At this point, he had been talking for a few hours. It had certainly been educational. I feel like I had more questions than answers. I also felt like the questions would lead to things I did not want to hear. Hopefully, we will discuss these topics more, and I will find out what their agenda is. He kept hinting toward something more. Some plan.
Finally, he said, “I’ve said enough on such topics.”
“Is this like the new world order or something?”, I asked, half jokingly.
“The New World Order was a vision created by socialists in the early decades of the 20th century. It was promoted by H. G. Wells to envision a global socialist state that would provide for everyone’s needs.
I tried to regain my focus. Just to keep him talking and shift the conversation, I asked him, “How long has the club existed?”
I was getting tired. There were a few things I wanted to know before we went to sleep. I could not imagine people would leave their families behind. “What about your families?”, I asked. “Where are they? What happens to them?”
“Our families members who are not members of the club, believe we are dead. The rejuvenation treatment is a secret that we must keep, even from our immediate families, friends, and servants. No one must know about the treatments unless they have proven themselves, join our club, and are sworn to secrecy.”
I asked, “How do you decide when someone starts the treatment?”
“Once we are accepted into the club, we pay dues into a fund which pays for our retirement here on the island. On the surface, it looks like any rather expensive club and retirement fund with special secret clauses in the event of death. Nothing out of the ordinary to lawyers and other interests. Our families are well taken care of. The club organizes trust funds which will provide for them and their descendants.”
Later I asked more about debt slavery and how it functioned in society. I wanted to know how we got where we are from his perspective.
“Consumer culture as a strategy began in earnest after World War II”, he said. “The propagandist Edward Bernays, you know him here as Eddie, helped build the image of the ideal consumer. The focus was on the nuclear family and individualism. He helped devise the modern debt system as it is now.”
“Are you saying that the debt so many people are in is intentional?”, I asked.
”What about retirement funds? Are they the same sort of trap?”, I asked
“Retirement is just a lure. Like heaven or paradise, it is a promise that people hope for. It gives people a sense of security. A feeling that they will be taken care of by the market. It is something they should do for themselves.
A day later, he was reading a book. Something on history I’m guessing because he stopped and said, “We have breed slaves for thousands of years. The Greeks and Romans bred slaves for servants, sport, and pleasure. Their descendants became the peasant farmers of Europe. From the beginning of the earliest civilizations, we have bred slaves to do the necessary labor for building civilization. By having a slave population, we can more easily keep the rest of the population in line.