Socialism, American Style, Part 5
• https://www.fff.org, by Jacob G. HornbergerThe Federal Reserve System is another prime example of American socialism, because it is based on central planning, a core element of socialism.
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The Federal Reserve System is another prime example of American socialism, because it is based on central planning, a core element of socialism.
On September 18 of the year 96 AD, a fairly obscure and elderly politician named Marcus Cocceius Nerva was proclaimed Emperor of Rome by the Senate.
At this point, it seems unlikely that Trump is going to prevail in his legal challenges. It's possible that he will, but what do you think is more likely? If he doesn't prevail, however, Biden's "win" can actually be a tremendous win for us
Assuming no unexpected reversals from state recounts or voter fraud litigation, last week's Biden election win was historic - for the first time in 100 years, a challenger unseated an incumbent President at a time of strong economic and market tailwi
The original union of American states was a voluntary union, not a coerced one held together by violence, mass killing, and terrorism as with say, the Soviet Union.
Barring a recount miracle or judicial development that would make Bush v. Gore look like a routine court decision, Joe Biden appears likely to be the next president of the United States.
"We must learn that passively to accept an unjust system is to cooperate with that system, and thereby to become a participant in its evil."
Tucker Carlson says Joe Biden is 'non-threatening hologram', calls Kamala an 'advertising gimmick' and warns the Democrats seek 'absolute sameness' and will turn the US into an 'oligarchy'
A gaming exercise of the perfect, indigenous color revolution, code-named Blue, was leaked from a major think tank established in the imperial lands that first designed the color revolution concept.
International Man: The decline of Western Civilization is on a lot of people's minds.
It's one thing for mass democracy to produce bad results, in the form of elected politicians or enacted policies.
The core principle of libertarianism is the non-aggression principle. It holds that it is illegitimate to initiate force against other people or to support the initiation of force against other people.
Modern Politics
What happens on November 3rd? It's like a larger than life replay of the famous Hollywood adage: "No one knows anything."
Brunette here. First off, don't get me wrong; I completely understand why many people are reluctant to vote -- especially when the choice (or field, don't forget how vital local races are) of candidates doesn't appeal to them.
Democracy is vastly overrated.
The world can be a very confusing place, full of lies and liars. But sometimes--usually by accident--the clouds part for just a moment and we get a clear, if brief, view of what's really going on.
Simple questions and discouraging answers
The leftist dictatorship that may befall us will try to preserve certain democratic arrangements pro forma.
"Every day I ask myself the same question: How can this be happening in America? How can people like these be in charge of our country? If I didn't see it with my own eyes, I'd think I was having a hallucination."--Philip Roth, novelist
I could not help but notice a strange parallel between the Biden campaign of 2020 and the Clinton campaign of 2016.
The Supreme Court declared in 1943, "There is no mysticism in the American concept of the State or of the nature or origin of its authority." In reality, the cardinal doctrines of contemporary democracy are layer upon layer of mystical claptrap.
People living in the western world are in the greatest fight for the future of pluralist and republican forms of governance since the rise and fall of fascism 75 years ago.
The world has never seen a Technocracy, but all previous civilizations and governmental systems have come and gone. Accordingly, the United States and its Constitutional Republic of government is in its sunset phase unless its citizenry can resuscita
The Democrats are threatening to enact a court-packing law if Amy Comey Barrett, President Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court to replace Ruth Bader Ginsberg, receives Senate confirmation.
The Democrats are threatening to enact a court-packing law if Amy Comey Barrett, President Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court to replace Ruth Bader Ginsberg, receives Senate confirmation.
"Politicians are more likely than people in the general population to be sociopaths. I think you would find no expert in the field of sociopathy/psychopathy/antisocial personality disorder who would dispute this... "
The US is the most observed country in the world. Since it's the world's current empire (and since it is beginning its death throes as an empire), it's fascinating to watch.
Some comments made at the post, Is the Government Behind the Social Media Blackout of the Hunter Biden Stories?, can serve as a teaching point.
Gary D. Barnett talks with Lew Rockwell about the choice we may face.