I would like to open up a robust discussion on the "Conspiracy Theory" that there is a central controller of the monetary system who is ultimately able to create booms and busts, and does so to their benefit.
--Some believe those who are super wealthy would never be so insane as to try to enslave us through the monetary system.
--Others believe the super wealthy would love to control us but that it would be impossible for anyone to coordinate something so complex as the construction of a "New World Order".
--Yet others believe it is happening with certainty.
Where do you stand and why?
Some may argue that JFK was killed by the CIA since he was ready to not only dismantle them but also stop borrowing debt from the Federal Reserve and issue debt directly from the US Treasury.
Yet others may say that forcing 3rd world nations to accept a banking infrastructure created by the International Monetary Fund is another way for the ruling elite to impose their will on us.
I figure that with distributed ledger technologies, we can attempt to ignore the entrenched interests of the current rulers of the financial world and create our own.
However, ignoring them is not truly an option as they are quick to co-opt blockchain technologies for uses in permissioned ledgers. They have the means to market this altered form of the blockchain to the masses and are currently doing so.
There are many ways that we can (peacefully) fight (and win). Education is one. Building community is another. Co-opting their ideas and marketing strategies for our use cases is a third way. We must be prepared to dig and hold the trenches while making our own advancement on the battlefront.
This is our territory. Let's defend it.
I don't think it can be denied any longer when world leaders openly call for a "New World Order", the Central Banks do control the monetary systems worldwide for the most part and if a country attempts to avoid it, well we'll see them on CNN getting bombed to hell sooner or later or their leader assassinated so a puppet can be installed.
It's not a "belief" or a "conspiracy theory", it's quite simply a fact. To deny it these days simply shows others that the individual is still brainwashed and wants to continue sipping the Kool-Aid.
Do you believe they want to control us or enslave us or just use their power for their own benefit (whatever that would mean)? Are they just selfish like most of us or are thry evil?
I tend to think they see us as tools for whatever "progressive" agenda is under way. For instance they build a system around our own behavioral tendencies and add inputs to direct agendas that feed the system. And because they have high levels of resources and media networks spreading through the known world, they can spread one very powerful thing: propaganda.
Add to this the ability to create and pop bubbles (a limited level of currency control) and it begins to become more obvious how they can control --or at least sway--movements.
Nowadays in my own life, I don't worry about psychopathic authoritarians and what they want. I help out with projects that promote individual freedom, work on my yard, my business, and try to raise my kids as best I can.
That said, I do attempt to wake others up from their slumber, because years ago I too was drinking the Kool-Aid. I don't enjoy the back-n-forth discourse, which usually involves ad hominem attacks and bitterness, I just like to provide information I find useful and let others make up their own minds.
I tend to agree man. Just like JFK said, they aim to "use covet means" to reach their agenda. When you think of humanity and each individual it seems difficult to get all of them to do what one would want, but if one belongs to a small and coordinated group controlling 60%+ of the worlds wealth....then it becomes a bit easier to herd the sheep so to speak.
its a deep deep rabbithole... Definitely fact, but once you get past that the hard part is dealing with the Question of who and why?
Essential Reading is Ed Griffin's "The Creature of Jekyll Island" oh, and install this while you're at it...
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/coincidence-detector/hldnghbakgkgeocjllocmpobpppkfepo
At least it is possible to create such models from the available evidence. If you look at the world through such a lens, you will find lots of evidence to support the theory.
Personally I like to first evaluate the usefulness of any possible information to myself before spending lots of time digging for it. If such a Cabal existed, what would I do with the knowledge? I would spend more time away from manipulation; with my family and in the nature. That's what I do anyway, so I consider it useless for myself to spend lots of time on this topic.
That doesn't directly answer your question, but it's my point of view on the subject. I hope to see some good conversation about this too.
This is a good thing to do as well, i believe. Oftentimes those who consider "conspiracies" are seen as not taking time to relax and sometimes this is true (the truth can definitely seem like one heck of a mind-cluck :P). However regardless there are real merits to enjoying the simple things. However, I feel it is important for us to always keep the darker side of human nature at bay, and that means we cannot always look away when it grows more obvious that the stakes are growing ever higher on the world stage.
Nilux. With that said. "Enjoy the simple things" is one hell of a statement :)
I am not a conspiracy theorist. I do, however, think there is a loose association of moneyed interests which pushes an agenda that is counterproductive to ordinary people. It's an agenda of profit over people, of business needs over human needs, etc. It is not hidden away in some dark room. It is visible, generally reported on, and mostly operating in the open. It is even, in many cases, in accord with what people want. These interests, after all, bring us products and services. But when they push for government favors for themselves and cutting programs that don't help them, then people need to vote and organize to defeat them.
As for the federal reserve, yes, they have the power accorded to them by law and it is extensive. Does it enslave us? Is it controlled by the rich? These questions might as well be "does society enslave us?" and "is society controlled by the rich?". To some extent the answer is yes. All societies and their institutions restrict people in some way. They are also, as noted above, controlled to some extent by the rich. But that doesn't mean you are a slave or are controlled by a cabal. You also have power and ordinary people, acting democratically, have made things happen for themselves. There's a continuum here and these questions, as posed, presume an extreme which is a bit of a stretch.