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In reply to the discussion: The Scale of Wall Street’s Holdings Are ''Unprecedented in U.S. History'': Senate Report [View all]Moostache
(11,171 posts)The sad fact is that the banks are the owners and they do not care one bit who is the president or who controls what chamber of the congress or even who sits on the shambles of the supreme court (now essentially relegated to a partisan circus of social policies while completely ignoring everything else).
The entire government is bought and paid for (on the cheap too considering the ROI on spending to own this country - the amount of influence and special favors they receive for campaign cash and cushy careers for the politicians as lobbyists after they leave their "service" is disgusting...it is the equivalent to a prostitute giving out $0.10 sessions). It is the fallacy of the 2 party system and the rest of our rigged electoral college and gerrymandered districting. The people have NO representation. The people are not even a remote consideration in the political end game...they just do not matter. They are collateral damage if anything at all...
The banks are the modern day plantation owners, and everyone else are their slaves - and I do not mean that in a metaphorical sense, it is literally the truth. We are all slaves to their monetary system and there is no alternative available on a national or global scale.