Well done!

(And much more lucid that I was expecting!


You're right -- they want to keep us "on the field" until we're exhausted. The economy isn't made for us -- but for them. And when they slip up and accidentally allow education to become a little too "robust," and people to get too easily comfortable in an economy -- why then, you have a 60's! (though some well-timed/placed assassinations took care of that...)

You have people asking Too Many Questions, as you noted. Much easier to keep them scared and hungry...Now -- will the herd be smart enough, collectively, to realize they vastly outnumber those running and rigging this game?

This is a good subject to keep fresh in peoples minds, especially new comers who are just waking up to this reality!

Great post and thread. It is the survival mechanism of the malignant organism called government. That's why I also don't buy the FEMA camp thing. They'll never throw us all in them because then who make the widgets, who'd work to bone to keep their debt load just one penny shy of homelessness? Well, maybe they'd force us to labor (think: the private prisons that now contract services out to all the tech giants. That's real by the way).

I've always thought Ayn Rand had it backward when it came to "Atlas Shrugged." It is not the wealthy owners who might someday shutter their plants and live happily ever after behind their walls, but rather the fear that the people will mass strike and force the machinery of wealth to grind to halt. I hope to see that day. Until then, we are all the pawns you describe.

Well thought out and worded.

I come from what would be referred to as a "well off" family, we live in Australia, but our society and population face many of the same problems Americans do, since Australia could basically just be called America Junior. Our govt answers to US govt. We have, as far as I can tell, basically the same monetary system of credit and economy. We instantly join any war fought by the US without batting an eyelid. My father, getting on 70 years now, has seen a lot of stuff go down in his time here, and as loving and caring as he can be for his family and friends, when you get down to it he is quite bitter toward the majority of the remaining population, especially those of different races. I don't like passing off judgements like this especially about my old man but it is quite saddening to see him pretty much give up on faith in humanity. Now the reason I mentioned we would be considered "well off" has to do with this point - the old boy has a bit of clout in the immediate area, and has a way of being able to pull strings and get things done when many others given the same opportunities would not know how to do. Given his attitude toward his fellow man and his position within society, I see his personality and level of morality mirrored throughout the entire world within many of the mid-to-high ranking members of all western society. Which brings me to my main point - in a family of 5 I would consider myself to be the only one who has "woken up" to what is really going on in the world and the veil that is over our eyes. Commenting on anything to do with this within my family leaves me feeling alienated as I can see they would consider it as being ungrateful and pretty much completely the opposite of what values they tried to ingrain into me all my life. This also has to do with the fact that the old boy has worked pretty dang hard for what he has, and I know he feels like that too, so to bite back to the system and the hand that feeds is pretty much going against all known instinct for him.

So that basically wraps up the problem from my end of the spectrum - those who have any power at all in this system are not willing to give it up because in this world of poverty and sadness those who have anything are going to hold onto it for as long as they can. We are not going to see a lot of change on a global scale until the older members of the world pass or retire, as they are the one's who have built up the power and perpetuate the racist and capitalist ideals. Not that I want my old man to pass away - far from it! But before he leaves this lifetime and enters another, it would mean so much to me to see his ideals change toward love for our fellow man and other races, no matter who they are, but to influence this change of morals seems to be an impossibly daunting task.

I apologise for my rant that may have gone off topic more than once, but my point is getting people to change on a mass scale in this world is extremely difficult, but not impossible. Just give it a little more time. We have made so much progress as a species in the last 50-100 years in tolerance, it is growing at an exponential rate, and there is going to come a point where the minorities of this world become majorities - I just hope when this happens we can break out of this vicious cycle and start to live like we were meant to!

I have been reading ATS for quite a while, but only recently I have made an account in which to comment, and I'm not quite sure how one "S&F's", but I shall work it out shortly to share the love to your wisdom. Worldwide awakening is imminent.

I encourage anyone who agreed with the OP to check out philosopher Stephan Molyneux because he explains very clearly and precisely the cause of what the OP talks about: THE STATE!. Not being able to be self sufficient is almost always a result of government regulation. If we didn't have the mandatory indoctrination centers (aka public schools) then the problems that the OP talks of regarding education would vanish.

Stefan Molyneux is pretty popular on youtube (user name stefbot) and basically he endorses what he calls the non-aggression principle which to sum up, means that no one has the right to initiate the use of force against another person. If we are to agree with this premise of non-aggression (I don't see how any sensible person couldn't agree), then Government (The State) is something that we can not support.

We collectively agree to give the state a monopoly on the use of force (the free reign to use force is basically the one simple thing that could define the state actually) and this is of course absurd.

I understand that it would be both impossible and not desirable to switch to a stateless society overnight but we need to start moving in that direction or else I honestly think that humanity's days are numbered.

It's unfortunate that many people and even the OP himself is against the A word, (anarchy), and due to the taboo associations with the name (chaos, disorder, destruction, etc.) but real anarchy just means a free society.

To summarize, the OP describes the dishonest and corrupt nature of education, banking, economics, etc. and I am in total agreement. However, the elephant in the room is THE STATE. Without the state's tentacles reaching into every single aspect of our society (especially those listed above), the world we be a truly free place and the psychopathic few elite who control everything with secret handshakes in backrooms would not be able to manipulate and control everyone as they do now.

This is more like the most obvious conspiracy ever. Obvious to anyone who takes a couple of moments to look closely. It shouldn't have taken you years on ATS to work this much out. I have no idea why this thread received so many flags, this exact same topic has been posted about countless times.

Everything you've stated is exactly what I think about 24/7 so I commend you for typing it all because I'd never have the energy to do it. Life is a complete sham and everything is very transparent to me especially government. Nothing's EVER going to change no matter if the president is white, black, male, female, straight, gay etc. Everyday I start to get bugged out a little more and more wondering why 99% of the population doesn't see what I see but I guess when the Universe is ready to wake them up they'll be awoken.