The COVID-19 crisis has shown us that our old systems are not fit anymore for the 21st century. It has laid bare the fundamental lack of social cohesion, fairness, inclusion and equality. Now is the historical moment in time, not only to fight the real virus but to shape the system for the needs of the Post-Corona era. We have a choice to remain passive, which would lead to the amplification of many of the trends we see today. Polarisation, nationalism, rasism, and ultimately increasing social unrest and conflicts. But we have another choice. We can build a new social contract, particularly integrating the next generation, we can change our behavior to be in harmony with nature again, and we can make sure the technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution are best utilized to provide us with better lives. In short, we need a Great Reset. (Klaus Schwab)
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Unhindered by the restraints of traditional liberal values, this elite would not hesitate to achieve its political ends by using the latest modern techniques for influencing public behavior and keeping society under close surveillance and control. (Zbigniew Brzezinski, Between two Ages, 1970)
The Rockefeller family has had two overarching and intertwined goals: power and dominance over a "perfect" world (by their own definition).
The post-war scientific and political developments in the fields of environment and climate have been permeated by the family’s ambitions towards economic monopoly and power, and on creating a New International Economic Order with a united world, One World.
In this context, the climate threat has been identified as an international problem requiring increased global cooperation and the strengthening of supranational organisations – often in conjunction with other global threats, such as nuclear war, pandemics, and terrorism.
This has been orchestrated from a position of extreme privilege, in a highly elitist project in which the Rockefeller family has mobilised and collaborated with a super-rich clique of billionaires and their multinational corporations, as well as with socialist utopians and green idealists. They have cast a very wide net and recruited some of the world’s most prestigious scientists, respected leaders and prominent activists, as well as some outright maniacs, to work for their vision for the world. Their identification of climate change and CO
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as crucial for the survival of mankind was done long before the environmental movement started engaging in the issue.
Much of the background to the climate issue can be traced to Neo-Malthusian notions of an overpopulated planet, and ideas of genetic improvement of humans. These are areas in which the Rockefeller family has played a leading role internationally through its foundations and organisations. Mankind, our activities and behavior, have been identified as the great enemy and a burden on the planet.
These views have thereafter been very effectively disseminated to both legislators and a wider audienc through:
In short, the strategy has been to focus attention on a problem and then offering the solution. This has required long-term planning, careful strategic thinking, as well as a global philanthropic network with financial muscles.
In the planning of this scheme, strategists such as Henry Kissinger, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Graham T. T. Molitor, and Peter Winsemius stand out, in collaboration with Rockefeller Brother Fund, Rockefeller Foundation, Trilateral Commission, German Marshall Fund, etc. The solution to the “climate chaos” offered is the implementation of a Global Institutional Management, where both population growth and the use of natural resources are regulated in order to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and achieving a highly efficient and resource-efficient circular economy.
These aspirations were formulated in the Trilateral Commission's version of the New International Economic Order (NIEO) in the 1970s, and are now a part of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement on Climate, with the G20 Group emerging as the leading and executive global council.
Another central cornerstone of the agenda is the development of digital smart solutions where all human activity must be carefully documented and their CO2-emissions calculated. This involves a refined technological surveillance system built around technocratic ideals and “fair distribution" through the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
There are also far-reaching visions of a transhumanist “upgrading” of humanity, creating a World Brain (Internet of Us), and geocybernetic control of the natural processes of the earth system. Grandiose examples are Elon Musk’s Starlink and Neuralink systems, which seem like a direct implementation of Oliver Reiser’s Project Prometheus and Krishna.
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The ideas of a hyper-technological and transhumanist world civilization, referred to as the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Society 5.0, have been inspired by, among others, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Buckminster Fuller, Oliver Reiser, H. G. Wells, the 1930s Technocracy movement, and the World Future Society. However, its roots can be traced even further back, to Alchemy, Hermeticism and Theosophy.
In transhumanism, the spiritual evolution in occultism is combined with Darwinism and the techno-optimist aspirations of futurism into a new techno-religion (Evolutionary Humanism) where man, using technology and biotechnology, assumes control of his own evolution and ultimately refines himself to perfection.
The offered solutions to the climate threat, however, risks becoming a very costly experience for mankind and is quite far from the utopian visions of the 1970s environmental movement. The social engineering of technocracy, with detailed regulation and behavioural modification, entails alarmingly far-reaching restrictions on human liberty. In addition, this control is now about to literally get under our skin – and even inside our skulls.
If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever. (George Orwell)
Appendix A. Rockefeller Family
Short biographies of select Rockefeller family members chairing the Rockefeller Foundation and Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
1. John D. Rockefeller (Founder Rockefeller Foundation)
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ohn Davison Rockefeller was born in 1839 the second child of William Avery Rockefeller and Eliza Davison. He married Laura Spelman and had five children with her. John founded Standard Oil in 1870. This would make him one of the richest people in the history of the world. His wealth was used for philanthropic endeavours such as the founding of the University of Chicago, the Rockefeller University, the General Education Board and the Rockefeller Foundation. John D. died in 1937 of atherosclerosis, 97 years old.
2. John D. Rockefeller Jr. (RF Chairman 1917–1939)
John D. Rockefeller Jr. was born in 1874 as the youngest child and only son of John D. Rockefeller and Eliza Davison. He married Abigail ‘Abby’ Aldrich and had six children with her. John became chairman of Rockefeller Foundation, supported internationalist initiatives such as the League of Nations and the United Nations, eugenics, ecumenics, and conservation. He built Rockefeller Center and offered the family estate for the building of Museum of Modern Art, New York. John D. Jr. died 1960, 86 years old.
3. John D. Rockefeller III (RBF Chairman 1941–1956)
John D. III was born in 1906 as second child and eldest son of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich. He married Blanchette Ferry Hooker in 1932 and had four children with her: Sandra, John D. ‘Jay' IV, Hope, and Alida.
John developed a life-long interest in population issues and Asia and was the chairman of Rockefeller Foundation for two decades. He founded organisations such as Population Council, Asia Society, and Asian Cultural Council. He played a leading role in Council on Foundations, Institute for Pacific Relations, and Japan Society. He was board member of the International House of New York, Colonial Williamsburg, Rockefeller University, and China Medical Board. John was co-founder of Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) and its first chairman. He was also a member of Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). John died in a car accident on July 10, 1978, 72 years old.
4. Nelson Rockefeller (RBF Chairman 1956–58)
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller was born in 1908 as the third and next eldest son of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich. He married Mary Clark and they had the children Rodman, Ann, Steven, Michael, and Mary. In 1964, Nelson got remarried with Margaretta ‘Happy’ Fitler and had the sons Nelson Jr. and Mark.
Taking after his maternal grandfather Nelson Aldrich, Nelson had great political ambitions and made a political career as Governor of New York and Vice President of the United States. He also worked at Chase Manhattan Bank, Creole Petroleum, and had a life-long involvement with the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Nelson also had a strong interest in Latin America and founded the American International Association for Economic and Social Development (AIA) and the International Basic Economy Corporation (IBEC). He was co-founder of RBF and served as Chairman between 1956 and 1958. Nelson died of cardiac arrest on January 26, 1979, at age 70.
5. Laurance Rockefeller (RBF Chairman 1958–1979)
Laurance Spelman Rockefeller was born in 1910 as the fourth child and third son of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich. He married Mary French and had four children: Laura, Marion, Lucy, and Laurance ‘Larry’ Jr.
Laurance developed a life-long interest in risk capitalism, conservation, and religion. He founded Rockefeller Brothers Inc., American Conservation Association, and Rockresorts, and also funded Lindisfarne Association, Fund for the Enhancement of the Human Spirit, and Foundation for Conscious Evolution. He was board member, Vice-President and Vice Executive of Conservation Foundation, Board member of National Resources Defence Council, National Geographic Society, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Resources for the Future, and Sloan Foundation and a member of Environmental Defence Fund and WWF. He co-founded RBF and served as Chairman 1958–79. Laurance passed away in 2004, 96 years old.
6. David Rockefeller (RBF Chairman 1980–1987)
David Rockefeller was born July 19, 1915, as the youngest son of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich. He married Margareth ‘Peggy’ McGrath. They had six children: David Jr., Abby, Neva, Peggy, Richard, and Elaine.
David was the most intellectual of the brothers and made his career in the family bank, Chase Manhattan, where he became CEO in 1960 and chairman in 1969. He founded the Council of the Americas (1963–), the Trilateral Commission (1973), and the David Rockefeller Fund (1989). He was also chairman of the Rockefeller University, the Rockefeller Group, Rockefeller Financial Services, MoMA, and Council on Foreign Relations, as well as being on the board of the University of Chicago, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and the International House of New York. He was very involved in international endeavours and was part of the Bilderberg steering committee from 1964. He co-founded RBF, became its vice president 1958 and chairman 1980. David died in his sleep on March 20, 2017, 101 years old.
7. David Rockefeller Jr. (RBF Chairman 1987–1992)
David Jr. was born in New York 1941 as eldest child of David Rockefeller and Margareth ‘Peggy’ MacGrath. Between 1980 and 2005 he was married to Diana Newell-Rowan with whom he had the daughters Ariana and Camilla. In 2008 he remarried documentary film maker Susan Cohn.
Initially, David Jr. had no interest in the traditional family businesses and devoted himself to art and music, active in the Boston Symphony Orchestra and on the board of National Endowment for the Arts.
In December 1974, one year after his sister Neva, he joined the board of RBF and was in 1982 put in charge of revising the foundation’s programmes. In 1988 he became chairman of RBF. Three years later he succeeded his father as chairman of Rockefeller Financial Services.
In 2004 he became board member of the Rockefeller Foundation and between 2010–2016 he was the third family member to serve as its president. He is also a member of CFR, the Asian Cultural Foundation and board member of MoMA. After his father’s death in March 2017, he became the new family patriarch.
8. Abby Milton O
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Neill (RBF Chair 1992–1997)
Abby Milton O
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Neill was born in 1928 as the oldest daughter of Abigail ‘Babs’ Rockefeller Mauzé and David Milton. She married George Dorr O
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Neill, chairman of Meriwether Capital, and had six children: George Jr., Abby, David, Catharine, Peter, and Wendy.
Abby started her career at Bradford College and in 1958 became the first and oldest of the cousins to join the board of RBF. 34 years later she became chairman, after her cousin David Rockefeller Jr. In 1977 Abby became board member of Rockefeller Financial Services and Rockefeller & Co. and served as chairman 1998–2004. She was also CEO of Greenacre Foundation, vice president of Colonial Williamsburg and board member of the International House of New York. Abby died in her sleep on May 3, 2017, 89 years old.
9. Steven Rockefeller (RBF Chairman 1998–2006)
Steven was born in 1936 as the second eldest son of Nelson Rockefeller and Mary Clark. In 1959 he married Norwegian Ann-Marie Rasmussen, the family housekeeper, and had three children: Steven Jr., Ingrid, and Jennifer. In 1969 Steven divorced and married Dori Selene Liles
and had the daughter Laura. In 1991 he remarried again, this time with history professor Barbara Billows.
Like his uncle Laurance, Steven had an interest in spiritual matters and became professor of religion at Middlesbury College, Vermont. In 1977, he and Henry Kissinger became board members of RBF and in 1998 he became its chairman.
During the 1990s, Steven was coordinator of the Earth Charter and served as chairman of the Earth Charter International Council since 2006. He has also been a board member of Colonial Williamsburg and the Asian Cultural Foundation and are, since 2009, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
10. Richard Rockefeller (RBF Chairman 2007–2013)
Richard Rockefeller was born in 1949 as the second eldest son of David Rockefeller and Margareth ‘Peggy’ MacGrath. He married Nancy Anderson and had two children with her: Clayton and Rebecca. After their divorce he married Nancy King.
Richard became a Medical Doctor at Harvard university and was 1989–2010 involved in Doctors Without Borders. Han founded and was chairman of Hour Exchange Portland and was chairman and board member of Rockefeller University until 2006. In 1989 he joined the board of RBF and became its chairman in 1998.
Richard died in a plane crash on Friday the 13th of June, 2014, on his way home from celebrating his father’s 99th birthday. In 2016 RBF and the Chinese foundation Lao Niu Brother & Sister Foundation started the Richard Rockefeller Fellowship programme to honour his memory and involvement in China.
11. Valerie Rockefeller (RBF Chair 2013–)
Valerie was born in 1971 as the daughter of Senator John ‘Jay’ Rockefeller IV and Sharon P. Rockefeller. Valerie was named after her mother Sharon's twin sister, who was murdered in the family home by an unknown intruder 1966 (the case was never solved).
In 2000 Valerie married Australian investment banker James Carnegie but soon divorced and in 2004 married Steve Wayne, CEO of Russian Real Estate company Jensen Group. They had the children Percy, Lucy, and Davis, before divorcing in 2017.
Valerie earned a degree in International Relations at Stanford University and has worked as a special needs teacher for adults with learning disabilities. In 2003, Valerie joined as board member of RBF and became its chairman 10 years later. She is also a board member of Asian Cultural Council and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and a member of Council on Foreign Relations.
Illustrations, quotes and family tree for each person can be found in the printed version of this book.