THE DECOMPOSITION OF CIVIL SOCIETY
When the crib is empty ….
A few years before he died, comedian George Carlin stated that he had «excluded himself from society», instead watched the madness in the United States and the rest of the world from the comfort of his couch. He justified his decision as follows:
«The world is a» freak show «and if you live in the US you can see it all from the front row»
A few days ago, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio removed the statue of one of the five authors of the American Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, from New York City Hall. The reason is supposed to have been that Jefferson was not the patriot he is recognized to have been for the past several hundred years, but instead a malicious, reprehensible person who, among other things, defended slavery in the southern states.
The latter is demonstrably untrue. Jefferson often expressed his opposition to slavery. How Jefferson was otherwise as a human being is perhaps easiest to understand by reading the declaration of independence and the constitution he was involved in writing in connection with the secession from the English guardianship. Based on that, Jefferson was one of the best history has to offer us when it comes to freedom of speech and human rights; on par with historical figures such as Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. and Mother Theresa.
So why this complete reversal? Why this sudden hatred of Thomas Jefferson, perhaps America’s greatest national hero ever?
….. then the horses bite
At the same time in California – with a hammer in their hands – young people are breaking into and looting high-priced retail chains such as Lululemon, Louis Vuitton and Saks Fifth Avenue in Los Angeles.
What is the cause of this «freak show»?
When money disappears, then everything disappears. When inflation – the same as lost purchasing power – hits your wallet – as with the middle class and the poor in the US – and the 100 dollars we had «yesterday» is suddenly worth 80 dollars in purchasing power, then Average Joe gets infuriated.
…and that is when those at the top of the pyramid steal even more from the people
This is how the banking and monetary system is organized. Those at the top of the economic pyramid steal from the middle class and the poor through inflation. They are first in line when central banks «print» money and this money is used by banks (often the same owners as the owners of the central banks, such as The Federal Reserve) to issue virtually unlimited credit, which is used by the top of the pyramid to buy stocks, bonds and housing , which leads to ever higher prices for the same shares, bonds and properties. Those who get the «newly printed» money last – the middle class and the poor – use the «crumbs» to buy increasingly expensive houses to live in, and increasingly expensive consumer goods, perhaps also stocks and bonds if they have money left over. Those who get the money last always pay the most in this banking and money pyramid scheme.
…. until the people no longer have enough food on the table and a roof over their heads
When the money is gone, the once at the bottom of the pyramid steel as well. As Frederic Bastiat so elegantly explained this Marxist, collectivist and fascist model of society:
«Everyone plunders each other»
…. and that is where we are today – in plundering society, where the middle class and the poorest always come out worst, see below:
What this graph shows us is how the Banking and Money System through the Fractional Reserve Lending model (where banks have a monopoly on «printing» money / credit) leads to uncontrollable debt levels where debt / credit always leads to the rich getting richer at the top of the pyramid scheme , while at the bottom they always get poorer; until the pyramid collapses and the middle class and the poor are left with the bill, and are forced by the politicians – who are in the pockets of banking and money power – to save those at the top of the pyramid with taxes provided by the present and future middle class tax payers. And so, history repeats itself, time and time again.
Thomas Jefferson’s experience with money printing
Which brings us back to New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and his Marxist supporters – who fail to understand that it is «their own» they are plundering – thus the need to throw America’s perhaps greatest national hero, Thomas Jefferson, in the trash bin. It is all based on an absurd ideology that such cultural Marxist actions serve the left’s path toward Nirvana – by «chasing the populace into paradise», as Marx and Lenin and other Marxist ideologues would label it. The left has never understood that just as Karl Marx » was financed by Baron von Rothschild» in connection with the publication of the Communist Manifesto in 1848, so too the left is being financed by those who own and control the current banking and monetary system today. The cultural Marxist elite and its followers are, literally, tricked into and happily drag the rest of us down the road to the inevitable economic, social and moral collapse.
Here is part of the explanation:
To understand how important it is to limit state power, ie the politicians ‘influence over the people – something the left has never understood – we must understand how important it is to limit the politicians’ access to money. The more money our elected representatives and state bureaucrats get control over, the more harmful it is to society.
«The Founding Fathers» which authored the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the Constitution in 1787 had two main principles:
- «Small government» (limited state power) which was to guarantee personal freedom, such as freedom of expression and;
- «Honest money», which would prevent a few – the banking and money power – from having the opportunity to «print money» for themselves and plunder the people
According to Jefferson, Madison and Washington, limited state power and honest money went «hand in hand» to limit how much our elected representatives could destroy society through state influence and irresponsible spending. In Norway, we operate with a deficit of approx. 20%, which should tell us that Jefferson and Madison had a point.
Jefferson, Madison and Washington all had bad experiences with paper money. Jefferson’s story is interesting and explains why these gentlemen were so concerned with «honest money».
In 1773, Jefferson’s father-in-law, Wayles, died, and Jefferson and his two brothers-in-law became trustees in connection with the inheritance settlement. At that time, the trustee was personally liable for his actions as trustee.
Wayles left behind land values of 20,000 pounds and a debt to British creditors of 11,000 pounds. A good annual salary at that time was 100 pounds so this represented significant value.
Much of the properties were sold, but it quickly became apparent that many of the buyers were having difficulty paying for it. Therefore, seller’s credit was given. A couple of years hence, paper money was introduced as «legal tender» in Virginia, but uncontrollable printing of money due to war led to this paper money eventually becoming worthless. Jefferson thus experienced the «worst of two worlds»; He was paid for the lands he had sold on credit with worthless paper money. The debt to British creditors also had to be paid of course, however, could only be repaid in pounds. This led to Jefferson’s insolvency which he remained until the day he died on United States National Day, July 4, 1826.
Jefferson sold the properties on credit and ended up with worthless paper money. This is a sad example of how paper money causes devastation for the creditor/lender while benefitting the debtor; much the same way that current fiscal policy steals from savers (those responsible) and rewards those with high personal consumption (those irresponsible). With the state being one of the worst sinners; with high spending and consumption», it is easy to understand that the theft of asset and property values may continue – to the great detriment of society.
«The Founding Fathers’ experience with uncontrolled money printing is the reason why the US Constitution clearly stated that one dollar was» 37 grains of silver. » Nothing else. In other words, and to avoid dilution, the value of the dollar was expressed as a weight. When the United States and the rest of the world departed from the «gold standard» in the 1970s, the opportunity opened up for widespread «dishonest money», ie unrestrained money printing based on politicians’ desire for arbitrary political priorities and the need for uncontrolled money printing (counterfeiting) to achieve this purpose.
It is the «Fractional Reserve Lending» system, with unrestrained lending activities, which has resulted in vast credit expansion these past 30-40 years, which in turn has led to the unsustainable debt situation that large parts of the world is experiencing today. One can understand why Jefferson is probably «spinning in his grave» over the irresponsibility of politicians throughout these past 30-40 years.
As an obvious consequence of the politicians’ recklessness , state power is the «winner» together with those who control the banking and monetary system, while the «loser» is the middle class and poor, and worst of all personal freedom.
We stand at a crossroads
75 years after World War II, most people have forgotten that Adolf Hitler was originally Austrian, and that Austria has a history where they have managed to turn a financial crisis into a brutal attack on freedom. In May 1931, the Austrian bank Credit Anstalt collapsed as a result of large non-performing loans during the Depression. The bank was established in 1855 by Rothschild, but could not be saved. When it faultered, it became clear that Austria and Germany would not be able to pay the war debt after World War I without resorting to inflation, ie «money printing». The result was that bank customers «fled» to gold.
The point to be made here is that everything – absolutely everything – is connected, and the scenario is always the same:
- Some credit institution of great importance, such as Credit Anstalt in 1931 and Lehman Brothers in 2008 – perhaps due to defaults in e.g. the Chinese real estate company Evergrande – leads to a systemic crisis in the banking and financial markets
- The systemic crisis leads to a repricing of government bonds when the professional investors understand that the government bonds they hold will be repaid with «inflated money», ie with a «hundred dollar bill» that suddenly is worth 70 or 80 dollars, perhaps even less.
- The repricing causes financial collapse because the market is so large that only a few investors are able to «get out the backdoor at the end of the room» before it is too late.
- The story of Austria and Germany in the 1930s tells us what happens next. The financial crisis leads to inflation (already underway) and inflation – lower purchasing power and poorer population – led to a social crisis; then a moral crisis and a collapse of civil society.
- The collapse of civil society at that time led to – and will always lead to – the totalitarian fascist society (communism, fascism – choice of label has no significance). The increasingly totalitarian society (as we see strong tendencies of today) led to World War II.
- Today, Austria is once again leading the way, this time «in sharp competition» with Australia, by being the first country in Europe to first shut down society for the unvaccinated, then shut it down for the entire population. In Germany, which also has an ugly history of introducing fascism, the Minister of Health stated that Germans could choose between «vaccination or death». Germany is also ready to shut down everything for both the vaccinated and unvaccinated
- The end game is a digital and centralized monetary system that the money power and our politicians want us to believe is more democratic and will give us more freedom than a decentralized monetary system based on cryptocurrency (Bitcoin). If we believe in this obvious lie – that central control of the state is better than decentralized control by the people – then we accept a society and a world where a small elite and their politician cronies have total control over your money and your life.
The obvious question
Why is it that we never learn anything from history? Why is humanity apparently doomed to make the same totalitarian mistakes that throughout history have cost hundreds of millions of people their freedom and their lives? What is it about us that makes us so loyal to the state and our relationship with authorities that we not only do what they ask of us, no matter how undemocratic and criminal it is, but that we do it with such empathy and fervor? Do we not understand that we are in the same «democratic cradle» and that if freedom and life » is being ruined for some, then eventually it is ruined for everyone?
Rothbard’s prediction of the European Monetary Union (EMU) and Europe
In his 1963 book on economic depression, economics professor Murray Rothbard states:
«Banks would never be able to expand credit in concert were it not for the intervention and encouragement of government»
In 1993, Rothbard was asked what he thought about the idea of a European Monetary Union (EMU). Rothbard replied that EMU was a good but terribly naive idea because politicians will always be tempted to spend money they do not really have on all sorts of «good causes». This will lead to an overly expansionary fiscal policy, which in turn lead to large deficits and debt in all EMU countries.
Instead of addressing the consequences of such a development by dismantling EMU, thereby making visible and accountable «its failed project», Rothbard believed that politicians would put their prestige into saving EMU «at any cost». Rothbard predicted a hopeless economic collapse, which the politicians would «blame on the free market», and thus demand even more regulation and supranational (political) governance, most likely through a proposal for a common banking union. Rothbard warned against what he called the unwinding of democracy and disenfranchisement of the European people and the dismantling of independent, free nations, and reminded us that such a situation could again lead to war in Europe. It has been 28 years since Rothbard made his predictions about EMU and the future of Europe, and his prediction of an economic collapse and war in Europe seems increasingly frightening.
The populace will be «chased into the socialist and collectivist paradise»
With a simple sentence from former Prime Minister Margareth Thatcher, we can summarize what has happened in the last 40-50 years:
«The problem with socialism is that you end up running out of other people’s money.»
Thatcher’s statement is the simplest and best explanation for the tragedy that is unfolding in Europe and the rest of the world. Socialism was the big loser in the «Cold War». But socialism and its degrading view of humanity is tenacious. It is alive and well in Norway, as well as with the power elite in Brussels; both places led by old school socialists with their heads buried in ideological wreckage based on collectivism and the dictatorship of the proletariat.
Whether they want to or not, «the people will be driven into paradise». And what a paradise it has become: After 40-50 years of looting of the productive and creative capital, the reality is bottomless debt, mass unemployment, and a Europe in deep economic and social crisis. The Old Socialists in Brussels have literally «run out of other people’s money».
Now, the monetary system must be replaced so that the money power and their “money launderers” – politicians and bureaucrats – can continue the moral, social, economic and legal plunder of the population, and as always it is the «crisis that is the solution»: a so-called pandemic as an excuse to shut down society and cause moral, economic and social collapse, thereby consolidating the iron grip of the power elite over all moral, social, economic and social conditions.
If we let them do it this time – as history will testify to – it will be the last time.
Then slavery and the totalitarian state will be a harsh reality, and it will be instituted without a sufficient number of us understanding what actually took place.
Today’s quote:
«The corona certificate has been a huge success,» said all EU ministers who met elsewhere in Brussels on Tuesday morning. But still the infection is increasing again now, so what should you do now? » – source: Aftenbladet / Politiken
Hmmm… ..anyone who dares challenge the logic here?
Which leads me to today’s recommended video:
MASS PSYCHOSIS – How an Entire Population Becomes MENTALLY ILL:
Have a nice weekend!
“Always speak your mind, even in the minority of one. The truth is still the truth ”- Mahatma Gandhi
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