--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > Word of the day: Agnotology: the science of making people stupid, through the > immense structure of bullshit, propaganda, mis- and disinformation, talking > points, tropes, memes, dead metaphors, half truths, deflections, > distractions, and outright lies that is the pleasant task of our political, > media, and technocratic classes to [control the sheeple.]
The whole idea that everything is alright and we can continue going about our lives with the current spending and materialistic expectations without sacrifice on our own part .to me, that is what constitutes 'Sheeple'. Not an independent person who believes in order to take you have to give, or someone who sees hardship on the horizon and is spurred to action to prevent or prepare for it. The term 'Sheeple', IMO, is nothing more than a person who lives like a sheep who wants to 'graze in their fields' peacefully. They are blissfully unaware of the aches and pains the sheepdog and ranch owner have to go through to ensure they are safe and their fields are available for grazing. In America, the percentage of people who fall in the analagous 'sheepdog' or 'ranch owner' state of mind is diminishing. We have too high of a conglomeration of sheep in this country, and not enough people who are willing to pay the price to keep this giant economic system going. > The Big Lie is that the we're "going broke," "running out of money," or even > that a nation must "pay its own way" (to whom?)... You are correct in a sense, yeah, we've got money. And we can continue to print as much money as the need arises. But I'm sure you understand that the more you print, the less it becomes worth which eventually results in inflation. Prices of everything will have to go up. The relationship between the Federal Reserve and the Government is rather peculiar. The Government continues to ask the FR to print out more and more money, which will eventually de-value the US Dollar. The basic concept is that the Dollar is not backed by anything of value. That alone puts our current economic system into unchartered territory. Prior to the creation of the Federal reserve, we had something of value that could be measured and accounted for in terms of. I'm sure you've also noticed actions by various governments to remove assets such as gold from our country. We are no longer trusted as a future economic empire. Our days of economic supremacy could be coming to a close. Your optimism that everything is fine, however, is admirable and indicates that perhaps I won't have to go through some of the hardships that I'm mentally prepared to go through if this system does collapse. All the better for me. > We have it within our power to make sure the Treasury account is fully funded > to accomplish whatever we might want to do with it, subject only to > limitations on the real assets of the Unites States and the energies and > capacities of its people. Ahhh .good point there. 'subject only to limitations on real assets of US and energies and capacities of its people'. Unfortunately, from my observation over the last 20 years, the energies and capacities of US 'people' seems to be declining. Perhaps my pessimism and fatalism simply causes a bleak outlook that is insubstantial, and that would be nice if it were the case. I would suggest reading 'Narcissism Epidemic'. I forget the author's name, but you can find it on Amazon.com. Our whole society has come to maintain a positive outlook on everything despite our blatant failures and data to indicate that things don't look positive at all. People are too busy paying attention to Kim Kardashian and Honey Boo-Boo instead of producing anything of substantial value. In the private sector, everyone I know who is a manager or employee tells me they can't get 18-22 year olds to do shit anymore without grandiose expectations of something unrealistic in return for their efforts. People are pocketing money on Wall Street via manipulation of numbers instead of providing a substantial service to a company. Quick money, easy life, and it's all about me, me, me. The American Dream has become to make a lot of money, have a lot of fun, get a lot of attention, and to put forth as little effort as possible in the process of achieving the first 3 objectives. As long as that ideal remains our concentration, manipulation of the economy will remain the norm, and there will be less and less substance as the basis of our economy. 16.4 Trillion in debt to a bank that refuses transparency, to me, does not yield a positive outlook at this time. I hope your positive outlook is true though. seekliberation
