Great article Richard. Tracing the growth of Govt in modern times is hard to pinpoint. One could point to Roosevelt then Nixon’s abolition of the gold standard & adoption of fiat money? But in recent times QE & the debt/consumption model has been the favoured mechanism. But is this now a busted flush? What next?
Bruce - thanks for taking a moment to read the essay, and your thoughtful question. Saying when it happened is a bit like figuring out when a street lamp went from red to orange. But I think we can say what happened, and work it back from there. And what happened was the replacement of "government of the people by the people" with "government of the people by previously democratic institutions that have been colonised by undemocratic forces". That latter system presents citizens with a "magicians choice" of politicians who can be relied upon to maintain "government by undemocratic institutions" - you feel like you have a choice, but the magician has arranged them. Trump broke the mold in 2016 (as do populist candidates in Europe now) and drove them insane. If the growth in the current arrangement did not start then, it certainly dramatically accelerated.
What next? Italy, Germany, and France are now trying to make uncontrolled opposition illegal (as did America this election cycle). It is now getting difficult for them to remain covert and, indeed, they appeared to act with what they thought was impunity in the US. I don't know - here in the UK, it feels like we are some distance yet from civil unrest, but we are only ever three square meals away from anarchy and the space of things that could happen at this point is very large.
The racking-up of unsustainable fiat money debt by irresponsible politicians is behind most of the oppressions being inflicted on us - Covid, the climate change hoax, the war on farming, the suppression of free speech, assorted wars and moves to divide and conquer …
Reiner Fuellmich and his team of expert witnesses exposed the tyranny during the Covid “plandemic”, documented by myself in his 2022 Covid-19 Crimes Against Humanity model trial. News of it was totally suppressed by the complicit MSM and Fuellmich is now in jail on trumped-up charges: https://metatron.substack.com/p/reiner-fuellmichs-grand-jury-court.
“High levels of docility. High tolerance for authoritarian control measures … “ There are encouraging signs that this is changing. The main reason that Donald Trump was re-elected was that the American people “are getting sick of being told what to think” (link with a Scottish angle): https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/james-david-vance-who-is-he-really/.
Douglas - I think you are right. And I think there is a reason why Italy, Germany, and France are now overtly trying to remove his political equivalents from their political contests.
Further to people being sick of being told how to think, here’s a great explanation by US attorney Jeff Childers of why the USA voted for Trump:
“It’s not that President Trump wants revenge. A furious America wants revenge.
We want revenge for lost jobs. We want revenge for lost small businesses. We want revenge for boys cheating girls out of their athletic trophies. We want revenge for bizarre cross-dressers appointed to high offices. We want revenge for wretched drag queens exposing themselves on the White House lawn. We want revenge for the “Pride” flag hoisted above Old Glory. We want revenge for $7 butter, for open borders, for children’s lost educational attainment, for “six foot distancing,” for streets lined with homeless tents, for sneering, hubristic elites commanding trust in “the science,” for soccer moms raided by FBI SWAT teams, for raw political prosecutions, for lives ruined by fentanyl, for euthanized pet squirrels and cats butchered by Haitians, for kids sterilized by trans-affirmed drugs, for elderly parents dying alone, and for chronic, untreatable, disabling vaccine injuries.”
Enjoy probably isn’t the right word for such an excellent essay that fits all the jigsaw pieces in place. Sadly I believe it all to be true and it’s helpful to have such clarity on the direction of travel. Thank you.
Valerie - I understand. Ticking "like" on Twitter reports of various horrors produce exactly the same response for me. Thank you for taking the time to read it and to comment, which I appreciate.
Great article Richard. Tracing the growth of Govt in modern times is hard to pinpoint. One could point to Roosevelt then Nixon’s abolition of the gold standard & adoption of fiat money? But in recent times QE & the debt/consumption model has been the favoured mechanism. But is this now a busted flush? What next?
Bruce - thanks for taking a moment to read the essay, and your thoughtful question. Saying when it happened is a bit like figuring out when a street lamp went from red to orange. But I think we can say what happened, and work it back from there. And what happened was the replacement of "government of the people by the people" with "government of the people by previously democratic institutions that have been colonised by undemocratic forces". That latter system presents citizens with a "magicians choice" of politicians who can be relied upon to maintain "government by undemocratic institutions" - you feel like you have a choice, but the magician has arranged them. Trump broke the mold in 2016 (as do populist candidates in Europe now) and drove them insane. If the growth in the current arrangement did not start then, it certainly dramatically accelerated.
What next? Italy, Germany, and France are now trying to make uncontrolled opposition illegal (as did America this election cycle). It is now getting difficult for them to remain covert and, indeed, they appeared to act with what they thought was impunity in the US. I don't know - here in the UK, it feels like we are some distance yet from civil unrest, but we are only ever three square meals away from anarchy and the space of things that could happen at this point is very large.
The racking-up of unsustainable fiat money debt by irresponsible politicians is behind most of the oppressions being inflicted on us - Covid, the climate change hoax, the war on farming, the suppression of free speech, assorted wars and moves to divide and conquer …
Reiner Fuellmich and his team of expert witnesses exposed the tyranny during the Covid “plandemic”, documented by myself in his 2022 Covid-19 Crimes Against Humanity model trial. News of it was totally suppressed by the complicit MSM and Fuellmich is now in jail on trumped-up charges: https://metatron.substack.com/p/reiner-fuellmichs-grand-jury-court.
Search for “Manookian” in that post for a summary of the precarious state of the global financial system. Fuellmich’s 35-minute closing arguments are here: https://odysee.com/@BackToTheLight:7/Grand-Jury-Day-8-Fuellmich-Odyssee:2d.
> unsustainable fiat money debt
I'm publishing my essay "Funny Money" on Magic Moneytree Theory shortly, which you may enjoy.
Great article. Isn’t it odd that the OWID monthly average temperature graphs are so flat when the annual averages all show a huge (~ 2°C) Hunga Tonga warming spike in 2023-24 which nobody is allowed to mention?! https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/average-monthly-surface-temperature?tab=chart&country=~CHN.
“High levels of docility. High tolerance for authoritarian control measures … “ There are encouraging signs that this is changing. The main reason that Donald Trump was re-elected was that the American people “are getting sick of being told what to think” (link with a Scottish angle): https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/james-david-vance-who-is-he-really/.
Trump is going to dismantle the US Deep State and there is a good hope that his example will percolate across the wider world: https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1854717077837562314.
Douglas - I think you are right. And I think there is a reason why Italy, Germany, and France are now overtly trying to remove his political equivalents from their political contests.
Further to people being sick of being told how to think, here’s a great explanation by US attorney Jeff Childers of why the USA voted for Trump:
“It’s not that President Trump wants revenge. A furious America wants revenge.
We want revenge for lost jobs. We want revenge for lost small businesses. We want revenge for boys cheating girls out of their athletic trophies. We want revenge for bizarre cross-dressers appointed to high offices. We want revenge for wretched drag queens exposing themselves on the White House lawn. We want revenge for the “Pride” flag hoisted above Old Glory. We want revenge for $7 butter, for open borders, for children’s lost educational attainment, for “six foot distancing,” for streets lined with homeless tents, for sneering, hubristic elites commanding trust in “the science,” for soccer moms raided by FBI SWAT teams, for raw political prosecutions, for lives ruined by fentanyl, for euthanized pet squirrels and cats butchered by Haitians, for kids sterilized by trans-affirmed drugs, for elderly parents dying alone, and for chronic, untreatable, disabling vaccine injuries.”
https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/nemesis-friday-november-14-2024-c
That was a tremendous post from Jeff Childers yesterday. Wholly uplifting.
Superb economy of words yet drives home the point like a slap in the face
I hold deep anger inside and foreboding tempered only marginally knowing such erudite fellows as yourself are spreading the word.
I think the propaganda has run too deep and when finally the scales fall from the eyes of the masses it will be too late.
Ok better finish my half empty pint…..
Keep going Richard
Jim
Enjoy probably isn’t the right word for such an excellent essay that fits all the jigsaw pieces in place. Sadly I believe it all to be true and it’s helpful to have such clarity on the direction of travel. Thank you.
Valerie - I understand. Ticking "like" on Twitter reports of various horrors produce exactly the same response for me. Thank you for taking the time to read it and to comment, which I appreciate.
I vey much agree with this article and have shared it.
Thank you for taking the time to read it, and for sharing it Helen - I appreciate it.
Thank you for this excellent essay.
Thank you for taking a moment to read it - I appreciate it.
Superb article