UPDATED: Very interesting Mueller-related FB post by Heather Cox Richardson

[Woodycall]

42. When you think about it...

Most, if not all, of the bad things that have been visited upon humanity throughout history (other than those with purely natural causes) had behind them, some form of organized crime. Any form of Monarchistic governing is a form of organized crime. The Church at various periods was rife with corruption and criminal ulterior goals. When we think about the Nazis, the Holocaust is always first and foremost but if you look a little deeper, their equally great crime was stealing. Stealing land (the source of all wealth), stealing possessions, stealing the gold out of their victims teeth. Schindler's List did an excellent job of illustrating that. The profits of any war have never escaped the attention of the sinister criminals among us. You can carry this on to other things as well. Predatory lending and indeed the entire banking cabal is a form of organized crime. The colluding pharmaceutical "industry" is really just organized crime. Seeking government office as path to wealth invites organized crime into the structure of government.

This is what I sent to my son a few days ago:

https://prospect.org/article/it-was-vulture-capitalism-killed-sears

Explain to me how this is any different than what "Big Paulie" did to the restaurant in Good Fellas. Organized crime. Our planet's biggest problems are not, and never have been, resource problems, technology problems, economic problems, or enthusiasm problems. It's biggest problems are criminal problems. And that has ALWAYS been the primary problem.

I get a great sense of vindication from this article/post as I have been preaching the same to anyone who will listen for several years now.