TRILATERALISM IS THE RULING FAMILIES ATTEMPT TO MANAGE THEIR OWN DOMINANCE OVER SOCIETY BY DEALING WITH PROBLEMS THAT GO AGAINST THEIR POWER. QUOTES FROM MEMBERS OF THE TRILATERAL COMMISSION: "SOME OF THE PROBLEMS OF GOVERNANCE IN THE UNITED STATES TODAY STEM FROM AN EXCESS OF DEMOCRACY... NEEDED, INSTREAD, IS A GREATER DEGREE OF MODERATION IN DEMOCRACY." "EFFECTIVE CAPITALIST DEMOCRACY IS LIMITED DEMOCRACY!" "A CAPITALIST ECONOMY CANNOT WITHSTAND THE PRESSURE OF DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION." "THE MEDIA IS ALMOST WHOLLY CONTROLLED BY GIANT CORPORATIONS LIKE TIME, CBS, NBC, ABC-WHICH ARE IN TURN CONTROLLED LARGELY BY BANKS SUCH AS CHASE MANHATTAN AND CITIBANK." "BY NOW HIGHER EDUCATION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT VALUE-PRODUCING SYSTEM IN SOCIETY. THAT IT WORKS POORLY IS A MATTER OF GREAT CONCERN." "LIKE DEMOCRACY, EDUCATION MUST BE LIMITED-SERVING THE DESIRES OF THE RULING FAMILIES. EDUCATION AND WORK GO HAND IN HAND. COMMISSIONERS RECOMMEND THAT MORE TEENAGERS BE STEERED AWAY FROM COLLEGE TOWARD VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND THAT AN ATTEMPT BE MADE TO LOWER THE CAREER EXPECTATIONS; OR ELSE THERE WILL BE A SURPLUS OF PEOPLE WITH COLLEGE DEGREES. THESE MEASURES ARE AIMED FIRST AND FOREMOST, NOT AT THE TRADITIONALLY EDUCATED WHITE MALE ELITE, BUT AT MINORITIES AND WOMEN WHO FILL THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE WORK FORCE." "WHEN THE MASSES OF PEOPLE DEMAND A DECENT LIVELIHOOD TRILATERALISM WOULD LIKE IT TO SUFFICE TO SAY "LET THEM EAT SYMBOLIC DEMOCRACY"; AND WHEN PEOPLE DEMAND TRUE DEMOCRACY, TRILATERALISM RESPONDS WITH "LET THEM MAKE THEIR CHOICE FROM THE SELECTION WE PROVIDE," IN THE ILLUSION OF DEMOCRACY DRIVEN BY THE IDEA THAT YOU GET WHAT YOU ASK FOR." "TRUE POLITICAL DEMOCRACY (THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES RULING) CANNOT EXIST WITHOUT ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY (THE PEOPLE MAKING THE DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THEIR OWN ECONOMY) AND ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY CANNOT EXIST UNDER CAPITALISM."
       HISTORY TEACHES US THAT EVERY OPPRESSED CLASS MUST GAIN LIBERATION THROUGH ITS OWN EFFORTS. THE OPPRESSION UPON THE PEOPLE CANNOT BE RATIONALIZED. IF THE PEOPLE EVER FIND OUT THAT IS WHEN THEY WILL OVERCOME IT BY THE POWER OF BEING UNITED TOGETHER IN THE STRUGGLE FOR THEIR OWN LIBERATION.