AmirBukfifti's words about his video "Money!"
There is much to be learned about the private central banks and their influence on government. After sifting through the tinfoil hats and applying some critical thinking what remains, you can see how this influence can lead non-political folks can see the two parties as being similar from a high level perspective. At the end of the day, it is finance and the economy that has the most undeniable influence in politics. This can be seen plainly in the sheer amount of money needed to be amassed to run for office.
The effect is easy to see on greedy neo-conservatives and social dominators (redundant terms?), but it is difficult to see on well-meaning Democrats. A perfect example is the deficit and national debt. In both cases, it is easy to spend, spend, spend and put it all on future generations. That kind of policy gets votes by those who aren't the least informed about how the system works because they see their pet programs getting funded. The problem is the unpopular choices left to Democrats who don't want to leave the tab for future generations. Their only choice is to raise taxes, which is always going to ruffle feathers, especially with the middle class because they tend to get the lion's share no matter what.
Meanwhile in the background the Fed gets more and more interest for each dollar they lend to the government to pump into the economy. The way the system gets reset is that foreclosures happen and those who have the most money or are otherwise protected from the market collapse, wind up in a position to buy the spoils for pennies on the dollar (which is really what the dollar is worth). It happened during the Great Depression and it has happened over and over to minor degrees since. The most recent event is the real estate bubble. Right now, an investor who is liquid or can still get credit, can buy very nice developed property for pennies on the dollar.
My biggest fear is the ripple effect that this is causing on the economy as a whole. While the housing bubble is rough for those of us stuck in the ground zero, it is small potatoes to what lies in store for the larger economy. From things I've read from BondDad and other bloggers, the eventual outcome of this will make the Great Depression seem like a picnic.
Much like energy, we need currency in this modern world for it to operate, but these two things are also means to enslave and destroy us by taking any and all power from us. In my mind, the biggest challenge to overcoming any of the obstacle to furthering our various progressive agendas will be to enable the public to have control of these two things. Otherwise, our causes are fleeting and secondary. If We the People can gain control of energy and currency, we can do anything, including actually having a government of, for, and by the people instead of a facsimile of one.