Topic: Money Power

The suspicious death of agricultural official Henry Marshall is discussed as a key moment in the LBJ cover-up. Marshall, who refused a bribe to ignore the cotton allotment fraud, was found dead with five gunshot wounds to his back, yet his death was initially ruled a suicide. The segment references Barr McClellan's book, "Blood, Money & Power," which details LBJ's use of violence and blackmail to maintain his political empire.

Attali's text argues that a new "global religion" will be needed to replace traditional rights and dignity in a technocratic order. He traces the history of power from religious hierarchies to military power, and finally to the "order of money." Dyer explains that in this view, money becomes the most efficient way to control and channel societal violence, eventually becoming the new "sacred."