Before he died in August of 2007, Aaron Russo gave an interview to Alex Jones. He wanted to give warning about the "New World Order" to the public.Full Transcript:https://sites.google.com/site/themattprather/Reading/aaron-russo/reflections-and-warnings-full-transcript
Detractors who want to deny, debunk, or disbelieve him will be able to do so. He makes errors in this interview, he believes some things that are false to be true, and he has used several misleading techniques in his America: Freedom to Fascism documentary to boost its appeal — to make it more compelling he has been dishonest in several places.
Thus, to those who want to find and seize on errors in his narrative, his worldview, or his fact base, and use those errors to categorically dismiss him and his "reflections and warnings", I promise you will be able to do so.
But — be careful if you do think you can categorically dismiss him. People are quick to spot the errors and bias of others, and to be merciless in their condemnation of others for having a false or erroneous worldview, yet people are often not so quick to spot or condemn their own errors and bias. In fact, people are amazingly blind to their own bias and errors.
Do we not all know a Republican who can gleefully recite ten contradictions in the mind of the average Democrat and yet simultaneously be amazingly blind to the contradictions in his own party? And of course likewise in the reverse, and of course likewise for any third-party enthusiast — they all are generous to themselves and blind to their own contradictions, even as they so easily see contradictions in others.
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I made this full transcript so that I could share the highlights of Aaron Russo's words with anyone. Even if he wasn't wholly right, I think he is right on the whole.
And if his story about what Nicholas Rockefeller told him is true, then this is an absolute bombshell of an interview, and would be the basis for prosecution.
Below are the highlights of the interview. I have edited and abridged them considerably, to make them more readable and coherent. The full transcript contains the quotes without edition and in their full, original context.
On philosophy and morality:
One should be able to respect one's self and one's actions. You have to take actions that you'd respect if somebody else did them. What's the point of living if you don't like who you are? You can have all the money in the world, and if you look in the mirror and you don't like what you see there, what's the point of it?
The most important thing is that I like who I am, and that I take actions that I would respect if somebody else did them, and live a life of character, honesty, and truthfulness.
I believe that a person has the ability to mold their character like a sculptor molds a piece of clay. There's an old saying that "a leopard never changes its spots" — I don't believe that. I believe people have the total ability to mold their character into what they choose to be in their life, what their ideals are.
And that's what I try to do with my life. I am not the same person today as I was thirty years ago. I've changed a lot. Because I wanted to be something better than I was before. And my philosophy is that you have to like yourself, you have to be a decent person, with character and integrity and honor. And that's what's important.* * *
People don't seem to have the courage to do what they have to do.
[Q: I want to say you've got a lot of courage.]
Well, thank you. I don't know if I have a lot of courage, I just have a sense of conscience and I have a sense of justice. I get nervous about what I do, but I do it because there's no other choice. I couldn't live with myself if I didn't do it.
But the fact of the matter is — I've ostracized myself pretty much out from Hollywood. People are afraid to deal with me in Hollywood a lot, because of what I do, and the things I say. I don't go along with routines. A lot of people in Hollywood know the truth, and they're not willing to stand up and speak about it. I know many of them have seen my movie, and they know I'm right, and they won't talk about it — because everybody's afraid.
Everybody's afraid because they think that this money they get, these Federal Reserve Notes, are really money, and they think they have a comfortable life-style, and they're afraid to change. They're afraid to stand up for what's right.
And until people are willing to stand up and have the courage to do what they need to do, it's not going to change. And hopefully what you're doing, what I'm doing, what other people like us are doing, can effect the change that people will stand up and say: "Hey. I've had enough."* * *
The thing is, we have one advantage: they need us to co-operate. See, if we don't co-operate with them, they can't win. And so they always need our co-operation to go along with their programs.
Once we learn not to co-operate with them, then we win the game. And that's the point. Don't co-operate with them. Don't go along with the program any more. Stop it.* * *
The only way to stop it is for good men to stand up. Was it Edmund Burke said: "Evil can only thrive when good men do nothing"? We've got to do something. That's what it is. "Silence is golden, but what it comes to your freedom, it's yellow."
We have to stop being scared, we have to stand up and do what's necessary, to take back the country, to stop these bankers, these elite, this government.
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We're dealing with complete evil. We're dealing with complete evil. And until the American people wake up, and say "We don't want this evil in our country any more, and we want to come back to being a country of decency, and goodness, and integrity, and honor," we're going down that road.
And that's what it going to take, it's going to take people standing up and saying: "We don't want to live in this kind of a world anymore."
I believe we should pull all our troops out of Iraq. I believe we should leave other countries alone. Let other countries live their lives the way they choose to. Stop trying to spread democracy around the world, which is the worst form of government there is anyway. Restore our Republic to what it's supposed to be, and go back to what the Founding Fathers gave us. And try and restore that. Restore the Republic.
Look, the point of everything is: that we have to mobilize. Each one of us. You and I can't do everything. You and I may be leaders, we may be out there and people listen to us, to what we have to say, and follow us, but the truth of the matter happens to be that it takes all Americans to stand together, to stand tall, to mobilize and say "I'm mad as hell. I'm not going to take it any more. We're going to stand up and fight the battle."
And you and I can't do this alone, we're just leaders of the thing, but other people have to join in with us, and stand side-by-side, shoulder-to-shoulder, and say "I'm not going to take it any more." That's what it's going to take to win this effort.
And to stop co-operating with the government. And with all their rules and regulations. And to wake everybody up. To educate everybody to what's going on.* * *Well, freedom, or liberty, is what people really want. And it's time to stop the duplicity of the government in lying to us. You see, many many people know the truth of what's happening in this country. They know the truth. But they're afraid to stand up. People have to find their courage, and stand up and say "I'm not going to take this anymore; I know the truth."* * *It's like they create a situation where if you tell the truth, you're considered a lunatic. In other words, if someone goes on a TV show and says "9/11 is an inside job," — "Oh, you're an idiot! You're crazy!" They call you names. You can't be afraid of that.
Don't be afraid to be ridiculed by these people. You know?If 9/11 was a phony — and I know it was — then stand up and say it's a phony. Don't be scared to tell the truth. Don't allow their powers or trying to make you look silly to frighten you.
Full > https://sites.google.com/site/themattprather/Reading/aaron-russo* * *
[Q: What do you think happened with Alan Greenspan? In the late '60s he wrote a section, in a book for Ayn Rand. And he talked about how horrible the Federal Reserve was, how we needed a gold standard, and how the bankers are robbing us. And then someone offered him something, and now you see somebody who basically made a deal with Beelzebub.]
Exactly. It's a deal with the devil. It gave him a chance to be one of the most powerful men on the Earth. And it gave him a chance to accomplish things he never thought he would have accomplished in his life, other than that.
And it's very seductive. It's a very attractive perfume. I mean, I was attracted when they came to me and spoke to me about it. I thought about it. I was attracted to it. They asked me if I wanted to open up a chain of bay-watch nightclubs, you know? — and "we'll do this, we'll do that. We can do this—"
I mean all these things were proposed to me. Business ventures.
But I can't do that to people, and I just can't be in a position where I can do that to other people. I have a conscience. And my conscience would not permit me to do that.
You know, people say I'm very courageous. I don't think I'm courageous. I think I have a conscience. And my conscience doesn't allow me to do that to people. I just — it makes me feel sick. I just don't believe in it.
[Q: Oh, I agree. When I do bad things, I feel bad. When I do good things I feel good.]
Yeah, exactly. And I feel the same way.* * *
If you don't fight the corruption, and you don't stand up for what's right in life, you're going to end up being a serf and a slave and you're leaving your children a world that you wouldn't want to live in yourself.
So how can you, in decency, behave that way? You have to stand up for what's right in life. And unless you do that, you're nothing.
