10-08-2013, 02:25 PM
Jan Klimkowski Wrote:Jeffrey Orling Wrote:Jan Klimkowski Wrote:At its most fundamental level, Gladio is not about right-wing or left-wing politics.
Gladio, and its successor operations, are about Power and Control.
And I will assert that "power and control" are the currency of the right.
What does this mean?
What is "the right"?
In what sense is Power and Control the "currency" of whatever the right is?
I find this is getting absurd... I pretty much use the term according to this definition:
"In left-right politics, right-wing describes an outlook or specific position that accepts or supports social hierarchy or social inequality.[SUP][1][/SUP][SUP][2][/SUP][SUP][3][/SUP][SUP][4][/SUP] Social hierarchy and social inequality is viewed by those affiliated with the Right as either inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable,[SUP][2][/SUP] whether it arises through traditional social differences[SUP][5][/SUP] or from competition in market economies.[SUP][6][/SUP][SUP][7][/SUP] It typically accepts or justifies this position on the basis of natural law or tradition.[SUP][4][/SUP][SUP][8][/SUP][SUP][9][/SUP][SUP][10][/SUP][SUP][11][/SUP] The term "right wing" has been used to refer to different political positions through history. The political terms Right and Left were coined during the French Revolution (178999), and referred to where politicians sat in the French parliament; those who sat to the right of the chair of the parliamentary president were broadly supportive of the institutions of the monarchist Ancien Régime.[SUP][12][/SUP][SUP][13][/SUP][SUP][14][/SUP][SUP][15][/SUP] The original Right in France was formed as a reaction against the Left, and comprised those politicians supporting hierarchy, tradition, and clericalism.[SUP][16][/SUP] The use of the expression la droite (the right) became prominent in France after the restoration of the monarchy in 1815, when le droit was applied to describe the Ultra-royalists.[SUP][17][/SUP] In English-speaking countries it was not until the 20th century that people applied the terms "right" and "left" to their own politics.[SUP][18][/SUP]
From the 1830s to the 1880s, there was a shift in the Western world of social class structure and the economy, moving away from nobility and aristocracy, and moving towards the bourgeoisie and capitalism.[SUP][19][/SUP] This general economic shift towards capitalism affected centre right movements such as the British Conservative Party that responded by becoming supportive of capitalism.[SUP][20][/SUP]
Although the term 'right-wing' originally designated traditional conservatives and reactionaries, it has also been used to describe neo-conservatives, nationalists, racists, Christian democrats, and classical liberals.[SUP][15]"[/SUP]
Of course you could have an authoritarian leftist structure as well... control and power and economic model need not be capitalist.. though this seems to be a more common fit.
Strategia Della Tensione means the strategy of tension
strategy is:
Strategy (Greek "στÏατηγία"stratÄ“gia, "art of troop leader; office of general, command, generalship"[SUP][1][/SUP]) is a high level plan to achieve one or more goals under conditions of uncertainty.
Strategy is important because the resources available to achieve these goals are usually limited.
Strategy is also about attaining and maintaining a position of advantage over adversaries through the successive exploitation of known or emergent possibilities rather than committing to any specific fixed plan designed at the outset.
So... what group is employing this strategy? What is their ultimate objective that the strategy (of tension) is in service to?
I am assuming that the term also refers to a climate of fear...
I would imagine it is to simply maintain power and control and the privileges and wealth that accrues to those who have it.
N'est pas?

