In the past I would agree with you but it's no longer that simple. If that were the case the US/EU would not be stealing Russia's foreign reserves and taking Russian assets in Europe. The Fed was against these moves because it undermines confidence in the global monetary system they control.
That's great news. I remember you mentioned the grain screening a while back so glad to hear it worked out. That's some real significant savings. Ya know what they say about invention and its mother. I miss having critters to tend. Watching videos is fun but just not the same.
I think there is a quiet battle within elite circles but I also think that the vast majority of the energy and power is on one side. We see a few partial holdouts to this rule by elite institutions but I think most of them see it as simply re-establishing the status-quo ante when the people were simply not heard from or seriously considered through most of US history. And to a certain extent they have a point. It's not one I respect as I'm a strong believer in democracy, and practically speaking they have, by ignoring the vox populi for decades, really crashed the plane into the mountain.
If we have a chance it won't be because a large faction of elite power structure abandon the color revolution. It'll be because a few take a brave stand, help wake up the people, and most importantly, the elites in control continue to fail and cause misery and hardship, perhaps even war, for a people already deeply resentful of them.
You are so right. I have pointed out many times on various platforms that the 17th Amendment to the US Constitution ended the American Republic. It killed the issue of State’s rights and turned America into a Popular Democracy. Yet, there are those who want to argue that America is still a republic. Fifty-five years ago, Civics was still being taught in high schools (though not very well). I finally concluded that it is not being taught any more, or in some sort of skewed or distorted way. We have a politically ignorant citizenry in need of some sort of reality inducing tool, as you imply.
The 17th amendment made null part of Article I, Section 3 of the US Constitution. Originally US Senators were chosen by each State's Legislature and not through popular election by the people. Republics are set up to protect those who have the most vested in a country, or the most to lose. In the case of America, those who had the most to lose to centralized power were the States. Ratified in 1913, its backers knew that the best way to destroy Constitutional Authority was to put it to a vote of the people. I doubt that your 1985 textbook may have the original wording of the Constitution. It may. There was an effort during the Reagan years to stop teaching revisionist history, but the revisionist went right back to work afterwards.
The international monetary system is above the security state
In the past I would agree with you but it's no longer that simple. If that were the case the US/EU would not be stealing Russia's foreign reserves and taking Russian assets in Europe. The Fed was against these moves because it undermines confidence in the global monetary system they control.
Frankly, that is a terrifying sign of the times.
What an education! I knew we were being screwed, but I did not know how intricately and convoluted a screwing it was.
Hmm, I haven't listened to that interview. It'll take a brave soul but maybe I can do it. Thanks for the idea, and hope all is well on the farm :)
That's great news. I remember you mentioned the grain screening a while back so glad to hear it worked out. That's some real significant savings. Ya know what they say about invention and its mother. I miss having critters to tend. Watching videos is fun but just not the same.
I'll check them out. Thanks for the recommendations!
I think there is a quiet battle within elite circles but I also think that the vast majority of the energy and power is on one side. We see a few partial holdouts to this rule by elite institutions but I think most of them see it as simply re-establishing the status-quo ante when the people were simply not heard from or seriously considered through most of US history. And to a certain extent they have a point. It's not one I respect as I'm a strong believer in democracy, and practically speaking they have, by ignoring the vox populi for decades, really crashed the plane into the mountain.
If we have a chance it won't be because a large faction of elite power structure abandon the color revolution. It'll be because a few take a brave stand, help wake up the people, and most importantly, the elites in control continue to fail and cause misery and hardship, perhaps even war, for a people already deeply resentful of them.
You are so right. I have pointed out many times on various platforms that the 17th Amendment to the US Constitution ended the American Republic. It killed the issue of State’s rights and turned America into a Popular Democracy. Yet, there are those who want to argue that America is still a republic. Fifty-five years ago, Civics was still being taught in high schools (though not very well). I finally concluded that it is not being taught any more, or in some sort of skewed or distorted way. We have a politically ignorant citizenry in need of some sort of reality inducing tool, as you imply.
The 17th amendment made null part of Article I, Section 3 of the US Constitution. Originally US Senators were chosen by each State's Legislature and not through popular election by the people. Republics are set up to protect those who have the most vested in a country, or the most to lose. In the case of America, those who had the most to lose to centralized power were the States. Ratified in 1913, its backers knew that the best way to destroy Constitutional Authority was to put it to a vote of the people. I doubt that your 1985 textbook may have the original wording of the Constitution. It may. There was an effort during the Reagan years to stop teaching revisionist history, but the revisionist went right back to work afterwards.