Minimising Government’s Dominance Over Your Life. An article by Jeff Thomas.
When a Train Wreck Is No Accident
The coming train wreck is no accident. It has long been planned. That the “smart fellows in charge” will somehow save the day is therefore a vain hope indeed.
The Writing on the Wall
When the writing is on the wall that “the society is doomed”, most people invariably stick it out where they are, hoping either that “things will get better”, or, at least that, “It won’t get too much worse.”
Going the way of the Denarius
Modern governments have a tendency to make precisely the same mistakes with regard to currencies.
“Act Before Things Exist”
But as a nation approaches a systemic collapse, the sheep must be kept from straying to other pastures and, for millennia, governments have created pens to contain them.
If It Gets Bad, I’ll Go to Idaho
Unfortunately, if people are to escape becoming casualties of an economic crisis, they must make plans and implement them in advance of the crisis.
The Final Blowout Sale
But, once a year, a Final Closeout Sale would be held. Prices were far lower than the cost to manufacture the goods and this would be the one and only time in the year when extreme bargains were to be had.
“The Bank Was Saved, and the People Were Ruined.”
History shows us that the present situation is not an accident. It is the repetition of a very successful method by which bankers, with the complicity of governments, create boom-and-bust cycles.
A Question of Timing
Once the warning signs begin to appear, it’s important to remember that, historically, the process never reverses itself. An apathetic population is not one that will suddenly decide to roll up its sleeves and get the country, once again, on a productive footing.
Get an Education
As has always been true, education can be the key to open up the future. Whether it does will depend, in large part, on what definition of education you pursue.