Most of what you hear every day in the news, especially when it comes to big news, like the markets, the economy, Wall Street, the national debt here and in Europe, are outright lies and fabrication. It's propaganda; an illusion meant to control you so you accept being oppressed, exploited, and subjugated.
Two parallel tracks... The news you are exposed to, and reality, which you are not being exposed to. Reality is being hidden from you.
Here's an iron-clad test on this: So you already know that a tiny elite pillaged the country during the last several years, plunging the populace into economic insecurity, spreading poverty, foreclosures, etc. The crimes were codified into law by a government who marches to the drum beat of their corporatist owners, so essentially, this powerful ruling elite were able to commit crimes with impunity.
The result was a massive transfer of wealth and power to the ruling elite, and a proportionate loss of same from the rest of the population. If you want to follow how this works, keep the eye on the prize...
The pillaging is continuing apace. Powerful interests' help create the conditions that lead to governments not being properly financed. Governments then fail, and as it does, the ruling elite continues to consolidate power.
Here's the chain of events: Ruling elite (corporations, think tanks, super-rich) sets up the framework for the eventual failure of democratic government, manly by starving the government off revenue which prevents it from operating properly. Then government institutions start failing, plunging the economy into a tailspin (but only the populace is affected; not the ruling elite). As this happens, fear spreads, and the population is divided. The democratic system seems to be unworkable (but remember, this was the ultimate objective of the ruling elite), and many in the population clamor for order and stability.
The fascist then take over... The new incarnation of fascism is manifested in an international cabal of extremely rich and powerful people using the financial system as their main tool for the takedown of democracy, and takeover of government.
These things have been in the works for decades, but we've finally reached a moment in history where this international cabal is ready to consolidate power and take over. So democracy falls in Greece, and Italy, and the bankers move into the seat of power, and take over; ready to enact draconian "austerity" measures to further subjugate the populace.
In the U.S. this thing with the Super-Committee is a scam, a sham, a lie. The die is cast. Follow the money. Keep your eye on the prize. When all it's said and done, three things will happen: Further subjugation of the populace (cuts in social security, medicare, and other programs); weakening the democratic system to the point that is no longer workable; transfer of wealth and power to a fascistic and exploitative ruling elite.
Right now, all the pundits, all the news outlets, are talking "Super-Committee" in some sort of chanted frenzy... People become transfixed by it, like in a trance. Wall Street is collapsing, as well as the Eurozone, and you hear all this yakking about foreign debt, and investors' "confidence" and the Euro bank, and the Fed.
But again, the die is cast. The "markets" are going to "collapse" which at the end of the day can be translated into the same thing: More power and wealth to the ruling elite; Further deterioration of the democratic system; Further subjugation and exploitation of the populace.
Folks, it's a scam, and it seems "we" are falling for it, one more time.
The international revolution needs to be escalated ten fold, and time is of the essence. The citizens need to reject the entire economic paradigm, and in case you don't know what that paradigm is, here's a description: An economic system rigged to transfer wealth and power to a small international ruling elite, and to subjugate the population.
That's the paradigm that exists now. I for one, don't like it.
There is no sense on talking our way out of his, or negotiate with the oppressors, or curry favor, and wiggle our way out, somehow. They will have to be removed (hopefully through massive peaceful resistance and protest movements).
The only way this can happen if is there is a massive understanding and awakening to this reality, and the Occupy movement grows exponentially. And we don't have much time.