Debt & Slavery

This info was in a newsletter, thought you'd find it interesting. . .

One of the most interesting books I’ve come across lately is called The Web of Debt: The Shocking Truth About Our Money System and How We Can Break Free by Ellen Brown, JD. Here are two quotes from the back cover (notice the dates) to give you a flavor of the book:

“The sack of the United States by the Fed is the greatest crime in history. Every effort has been made by the Fed to conceal its powers, but the truth is the Fed has usurped the government.” -- Charles McFadden, Chairman, House Banking and Currency Committee, 1932.

“The real truth is ... that a financial element in the large centers has owned the Government ever since the days of Andrew Jackson” -- President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932.

The book proposes that big money interests supported the Civil War because it was a chance to drive the United States apart, with both sides in heavy debt. And that was the chance to take control over the country. They considered physical slavery to be obsolete because the slave owners were responsible for the physical care of the slaves. However, debt slavery of a nation is much more efficient because it involves most of the nation and there is no need to care for the slaves. In fact, under ideal conditions the slaves can even prosper.

In addition, according to Brown, even our political process was created by huge money interests so that people would be distracted over politicians who quarreled over issues that were insignificant to what the “debt slave owners” were doing. I think that’s particularly evident this year; that this country is in severe financial difficulties that are hardly mentioned by those running for president.

I think this book is very important reading for anyone who wants to stay on top of the big picture. In addition, I think there is a chance that the whole system might undo itself in the next few years. Overall, that would be great for the United States, but the short term ramifications would turn everything upside down since we’ve come to depend upon the system put in place.