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    At 13 minutes Alec says that Trump will get people to vote their wallets at the expense of everything else.

    That's how economies fall apart. When the people are forgotten and money comes first.

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    So USAian ecomoney has been in dire straights for some then ?.

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    The one-percenters have been out buying their 2nd Yachts. So every thing is great!
    “El revolucionario: te meteré la bota en el culo"

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    Depending on who you talk to our economy has been 'fake' for a long time. But then many folks I speak with change their minds and then change them again, usually in relation to politics.

    Lots of folks like to point to the markets and the Dow, but that's only one aspect of the economy and many aren't invested in it.

    Corporations used to be responsible for their impacts on communities. Nowadays they only have to answer to their shareholders who are the .01 percent and quite often send their money out of the country.

    Taxpayers pay for all kinds of stuff to help these businesses who no longer give back to those communities.

    So if you are part of that .01% you probably think the economy is just awesome!

    It's the .01% who have most of the money in our economy. They care very little for the rest of us.

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    Quote Originally posted by Aianawa View Post
    So USAian ecomoney has been in dire straights for some then ?.
    Oh i wouldn't exclude your little nook of world as well Vern ...
    The entire fiat banking system is now treading in those shallow waters ...

    Which includes all Commonwealth nations, European and Asian countries-
    Including China..

    The world's economy is already in a slowdown ...
    And it wouldn't take much to beach it all.

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    Biblical prophecies which came true... (with Jonathan Cahn)

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    Richard welcomes a Messianic Christian pastor, biblical scholar, and four time New York Times best-selling author who'll discuss the Jubilean Mysteries contained in the Bible and how they lie behind events in our world.

    GUESTS: Jonathan Cahn caused a worldwide stir with the release of his explosive first book, The Harbinger, which became an instant New York Times best seller and brought him to national and international prominence. His next three books were also New York Times best sellers, The Mystery of the Shemitah, The Book of Mysteries, and The Paradigm. He was named, along with Billy Graham and Keith Greene, one of the top forty spiritual leaders of the last forty years to have radically impacted the world. Called the prophetic voice of this generation, Cahn is a much-sought-after speaker and has been highlighted in the New York Times as well as in many national and international media. He has spoken on Capitol Hill, at the United Nations, and to millions of people around the world. Cahn is known for opening the deep mysteries of Scripture and bringing forth messages of prophetic import. He leads Hope of the World ministry, an international outreach of teaching, evangelism, and compassion projects for the world's most needy. He also leads the Jerusalem Center/Beth Israel, a worship center made up of Jews and Gentiles, people of all backgrounds, just outside New York City, in Wayne, New Jersey.
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    Quote Originally posted by giovonni View Post
    ...
    The world's economy is already in a slowdown ...
    And it wouldn't take much to beach it all.
    A trade war, i.e. tariffs, would do it. Is doing it, imo.

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    Quote Originally posted by Dreamtimer View Post
    Quote Originally posted by giovonni View Post
    ...
    The world's economy is already in a slowdown ...
    And it wouldn't take much to beach it all.
    A trade war, i.e. tariffs, would do it. Is doing it, imo.
    That's actually just a detail in the whole story. It runs much deeper than that. The world economy is based upon capitalism, and capitalism is based upon creating "economical growth", but what the proponents of capitalism have been ignoring from the very start is the fact that resources are finite, and that as such you cannot have economic growth in one place without having an economic recession in another place at the same time.

    It's a predatory system, and it has become saturated, because the predators ─ i.e. the one-percenters ─ now own more than half of the world's debt. The predators have won, and the game is over. It's only going to stagnate from now on, and then die off even further.

    But the game is so addictive and the greed so strong that the predators aren't going to let anyone walk away from the chessboard with their dignity. They still want more ─ more money than they know what to do with, and more power ─ and they'll continue drawing blood down to the last drop.

    Ignorance is a condition, but stupidity is a way of life, and no species on this Earth has ever been as tenacious at stupidity as mankind.
    = DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR =

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    So where can one go? Where can one escape the hungry folks who want more of our blood and sweat?

    How can we change the system before it eats itself?

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    Thank Dreamtimer,
    And much thanks to Aragorn for his synesthesian ability to linguistically articulate it all so well.

    I am off to a clinic appointment this morning, but i will share my sentiments
    (here to your above) this evening.

    BTW - today marks my eleventh year anniversary of posting in the community ...

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    Quote Originally posted by Dreamtimer View Post
    So where can one go? Where can one escape the hungry folks who want more of our blood and sweat?
    If that's a non-rhetorical question, then I'm afraid the answer is going to be "Antarctica", because that's the last patch of land on Earth that hasn't been claimed by anyone yet.

    Quote Originally posted by Dreamtimer View Post
    How can we change the system before it eats itself?
    We cannot. Or that is to say, theoretically it would be possible, if mankind were to decide en masse to reject capitalism. But that's not feasible, because apart from the one-percenters, the vast majority of the population still supports capitalism just the same, and they are either intellectually not capable of escaping their own "survival mode" mindset, or not honorable enough to do so.

    Never underestimate the darker side of the human psyche. Most people actively support the system, because...

    • they've been indoctrinated with it and they don't know anything else; and...
    • so long as it works for them, they're content with it.

    In order to overthrow the rule of the greedy and the power-hungry, you'd need a critical mass that's just not attainable anymore. Remember the Occupy Wall Street movement? Well, as impressive as it was to see so many people rising up from the grassroots, they still didn't make it. The movement was defeated, simply because there weren't enough of them yet to tip the balance.





    Quote Originally posted by giovonni View Post
    Thank Dreamtimer,
    And much thanks to Aragorn for his synesthesian ability to linguistically articulate it all so well.

    I am off to a clinic appointment this morning, but i will share my sentiments
    (here to your above) this evening.
    I hope everything will turn out well, Gio.

    Quote Originally posted by giovonni View Post
    BTW - today marks my eleventh year anniversary of posting in the community ...
    Congratulations on that.
    = DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR =

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    We have an entire Universe to despoil Wot!
    “El revolucionario: te meteré la bota en el culo"

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    Quote Originally posted by giovonni View Post
    Oh i wouldn't exclude your little nook of world as well Vern ...
    The entire fiat banking system is now treading in those shallow waters ...

    Which includes all Commonwealth nations, European and Asian countries-
    Including China..

    The world's economy is already in a slowdown ...
    And it wouldn't take much to beach it all.
    Lol the fiat = fake energy system was n is corrupt and will change sooner than later imo, tisa very important.
    Last edited by Aragorn, 10th September 2019 at 04:22. Reason: double-posted

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    Dreamtimer keep doing what your doing, i totally admire you as a fellow human being ...
    You and Aragorn, have a wonderful grasp of things, and i usually agree with you both.

    I had planned on saying much more on the above, but in retrospect of my day's events -
    i've decided to just remind everyone to always keep it amicably with each other ...

    Time is running out .

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