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DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
Fri Mar 27, 2015, 12:24 AM Mar 2015

TEDxOjai: ''The Big Question'' - Peter Joseph



- The system(s) upon which the world now operates are irrational. Politics is the attempt to make the irrational seem acceptable, and thus engenders our acquiescence to the irrational as the norm.
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TEDxOjai: ''The Big Question'' - Peter Joseph (Original Post) DeSwiss Mar 2015 OP
The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks Own And Control The Politicians And Media That Own And Control Us cantbeserious Mar 2015 #1
We must stop supporting the system that enslaves us. DeSwiss Mar 2015 #2
Roger That cantbeserious Mar 2015 #3

cantbeserious

(13,039 posts)
1. The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks Own And Control The Politicians And Media That Own And Control Us
Fri Mar 27, 2015, 02:29 AM
Mar 2015

All perfectly easy to see and observe - all perfectly clear that this can be changed - if only for the will to do so.

 

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
2. We must stop supporting the system that enslaves us.
Fri Mar 27, 2015, 02:50 AM
Mar 2015

But in order to do that, one must first be aware they're enslaved. Monetarism is slavery of a different name. A different form. It utilizes federal reserve certificates (''currency'') and debt contracts as it's shackles. It's currency has no intrinsic value other than that which they say it is, because it is backed only by air, a worldwide military on almost a 1000 bases located strategically all over the world, and of course the nuclear missiles. They print these certificates at-will, making us, our children and all future generations responsible for their actions in making their profits at our expense.

- And we allow that to happen by agreeing to participate in their system. It's time to evolve past this......

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