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(Yesterday, 07:58 PM)username Wrote:(Yesterday, 07:23 PM)rothschild Wrote: We're all in the same boat when it comes to the nation. "Y'all" are the people invested in the Democratic Party, which has done everything it can to make the election about Trump, ignoring the fact that the economy is collapsing. People see they're being ignored, that all they'll get for voting blue is Trump might not serve a 2nd term. That's a raw deal for anyone that doesn't want 4 more years of the same.
Voting is like choosing which plantation you want to be a slave on. You don't see it that way because you aren't standing on the edge of the abyss -- yet.
Here's the solution, courtesy of Louis Armstrong...
"If lots more of us loved each other, we'd solve lots more problems."
Meditate on that and you'll realize it's absolutely true.
Okay. The video isn’t playing for me but I’ll try again later. Certainly the quote u posted is compelling and I can’t/wouldn’t disagree with that. Granted a HUGE reason I would vote for almost anyone but Trump is because I absolutely believe he’s a fascist, narcissistic, unhinged, lunatic. I think those are pretty good reasons (policies aside). But the economy is “collapsing”? Really? And you think that Trump’s “concept plans” (like massive tariffs and cutting taxes here and there) are going to make the economy better? For the poor and middle class? And massive deportations? Just read an article today about how the price of milk is only semi stable because of immigrant labor. Given that democrats espouse a desire to tax the wealthiest and corporations and address the cost of medications and price gouging you’d think “loving everyone” would make u more of a democrat.
Why should I put emphasis on personality when both candidates are beholden to elite interests that are detrimental to this world? Both parties embrace neoliberalism, advocated for by people such as Milton Friedman, an ideology that exclusively serves the interests of the financial elite. This started in 1976 under Carter with the deregulation of transportation and quickly accelerated under Reagan, Bush and Clinton. The premise for this is that what's good for the elite is good for everyone; "a rising tide lifts all boats", which sounds good to people who don't understand class dynamics, economics, or money. Referred to by Reagan as supply-side economics, it's an alternative to Keynes' demand-side economics. Neither serve the well-being of nation states, as both rely on debt.
When you think outside of the American political dichotomy you see that in both cases the socio-economic structure of our society is rigged in favor of those who control the monetary system, i.e., the Federal Reserve System. The people that operate that system can't lose because they know when markets are going to go up and when they're going to go down, because they set interest rates. By definition that is "insider trading", which is technically illegal, as is monopolization; these laws are rarely enforced, however, and when they are it's in response to blatant cases that threaten the stability of the very system that benefits from such practices. This is sometimes referred as crony capitalism because it is inherently corrupt and creates moral hazard, resulting in the tendency to engage in high-risk investing and lending that offer the possibility of high returns -- that frequently do not materialize. This also results in what is sometimes referred to as a "casino economy", which is an apt description. When governments behave in this manner their countries eventually become debtor nations.
I'll leave you with two quotes from Josiah Stamp, who was a director of the Bank of England and chairman of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
"The government are very keen on amassing statistics. They collect them, add them, raise them to the nth power, take the cube root and prepare wonderful diagrams. But you must never forget that every one of these figures comes in the first instance from the chowky dar (village watchman in India), who just puts down what he damn pleases."
"Banking was conceived in iniquity and was born in sin. The bankers own the earth. Take it away from them, but leave them the power to create money, and with the flick of the pen they will create enough deposits to buy it back again. However, take away from them the power to create money and all the great fortunes like mine will disappear and they ought to disappear, for this would be a happier and better world to live in. But, if you wish to remain the slaves of bankers and pay the cost of your own slavery, let them continue to create money."