John Perkins: every person can follow to turn this failed economic system into a successful one
by Milena Rampoldi, ProMosaik e.V. – My interview with bestseller author JOHN PERKINS. We have just translated an article about Panama Papers into German. ProMosaik is convinced that economists and writers like John Perkins have a lot to say about how to change our militarized world in which just capital, money, corruption, and power count, and human beings have lost their equality and dignity. John Perkins has written nine
books that have been on the New York Times bestseller list for more than
seventy weeks and translated into over thirty languages. His new
book: The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (Berrett-Koehler) came out Feb, 2016. For more information go to: www.johnperkins.org.
books that have been on the New York Times bestseller list for more than
seventy weeks and translated into over thirty languages. His new
book: The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (Berrett-Koehler) came out Feb, 2016. For more information go to: www.johnperkins.org.
Milena Rampoldi: What does the transformation of the world mean to
you?
you?
John Perkins: We must move from a failed
global economic system that is based on militarization and destroying the
resources that supported it to one that focuses on cleaning up pollution,
regenerating destroyed environments, and creating new sustainable and recyclable
technologies for transportation, energy, communications,and so much else. We
must understand that we live on a fragile space station, earth, and it has no
shuttles. We have to change its course of direction and take care of it.
global economic system that is based on militarization and destroying the
resources that supported it to one that focuses on cleaning up pollution,
regenerating destroyed environments, and creating new sustainable and recyclable
technologies for transportation, energy, communications,and so much else. We
must understand that we live on a fragile space station, earth, and it has no
shuttles. We have to change its course of direction and take care of it.
MR: Which are the ethical principles one need to
struggle for the truth?
struggle for the truth?
JP: Truth, honesty, and openness
to a new consciousness around what it means to be human on this planet and the
willingness to take the actions necessary to make that happen.
to a new consciousness around what it means to be human on this planet and the
willingness to take the actions necessary to make that happen.
MR: Tell us about the most important ideas of your
book?
book?
JP: A critique of the failed
economic system created by people like me, economic hit men, and a strategy
that each and every person can follow to turn this failed economic system into
a successful one.
economic system created by people like me, economic hit men, and a strategy
that each and every person can follow to turn this failed economic system into
a successful one.
MR: What changed since your last book, and which are
the most important new messages of your new book?
the most important new messages of your new book?
JP: The economic hit man system
has spread from the developing countries to Europe, the United States, and the
rest of the world. We must change it and we can change it. My book outlines a
strategy that we can follow in order to change this failed system. With the new
social media, it is a relatively easy thing to do. It does not require taking
up guns. It can actually be a great deal of fun. We can look at these as
challenging times and times of opportunity and most of all blessed times to be
alive.
has spread from the developing countries to Europe, the United States, and the
rest of the world. We must change it and we can change it. My book outlines a
strategy that we can follow in order to change this failed system. With the new
social media, it is a relatively easy thing to do. It does not require taking
up guns. It can actually be a great deal of fun. We can look at these as
challenging times and times of opportunity and most of all blessed times to be
alive.
MR: What are the most important objectives of Dream Change and The Pachamama Alliance?
JP: To accomplish all of the
above. To empower and inspire people to take the necessary actions.
above. To empower and inspire people to take the necessary actions.
MR: What is your dream for the
future of this world?
future of this world?
JP: A new consciousness that helps
us all wake up to the fact that we can, must, and will change the current geo
economic – political systems that have resulted in so much environmental destruction,
social inequality, and spiritual malaise. Every sentient being will be living
in an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling, and socially just
world.
us all wake up to the fact that we can, must, and will change the current geo
economic – political systems that have resulted in so much environmental destruction,
social inequality, and spiritual malaise. Every sentient being will be living
in an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling, and socially just
world.
