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2.22.2007
US IMPERIALISM HISTORICAL WORLD TOUR
Imperialism, capitalism, and empire are essentially one. There are some people who try to split up the unholy triumvirate, but it should not be done. I suppose it can be done as an academic exercise, but in real life it is impossible to split. Some have isolated one from the other as a finely honed deception, as if capitalism can be kept pure from atrocities - but they are just fooling others or are self-deceived.
It does not serve any purpose for progressive elements to make jokes about how "stupid" this administration is supposed to be. Whether you are talking about this administration, or the entire length of them since the founding of this nation - there is a design taking place. It is vicious, and tears at the fabric of the world, causing death and destruction in it's wake. Imperialism is an intelligent, rational, but morally corrupt form of the accumulation of wealth for the few, no matter what the cost to humanity.
The history of US policy, even before WW2, is a history of violent and bloody intervention. It has not been a force for good, virtue, and democracy in the world! You have been propagandized - you have been fooled - you have been taken for the proverbial ride, there is not a more brainwashed and disconnected people in history than the American public.
Our leaders say they are dedicated to democracy, they vainly spew it from their mouths on a regular basis, but it is a lie. The US national security state has been the key force of (the last 50 years for example) overthrowing reformist democratic governments in Guatemala, Guiana, Dominican Republic, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Syria, Indonesia, Greece, Argentina, Haiti, Bolivia, and that does not even scratch the surface of all the places violated! These democratic governments have been replaced with pro-capitalist military regimes, that open up their resources, markets and cheap labor (unorganized and underpaid, intimidated by death squads), and have been forced open to US corporate investors on terms that are totally agreeable to them!
The US government has been involved in covert actions, in proxy mercenary wars (run by proteges of the School Of The America's in some instances) - training, equipping, paying, advising, via the Pentagon, the CIA, and the US National Security State against popular revolutionary governments in Cuba, Angola, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Portugal, South Yemen, Nicaragua, Cambodia, East Timor, Western Sahara, Egypt, Lebanon, Peru, Iran, Zaire, Figi Islands, Afghanistan ( which is another woefully lacking list). Us forces with direct aggression and invasion have attacked in recent years Viet Nam, the Dominican Republic, North Korea, Cambodia, Yugoslavia, Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, Libya, Iraq, Somalia, with invasion or aerial assault - once again a short list. Millions of people killed by both direct and indirect aggressive actions!
Of course, you never hear a word about this from the US corporate media, the whores and liars for the state. They become mute when they are told, and are infested by psyop's military spokespersons - even their ranks are filled with ex-CIA and FBI cronies.
All through the Middle East, popular movements, workers movements, unions, student movements, farmer collectives - all of them destroyed and shattered by US aggression in Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Palestine, Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon. In Saudi Arabia that filthy rich, corrupt family would not be able to survive if they did not have US support.
 Twenty one countries in Africa have had enormous amounts of US arms, and bribes, to put in the most oppressive, retrograde, and corrupt rulers in to destroy every popular and democratic movement. Those in Africa are perfectly capable (contrary to racist propaganda, taught in US schools and spread by corporate media) of democracy, viable production, and have the ability to organize their own markets and labor - they are not allowed to do it!! Because of the destruction of the economic infrastructure, the impoverishment of the people, and the destruction of their future - they have killed the future of these nations. Drowning them in debt, tying their viability to foreign capital, and spiriting the wealth away from the people.
Anyone who dares to question these atrocious actions is called a rogue state. There is no rogue state, no terrorist movement, no communist threat, that has this kind of record! This record of murder, destruction and violation of international law solely belongs to the US leadership. This is a matter of public record, it's just that it does not get voiced in the corrupt media in the US.
It is not good enough to just say that this is happening, we have to ask WHY is this happening. People have to know why these atrocities are going on - as long as they believe the lies that they are being protected nothing will happen. They do not care what their leaders are doing as long as they think they are protecting them. The leadership drums it into their heads that people are out to get them, the communists - someone in south/central America - someone from the moon - the terrorists, etc. I mean every year it is something else, it is really sickening. They do it because they want it all, they want to do whatever is necessary to fill the pockets of the few, the elite. They get rich while the people pay the price. The so-called war on terrorism is the elites ticket to carte blanch destruction of other countries without end - because it is a "new war," and it is one that will "never end."
The US government has given hundreds of billions of dollars away for foreign military aid - imagine what that could have done at home, enough to solve all the budgetary concerns in the states right now. It was aid given away to subsidize millions of foreign troops and internal security forces in more than eighty countries. Not to defend those nations from outside invasion - but to protect ruling oligarchs and corporate investors from the dangers of domestic anti-capitalistic insurgency! There has been no evidence that they have been threatened by neighboring countries, so why build up the military forces? IT IS TO MAKE WAR ON THEIR OWN PEOPLE, THEIR OWN WORKING PEOPLE. TO PROTECT THOSE COUNTRIES AND MAKE THE WORLD SAFE FOR THE FORTUNE 500!! THESE COUNTRIES ARE OPENED ON A GLOBAL SCALE FOR EXPLOITATION FROM TRANS-NATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND INVESTORS. THESE FORCES THAT WE SUPPORT HAVE ALWAYS BEEN USED TO OPPRESS PEOPLE WHO JUST WANT SOME FORM OF EGALITARIAN FAIR PLAY.
The struggle has always been between those who think the land, the labor, the resources, the markets, the technology, and the capital of the world are there for the capital accumulation and enrichment process of the few, as opposed to those who think those things are there for the needs and the social betterment of the many. That is the struggle that goes on to this day.
If you think what I am talking about is a recent development you are sadly mistaken, in 1907 listen to what Woodrow Wilson said: "Since trade ignores national boundaries, and the manufacturer insists on having the world as a market - the flag of the nation must follow him, and the doors which are closed against him must be battered down. Concessions gained by finance must be safeguarded by ministers of state. Even if the sovereignty of the nations are outraged in the process. Colonies must be obtained and planted in order that no useful corner of the world may be overlooked or unused." THAT IS WHAT WE ARE FACING, WE EITHER DEAL WITH IT OR DIE WITH IT - WHEN THE PEOPLE ARE READY TO DO SOMETHING THINGS WILL CHANGE.
Posted at 08:29 pm by deadringer
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JEHUDA FOR JUSTICE FROM BRANDEIS
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2.21.2007
FERAL FEARS FROM THE PAST
This is just a reminder of the things that our government has done in the past to instill fear in the people. Of course, never forgetting that they are the remedy for such fears, and their remedies for these fears that they drum up are just as stupid as they are today:
MUSHROOM MADNESSThan there were things that we should never do, that would put our lives in danger. These covered a great amount of taboo's, but none will be as unforgettable at this comedy:
REEFER REDUXWho could forget the recent scare about the "anthrax menace," which when it was traced went right back to our own biological warfare base. However, let's forget about that for a moment, and see a film which is where it all began:
B W ALERT AND INSTRUCTIONMy personal favorite is the "ductape and plastic" directions. Personally, I thought this one could be best applied, and I said so, by marching to Washington and using it on the Cabinet:
DUCT TAPE AND PLASTICMy final point being, should you really listen to or trust anyone, even a government with quack remedies like this? Personally, should you listen to anything that they have to say about your safety and impending danger? I think not, and this is double true in regard to any of their remedies like - preemptive war, the suspension of habeas corpus, and the application of torture, etc. I am sure you get my meaning.
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2.19.2007
 Here is what we face, "never have so few companies controlled so much of the music played on the radio and for sale at the retail stores." There has been a bifurcation, a split on where to access the music that you want to hear. A couple of men traverse the country trying to find out why the music is so pre-packaged and repetitive, and to find out if corporations really had the power to silence the innovation of music.
 (screening map) TRAILER - BEFORE THE MUSIC DIESThis film covers the entire gamut of the music industry - from the musicians, to those inside the industry, the critics and the fans. What they are attempting to do is get YOU involved, to play an active part in real music, so that you can renew your passion for great music.
Essentially, in case you didn't know it, everything has become canned. You can create anything you want, everything is up for grabs, no integrity necessary, and plenty of money for you to make - along with the corporations.
HOW TO CREATE A SEXY POPSTARThere is an entire chain of radio stations waiting, where time slots can be sold for megabucks. You can bring in focus groups, target the songs most likely to please, and play them till the end of time. It is the corporation of profit at any cost, including the limitations on music to make the most time available for corporate products, SELLING UNITS OF TIME.
Posted at 07:58 pm by deadringer
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2.18.2007
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2.17.2007
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
 Looking at the current landscape in the United States we should wonder how we got this way. How did all these things in history take place to bring us to this point? It is here that I introduce you to the wonderful world of Constructivism, that is, social engineering on a grand scale. The manipulation of the masses through elite ideas.
Many try to understand their environment by interpreting their present condition, however it is much better to go back to origins, and watch the coercion and manipulation grow into the current condition. If you do not know how it all began you will never know where you are headed, nor the goals of those who currently direct you. I can only paint this with very broad brush strokes to give a simple outline.
 It is best to study this mass purposeful plan in stages, we could see it as the development of a social addiction - convincing people that we must live a certain way, in specific places, and strive for certain artificially prized possessions - a manufactured attraction. Whereas all the basics for living are valid - food, clothing and shelter - we are convinced that we should have this in great abundance, it is a certain type of commons, no matter what the cost to ourselves and others.
 So everyone is pushed in a certain general direction with similar goals, and this without recognizing or even considering that they are being manipulated in a controlled environment. This is social engineering in it's most insidious form, with almost no one the wiser and ecstatic in their golden chains! Of course, this is nothing new, civilizations have done this in the past - but few have done it with such deceptive perfection.
First, you build the foundation - the prospect of a glorious future. What we need to do is compare this to a giant Pavlovian experiment, where human beings are controlled like rats in a man-made maze, and we must constantly be kept in line by those who run the experiment. You have to understand, that the experiment is not meant to enrich you, but the few who keep a tight rein on the process.
 Occasionally people voice concern about terrible mind control experiments that have gone on, like those done by the clandestine agencies, MK-ULTRA and the CIA - the sensational. I don't want to belittle this, how terrible it is, but this is merely the extreme of what takes place in the United States every day.
People prattle on about things like the influence of TV, all manner of media and it's influence. What they fail to realize is that the very basic makeup of what is termed "normal society" is mind control based, and it is so from the cradle to the grave!
Media instruments like TV, and all of the other external forms of influence just maintain an already deeply embedded illusion in our minds. People trust what they consider to be authoritative, essentially this is what they believe in. Everything is influenced from the very beginning of family life, because it is controlled by parents already immersed in a manufactured view of reality.
 After being shaped in a home environment (which is already deeply immersed in what life is supposed to be about), we are introduced to what I call outside authorities (remember, what we are supposed to believe in) - schools, teachers, ministers, institutions, local police, employers, the armed forces and of course the general government at large.
In each of these spheres there is hierarchical structure which is purposefully designed and cohesive - in other words, our life is a virtual tidal wave of what is supposed to be the "way of life." One premise is built upon another, until there is a final air tight structure that entraps us in this way of life.
People cannot produce anything except what they have been influenced with, in other words we are brainwashed from the very day we are born. It causes the same things to be produced over and over again - the authorities say it is so, we agree and the same process continues in a veritable circle! Very few ask "what if this life view is wrong? What if we have been manipulated by those we have been conditioned to listen to?"
THE CRUX OF THE MATTER IS THAT WE LIVE IN A VERY CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT, BUT WE HAVE ACCEPTED IT AS FREEDOM!! We say we have freedom to do what we want, but what we want to do has been hammered into us since infancy.
We have become veritable slaves to those who control us, to that which we are convinced is correct, and this pushed on us by make-shift authorities which are set up before us to ultimately wield control. It is what we have been taught to believe in, who to believe in, and the entire structure of a straitjacket like society which exerts coercive control over us.
Now, those who have served up this delight for us, you know, the ones who "know best" for us - are careening out of control, death and destruction is staring us in the face both at home and abroad - and you thought this whole system was for your benefit? Many watch this as a completely brainwashed people right before their very eyes. However, we have been conditioned so long that it feels like WE CAN DO NOTHING ABOUT IT, so we let it continue and this will lead to our own destruction.
There is NOTHING NORMAL about this complacency, letting this beast devour us, our loved ones, and an entire people abroad. THE REASON WHY WE ALLOW IT TO CONTINUE IS THAT WE FEEL AFFINITY FOR THIS ILLUSION, AND THERE IS NOTHING NORMAL ABOUT THAT AT ALL!!! EITHER WE RESIST AS AN ENTIRE PEOPLE, OR FACE THE TERRIBLE CONSEQUENCES. THAN SOME HAVE THE ABSOLUTE TEMERITY TO CALL THIS DESTRUCTIVE MESS CIVILIZATION, WHEN IT IS NOTHING BUT DESTRUCTIVE COERCION.
Posted at 04:37 pm by deadringer
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2.15.2007
NOT LAW AND ORDER, ORDER AND LAW
We hear the phrase all the time "Law and Order," but what does it mean? I submit that it is deceptively reversed, it should not be called law and order, but instead "Order and Law." So even the appearance of the phrase, how the words are positioned, is meant to deceive.
The word "order" in the phrase has classically been present as "order as opposed to chaos," that is, keeping things under control. However, this is not the true meaning of the word "order" in the phrase, "order" = the way society is structured. The word "law" is meant to mean some neutral standard or set of rules applied to all. However, even a cursory perusal of the law (see the previous post on the rule of law) means a legal system set up to the benefit of the few, which hide behind the phrase the "rule of law" in order to work their will with impunity.
This brings us to the specifics of how society is structured, that is how the United States has in the past and presently functions. We not only have a paternalistic order, but a hierarchical order, one that is separated by a moneyed and propertied class which uses the so-called law to preserve this present order. It is an order which uses all of societies instruments, both forensic and implied, by education which deeply influences definitions, giving it a color of authenticity - legitimacy.
As I have said in many other postings, one of the most pervasive legal instruments used to maintain the "order" is the corporation, which has been given person-hood (by stealing the use of the 14th Amendment, through the "law"). In fact, I think that most would agree that corporations have risen above the status of mere person-hood - they are super-persons.
They have been given power, opportunity, and the sovereignty that should only be the province of organic persons. In fact, organic people are on their way out, corporations are the new "we the people."
Corporations are merely the housing and protection unit of the elite propertied and moneyed class, which has become the predominant means of employing the people so that we are mired in a conflict of interest, how can we fight that which has been made our master? It is so twisted that we endow a good portion of destructive corporations with the success which will ensure our own demise!
We are forced to participate in this corporate monstrosity, that legally preserves the present order, and we suffer from a lack of resources, which are equally withheld by embedded financial institutions in the service of this same elite order.
The law is merely the whore which is at the beck and call of the established elite order. This is why the enforcers of the law, police action, in any confrontation between people and the corporation is ALWAYS used to suppress the people - see HERE ! The present order could not exist without the jackbooted thugs (it has been that way even before police forces), and the sell-out of the legal structure. Essentially police and other various agencies are here to preserve the present "order," and the legal system serves the present order from top to bottom.
The present order, and the law which preserves it , cannot co-exist with democracy - they are mutually exclusive. It is failure to understand this that causes untold frustration and grief for the people. You cannot merely ADJUST the present order, because the moneyed and propertied elite will never step down - it will only INCREASE and spread all over the world, as is presently taking place. The global agenda that is occurring now is nothing but the extension of this same order reproducing itself all over the world.
IT MUST BE OVERTHROWN, THERE IS NO OTHER WAY - IT CANNOT BE NEGOTIATED AWAY, AND IT CANNOT BE PROTESTED AWAY. SO IT IS IN THE PEOPLE'S INTEREST TO FIND AND USE NEW AND MORE POWERFUL WAYS TO UNDO THE PRESENT ORDER. IT MUST ALWAYS AND EVER BE DOWN WITH THE PRESENT ORDER, AND POWER TO THE PEOPLE - THE PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER!
Posted at 07:50 pm by deadringer
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2.13.2007
 People need to understand that the law is inherently political - this is expressed in many ways, when we say that congress is corrupt, or that legislation is for the benefit of some and not others. The laws that we live under are the product of political forces, not the embodiment of ideal justice. However, there is this type of double-think that takes place (to use and Orwell phrase), because at the same time people believe that the law is impartial - a set of politically neutral rules, and that they are applied to all citizens who have the moral obligation to obey!
So consequently a great number of people are shocked when they find out that a court has allowed political consideration to influence it's decisions(s). This "shock," along with a few choice outcry's of "judicial activism" or "social engineering," shows that the public believes that the law is a set of neutral principles - and that the judge is supposed to apply matters objectively, free of influence from his/her political or moral beliefs and is not supposed to consider who is in the dock.
We are constantly aware of the political nature of the law and yet also believe it is the embodiment of justice - this is why the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS ABLE TO EXERT CONTROL OVER A PEOPLE THAT CALL THEMSELVES FREE. THIS IS WHY WE ALLOW THE STEADY EROSION OF OUR FREEDOMS - THE DECEPTION OF THE RULE OF LAW. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A SOCIETY THAT HAS NEUTRAL LAWS THAT ARE APPLIED BY JUDGES! THIS IS A DEVIOUS, POWERFUL CONCEPT, AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS!
The power of this deception comes from it's emotional appeal (the rule of law). It implies the absence of tyranny, that there is nothing arbitrary about it. "AMERICA IS A GOVERNMENT OF LAW AND NOT PEOPLE..." - SAYING THAT IT IS FAIR AND IMPARTIAL, NOT SUBJECT TO HUMAN WHIM.
It is supposed to win the allegiance and affection of the people. Why, anyone would chose the rule of law over arbitrary rule, wouldn't they? This is the danger of the deception, people who believe there are rules in this fashion ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO SUPPORT THE STATE AS IT TAKES AWAY THEIR FREEDOMS!
 If there were a rule of law, first and foremost it would be the application of that law to EVERYONE. No one above that law - is that what you see going on? Is the rule of law the fruit of breaking every established law by the executive branch and the complicity of the rest? I mean, are we living on the same planet here or not? Now I am not saying there is no law, there is plenty of law for you and I, just none for a moneyed, propertied, and ruling elite.
Really people, there is NO SUCH THING as a government of law and not people - it is belief in this myth that supports the ruling elite which are the societies power structure, A TRULY FREE PEOPLE REQUIRES THAT WE THROW OUT THE DECEPTION OF THE RULE OF LAW. There is nothing impersonal about the disposition of people making law, it is meant to benefit them and not the people.
The concept of the rule of law operates in the same fashion as the divine right of kings. People used to control themselves when they believed that the decree of the king was ordained by god. In the same way people control themselves because they believe the law is neutral , sort of like a natural law, when it is not (two different and opposing rulings can come from the same case).
Just like the king was supposed to be part of god's plan in the world and not an ordinary human being who used brute force, so the public bowed to his authority. However, when the doctrine of the divine right of kings was thrown out IT NEEDED A REPLACEMENT - TO SHIELD THOSE WHO EXERCISE PUBLIC POWER FROM THE VIEW OF THE PEOPLE - THE RULE OF LAW.
The deception of the rule of law makes people submissive to State authority - it makes people accomplices in the exercise of power. People who would ordinarily think that the actions of this current administration are wrong, depriving people of their rights and oppressing them, respond with patriotic fervor when they think they are upholding the rule of law!
The reason why this deception of the rule of law has stood so long is that it is a valuable tool of the elite. The lie of an impersonal government is the most effective means of social control available to the powers that be!
 The reason why some see the so-called rule of law disintegrating before their eyes is because there isn't any! It has always been a tool of the elite, and now that is becoming apparent by this rogue administration, and the rest of the "powers" just meander along with it.
The rule of law is the means whereby a illegitimate and oppressive capitalistic system enslaves it's own people, and spreads death and destruction around the world under the banner of "democracy." The law will ALWAYS reflect the moral and political values of those who render political decision.
ALL THEY CARE ABOUT IS THEIR OWN CADRE OF ELITE, THEREFORE THEY WILL ALWAYS PRESS THE SO-CALLED RULE OF LAW WHICH REFLECTS THEIR HIERARCHICAL AND OPPRESSIVE CAPITALISTIC DESIGNS. THEY EXPECT YOU TO GO ALONG WITH THEM UNDER THE TAINTED BANNER OF THE RULE OF LAW. RECOGNIZING THE USE OF THIS LIE, IS ANOTHER WAY TO DEPROGRAM OURSELVES FROM WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD OUR ENTIRE LIFE, SO WE CAN FREE OURSELVES FROM THESE SELF-IMPOSED PRISONS.
Posted at 07:35 pm by deadringer
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I think this is a perfect speech to dovetail with some of the things I have been posting. It was given by Micheal Parenti, even though it was done years ago it resonates with truth. It is only two parts, aproximately a hlf hour in length each. Do yourself a favor and listen carefully to what this man has to say, it can change your life:
Writing history, and reading to discover the TRUTH in history is POLITICAL.
Posted at 07:22 am by deadringer
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2.11.2007
PAST INTERPRETS THE PRESENT
This is written for those who think they are fighting just new developments, that do not have a grasp of the REAL history of this country. Most people do not want to know true American history today, they would rather believe the myths written in today's school textbooks. The myths that serve the powers that be, but harm those who seek after truth.
From the very beginning America, the myth of America - the land free of want and the disparity of the old feudal world, just DID NOT EXIST. There were landed estates given to the few by the British crown, by 1700 the real estate in all of New York belonged to less than a dozen men - in 1760 fewer than 500 men in five colonial cities controlled most of the commerce, the banking, the mining, the manufacturing and most of the news papers and journals on the eastern seaboard - and THEY owned most of the land.
 America from the beginning was not an egalitarian, middle class society. Property qualifications by 1787 left most without land, and the one's who wanted to hold public office had such standards that few could qualify. The men who got together to write the Constitution were successful planters, bankers, slave holders, merchants - who else could afford to give up four months of time in Philadelphia? Many were linked by kinship and marriage, by previous office holding, and by military or diplomatic service.
These framers of the Constitution wanted three things - a stronger central government for trade (in order to deal with other countries) and interstate commerce, and the last reason, the one left out by your teachers - A STRONGER GOVERNMENT TO PUT DOWN INSURRECTIONS AND REBELLIONS AMONG THE POPULATION, BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE WERE RESTLESS. In fact, people tried to take over state governments, there was broad agitation. THE WEALTHY WANTED A STRONG CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT THEIR INTERESTS, NATIONAL CONTROL.
 Most of the common people were involved in farming (85%), small farmers, tenants, or indentured servants who tried to work their way out of debt to a creditor. These people suffered under heavy rents, ruinous taxes, and low income. Many trying to pay their debt off mortgaged their future crops, which did nothing but put them in further debt. News papers during this period complained about "increasing numbers of young beggars in the streets" !!
Economic prisoners crowded the jails, and MANY believed that the revolution was fought for only one reason - TO FURTHER ENGORGE THE RICH. This resulted in numerous rebellions that caused many deaths and imprisonments.
When the so-called "founding fathers" met in Philadelphia they were determined that people of birth, affluence, and fortune should control the affairs of the nation. James Madison (above) who is ostensibly called the father of the Constitution, because he played a large roll in it's penning said that it was important to have "the spirit and form of a popular government, with a minimum of the substance," Federalist Paper #10. Essentially he was posing "how do you form what would win some popular support but would not tamper with the existing class structure?"
 Most of the framers agreed with Madison when he said, again in Federalist Paper #10 "the most common and durable source of faction has been the various unequal distribution of property. Those who hold, and those without have ever formed distinct interests in society."
In other words Madison was talking about the reality at the time, he went on to say " the FIRST OBJECT (emphasis mine) of government is the protection of the different and uneven faculties for acquiring property." AND THEY FURTHER AGREED THAT THE MORE YOU KEEP PEOPLE AWAY FROM PARTICIPATING IN THE GOVERNMENT THE BETTER IT WOULD BE - FOR THEM AND THEIR KIND OF COURSE.
 (Painting by Julius Guzy, depicting puppet politicians operated by the super rich and powerful, see more HERE) These framers wanted to protect THEIR PROPERTY in certain ways - so they laid taxes, established a currency, fixed imports and duties, and created uniform laws of bankruptcy. Debts allowed speculators to buy securities that they bought for pennies on the dollar, which were refunded at face value (making a killing).
They protected slavery in the constitution, because it was considered just another form of property. The framers also worried about rebellions, so they brought forth armies to quell insurrections. Later these same armies were used to break workers strikes at factories and the railroads.
The electoral college was supposed to be the bulwark against popular sentiment. Only the monied elite were allowed to debate who would become president. In fact, senators were not directly elected by the people until the 20th century! SO YOU HAVE THIS ENTIRE STRUCTURE WHICH IS INSULATED FROM THE POPULAR WILL. INITIALLY THE ONLY THING THAT BECAME THE PROVINCE OF THE PEOPLE WAS THE ELECTION OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, BUT THAT DID NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT GREAT DELIBERATION AND ARGUMENT.
THE APPARATUS OF THIS GOVERNMENT WAS BUILT TO THWART THE POPULAR WILL AND TO "CHECK THOSE LEVELING IMPULSES" THAT MADISON FURTHER SPOKE OF. THIS GOVERNMENT WAS BUILT TO PROTECT THE HAVES FROM THE HAVE NOTS. THEY DID NOT WANT A DEMOCRACY, THAT IS, A DEMOS - FOR THE PEOPLE!
 The framers of the Constitution loathed democracy, but they needed to show regard for popular sentiment of the people. Without this the Constitution would have never been ratified - to a man they voted down the Bill Of Rights, it was only the state legislatures that later had the Constitution amended.
Throughout the 18th century they had food riots and insurrections. Democratic victory was never given by this moneyed and landed aristocracy, it was won by the agitation of democratic forces in society. These same struggles have reached their climax in our time.
It is vital that you understand that what we as the people struggle against is not some new event, but it is buried deep in the very warp and woof of how America was originally designed. The people have to make a decision of whether they want a democracy or a plutocracy. Those in power want to roll back every gain the people have made in the last two centuries - they must be stopped.
I am warning you, there is NO area of safety with these reprobates, the entire structure of this present government is in agreement with them, they are in bed together - no matter how much they speak to the contrary (because nothing ever gets done, stop being duped). THEY WILL TRY TO PEEL AWAY EVERY RIGHT, THEY WILL TAKE AWAY ALL OF THE PEOPLES GAIN, AND WE WILL BE LEFT WITH NOTHING IF WE DO NOT STOP THEM NOW!! YOU ARE ENGAGED IN A STRUGGLE THAT HAS GONE ON FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS, MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT - HOPEFULLY I HAVE HELPED TO REMOVE THE BLINDFOLD, NOW WE MUST ADVANCE.
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