(02-06-2024, 12:45 PM)Snarl Wrote:(02-06-2024, 12:02 PM)Schmoe Wrote:(02-06-2024, 11:46 AM)Snarl Wrote: Who is the man behind the curtain?
The people behind the curtain are the ones with pockets deeper than the Mariana Trench. Not your Musks and your Soros, people we don't even really know about, smart enough to keep out of the light.
The bitch of it is, how do we even begin to get out of that cycle, it's completely set up to keep the wealthy, wealthy. Probably won't happen until the next global cataclysm anyway.
I think you're smart enough to know, but ...
The more you can centralize the source of fiat currency ... the more control you can exercise over the people who use it. And, if you're the guy running the presses, there's no one to stop you from printing as much of it as you want for yourself. It's a little more involved than that, but on principle ...
The only way to break the cycle is fear ... and certainty of punishment ... and swiftness ... and zero remorse for what had to happen. Everyone involved (wittingly or not) has to be dealt with in the exact same manner.
Ya know what the problem here is? The casual citizen wants nothing to do with what I have to say and would stand against it. They'd call me insane. They'd opt-in for just kicking and kicking at that can ... and more of the same. But ... what's the definition of insanity (these days): Doing the same old thing and expecting different results.
Yep, I lose faith more and more that people will do anything to combat this seizing of rights that seems to be snowballing. I guess I'll have to reserve judgement until things get BAD bad, but that's kind of the problem too, "they" are going about it in a smart way, taking rights away little by little. If they tried all at once with brute force, they'd be met with strong resistance, I'm sure, but taking away right little by little? By time people realize they're at a point they need to do something, they've already been neutered.