Federal Reserve
美聯儲所為
which has spread in practice
已經在實踐中傳播
to the great majority of banks in the world
世界上絕大多數銀行
is in fact a system of modern slavery
實際上是現代奴隸制的製度
think about it
想想看
money is created out of debt
金錢是從債務中創造出來的
and what do people do when they are in debt
人們負債時會做什麼
they submit to employment to pay it off
他們通過就業來還清債務
but if money can only be created out of loans
但如果貨幣只能通過貸款創造
how can society ever be debt free
社會如何才能擺脫債務
it can't and that's the point
不能，這就是重點
and it is the fear of losing assets
這是對失去資產的恐懼
coupled with the struggle to keep up
再加上努力跟上
with the
與
perpetual debt and inflation inherent in the system
系統固有的永久債務和通貨膨脹
compounded by the inescapable
加上不可避免的事情
scarcity within the money supply itself
貨幣供應本身的稀缺性
created by the interest that can never be repaid
由永遠無法償還的利息創造
that keeps the wage slave in line
讓工資奴隸保持一致
running on the hamster wheel with millions of others
與數百萬其他人一起在倉鼠輪上奔跑
in effect powering an empire
實際上為一個帝國提供動力
that truly benefits only the elite
真正只對精英有利
at the top of the pyramid
在金字塔的頂端
for at the end of the day
到最後
who are you really working for
你真正為誰工作
the banks
銀行
money is created in a bank
錢是在銀行創造的
and invariably ends up in a bank
總是會被存入銀行
they are the true masters
他們才是真正的主人
along with the corporations and governments
與企業和政府一起
they support
他們支持
physical slavery requires people to be housed and fed
身體奴役要求人們有住房和食物
economic slavery
經濟奴役
requires people to feed and house themselves
要求人們自己吃飯、自己住
it is one of the most
這是最
ingenious scams for social manipulation
巧妙的社會操縱騙局
ever created and at its core
曾經創造過並處於其核心
it is an invisible war against the population
這是一場針對民眾的無形戰爭
debt
債務
is the weapon used to conquer and enslave societies
是用來征服和奴役社會的武器
and interest is its prime ammunition
興趣是它的主要彈藥
and as the majority walks around
當大多數人四處走動時
oblivious to this reality
無視這個現實
the banks
銀行
in collusion with governments and corporations
與政府和企業勾結
continue to perfect
繼續完善
and expand their tactics of economic warfare
並擴大他們的經濟戰策略
spawning new bases
催生新基地
such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund
例如世界銀行和國際貨幣基金組織
while also inventing a new type of soldier
同時還發明了一種新型士兵
the birth
誕生
of the economic
經濟的
hitman
殺手
we economic hitmen
我們經濟殺手
really have been the ones responsible for
確實是那些負責的人
creating this
創建這個
first truly global empire
第一個真正的全球帝國
and we work many different ways
我們以多種不同的方式工作
but perhaps the most common is that we will identify
但也許最常見的是我們會識別
a country that has resources our corporations covet
一個擁有我們公司夢寐以求的資源的國家
like oil and then
像石油然後
arrange a huge loan to that country from
安排向該國提供巨額貸款
the World Bank or one of its sister organizations
世界銀行或其姊妹組織之一
but the money never actually goes to the country
但這些錢從來沒有真正流向國家
instead it goes to our big corporations
相反，它流向了我們的大公司
to build infrastructure projects in that country
在該國建設基礎設施項目
power plants industrial parks ports
發電廠 工業園區 港口
things that benefit a few rich people in that country
使該國少數富人受益的事情
in addition to our corporations
除了我們的公司
but really don't have the majority of the people at all
但其實根本就沒有大多數人
however those people
然而那些人
the whole country is left holding a huge debt
整個國家背負著巨額債務
it's such a big debt they can't repay it
這是一筆巨大的債務，他們無法償還
and that's part of the plan
這是計劃的一部分
that they can't repay it
他們無法償還
and so at some point
所以在某個時候
we can only hit men go back to them and say listen
我們只能打人回去告訴他們聽著
you lost a lot of money
你損失了很多錢
can't pay your debts so sell your oil
無法償還債務，所以賣掉你的石油
real cheap toy oil companies
真正便宜的玩具油公司
allow us to build a military base in your country or
允許我們在你們國家建立軍事基地或
send
發送
troops and support of ours to someplace in the world
我們向世界某個地方提供的部隊和支持
like Iraq
像伊拉克一樣
or vote with us on the next UN vote
或在下一次聯合國投票中與我們一起投票
to have their
擁有他們的
electric utility company privatized
電力公司私有化
and their water and sewage system
及其供水和污水處理系統
privatized and sold to US corporations or other
私有化並出售給美國公司或其他公司
multinational corporations
跨國公司
so there was a whole mushrooming thing
所以事情如雨後春筍般湧現
and it's so typical
這很典型
of the way the IMF and the World Bank
國際貨幣基金組織和世界銀行的方式
work that you put a country in debt
讓國家負債累累的工作
it's such a big debt it can't pay it
這是一筆巨大的債務，無法償還
and then you offer to refinance that debt
然後你提出為該債務再融資
and pay even more interest
並支付更多利息
and you demand this quid pro quo
而你要求這個交換條件
which you call a conditionality or good governance
你們稱之為條件性或良好治理
which means
意思是
basically that they've got to sell off their resources
基本上他們必須出售他們的資源
including many of their social services
包括他們的許多社會服務
their utility companies their school systems
他們的公用事業公司 他們的學校系統
sometimes their penal systems
有時他們的刑罰系統
their insurance systems to foreign corporations
他們對外國公司的保險制度
so it's a double triple quadruple whammy
所以這是雙重三重四重打擊
the president for economic equipment really began
經濟裝備總裁真正開始了
back in the early 50s when
早在 50 年代初期
democratically elected most of the DEC
DEC 的大部分成員均由民主選舉產生
who was elected in Iran
伊朗誰當選
he was considered to be the hope for democracy
他被認為是民主的希望
in the Middle East and around the world
在中東和世界各地
he was time magazines man of the year
他是《時代》雜誌年度人物
but one of the things that he'd run on
但他所堅持的事情之一
and began to implement
並開始實施
was the idea that foreign oil companies needed to pay
是外國石油公司需要支付費用的想法
the Iranian people a lot more
伊朗人民更多
for the oil that they were taking out of
對於他們從中取出的石油
the Iranian people should benefit from their own oil
伊朗人民應該從自己的石油中受益
strange policy
奇怪的政策
we didn't like that of course
我們當然不喜歡那樣
but we were afraid to do what we normally were doing
但我們害怕做我們通常做的事情
which was to send in the military
是要派遣軍隊
instead we sent in one CIA agent
相反，我們派了一名中央情報局特工
current Roosevelt said Roosevelt's relative
現任羅斯福稱羅斯福的親戚
and Kermit went in with a few million dollars
克米特帶著幾百萬美元進去了
and was very very effective and efficient
非常非常有效和高效
and in a short amount of time
並且在很短的時間內
he managed to get
他設法得到
Musadec overthrown
穆薩德克被推翻
and brought in the Shah of Iran to replace him
並任命伊朗國王來取代他
who always was favorable to oil
誰總是對石油有利
and it was extremely effective
這非常有效
Bob's overflow to Iran
鮑勃的溢出到伊朗
Army officer shout of marcedec has surrendered
陸軍軍官喊出馬塞德克已投降
and his regime as virtual dictator of Iran is ended
他作為伊朗實際獨裁者的政權結束了
pictures of the Shaw
肖戰的圖片
operated through the streets as sentiment reverses
隨著情緒逆轉，在街上進行操作
it's always welcomed home
它總是歡迎回家
so back here in the United States in Washington
所以回到美國華盛頓
people looked around and said
人們環顧四周說
wow that was easy and cheap
哇，這既簡單又便宜
so this established a whole new way
所以這建立了一種全新的方式
of manipulating countries of creating empire
操縱國家建立帝國
the only
唯一的
problem with Roosevelt was that he was a card carrying
羅斯福的問題在於他是個持牌人
CIA agent
中央情報局特工
and it had been caught
它被抓住了
the ramifications could have been pretty serious
後果可能相當嚴重
so very quickly at that point
那時很快
the decision was made to use private consultants
決定使用私人顧問
to channel the money through the World Bank or the IMF
通過世界銀行或國際貨幣基金組織輸送資金
of one of the other
其中之一的
such agencies
此類機構
to bring in people like me
引進像我這樣的人
who worked for private companies
誰在私營公司工作
and so that if we got caught
這樣如果我們被抓住了
there would be no governmental ramifications
不會產生政府影響
when Arbans became president of Guatemala
當阿爾班斯成為危地馬拉總統時
the country was very much under the thumbs of
這個國家在很大程度上受制於
United Fruit Company
聯合果品公司
the big international corporations
大型國際公司
and
和
Arbans ran on this ticket that says you know we want
阿班斯跑了這張票，上面寫著你知道我們想要
to get the land back to the people
把土地還給人民
and once he took power
一旦他掌權
he was implementing policies that would
他正在實施的政策將
it would do exactly that
它會這樣做
give land rights back to the people
將土地權利還給人民
United Fruit didn't like that very much
聯合水果不太喜歡這樣
and so they hired a public relations firm
所以他們聘請了一家公關公司
launched a huge campaign in the United States
在美國發起了一場聲勢浩大的運動
to convince the United States
說服美國
the people the citizens of the United States
人民 美國公民
and the press of the United States
和美國媒體
and the Congress of the United States
和美國國會
that our Benz was a Soviet puppet
我們的奔馳是蘇聯傀儡
and if we allowed him to stay in power
如果我們允許他繼續掌權
the Soviets would have a foothold in this hemisphere
蘇聯將在這個半球立足
and at that point in time
在那個時間點
was a huge fear on everybody's time
對每個人來說都是一個巨大的恐懼
the Red Terror or the Communist terror
紅色恐怖或共產主義恐怖
and so to make a long story short
長話短說
out of this public relations campaign
從這次公關活動中
came a commitment on the part of the CIA
中央情報局做出了承諾
and the military to take this man out
和軍隊來消滅這個人
and in fact we did
事實上我們做到了
we sent in planes
我們派了飛機
we sent in soldiers
我們派了士兵
we sent in jackals
我們派了豺狼來
we sent everything in to take him out
我們派出了所有東西來救他
and did take him out
並把他帶了出去
and as soon as he was removed from office
他一被免職
the new guy that took over after him
接替他的新人
basically reinstated everything
基本上恢復了一切
to the big international corporations
到大型國際公司
including United Fruit
包括聯合水果
Ecuador for many many years have been ruled by
厄瓜多爾多年來一直被統治
pro US dictators
親美獨裁者
often relatively brutal
通常相對殘酷
then it was decided that we're going to have a
然後決定我們將有一個
truly democratic election
真正的民主選舉
Heime Ruldos ran for offense
海米·魯爾多斯（Heime Ruldos）競選進攻
and his main goal he said as president would be
他說，作為總統，他的主要目標是
to make sure that
以確保
Ecuador's resources were used to help the people
厄瓜多爾的資源被用來幫助人民
and he won overwhelming
他贏得了壓倒性的勝利
by more of us than anybody who'd
我們當中比任何人都多
ever won anything in Ecuador
在厄瓜多爾贏得過任何東西
and he began to implement these policies
他開始執行這些政策
to make sure that the profits from oil
以確保石油利潤
want to help the people
想要幫助人們
well we didn't like that in the United States
好吧，我們在美國不喜歡這樣
I was sent down as one of several economic hitmen
我作為幾個經濟殺手之一被下放
to change Rolos to corrupt him to bring him around
改變羅洛斯，腐蝕他，讓他回心轉意
to let him know you know okay
讓他知道你知道好嗎
you know you can get very rich you in your family if
你知道你可以在你的家庭中變得非常富有，如果
you play our game
你玩我們的遊戲
but if you just
但如果你只是
if you continue
如果你繼續
to try to keep these policies you've promised
盡力遵守您所承諾的這些政策
you're going to go
你要走了
he wouldn't listen
他不聽
he was assassinated
他被暗殺了
as soon as the plane crashed
飛機墜毀後
the whole area was coordoned off
整個區域都被封鎖了
the other people allowed them were
其他人允許他們是
US military from a nearby base
附近基地的美軍
and some of the Ecuadorian military
以及一些厄瓜多爾軍隊
when an investigation was launched
當調查開始時
two of the key witnesses
兩名關鍵證人
died in car accidents before they had
之前就死於車禍
a chance to testify
作證的機會
a lot of very very strange things that went on around
周圍發生了很多非常非常奇怪的事情
the assassination of Henry Ruledos
亨利·魯爾多斯遇刺
I like most
我最喜歡
people who really looked at this case
真正看過這個案例的人
had absolutely no doubt that it was assassination
毫無疑問這是一場暗殺
and of course
而且當然
in my position as an economic hitman
以我作為經濟殺手的身份
I was always expecting something to happen to Haime
我一直期待海梅會發生什麼事
whether it be a coup or assassination
無論是政變還是暗殺
I wasn't sure but that he would be taken down because
我不確定他會被撤下，因為
he was not being corrupted
他沒有被腐敗
he would not allow himself to be corrupted
他不允許自己被腐蝕
the way we wanted to corrupt him
我們想要腐蝕他的方式
Omar Torihos president of Panama was
巴拿馬總統奧馬爾·托里霍斯 (Omar Torihos)
you know one of my favorite people
你認識我最喜歡的人之一
I really really liked him
我真的真的很喜歡他
he was very charismatic
他很有魅力
he was a guy who really wanted to help his country
他是一個真正想幫助他的國家的人
and when I tried to bribe him or corrupt him
當我試圖賄賂他或腐蝕他時
he said look John
他說看約翰
he called me Juanito he said look Juanito
他叫我華尼托 他說看華尼托
I don't need the money
我不需要錢
what I really need is for my country
我真正需要的是我的國家
to be treated fairly
受到公平對待
I need for the United States to repay the debts
我需要美國償還債務
that you owe my people
你欠我的人民
for all the destruction you've done here
對於你在這裡造成的所有破壞
I need to be in a position where I can help
我需要處於能夠提供幫助的位置
other Latin American countries
其他拉丁美洲國家
when they're independence
當他們獨立的時候
and be free of this
並擺脫這個
terrible presence from the north
來自北方的可怕存在
that you people are exploiting us so badly
你們如此嚴重地剝削我們
I need to have the Panama Canal
我需要巴拿馬運河
back in the hands of the Panamanian people
回到巴拿馬人民手中
that's what I want
這就是我想要的
and so leave me alone don't you know don't try
所以別管我了，你不知道嗎，不要嘗試
don't try to bribe me
別試圖賄賂我
it was 1981 and in May Heimen Roldos was assassinated
那是 1981 年，五月海門·羅爾多斯 (Heimen Roldos) 被暗殺
and Omar was very aware of this
奧馬爾非常清楚這一點
terrihos kept his family together and he said
特里霍斯讓他的家人在一起，他說
I'm probably next
我可能是下一個
but it's okay
不過沒關係
because I have done what I came here to do
因為我已經做了我來這裡要做的事
I renegotiated the canal
我重新協商了運河
the canal will now be in our hands
運河現在將在我們手中
he just finished negotiating the treaty with
他剛剛完成了與
Jimmy Carter
吉米·卡特
in June of that same year just a couple of months later
幾個月後的同年六月
he also went down in an airplane crash
他也死於飛機失事
which this no question
這是毫無疑問的
was executed by CIA sponsor jackals
被中央情報局資助的豺狼處決
tremendous amount of evidence that one of
大量證據表明其中之一
the one of Trurihouse's security guards handed him
特魯裡豪斯的一名保安遞給他
at the last moment as he was getting on the plane
在他登機的最後一刻
a tape recorder a small tape recorder
錄音機 小型錄音機
that contained a bomb
裡面裝有炸彈
it is interesting to me how this system has continued
我很感興趣這個系統是如何繼續下去的
pretty much the same way for years and years and years
多年來幾乎以同樣的方式
except the
除了
economic hitment have get better and better and better
經濟打擊越來越好
then we come up with
然後我們想出
very recently what happened in Venezuela
最近委內瑞拉發生的事情
in 1998 of which Javas gets elected president
1998年，Javas當選總統
following a long line of presidents who had
跟隨一長串的總統
been very corrupt
非常腐敗
and basically destroyed the economy of the country
並基本上摧毀了該國的經濟
and Javas was elected to Mr Land
Javas 當選為蘭德先生
Javas stood up to the United States
Javas奮起反抗美國
and he's done it primarily demanding that Venezuelan
他這樣做主要是要求委內瑞拉
oil be used to help the Venezuelan people
石油被用來幫助委內瑞拉人民
well we didn't like that in the United States
好吧，我們在美國不喜歡這樣
so in 2002 the coolest age
所以2002年是最酷的年紀
which is no question in my mind
在我看來這是毫無疑問的
and most other people's minds
和大多數其他人的想法
that the CIA was behind that COO
中央情報局是該首席運營官的幕後黑手
the way that that coup was fomented
政變的煽動方式
was very reflective of what Kermit Roosevelt had done
非常反映了克米特·羅斯福的所作所為
in a run of paying people who go out into the streets
一群付錢走上街頭的人
to riot
暴亂
to protense to say this Chavas is very unpopular
假裝說這個Chavas很不受歡迎
you know
你知道
if you can get a few thousand people who do that
如果你能讓幾千人這樣做
television
電視
can make it look like it's the whole country
可以讓它看起來像是整個國家
and things started to mushroom
事情開始迅速發展
except in the case of Chavez
除了查韋斯的情況
he was smart enough
他足夠聰明
and the people were so strongly behind it that
人們如此強烈地支持它
they overcame it
他們克服了它
which was a
這是一個
phenomenal moment in the history of Latin America
拉丁美洲歷史上的非凡時刻
Iraq actually is a perfect example of
伊拉克實際上就是一個完美的例子
the way the whole system works
整個系統的工作方式
so we economic hitman of the first line of defense
所以我們是第一道防線的經濟殺手
we go in we try to corrupt governments
我們進去試圖腐敗政府
and get them to accept these huge loans
讓他們接受這些巨額貸款
which we then use as leverage to basically own them
然後我們用它作為槓桿來基本上擁有它們
if we fail as I failed in Panama
如果我們像我在巴拿馬失敗一樣失敗
with Omar Torihos and Ecuador with Jaime Roldos
與奧馬爾·托里霍斯和厄瓜多爾與海梅·羅爾多斯
men who refused to be corrupted
拒絕腐敗的人
then the second line of defenses
然後是第二道防線
we send in the jackals
我們派出豺狼
and the jackals
和豺狼
either overthrow governments or they assassinate
要么推翻政府，要么暗殺
and
和
once that happens when a new government comes in and
一旦發生這種情況，當新政府上任時
boy it's going to tow the line
男孩，它會拖線的
because
因為
the new president knows what will happen if he doesn't
新總統知道如果他不這樣做會發生什麼
in the case of Iraq
就伊拉克而言
both of those things failed
這兩件事都失敗了
economic Kitman were not able to get through the
經濟基特曼未能渡過難關
salavosain we tried very hard
薩拉沃森 我們非常努力
we tried to get him to accept a deal
我們試圖讓他接受協議
very similar to what the
與什麼非常相似
house of Saud had accepted in Saudi Arabia
沙特王室已在沙特阿拉伯接受
but he wouldn't accept it
但他不接受
and so the jackals went in to take him out
於是豺狼進去把他抓了出來
they couldn't do it his security was very good
他們做不到，他的安全非常好
after all he had one time worked for the CIA
畢竟他曾經為中央情報局工作過一次
he'd been hired to assassinate a former president of
他受僱刺殺前總統
Iraq and failed
伊拉克並失敗了
but he knew the system
但他了解這個系統
so in 91 we sent in the troops
所以在91年我們派出了軍隊
and we take out the Iraqi military
我們消滅了伊拉克軍隊
so we assume at that point
所以我們假設此時
that Saddam Hussein is going to come around
薩達姆·侯賽因將會回心轉意
we could have taken him out of course at that time
我們當時當然可以把他帶出球場
but we didn't want him
但我們不想要他
he's the kind of strong man we like
他是我們喜歡的那種堅強的人
he controls his people
他控制他的人民
we thought he could control the curves and keep
我們認為他可以控製曲線並保持
the Iranians in their border
伊朗人在他們的邊境
and keep pumping oil for us
並繼續為我們抽油
and that once we took out his military
一旦我們消滅了他的軍隊
now he's going to come around
現在他會過來
so the economic hit men go back in in the 90s
所以經濟殺手回到了90年代
without success
沒有成功
if they had success he'd still be running a country
如果他們成功了，他仍然會管理一個國家
we'd be selling them all the
我們會把它們全部賣掉
fighter jets he wants and everything else he wants
他想要的戰鬥機和他想要的其他一切
but they couldn't they didn't have success
但他們做不到，他們沒有成功
the jackals couldn't take him out again
豺狼再也不能把他帶走了
so we sent the military in once again
所以我們再次派遣軍隊
and this time we did the complete job and took him out
這次我們完成了完整的工作並把他幹掉了
and in the process created for ourselves some
並在這個過程中為我們自己創造了一些
very very lucrative construction
非常非常有利可圖的建設
deals had to reconstruct a country that we'd
交易必須重建一個我們想要的國家
essentially destroyed
基本上被摧毀
which is a pretty good deal if you
這是一筆非常划算的交易，如果你
old construction companies
老建築公司
big ones
大的
so you know Iraq shows the three stages
所以你知道伊拉克經歷了三個階段
the economic hitman failed there
經濟殺手在那裡失敗了
the jackals failed there
豺狼在那裡失敗了
and as the final measure
並作為最終措施
the military goes in
軍隊介入
and in that way we've really created an empire
這樣我們就真正創建了一個帝國
but we've done it very very subtly
但我們做得非常非常巧妙
it's clandestine
這是秘密的
all the emperors of the past were built on the military
歷代皇帝都是建立在軍事之上的
and everybody knew they were building them
每個人都知道他們正在建造它們
so the British and they were building them
所以英國人和他們正在建造它們
the French the Germans the Romans the Greeks
法國人 德國人 羅馬人 希臘人
and they were proud of it
他們為此感到自豪
and they always had some excuse
他們總是有一些藉口
like spreading civilization
就像傳播文明一樣
spreading some religion
傳播某種宗教
something like that but they knew they were doing it
類似的事情，但他們知道他們正在這樣做
we don't
我們不
the majority of the people in the United States
美國的大多數人
have no idea that we're
不知道我們是
living off the benefits of the clandestine empire
靠秘密帝國的好處生活
that today there's more slavery in the world
今天世界上有更多的奴隸制
than ever before
比以往任何時候都
and then you have to ask yourself well
然後你要好好問問自己
if it's an empire then who's the emperor
如果這是一個帝國那麼誰是皇帝
obviously
明顯地
our presidents of the United States are not emperors
我們的美國總統不是皇帝
an emperor is someone who's not elected
皇帝是不是選舉出來的人
doesn't serve a limited term
沒有任期限制
and doesn't report to anyone essentially
並且本質上不向任何人報告
so you can't classify our presidents that way
所以你不能這樣對我們的總統進行分類
but we do have what I consider to be the
但我們確實有我認為的
equivalent of the emperor
相當於皇帝
and it's what I call the corporatocracy
這就是我所說的公司製
the corporatocracy is this group of
公司政治是這樣一個群體
individuals who run our biggest corporations
經營我們最大的公司的個人
and they really act as the emperor of this empire
他們確實充當了這個帝國的皇帝
they control our media
他們控制我們的媒體
either through direct ownership or advertising
通過直接所有權或廣告
they control most of our politicians
他們控制著我們的大多數政客
because they finance their campaigns
因為他們資助他們的競選活動
either through their corporations
通過他們的公司
or through
或通過
personal contributions
個人貢獻
that come out of the corporations
來自公司的
they're not elected
他們沒有當選
they don't sort a limited term
他們不會對有限的術語進行排序
they don't report to anybody
他們不向任何人報告
and at the very top of the corporate photography
以及企業攝影的最頂端
you really can't tell whether a person
你真的無法分辨一個人是否
is working for a private corporation or the government
為私營公司或政府工作
because they're always moving back and forth
因為他們總是來回移動
so you know you've got a guy who
所以你知道你有一個人
one moment is the president of
一會兒是總統
the big construction company like Alibert
像 Alibert 這樣的大型建築公司
and the next moment
以及下一刻
he's vice president of the United States
他是美國副總統
or the president who is in the oil business
或從事石油業務的總統
and this is true
這是真的
whether you've got Democrats or Republicans
無論你有民主黨還是共和黨
in the office
在辦公室
you have to
你必須
moving back and forth through the revolving door
通過旋轉門來回移動
and in a way
並在某種程度上
our government is invisible a lot of the time
我們的政府很多時候都是隱形的
and its policies are carried out by our corporations
其政策由我們的公司執行
on one level or another
在一個或另一個層面上
and then again
然後又
the policies of the government are basically
政府的政策基本上是
forged by the corporateocracy
由企業集團打造
and then presented to the government
然後提交給政府
they become government policy
它們成為政府政策
so it's an incredibly cozy relationship
所以這是一種非常溫馨的關係
this isn't a conspiracy theory type of thing
這不是陰謀論類型的事情
these people don't have to get together
這些人不必聚集在一起
and plot to do things
並策劃做事
they all basically work under one primary Assumption
他們基本上都在一個主要假設下工作
and that is that they must maximize profits
那就是他們必須最大化利潤
regardless of the social and environmental costs
不考慮社會和環境成本
this process of manipulation by the corporatocracy
這個由公司政治操縱的過程
through the use of debt
通過使用債務
bribery and political overthrow
賄賂和政治顛覆
is called globalization
這就是所謂的全球化
just as the Federal Reserve keeps the American
正如美聯儲讓美國
public in a position
公開擔任職務
of indentured servitude
契約奴役
through perpetual debt
通過永久債務
inflation and interest
通貨膨脹和利息
the World Bank and IMF
世界銀行和國際貨幣基金組織
serve this role on a global scale
在全球範圍內發揮這一作用
the basic scam
基本騙局
is
是
put a country in debt
讓一個國家負債累累
either by its own indiscretion
要么是由於自己的輕率行為
or through corrupting the leader of that country
或通過腐蝕該國領導人
then impose conditionalities or
然後施加條件或
structural adjustment policies
結構調整政策
often consisting of the following
通常由以下內容組成
currency evaluation
貨幣評估
when the value of a currency drops
當貨幣貶值時
so does everything valued in it
其中有價值的一切也是如此
this makes indigenous resources
這使得本土資源
available to predator countries at a fraction
掠奪性國家只需一小部分即可獲得
of their worth
他們的價值
large funding cuts for social programs
社會項目資金大幅削減
these usually include education and healthcare
這些通常包括教育和醫療保健
compromising the well being
損害福祉
and integrity of the society
和社會誠信
leaving the public vulnerable to exploitation
讓公眾容易受到剝削
privatization of state owned enterprises
國有企業私有化
this means that socially important systems
這意味著對社會重要的系統
can be purchased and regulated by foreign corporations
可由外國公司購買和監管
for profit for example
例如為了盈利
in 1999
1999年
the World Bank insisted that the Bolivian government
世界銀行堅稱玻利維亞政府
sell the public water
出售公共水
system of its third largest city
第三大城市的系統
to a subsidy of the US corporation Bechtel
美國柏克德公司的補貼
as soon as this occurred
一旦發生這種情況
water bills for the already impoverished
已經貧困的人的水費
local residents skyrocketed
當地居民暴漲
it wasn't until after a full blown revolt by the people
直到人民全面起義之後
that the Bechtel contract was nullified
柏克德合同無效
then there is trade liberalization
然後是貿易自由化
or the opening up of the economy
或者經濟的開放
through removing any restrictions on foreign trade
通過取消對外貿易的任何限制
this allows for a number of abusive
這允許許多濫用行為
economic manifestations
經濟表現
such as transnational corporations bringing in
比如跨國公司引進
their own mass produced products
自己量產的產品
undercutting the indigenous production
削弱本土生產
and ruining local economies
並破壞當地經濟
an example is Jamaica
牙買加就是一個例子
which after accepting loans
接受貸款後
and conditionalities from the World Bank
以及世界銀行的條件
lost its largest cash crop markets due to competition
由於競爭失去了最大的經濟作物市場
with western imports
與西方進口
today countless farmers are out of work
今天無數農民失業
for they are unable to compete with the large
因為他們無法與大公司競爭
corporations
公司
another variation
另一種變化
is the creation of numerous seemingly unnoticed
是無數看似不被注意的創造
unregulated inhumane sweatshop factories
不受監管、不人道的血汗工廠
which take advantage of the imposed economic hardship
利用強加的經濟困難
additionally due to production deregulation
另外由於生產管制放鬆
environmental destruction is perpetual
環境破壞是永久性的
as a country's resources are often
因為一個國家的資源往往
exploited by the indifferent corporations
被冷漠的企業剝削
while outputting large amounts of deliberate pollution
同時輸出大量故意污染
the largest
最大的
environmental lawsuit in the history of the world
世界歷史上的環境訴訟
today is being brought
今天正在帶來
on behalf of 30 000 Equadorian Amazonian people
代表 30 000 名赤道亞馬遜人
against Texaco which is now owned by Chevron
對抗現在由雪佛龍擁有的德士古公司
so today it's against Chevron
所以今天是對陣雪佛龍
but for activities conducted by Texico
但對於 Texico 開展的活動
estimated to be more than 18 times
估計超過18倍
when the exon MALDESE dumped into the coast of Alaska
當外顯子 MALDSE 被傾倒到阿拉斯加海岸時
in the case of Ecuador it wasn't an accident
就厄瓜多爾而言，這並非偶然
the all companies did it intentionally
所有公司都是故意這樣做的
they knew they were doing it to save money out there
他們知道他們這樣做是為了省錢
rather than arranging for a proper disposal
而不是安排適當的處置
furthermore a cursory glance at the
此外，粗略地瀏覽了一下
performance record of the World Bank
世界銀行業績記錄
reveals that the institution
透露該機構
which publicly claims
其中公開聲稱
to help poor countries develop and alleviate poverty
幫助貧困國家發展、減輕貧困
has done nothing
什麼也沒做
but increased poverty and the wealth gap
但貧困和貧富差距加劇
while corporate profits soar
在企業利潤飆升的同時
in 1960 the income
1960年的收入
gap between the fifth of the world's people and the
世界五分之一人口與世界五分之一人口之間的差距
richest countries
最富有的國家
versus the fifth in the poorest countries was 30 to 1
與最貧窮國家第五名的比例為 30 比 1
by 1998 it was 74 to 1
到 1998 年，比例為 74 比 1
while global GNP rose 40 percent
而全球 GNP 增長了 40%
between 1970 and 1985
1970年至1985年間
those in poverty actually increased by 17 percent
貧困人口實際上增加了 17%
while from 1985 to 2000
而從1985年到2000年
those living on less than $1 a day
每天生活費低於 1 美元的人
increased by 18 percent
增加了 18%
even the Joint Economic Committee of the US Congress
甚至美國國會聯合經濟委員會
admitted that there is a mere 40 percent success rate
承認成功率只有40%
of all World Bank projects
世界銀行所有項目
in the late 1960s
20世紀60年代末
the World Bank intervened in Ecuador with large loans
世界銀行向厄瓜多爾提供大筆貸款干預
during the next 30 years
未來30年
poverty grew from 50 percent to 70 percent
貧困率從 50% 增至 70%
under or unemployment grew from 15
低於或失業率從 15
to 70 percent
至 70%
public debt increased from 240 million to 16 billion
公共債務從2.4億增加到160億
while the share of resources allocated to the poor
而分配給窮人的資源份額
went from 20 percent
從20%
to 6%
至 6%
in fact
實際上
by the year 2050 percent of Ecuador's national budget
到 2050 年厄瓜多爾國家預算的%
had to be allocated for paying its debts
必須分配用於償還債務
it is important to understand
重要的是要理解
the World Bank is in fact a US bank
世界銀行實際上是一家美國銀行
supporting US interests
支持美國利益
for the United States holds veto power over decisions
因為美國對決定擁有否決權
as it is the largest provider of capital
因為它是最大的資本提供者
and where did it get this money
這筆錢是從哪裡來的
you guessed it
你猜到了
it made it out of thin air
它憑空出現
through the fractional reserve banking system
通過部分準備金銀行體系
of the world's top 100 economies as based on annual GDP
按年 GDP 計算的世界前 100 名經濟體
51 are corporations and 47 of that 51 are US based
51 家是公司，其中 51 家中有 47 家位於美國
Walmart General Motors and exon
沃爾瑪通用汽車和外顯子
are more economically powerful than Saudi Arabia
經濟實力強於沙特阿拉伯
Poland Norway South Africa
波蘭 挪威 南非
Finland Indonesia and many others
芬蘭、印度尼西亞等許多國家
and as protective trade barriers are broken down
隨著保護性貿易壁壘被打破
currencies tossed together
貨幣混在一起
and manipulated in floating markets
並在浮動市場上被操縱
and state economies
和國家經濟
overturned in favor of open
被推翻，有利於開放
competition and global capitalism the empire
競爭與全球資本主義帝國
expands
擴大