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I'm surprised they weren't explicit in their commission - "We'd like a picture of a boot, stamping down on a human face, forever, please." Rivera's future died

I'm surprised they weren't explicit in their commission - "We'd like a picture of a boot, stamping down on a human face, forever, please." Rivera's future died in the second world war.

humanrebar 11y ago
Lenin's efforts spawned oppression worse than anything the Rockefellers did or aspired to. That's not to say that I'm a fan of moguls and hegemonies. I think there's room to dislike both. Sounds like a pretty mural, though.
- digi_owl 11y ago
  Supposedly the guy himself warned against the successor to be at his deathbed.
bcg1 11y ago
Downvotes not warranted. madaxe's comment is historically accurate. The end of WWII ushered in the heyday of "internationalism", or "globalism", characterized by the formation of the UN on land in NYC donated by John D. Rockefeller Jr, certainly apropos to this article. Clearly, the Rockefeller-style "world federalism" has won out over other modern -ism movements. Most world leaders in most sectors are aligned with this movement and it is pretty apparent that at the moment the trend is towards more globalism, not less. David Rockefeller himself self identified with this agenda in his memoirs: "For more than a century ideological extremists at either end of the political spectrum have seized upon well-publicized incidents such as my encounter with Castro to attack the Rockefeller family for the inordinate influence they claim we wield over American political and economic institutions. Some even believe we are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as 'internationalists' and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure--one world, if you will. If that's the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it."
- forgetsusername 11y ago
  >Downvotes not warranted. Thankfully everyone gets to decide that on their own.

I'm surprised they weren't explicit in their commission - "We'd like a picture of a boot, stamping down on a human face, forever, please." Rivera's future died in the second world war.

humanrebar 11y ago

Lenin's efforts spawned oppression worse than anything the Rockefellers did or aspired to. That's not to say that I'm a fan of moguls and hegemonies. I think there's room to dislike both. Sounds like a pretty mural, though.

digi_owl 11y ago
Supposedly the guy himself warned against the successor to be at his deathbed.

bcg1 11y ago

Downvotes not warranted. madaxe's comment is historically accurate. The end of WWII ushered in the heyday of "internationalism", or "globalism", characterized by the formation of the UN on land in NYC donated by John D. Rockefeller Jr, certainly apropos to this article. Clearly, the Rockefeller-style "world federalism" has won out over other modern -ism movements. Most world leaders in most sectors are aligned with this movement and it is pretty apparent that at the moment the trend is towards more globalism, not less. David Rockefeller himself self identified with this agenda in his memoirs: "For more than a century ideological extremists at either end of the political spectrum have seized upon well-publicized incidents such as my encounter with Castro to attack the Rockefeller family for the inordinate influence they claim we wield over American political and economic institutions. Some even believe we are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as 'internationalists' and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure--one world, if you will. If that's the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it."

forgetsusername 11y ago
>Downvotes not warranted. Thankfully everyone gets to decide that on their own.