Journal smittyoneeach's Journal: Blows Up The "'Twas Ever Thus" Argument 16
Indeed, something substantially changed under Wilson. As I look at the absurdity of the whole statism thing over the last decades, one wonders if the U.S. isn't setting a stage to vary the theme of the French Revolution.
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Your phony mumbo jumbo with cooked books does nothing to contradict that the state is there to serve commercial interests and high finance that operate virtually tax free (the source of your 'debt'). Ah, but the the show must go on, right? I hope you are grateful that people still believe this nonsense and the right wing nationalists will prevail next year, if Europe is any indication. I know you won't believe it, but the danger is in the derivatives markets, not with the people you and your fellow propagan
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does nothing to contradict that the state is there to serve commercial interests and high finance that operate virtually tax free
No, it probably underscores the point.
I hope you are grateful that people still believe this nonsense and the right wing nationalists will prevail next year, if Europe is any indication.
Sweet, sweet non-sequitur. Or do you want to go back and connect the dots? My only point here is that the graph shows the distinctive point of inflection that was the Wilson administration. I would argue that the remedy to the problems you raise may involve an honest analysis of how Wilson's "pathing" arguably "destabilized the OS" and brought the current ruin about.
Such a discussion would involve the kind of dispassionate analysis and avoidance of point scoring that o
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The Wilson administration reflects a simple 'change' in method, and not really a big one. It just concentrated more wealth/power into the private hands that the state serves. The names are pretty famous, you can easily look them up if you wish, but beware, it will blow to shreds the right wing hypotheses you blindly parrot.
The resulting nationalism is not a non-sequitur. It's simply another chapter later in the book. There is nothing wrong with cutting to the chase.
Sorry, you are still only revealing your d
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and not really a big one
I've shown four contemporary changes in this thread, two of which were Constitutional Amendments.
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And? Only a few people have anything to show for it. Wilson followed orders.
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Eh, business is business.. You seem to be in their business of passing off one as the other. Mighty fine job you're doing, sir.
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You came with in range of noticing the nose in front of your face.
Yeah well, you know, my vision isn't blocked by my nose.
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I'll make it even simpler for you, Wilson simply exposed the government to private usury, loan sharking, as he was ordered.
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- The House o' Representin' has been frozen in size since 1910. That is, less representative.
- DC has had eminent domain over our wallets since Amendment 16.
- States have had their status as political objects diminished since Amendment 17.
- And the "expos[ure of] the government to private usury, loan sharking" occured with the Federal Reserve Act.
My contention is that these factors (and let's stipulate that (a) intentions were good and (b) the whole implosion wa
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Still, the same people are in charge. Nothing has changed, just some bureaucratic rulings is all. The empire stands tall. Your recitations from the old playbooks are gobbledegook... Pure distraction. The government actually abdicated more wealth/power to a select few private hands in the financial industry, yes, through the Federal Reserve Act, amongst other things. It was Obamacare for the banks. So what? We can always undo it by voting the republicans and democrats out of office. But I will have to look t
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Again, so what? And besides, again, that happened during the civil war, under a republican. Your 'uber-state' was moved from DC to Wall Street under Wilson. I'm not the one being obtuse at all.
And your bullshit about states rights, please... Corrupt little fiefdoms all.
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