As America tries to figure out where the current Coup d'Etat intends to take her, or already has, how about a quick refresher on some historical options? Starting with Communism:10 Planks of The Communist Manifesto:
1. Application of property taxes and rents for the public purpose
2. Progressive income tax
3. Confiscation of inheritance
4. Confiscation of property of non-conformists
5. Establishment of a Central Bank credit monopoly
6. Federal regulation of communication and major transportation
7. Government purchase/ownership of the means of production
8. Distribution of wealth and liability attributable to labor
9. Government zoning of Agriculture and Industry
10. Free education in government schools
It is worth noting that the U.S. Constitution, as originally written, prohibits all 10 at the Federal level.There have been a lot of functioning "communist" nations, but all have decided how to distribute wealth via a different political process. Thus, communism is a given political implementation of Marxism that generally lacks the idealized democratic process that Marx proposed, where majority-rule is the ultimate method of comprehensive economic planning and governance.
The 10 Planks of The Communist Manifesto was published in 1848. Eventually, the US fulfilled each plank. Not to mix metaphors, but if the US is trying to spread democracy (or whatever), shouldn't it attend to these planks (or logs) before going after specks (perceived imperfections) in other countries?
Judging OthersSource: Matthew 7:3-5Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.
Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.
4 comments:
Amen. I should have listened to you during the primaries. Personally do we have a chance to do this with rule of law?
I've changed my view on voting in general since then. Hence, I *shouldn't* have even listened to me during the primaries. :)
Oh please share. I haven't been this frustrated .. ever. It's one thing to think the 2 parties are just, as Jesse Ventura says, putting on a show and both are harmless as they ping back and forth on policy.
However BOTH parties have moved so far away from the intent of the constitution, and the march to fascist is so clear that the only question is, WHO ARE THE PUPPET MASTERS?
I think they themselves are the puppet masters. I don't think there's all that much behind the scenes. Even if there is, they'd screw that up too, they're so inept.
I also think they (the status quo) have been caught fairly flat-footed by the interwebs.
Lately, I think if we just ignore them, they'll go away. That's how the soviets fell in a bloodless coup.
Like all this talk of auditing the Fed. Even if it leads to abolishing the Fed, we'll still have to deal with the IMF. Instead of endlessly printing FRNs, they'll endlessly print SDRs.
But if we ignore them and go about our business, it'll collapse from the inside and we'll have our own free-market economy already established to avoid the problem of the vacuum of power.
Agora!
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