The Oldest Trick - Using Fear (of The Default) to Manipulate You

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Saturday July 16, 2011 · 7:19 AM PDT

2011/07/16 · 07:19

It's 2008 all over again. A made-up crisis is used to frighten the public on behalf of a tiny plutocratic group of sociopaths, so they can grab even more power; more money; more influence. So they can finish setting up an oppressive and exploitative system meant to control you and enslave you--through fear.

Let me put it into perspective with this very important question: Imagine that there was a low-level armed conflict in the streets of multiple cities in America between two ideologically motivated groups. The conflict may include bombings, armed skirmishes, sabotage, etc. Imagine this has gone on for a year. Now, under that terrible scenario, which constitutional right would you be willing to give up? Which privacy right would you be willing to let go in order to help bring about security?

Take a few seconds to answer, but think carefully because there only one right answer (of course). And the right answer is none. The right answer is that even if we were to be invaded by a hostile army that required the activation of the national guard, the State shall have no right to curtail one single constitutional protection.

Regarding the current crisis, I believe we are being manipulated one more time; something akin to what happened in 2008 when the treat of a catastrophic financial collapse was used to cover up the looting of trillions of dollars, plunge average women and men into economic despair, take away even more rights from the people, and let the taxpayers foot the bill.

We will have a crisis. The debt ceiling is being used as a subterfuge, as smokes and mirrors, to bring about the crisis.

The purpose of this strategy is to frighten people (Shock Doctrine-style) so the group of plutocratic sociopaths doing this can finally put in place the neo-fascist system they have been so carefully building during the last few decades.

In the 2000's they were able to put together the neo-fascist infrastructure, and now they are implementing it and deploying it. It's not more complicated than that.

It's sad to see people trying to understand what's happening; trying to explain it. The obvious questions are asked: "Hasn't the debt ceiling been raised over 60 times during the last few decades? How come this is the first time in history we may default on obligations, seemingly by choice? It drives some people to despair, confusion, and anger to try to make sense of this absurd state of affairs.

I suggest you think about the possibility that this is a manufactured crisis. That the die is cast. That "they" know there will be some sort of "emergency" and chaos, and that "they" are doing it on purpose to bring about the conditions for a final takeover.

Finally, try to put fear aside. I think that when we are frighten, our ability to think clearly and deliberately is diminished--and of course, that's why "they" are using fear as a tool.

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