Olympic Visionaries

I woke this morning to news of London's bid for the 2012 Olympics, and having been in Australia in 2000 when Sydney was 'hosting' them, am aware of the sadder side of such a function, in the ways it disrupts the host population etc.

The London news article had me throw-around the idea of "decentralising" the Olympics to country areas!?

Just an idea, but born also of the fact that the Olympic Games is really nothng more than yet another high density, big-spending 'travelocracy-fest', travelocrats made rich by the same consumer-and-warmongering-driven system financing the rotten multinational sponsors of the Olympic's; Coca-Cola, Adidas, Visa, Swatch, Kodak, just four 'known' names sponsoring 2008 Beijing, at least seven major Chinese corporations and many, many more from all over the world.

In the Telecommunications Category: Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation (OTE - COSMOTE - OTENET Consortium) 2004 Greece, had this said about them in http://www.athens2004.com/en/GrandSponsors

".........became Grand National Sponsor in November 2000, and is one of the leading groups of companies in Greece and one of the top ten telecommunications organisations in Europe. Its commitment in cash and services constitutes the biggest ever-national sponsorship in Olympic history in the category of Telecommunications. In addition the corporation has also pledged approximately another 102.7 million Euro in upgrades to its own infrastructure and services to meet the challenge of the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games."


Obviously, there's a Euro-or-two-ow to be made in every department and infrastructure construction of such a sport-fest, even in hiding steroids from medical detection, etc-and-on.

What's important is to realise that these megalith-investors-NOT-sponsors only invest if they can be assured of a substantial return - profit, cold, calculated, tax-avoided profit.

I think Humanity is now aware enough of the typical global corporation 'attitude' to the rest of us, so why do we fool ourselves that they have ANY Social, global, Ethical Good in mind, when they put-in their 'bids' to make-themselves evermore world-known and dangerously rich, via the culture-fucked spectators?

Nevertheless, for all the Good which resides in the concept of the Olympics, of being ideally, another means by which Humanity can "Come Together", share our talents and real estate-er-hamburgers-er-cultures, I cannot shout "SHUT 'EM DOWN!", so an Alternative idea for the future, where we will all have-globally-to scale-down the whole concept of cities, to a safer, decentralised population.

Therefore, a Right-minded People ("dream-on, mmmax?") and Their Government would form policy for these kinds of events, especially ones on similar scales, which reflect Good Culture.

It therefore follows that the kind of event which attracts the capitalistic predators of 'cola-burger inc', seeders and shamelessly deceitful propagandists for BAD CULTURE, would have to 'scale-down' their enslaughts into the Communities, especially in infrastructure construction - a very environmentally-unsound carry-on - which may be better-controlled in the size and kind of Olympic's 'produce' available at decentralised occasions.

Such events, may even be able to be (con)structured to evolve into new rural villages or townships.

This brings-up further questions about WHERE the Olympics are held, and the veracity therein. Veracity in that huge wealth is channeled from the dumbnut sportourorrist spectators, as directly as is possible, into the centres of global economic power, ultimately the top corporations operating their wicked magic in the 'selected' cities.

A Letter of Guarantee of 1,700,000 Euros is required by interested
parties (corporations) wishing to participate in tendering for Olympic sqwillions.

Kinda puts the Local grocer and newsagents under-a-slab don'it?

'Slabs' kindly brought to you by 'haliburten' and 'boral cement' no doubt.

WadaboutMUDDIES!?

WHEEL-BARROW RACES!?

I'll wager my pot-of-chocolate that all the 'Olympic cities' of the last fifty years were chosen to further the economic interests of the multinational corporations now dominating the western-global expansionist market.

Of course, the western arms manufactures would be in there somewhere, selling their 'security products' - guns, capsicum, uniforms, haircuts and powertrips galore................

So, keep the bloody "Games", but spread them, the spectacular events, the Visitors, the infrastructure, the Cultural intermingling and "OH SHIT!?" the wealth? around to the people of the rural planet Earth, to the regional poor, cultural poor People, so everyone may have a chance to appreciate the Excellence of the Events in themself, but in the Excellence of the Sporting achievements.

I guess the best result Humanity can ask for, from the Olympics, is that the "Games" may Inspire those who are behind the barrier, economically-speaking, in the host nations, to Aspire for a physically better life.

But ironically, the garbage sold at those events - hotdogs, pies and burgers, 'the typical fare' at most western sports-events, act 'viciously' against the very thing the events are ideally supposed to promote - physical (thence mental) health and excellence! Perhaps the later Olympic Games sought 'healthier food', but I wouldn't recognise it as such.

It is coming a time when the People will assert their Rights in matters of consumer-ism, product design regulation and other smelly aspects of the monster-production-beomith known as western corporate production, service and trade juggernaut.

A Sound Democracy, with an Educated citizenry, would have it's elected Governors-Committee institute regulations to minimize the cultural, social and environment impacts of events which, as we now know well by now, are not designed at-all to really improve the area where the events are held.

What right have the multinational egomaniacs to march into 'selected' countries and carve them up, ply them with their toxic-produce, reap the profit and dissappear back into corporate anonymity?

FUCK OFF!!!

Its a big shift, no doubt, which is why it's only hypothetical.

When the idea of decentralising the Olympics came to mind, so too did the old essay I wrote to the Australia-Talks-Back ABC Rad Nat program after they did one on "Visionaries". So I put my tuppence in.

Its relevent really only in one point, vision 3, but the remainder of the e-ssay has relevence too, so I left the whole letter as one.

Vision 3 is emboldened, in "Times New Roman" font.

So, give the Olympics to the People, not to the multitrashional enemies of a Peaceful Planet!


Hello Sandy, Thank-you again for the program, and your (and your team's) Intellect. Yay O, daily I remind my self that there is no progress without struggle! Four kilometres to a toilet, ten to fifteen kilometres to a computer, O Yay, life in the car challenges even the toughest of us. But the sunset from Mount Lofty is elevating to the Soul. "Positive, stay positive.... !"

Ah..., the Visionary? Good comment flowed on today's program and from callers.

But have we not heard it before....?
To what result?
Naturally Parliament is always tuned in and eager to adopt the Wisdoms therein put, which is why they cut funding (?)

So to whom do we appeal? Oh, I'II not be so cynical.

OK. Why does Australia lack people with Vision? "Mark Taylor for President!!! "

Pretty visionary. (Ooo-ow, aren 't I the cynic?)
Rather than delve into the obtuse for answers to the above, I'll just put those which are to me-me-me, the obvious.

Vision No 1. We have disintegrating rural lives, cultures and populations, because we have big cities. We have big cities because we have geographically large states, the governors of which, love that very influential (ie., very pocketable) power. Not to mention the adrenalin rush!

The answer: Decentralisation.

But that will not occur while we have the current three-tier system of government.

The Australian Labor Party, if it is serious about Good Government, should introduce a policy of decentralisation based on putting it's State's Parties out of existence, and of course the middle level of State Governmentarianism with it.

The Progressive Alternative to which we should aim, being local councils under the federal umbrella. The local councils being the collectors of all government revenue, which they distribute down or up to the appropriate authorities, be they private or public, local or federal. The salaries (and other exorbitant issues) of the Federal and State polies would then be decided upon by the local councillors, who could quite manageably then put such questions to their own local voters.
The hoped for effect of this system would be to re-engage the public in issues from local environmental to international trade-and- diplomatic relations.

Vision No 2. Lots and lots of lovely little cities, or, lots and lots of lovely large villages, sprinkled across the land with, the appropriate amount of farming and forestry, etc. to enable self-sufficiency, crop-and-husbandry rotation, and employment. An emphasis on more earthy (ie., "muddies maann!! yaye!) domestic and commercial construction, so requiring less unsound industry for the production of inbuilt-obsolescence sky-scrapers etcetera-Ugleee! etc.

Vision No 2.1. An inquisition into the Architectural profession, to purge it of artless witches! (Joke-joke-joke)(?)

This (Vision 2) would be wholistically conducive to an increase in immigration, and the flourishing of cultures, where here-and-there enclaves from all cultural backgrounds would blossom, making the Land vibrant and beautiful for locals, visitors and travellers from near-and-far.

And couldn't I go on!?


Vision No 3. Well, not quite fitting, but I thought I'd put in a HOY! for the Indigenies. An International Indigenies Olympic Games, based on their own (agreed upon) sports. Any natural stimulants are allowed, but they must be from their own Homelands, and picked fresh not more than one week before the Games. Again, the venues would be de-centralised across the Nations, perhaps with every seventh Olympics held at an Indigenies enclave in each new little city in Australia where an Indigenous nation from elsewhere in the world has settled. (Well, just an idea?)

Vision No 4. Touchy Vision this one. To enable Visions 1 and 2 to evolve, a publicly owned banking sector with fixed low interest rates of say 3% (?) (for the first twenty years) needs setting up. Answerable to a permanent federal banker's committee from the nationwide or Australasian region-wide body of new local banks. A national balance for such a localised bank organisation of X billion to fund land buy-ups for re-distribution to settlers.


Wholism, Wholism, Wholism. Groovy daddio. Smoke more Oxygen.

Love,


Eden Wise. (aka me)
aka
Max No Difference