What would need to be done?

[Just a Thought]

I have been reading up on economics recently and and I am starting to realize the huge learning and complexity curve that it entails. I recently went back and saw a video by Stefan about the scale of America's problems. He talked about how much debt we are in and lols of other economic troubles and how the is very little to nothing that can be done to prevent economic collapse. So here are my questions:

 

1. Has that changed at all? Are we doing better or worse since the video for a year ago?

2. If there is anything that can be done, what would those options look like? What steps would need to be taken to move toward a freer market? Whether that is policies or changes in practice in the private sector. Anything really. or is it better to just start stocking up on canned food in my basement. haha.

[n4hpg]

In answer to your questions:

 

1. Things have changed - they've gotten massively worse.

 

2. Let me give you the short answer first.

 

2A. Yes, it would be prudent to have 6 months of food, water and bullets in your basement.

 

2B. The full answer might be forthcoming in a paper I might write as I understand the material very well due to education and training.

 

2C. The prerequisite for any positive change is that of true and inspired leadership and the renewal of the rule of law. Without this, nothing can be done. And  yes, Mr. Trump appears to be our best option.

 

2D. It is not a case of market freedom at issue. It's a case of the systems by which we had based our legal and economics have been so perverted as to cease to exist. Some have called me a "statist", but examination of the Constitution, the Federalist Papers and other original sources shows how our present predicament was forecast over 200 years ago.

 

The very short list of things necessary to FIX the system:

1. Reinstating the rule of law and adherence to the letter of the Constitution.

2. Undoing at least 20 Supreme Court decisions.

3. Repealing most laws and regulations.

4. Adopting a new currency that is pegged to a commodity. Say, $1 = 5 grams of fine gold.

5. Encouraging manufacturing as producing tangible items for domestic and foreign consumption is the cornerstone of prosperity.

6. Repealing the 17th Amendment

7.  Disbanding the Department of Indoctrination (Education) and returning education to the local governments.

8. Disbanding the IRS and abolishing the income tax.

 

There are many more and I've omitted lots of detail for the sake of brevity.

[DaVinci]

Stock up on canned food.

 

I would say we are doing worse. Think of it like a rotting building being propped up. Another 2x4 might be wedged in to hold up the walls, but the building is still rotting. It's going to fall eventually. 

 

As for steps to move towards a more free market? I dunno. A lot of things that could be done would probably get you in trouble. 

[Just a Thought]

 

There are many more and I've omitted lots of detail for the sake of brevity.

Please feel free to expand as much as you want. I would love to know as much as possible. If you do write a paper, please link it in this thread. I would love to read it.

 

A lot of these thing I knew and thought about but never put into words. That made it difficult for me to explain things to other people. If you continue to keep explaining, I believe that it will help me organize my thoughts and I might even be able to not sound like an idiot when I talk hahaha.

[n4hpg]

I consider an idiot to be the person who refuses to admit that he knows everything. The road to wisdom begins with the acknowledgement that you don't know everything.

 

Let's begin our conversation by talking about POWER. All power in our society is a function of the amount of wealth that one has (or lack thereof.) The saying goes, "Follow the money." 

 

Let me point you to a book "The Creature from Jekyll Island" by G. Edward Griffith. You need to understand that what you and I have in our wallets is NOT MONEY. We have CURRENCY - worthless paper that is imposed upon us by force of law (guys with guns.) The numbers in our bank accounts are as real as the numbers in a spreadsheet. They are a work of fiction.

 

There are a few good YouTube videos on how the Fed works. I'll leave it to you to learn about fiat currency and fractional-reserve banking.

 

As long as the fiction is believed, we use currency to buy things that are tangible such as a can of soda. When you and I work and folks pay us for our work, we get paid in a currency that has no intrinsic value. We use it to pay for our can of soda and it is accepted for payment because the seller of the soda believes in the value of the currency. The cycle repeats.

 

In this way, labor and wealth are transferred as long as the FAITH in the currency remains. Indeed, the reason for our fiat currency was to convey the wealth of the country to the private owners of the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve is as much a government agency as Federal Express!!! It's a fucking private bank. It earns at least 6% of the total wealth of the country for its owners.

 

When you look at exchange rates, it is just the relative values of worthless currencies as based upon the controlling interests.

 

The goal of the New World Order is to have 1 planetary currency. What this will do is make the transfer of wealth to the folks who run our planet easier as they don't have to deal with pesky exchange rates and different banks. With 1 global currency, it will be easy to consolidate our slavery to the BOE - Bank of the Earth.

 

We can begin to end our enslavement by forcing our masters to adopt true MONEY. In this way, the numbers on our accounts and the paper in our wallets will be representative of wealth and we will no longer be paying invisible taxes to the planetary rulers. If $1 == 5 grams of physical gold that lives in a vault somewhere, then you can't rip off the people without being seen.

[Guest Gee]

Bump for the Creature from Jackyl Island, that book freaked me out alot. You can download it for free with an Audible trial.