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To: Bearcatbob who wrote (184547)

6/22/2014 9:26:22 AM

From: isopatch

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We don't have a "trickle down" economy. If we did? Wealth disparity would be stable or declining. But the graphs show in my prior clearly demonstrate that's not the case.

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And correction:..))

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As the tiny 1/10 of 1% elite continue to methodically confiscate the wealth of everyone else via a wholly owned, bought and paid for, bi-partisan regime and MSM....the reality is:

TRICKLE UP.

There are no exceptions throughout the thousands of years of history for which we have written records and research. Starting in early 2009, repeatedly posted (on my own thread) a short book list of top historical research studies (read from 2006-2008) covering many different cultures, in different centuries, across the world, which have gone thru exactly the same sequence of rapid decline we find our socio-economic system is currently locked into. We can be blindly optimistic and insist there'll be major reform or that energy, technology or some other savior will free us from this. But the truth is, when official corruption, astronomical debt levels, food resources and, and concentration of wealth and power become overwhelming there is no turn around. Only collapse.

As I said, I don't know when the next bear market, or the next phase of this depression/socio-economic collapse will come. But, historically speaking...

<this time will not be different>.

The 2009 book list is below. Doubt anyone will bother to read any of them. Denial is always more popular than knowledge of the status quo at this late stage of rapid societal decline.

Isopatch

To: isopatch (who wrote)	3/24/2009 7:06:08 PM
From: Cactus Jack

Ken, I have cut and pasted from past PMs that you've sent; the final message at the bottom had the biggest treasure trove. In the order that you sent them (top to bottom) and thanks again: ************************* Finished 2nd volume of Thomas Sowell's cultural history trilogy: Migrations & Cultures. Not as good as Conquest & Culture. But, worth the read. *********************** FWIW, my favorite conservative historical work is a large tome by British Historian Paul Johnson. Title is Modern Times. Read it earlier this year. Best book I've ever read dealing with the 20th Century. *********************** At 64, my goals and objectives in life have changed immensely. 10% of every day spent in prayer and meditation. After that the priority list is the joy of continuing a fairly heavy weight, self directed, reading program. Finished Save The Males, by Kathleen Parker a few days ago. Now reading A History of Christianity, by highly regarded cultural historian - Paul Johnson. ************************* 4 good ones to start on: 1. A History Of The Middle Ages, by Joseph Dahmus. Doubleday, 1968. 1995 ed pub by Barnes & Noble. 2. Who's Who In The Middle Ages, by John Fines. pub. 1970. 1995 ed. by Barnes & Noble. 3. The Fall Of The Roman Empire, by Peter Heather. Oxford, 2006. 4. The Collapse Of Complex Societies, by Joseph Tainter. Cambridge, 1988. 10th reprint in 2004 I'm most interesting in the transition from the highly centralized, authoritarian, organization of an Imperial society to the more fragmented structures characteristic of Medieval Societies. What changes from one to the other? How do they change? And how R people at all societal levels affected by such change? #1 In it's early chapters, is very good in covering changes in land tenure and contingent socio-economic changes. #2. Strongest in tracing the military history of the period. But recent archeological evidence is also very interesting and thought provoking. #3 Helps connect people with events and trends and give you a more wholistic view of the period. #4. Important book in helping us understand the why and how of societies and empires unraveling. Other books, on the topic, R already in W. Va. So, can't provide you with complete publication information. Eleanor of Aquitaine (biography) is also a very good overview of the time of Henry II and his family with a focus on the long conflict between the french crown and the english monarchs over numerous territories that eventually became parts of France. William Marshall (biography) covers the life of one of history's greatest (perhaps the greatest) single combat warriors and a man whose character I greatly admire. (Even paid homage to him by visiting his tomb at Temple Church when we were in London in 2007). The Yellow Cross is a sociological study of late Cathar practices and society in southern France. A History of Christianity by my fav cultural historian Paul Johnson. Very good coverage of Medieval Europe AWA all other periods. Am currently reading his more recent book: Art. A New History. The man is an absolute genius. He's probably forgotten more than I'll never know about history. There're several others I'm forgetting, including another on the Cathars AWA many more on the history of Christianity that there's now time to include here. Needless to say, some in depth understanding Judeao-Christian history is crucial to understanding of the Medieval period AWA the rest of Western Civ.>