{"id":231192,"date":"2023-03-13T12:01:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T12:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=231192"},"modified":"2023-03-12T09:30:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-12T09:30:49","slug":"beware-the-cides-of-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2023\/03\/beware-the-cides-of-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware the \u201cCides\u201d of March"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reflections on Human Frailties, Virtues, and Betrayal: Finding Solace in Shakespeare\u2019s \u201cJulius Caesar\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cWhere of what\u2019s past is prologue;<\/em>
\nWhat to come, in yours and mine discharge.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

— William Shakespeare (26 Apr 1564-23 Apr 1616), The Tempest<\/em> (1611)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cThere is a tide in the affairs of men<\/em>
\nWhich taken at the flood leads onto fortune; Omitted all the voyage of their life<\/em>
\nIs bound in shallows and misery.<\/em>
\nOn such a full sea, are we now afloat;<\/em>
\nAnd we must take the current when it serves,<\/em>
\nOr lose our ventures.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

— Julius Caesar (1599) – Act 4, Scene 3<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Introduction<\/strong><\/h3>\n

8 Mar 2023 – There is an omnipresent compliance with death in our world, fashioned by a secretive \u201cConfederation\u201d of individual, groups, and corrupt nations creating a \u201cDystopia\u201d to serve their purposes of global control and domination (Marsella, 2021).<\/p>\n

Citizen opposition to the \u201cConfederation\u201d is insufficient for stemming the \u201cMortal Tide.\u201d The Confederation\u2019s collaborative concentration of wealth, power, and position, includes corrupt national governments, financial organizations, mega-corporations, stakeholder Capitalism, media platforms, and military cabals and alliances. Citizen reliance on media platforms offer \u201cNo Information,\u201d \u201cLimited Information,\u201d \u201cDisinformation,\u201d and\/or biased and corrupt \u201cPropaganda.\u201d<\/p>\n

Citizens have passed the point of no return. The die is cast.\u201d (Suetonius to Julius Caesar, on January 10, 48 BC, as Caesar crosses the Rubicon in direct defiance of the Senate, beginning a war with Pompey)<\/p>\n

CIDES . . .<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u201cCides<\/strong>\u201d (Root:\u201cCidium,\u201d <\/strong>refers to the act of killing), is a process term. When joined with targeted nouns, it communicates intentional, deliberate, extermination, by killing, murder, and slaying. A \u201clexicon\u201d of \u201cCides,\u201d <\/strong>is displayed in Chart 1. \u201cAye, there\u2019s the rub!\u201d<\/p>\n

Chart 1: A Lexicon of \u201cCides\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In all \u201cCides\u201d <\/strong>reside an end to life, a \u201cbetrayal\u201d of the forces which once sustained survival among human, cultural, and nature life-forms. Extinction is now upon us, at all levels.<\/p>\n

IDES . . . Ides . . .<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u201cIdes\u201d <\/strong>refers to the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October. The \u201cFifteen\u201d day was considered a day to pay off all financial debts owed. Perhaps, however, it was also a day for personal debts of gratitude and appreciation to be repaid, lest we forget obligations to those who cared for us. The \u201cThirteen\u201d day was used for similar purposes in other months.<\/p>\n

\u201cIdes\u201d <\/strong>are a poignant departure place for writing about \u201cCides,\u201d <\/strong>the \u201cAct of Killing,\u201d <\/strong>an act familiar to us amidst constant and continuous civil and international wars and violence resulting in billions of deaths.<\/p>\n

Compliance with Death<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Tolerance, indifference, and willful to compliance with death is emblematic of our times! The \u201cConfederation\u201d has seized control. \u201cMoral\u201d Authority\u201d is now under their control, eluding law and justice. A \u201cDystopian\u201d world is imminent.<\/p>\n

Robert Burrowers, (February, 2023) a well-known scholar and social commentator, has published a detailed history of these groups, entitled: \u2018Historical Analysis of the Global Elite: Ransacking the World Economy Until<\/a> \u201cYou\u2019ll Own Nothing.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

Ian Davis and Whitney Webb (2023), and Webb (2023) have published an exposes of \u201cConfederation\u201d members, using the term Global Public- Private Partnership (G3P). <\/strong>Members of G3P <\/strong>include:.<\/p>\n