Defining the Kountry Formerly Knows as America Using History and Definitions
History has quickly become such a fascinating and interesting subject to me.. for it ( when researched outside the narrative ) explains so much about this life we are living, our government and our conditioned view.
Books and privy knowledge historically was only for the rich; those who can afford to own books, actually learned how to read and had the time to read outside of earning / working for a living ( leisure time due to having others actually 'work' or produce the income ).
If it wasn't for a socialist / communist program called a "Pell Grant," ( being first-generation Amerikan-born son of immigrants ), I wouldn't know most of what I know.... and probably wouldn't even care or understand if someone sat me down to tell me ( regarding politiks, money, even history.... for although I did not learn these things in school - thank God - I was taught 'how' to learn - by doing research and thinking objectively and considering all things and all sides of any point of view / argument -, and have continued to do so ).
I probably wouldn't even know what the word 'hegemony' or 'fiat currency' meant, let alone how to spell them or put them into context.. aside from probably not even being able to pronounce them correctly.
By definition, doesn't Amerika have socialist, communist and capitalist programs throughout? Isn't it really a smorgasbord of a variety of 'things' or systems?
We should take each department or agency of government, one by one, and correctly identify them by their definition, aside from perception.
For example, the energy sector went from being a privately owned and operated industry to a socialistic industry ( please correct me, for I may be wrong with some of these definitions fyi ) once very few companies monopolized the industry. A look at any developed western European country may show this evolution as well. The state seems to absorb an industry once that industry's machine / model has been perfected / reaches saturation.
Public education is a communist idea by definition. Same goes for central banking... look these up.
( Let us also separate ourselves from attaching emotions and perceptions of 'good' or 'evil' when reading words like 'communist' and 'socialist' too, for this is part of the problem ( mass conditioning to view these as 'evil' while seeing capitalism as 'good' ).
The big hoopla in 2008 when the world economy crashed was that the financial industry ( which was believed to be capitalist / free market in nature ) was exposed as being something else, remember?
The profits before the crash ( before the big players sold / went short ) were kept private ( as is the incentive to go into business ) and the losses were made public ( you and I were attached with another debt burden although we were not playing the game ). This happened when the government decided to bail-out the players and increased the debt money supply... akin to attaching a tighter noose around an already hanging and near-dead man.
So.... how would 'you' define Amerika? What do you see? What type of system people really have in Amerika? or the world, now that it is under one big umbrella of finance, commerce and legislation?
As always, your financial education awaits you at SmartPeopleSmartMoney.com... and thank you for your site sponsor support!!
Books and privy knowledge historically was only for the rich; those who can afford to own books, actually learned how to read and had the time to read outside of earning / working for a living ( leisure time due to having others actually 'work' or produce the income ).
If it wasn't for a socialist / communist program called a "Pell Grant," ( being first-generation Amerikan-born son of immigrants ), I wouldn't know most of what I know.... and probably wouldn't even care or understand if someone sat me down to tell me ( regarding politiks, money, even history.... for although I did not learn these things in school - thank God - I was taught 'how' to learn - by doing research and thinking objectively and considering all things and all sides of any point of view / argument -, and have continued to do so ).
I probably wouldn't even know what the word 'hegemony' or 'fiat currency' meant, let alone how to spell them or put them into context.. aside from probably not even being able to pronounce them correctly.
By definition, doesn't Amerika have socialist, communist and capitalist programs throughout? Isn't it really a smorgasbord of a variety of 'things' or systems?
We should take each department or agency of government, one by one, and correctly identify them by their definition, aside from perception.
For example, the energy sector went from being a privately owned and operated industry to a socialistic industry ( please correct me, for I may be wrong with some of these definitions fyi ) once very few companies monopolized the industry. A look at any developed western European country may show this evolution as well. The state seems to absorb an industry once that industry's machine / model has been perfected / reaches saturation.
Public education is a communist idea by definition. Same goes for central banking... look these up.
( Let us also separate ourselves from attaching emotions and perceptions of 'good' or 'evil' when reading words like 'communist' and 'socialist' too, for this is part of the problem ( mass conditioning to view these as 'evil' while seeing capitalism as 'good' ).
The big hoopla in 2008 when the world economy crashed was that the financial industry ( which was believed to be capitalist / free market in nature ) was exposed as being something else, remember?
The profits before the crash ( before the big players sold / went short ) were kept private ( as is the incentive to go into business ) and the losses were made public ( you and I were attached with another debt burden although we were not playing the game ). This happened when the government decided to bail-out the players and increased the debt money supply... akin to attaching a tighter noose around an already hanging and near-dead man.
So.... how would 'you' define Amerika? What do you see? What type of system people really have in Amerika? or the world, now that it is under one big umbrella of finance, commerce and legislation?
As always, your financial education awaits you at SmartPeopleSmartMoney.com... and thank you for your site sponsor support!!
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