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THE THIRD WAY Politics Of The Radical Center
Stratfor.com ^ | Ecumenical News International

Posted on 02/27/2015 11:59:34 AM PST by Eva

The "Third Way" ideology is much more than just 'another way' of doing things. Rather, it is the specific ideology of the political elite and their multinational industrial paymasters. And, if you study this ideology closely, you may soon learn the real reason behind all those very oppressive laws, rules and regulations coming out of Washington these past few years.

Simply put, the intent of the "Third Way" ideologues is to design a classed society -- made up of us worker serfs and our elite controllers. To do that, it is necessary that the elite have general control over money, training, medical treatment, associations, religion, living arrangements, and liberty of all the workers. One need only examine federal laws, rules and regulations for the past decade to see how they're moving right along with that program. Another hint would be the recent massive arming of federal personnel necessary to enforce all this new law....

...The "Third Way" is a form of government said to be a blend of the "best" of both capitalism and communism. The "Third Way" is a "Financial-Political Oligarchy," as some describe it. And, because of the many Rhodes Scholars around the world, it's tentacles reach internationally, as well as exerting local and national control....

...To keep the best of capitalism in a "Third Way" society, private property must be allowed. Rather than government owning all property and the means of production, as in pure socialism, an alternative is used. In a "Third Way" society, property and business is heavily controlled by government regulation, rather than government ownership.

However, in a "Third Way" society, the laws to keep us citizens in line come from the communist model of government -- which means complete government control of everything from womb to tomb. ...

(Excerpt) Read more at watch.pair.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: compassionate; conservativism; moderates; thethirdway
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To: IMR 4350

No, Reich lifted it from the people who dreamed it up and started teaching it at Harvard. Read the article.


21 posted on 02/27/2015 1:22:11 PM PST by Eva
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To: Eva

The Clintons started “THEIR” Third Way campaign in 1998-1999.

That was a set up for Hillary’s run for president.

B Clinton used the term “triangulation” to fool people into believing “triangulation” and “Third Way” meant the same thing and it doesn’t.

Hillary could run on “Third Way” and fool the Gruber stupid into believing it was just a continuation of B Clinton’s triangulation, both sides compromising.

Now for Hillary’s “Third Way’ to work you will need an economic collapse.

Republicans will blame it on Obamas policies, dems will blame it on Repubs having control of both the house and senate.

Hillary can then claim both sides are at fault and we need to return to the Clinton years, a “Third Way”.


22 posted on 02/27/2015 1:26:51 PM PST by IMR 4350
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To: EternalVigilance

The point is teaching it in a relevant way. We need to expose the fact that this ideology uses victim groups to strengthen and unite their own power, not help the victims.

Right now, the main demographic that they are organizing are young people, around legalized marijuana. Look at all the so-called conservative web sites on the internet, like the daily caller, talking about how the younger demographic is moving the Republicans to the center. They mean around marijuana, gay marriage and immigration.

The Third Way is the reason that Putin did a flip on religion in Russia. He is using religion in Russia to convince the Russian people that he has their best interests at heart and will protect them from the greedy capitalists in the west. He is using something else in every country that he goes into, but for the same reason.

Conservatives cannot fight against immigration, or the destruction of the constitution without educating people about why the power elite are trying to destroy it.

Please just read the article and don’t assume that you know everything that there is to know.


23 posted on 02/27/2015 1:30:48 PM PST by Eva
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To: Eva

Newt was a fan of the movement. Timely then since he is hopping around at CPAC. He suggested reading a book on topic in the 90s.

http://www.worldviewweekend.com/news/article/newt-gingrich-fan-third-way-communitarianism-which-communism-lite


24 posted on 02/27/2015 1:33:30 PM PST by Mozilla
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To: AmericanVictory

Yes, but every region is organized around different uniting principles. That old discussion that we used to have on Free Republic about conservatives answering to a higher power than the state has never been more relevant. The old Muslim adage about the enemy of my enemy is my friend also applies.

Everyone has been saying, yes, yes, we know all about the Third Way. If they really knew all about the Third Way, they wouldn’t be calling Obama an amateur, asking why he does what he does in the Middle East, with China, with North Korea or Russia. They wouldn’t be asking why he refuses to help the Ukraine or Christians in the Middle East.


25 posted on 02/27/2015 1:37:10 PM PST by Eva
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To: Mozilla

The Book he loved and influenced him was The Third Wave by Alvin TOffler.
http://www.worldviewweekend.com/news/article/newt-gingrich-fan-third-way-communitarianism-which-communism-lite


26 posted on 02/27/2015 1:40:46 PM PST by Mozilla
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To: Mozilla

http://www.amazon.com/The-Third-Wave-Alvin-Toffler/dp/0553246984


27 posted on 02/27/2015 1:41:48 PM PST by Mozilla
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To: Mozilla

All the Republican insiders are advocates of the Third Way. You could almost say that every Republican who opposes the Tea Party is probably and advocate of the Third Way. They see conservatism in the European sense, as reactionary and backward. The article mentions some of the buzz words that you will hear that will alert you to the Third Way, like consensus, unity, synthesize.

This is a quote from Bill Crystol in the nineties:So, it was very interesting to see, buried in the middle of a long article by John Harwood in the November 26 Wall Street Journal, this sentence: “There is room for a Republican “Third Way,” says conservative magazine publisher William Kristol, invoking Mr. Clinton’s term for his own ideological approach.” We’re betting there were some very uneasy moments in the White House when they saw that!


28 posted on 02/27/2015 1:47:56 PM PST by Eva
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To: sergeantdave

Yes, it is a particularly vile type of fascism with the distinct difference of a global governing body, complete with an international court.


29 posted on 02/27/2015 1:57:27 PM PST by Eva
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To: gnarledmaw

Well, they really couldn’t call a form of communism right wing, could they?


30 posted on 02/27/2015 2:01:16 PM PST by Eva
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To: IMR 4350

During the Monica Lewinsky scandal, Sydney Blumenthal wrote a very long editorial for the Seattle Times (or Post Intelligencer, I can’t remember which) that was whole pages long, on the Third Way. He said that people had been accusing Bill Clinton of having no real core values. I guess because of his triangulation. Blumenthal said that both Hillary and Bill Clinton were advocates of the Third Way and that was what their agenda was centered upon.

The one part of the agenda that stood out in my mind was that they planned to create a state religion that would offend no one. They claimed that the state religion would not be against the constitution because people were free to reject it.

The article never made it to the internet and no mention was ever made of it on any news program. If you didn’t read it in the dead tree version of the Seattle paper, you never would read it. It was considered to controversial.


31 posted on 02/27/2015 2:08:13 PM PST by Eva
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To: Eva
All the Republican insiders are advocates of the Third Way. You could almost say that every Republican who opposes the Tea Party is probably and advocate of the Third Way.

But how much of that is some explicit "Third Way" philosophy, and how much is an acceptance that there are limits to how free markets can be, and how little government or regulation advanced industrial societies can have?

Are they trying to build some new Third Way or just recognizing that things aren't going to change radically in the direction of freer markets or smaller government any time soon?

32 posted on 02/27/2015 2:17:56 PM PST by x
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To: GOPJ

Yes, the same people who run the third world hellholes. That is reason that all their plans include redistributing wealth from the US to the third world world hellholes.

The difference is that now they are going to unite these third world states under a single despotic government and give them a seat at the negotiating table. It looks like they are going let South America go and see who rises to the top, now that Chavez is gone.


33 posted on 02/27/2015 2:29:03 PM PST by Eva
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To: Eva

In one of Hitler’s speeches, he said that owning private property was fine provided it served the good of the state. This policy allowed the fascist reich to control private property through law while also allowing German businesses to be run by those most skilled and interested in seeing the business succeed - the owners. Big difference from how Stalin treated businesses.


34 posted on 02/27/2015 2:32:41 PM PST by sergeantdave
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To: Eva

I recall during the 1992 campaign Clinton said he believed people shouldn’t be allowed to own the countries resources that they belonged to everyone.

Then when the Clintons started their 3rd way campaign in 1998-99 the issue popped up and was floated out again.

Any minerals under someone property would become the property of the govt.

Water on the property would be the property of the govt.

Timber on the property would become the property of the govt.

I believe that is what was really behind the Kelo(SP?) decision of the Supreme Court.

Setting it up so the govt can simply seize the minerals/natural resources presently owned by private individuals.


35 posted on 02/27/2015 2:38:16 PM PST by IMR 4350
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To: IMR 4350

In WA State, they are well on their way to taking the water. I think that there was some movement in that direction at the Texas/OK border as well. In some parts of WA they have put meters on private wells and limiting usage. In one area of WA they made it illegal to put a rain barrel or cistern on your own property without approval from the dept of ecology, saying that if that rain was allowed to fall freely, it might run off your property and then it would not be yours any longer.


36 posted on 02/27/2015 4:03:59 PM PST by Eva
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To: IMR 4350

Also, remember when Maxine Waters slipped and said that they wanted to socialize the oil industry?


37 posted on 02/27/2015 4:06:53 PM PST by Eva
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To: Eva

Yes I do remember it.


38 posted on 02/27/2015 6:01:56 PM PST by IMR 4350
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To: Eva

You’re right... and this could get worse. Much worse.


39 posted on 02/28/2015 11:48:32 AM PST by GOPJ (Comrade Thug - pleae don't hurt me for disagreeing... I lived in a free country once..)
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To: GOPJ

I have been reading that Obama plans to sign the Iranian nuclear agreement without the approval of Congress.My guess and it is only a guess, is that Obama will not ask for Congressional approval because he fears a NO vote. Having Netanyahu speak to Congress, will encourage Republicans to bring it for a vote, whether or not Obama asks for it.


40 posted on 02/28/2015 12:08:04 PM PST by Eva
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