The Hidden Elephant
A Thousand Hours Until What?
It would be wrong to assume that the “Democratic” and Republican parties of today do not represent valid opposing political agendas. It would also be wrong to view these parties and their agendas as anything, but two wings of the same Uniparty ruled by a clique of wealthy, powerful, and highly influential elite whose only real concern is that “We, the People”, remain divided, and that they remain in control.
For these elite the American state is little more than a tool used to extract wealth from us, the people, so that they can better impose their will on us and the rest of the world. Few of these elite have little allegiance to America that is not feigned or opportunistic, and unfortunately most of those whom we elect to the halls of American government are little more than a façade behind which these elite conceal their true allegiance to power, wealth, and prestige. It is a sorrowful, acrimonious description of what the American state has become, but we would be foolish not to acknowledge it in this way.
Unfortunately, this depiction is barely sufficient, for this global elite is sustained by a vast corporate and government network of employees and independent suppliers — including workers, middle-management, and sole entrepreneurs alike — who depend on the success of these elite for their livelihood. Alas, the word establishment is not misplaced in this regard. The so-called deep state about which he hear so much as of late merely represents the governmental, bureaucratic arm of this vast network of human relationships cemented together by mutual economic, political, social, and other forms of dependence and interdependence.
And yes, the matter worsens when we consider the vast number of Americans — close to one half — who are directly dependent on government welfare in one form or another for their modern subsistence. This economic and social dependency is not by accident, by the way, for the most important proponents of the American state in its current form are those who depend directly on it for their livelihood. Social and corporate welfare are an important feature of the American administrative and surveillance state — not a bug or defect, so to speak.
From a political standpoint social welfare is particularly pernicious, because it is an indirect and rather inexpensive way by which our elected officials purchase our votes. Sadly, because voting legitimizes the façade of “democratically elected” government leaders behind which the aforesaid global elite hide their true allegiance, many Americans have simply stopped voting. This decision is both wise and foolish at the same time.
It is wise in so far as the individual does not waste his energy in elections whose outcomes change very little in the overall picture of control and manipulation. It is foolish in so far as it sends the wrong message to those in control — namely, that we are indifferent to election outcomes and that we have surrendered to their authority.
Underlying this indifference, however, is the stark historical fact that such indifference cannot last forever. For, when corrupt systems come crashing down — and they always do — heads can roll just as easily at the top as at the bottom.
The British civil wars of the mid-17th century, the French Revolution of the late 18th century, and the Bolshevik revolution of the early 19th century are all salient historical markers that keep the establishment on guard against the power of the people.
What is more, the recent increase in deception, surveillance, censorship, and government lockdowns is a clear indicator of the fear that rules in the minds of our nation’s global elite. Indeed, there are many in the rank-and-file establishment who support these controls, because they fear an American reign of terror reminiscent of what occurred in France when La bastille, the French monarchy’s political prison, came crashing down in 1789.
Yes, it is true that 21st century America and 18th century France are different epochs of world history. Despite their best effort, however, the academic priesthood that fills the ranks of our government bureaucracies and who serve the global establishment of which the American establishment forms an integral part, cannot change what has been human nature since the advent of Cro-Magnon humans.
Although we know much more about our nature and the universe in which we live than did our nation’s forefathers, these latter were no dummies about the political and economic nature of humankind and the dangers of poorly conceived governments and social organization. When the US Constitution was ratified in 1789, our founding fathers and their American ancestors had been experimenting with the art of self-governance for nearly two centuries (182 years) in a wide variety of different social contexts.1
Just as the grand bourgeoisie and royalty of 18th century France paraded themselves on the streets of Paris largely out of touch with those over whom they ruled, and on whom they depended for their very existence, so too do we observe our global elite parade themselves in international forums around the world today with absurd and pompous pronouncements such as2
"You'll own nothing. And you'll be happy.
What you want you'll rent, and it'll be delivered by drone."
Yes, the economic and monetary system that supported the French establishment of the 18th century was very different from the system that we know today, but the corrupt nature of those in charge and the means that they used to justify the parasitic nature of their existence are little different. The overriding mantra is that
We know better than those over whom we rule.
Trust us for we have your better interests at heart.
This is clearly rubbish.
The world is approaching a monetary crisis similar to that which the German Weimar Republic experienced in the early 20th century. The corrupt nature of fractional reserve banking — the foul practice of lending money into existence (the issue of statutory counterfeit) — and the central banking systems around the world that leverage this practice are in serious danger of collapse. When this collapse occurs — and it is inevitable, if we do not address the issue firmly and squarely very soon — the result will be devastating.
This is by far the most important issue that humanity and our nation face today, and it is being talked about very little, even as we approach an important national election less than a thousand hours away. Bitcoin and its crypto-surrogates are clearly not the answer for the vast majority of us, the people, by the way.
Yes, our failed national border and the purposeful destruction of America’s past to make room for a new global order are crucial issues of which we should all be aware and act upon. For, they are contributing to our pending doom. This said, the one issue that is driving it all is being managed by the hidden elephant in the room — our corrupt money supply.
The monetary system that has been constructed on this bastion of corruption serves as an indirect transfer of real wealth from the productive many to the undeserving few, who use the American state to sustain a vast swath of foreign and domestic special interests that often contribute little to the overall prosperity of our nation.
Indeed, while the American government knocks on our front door and demands that we pay our taxes to preserve our freedoms and defend our rights, their cronies in the world’s financial industry are sneaking in through the backdoor to rob our safe and steal the very property that our government is suppose to defend.
For those who are living in material comfort and look around the nation and the world in sympathy for those who are barely surviving may I remind you of the words of our forefathers and clearly state that money is the life-blood of voluntary free markets. More important in this context is that, when our money is tainted, the entire economic, social, and political system is tainted, because money is the medium on which we all depend for our economic survival. Our society has been poisoned by a leukemia-like disease.
Those, who have concluded that this is the nature of the American state, that there is nothing we can do, and that a thieving government that appears to care for the poor and needy is, after all, not all bad and therefore tolerable, need to be wary. Our nation’s forefather once signed a document that read,3
“But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.”
Them in the above passage is us, the American people. Wake up, America, before it is too late!
Roddy A. Stegemann, First Hill, Seattle 98104
Author of Mount Cambitas - The Story of Real Money
p.s. Happy Autumnal Equinox
Jamestown, in what today is the Commonwealth (or State) of Virginia, was first settled in 1607.
The phrase originates from a video entitled "8 Predictions for the World in 2030," which was published by the World Economic Forum in November 2016. <https://archive.org/details/8-predictions-for-the-world-in-2030>
Thomas Jefferson, et.al. 1776. Declaration of Independence, Philadelphia.