if you tune out to my detailed response, below, i recommend you check out these resources as a challenge to your world view...
renaissance 2.0
csper.org
the corbett report...
corbettreport.com
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>>Skeets, you're falling into the trap of making the behavior of a very complex system sound like it was the execution of some monolithic plan. That's not realistic.<<
the system isn't as complex as you have been led to believe. self interest IS the system and the monetary system IS the means by which almost everyone aligns their self interest.
control, with dictator like precision, the monetary system - well, you wield a lot of control at the macro level.
those who benefit from the systematic asset stripping of society have the most money to guide the self interest of others. they get to buy the media outlets, lobby congress for the desires and, in fact, cut deals with candidates and finance them in the first place.
can you? how many laws have you written and gotten passed through your congress person?
>>Little as I'm inclined to let the Fed off the hook,<<
they criminally broke the law. the fed lies about their mandate. the government lies about their mandate. the media lies about their mandate.
this isn't trivial and it isn't by accident.
anybody that actually reads the mandate knows the mandate is to keep credit in line with GDP and the RESULTS OF KEEPING CREDIT IN LINE WITH WITH GDP ARE LOW UNEMPLOYMENT AND STABLE PRICES.
i have a budget of $0 to investigate the fed.
the news agencies get millions in tax payer bailout dollars... oh, maybe that explains it. ;-)
the fed broke the law. everyone else played along, all guided by their own personal self interest, SOCIETY BE D*MNED.
they know how we operate and they set up the systems in order to leverage that for their own benefit. they don't control people like puppets, they dangle the cash as an incentive to act in their interests AND PEOPLE LINE UP TO DO THEIR BIDDING!
>>there were many mouths enthusiastically blowing up the credit bubble and gaming the system, some of whom managed to blow themselves up along with the bubble, hardly the sign of a well-ordered plan, lol.<<
you gloss right over the salient point - too busy laughing i guess to engage the brain that last little bit.
some corporate fronts BLEW UP THE TAX PAYER, NOT THEMSELVES!
$100S OF BILLIONS IN PRIVATE GAINS, SOCIALIZED LOSSES TO THE CITIZENRY.
they raked in the criminal loot on the way up, and then left all the trash for the tax payer to deal with.
OH, AND THEY GOT IT ALL WITH NO STRINGS ATTACHED. THEY RAKE IN BILLIONS IN TAX PAYER FUNDED BONUSES BECAUSE THEY HELD UP THE TAX PAYER AT GUN POINT - PAY ME OFF, MFER, OR I BLOW UP THE ECONOMY!
random chance my *ss. there is a reason the fed breaks the law with immunity. there is a reason goldman sachs and that crony crowd runs the treasury - even if they have to bring in a tax cheat to do it!
sweet deal, no? oh, i'm sure they gave all those toxic assets to the tax payer by accident. or for the benefit of the children, right? this is where you ought to be laughing at the sheer magnitude of the crime hidden in plain sight.
yeah, that's right - you just got a glimpse into the corporate fronts for BIG CAPITAL.
oh, guess what? i'm sure it is an accident that the TBTF banks CONTROL THE FEDERAL RESERVE!
pure coincidence for sure!!!
or that goldman sachs was running the treasury instead of, well, their competition like a lehman exec. when was the last time a lehman exec was treasury secretary? oh, coincidence, i'm sure.
they proclaim themselves too big to fail, so you go down for them. they only hope you don't put the pieces together in time.
did you ever wonder why boeing advertises on TV?
they control the media through the self interest of the media providers as explained very thoroughly here...
youtube.com
yes, it is "conspiracy theory" to think that advertisers who shell out $10s of millions in advertising have any pull over what is actually published, right? NOT!
it is econ 101.
would you get on national TV and run down your boss as a fraud and expect to have a job the next day?
why would a reporter?
why would a news agency air the report of such a reporter?
i'm not wed to the idea it some kind of monolithic conspiracy where everyone in a small room agrees exactly on how things will proceed - that's a straw man.
i do believe the uber wealthy conspire to see their self interest (econ 101) is looked after, though.
it is absurd to think otherwise.
was it in the self interest of the mega banks to have the fed they control criminally blow the largest credit bubble human history? of course - they made a mint! can you imagine the commissions on $1,600 trillion in derivatives? can you imagine the inside information profits on the way up?
was it in the self interest of the mega banks to get bailed out at tax payer expense? of course. again, the insider trading on the Fed created volatility was plush, too, not to mention the criminal high frequency trading that is allowed to go on as the mega banks REFUSE to use their private federal reserve to regulate themselves. all the while hoping that people won't catch on to the criminal syndicate at work here.
was it in the self interest fo Big Capital's other mega corporations to make off shoring jobs american tax free? of course.
90% of jobs are created by mom and pop shops, but they got 3% of the bailout money. it wasn't about jobs, it was about FEEDING THE BIG CAPITAL CORPORATE MACHINE!
was that in their self interest - as in econ 101, NOT CONSPIRACY THEORY?
absolutely.
who benefits from never ending war as society is pushed deeper and deeper into debt servitude (to whom????????) and our kids are being sacrificed for the mega corporate gods?
i'll let smedley break it down for you.
youtube.com
the media is out there directing your train of thought and biasing you against the pure criminality of the robber baron criminal class. the one threat they face is being exposed and having their systems of control exposed.
yeah, it is scary to realize that america is under attack, looted and de-industrialized BY DESIGN.
read sun tzu...
1. war is all about deception
2. the best fighter never has to fight.
3. if you fight a war, end it quick or you bankrupt the nation (enslave the nation to creditors - who would be... ta freaking da - BIG CAPITAL). never ending war, encouraged by both parties, is DESIGNED to bankrupt america - every high randing military person has read the art of war - BUT THEY HOPE YOU HAVEN'T! and the MSM won't tell you!
so, yeah, go ahead and believe this systemic gutting of america that always benefits one class of people at the expense of everyone else is somehow random.
you put a smile on the robber baron faces.
if my assumption is wrong, nothing much changes.
if your assumption is wrong, though, your inaction gives carte blanche to the ongoing looting of america by the finance capital robber baron class.
test your assumptions - thoroughly. but don't wait for the corporate controlled MSM to lie and twist everything for you.
find a good source of information - not that they will always be right. but at least they aren't dishonest and shilling for the Big Capital crowd that pays those $10 million salaries and acts gatekeeper for the information flow. |
