"The swamp needs to be drained." If most Americans were not so woefully ignorant about so many things, either this would be a mainstream media channel, or it would not need to exist. And, if there was a swamp, it would be MUCH smaller.
We can try to assess the root causes of Americans' collective ignorance (the educational system, corporate America, because ignorance among many is profitable for those in the know), but that's reality.
To really drain the swamp and get a handle on the deep state, people have to be informed and willing to endure short-term, perhaps medium-term, pain.
The moment some one levels with the public (we are living beyond our means), they are finished, by the corporate media, the end of campaign contributions from the lobbyists who write the rules, and the flowing of those contributions to the opponents of the truth-tellers.
The truth is a harsh mistress. We will get hundreds of comments here, but maybe 10 people will make the connection between America's financial dilapidation, and all the money and resources expended on empire, on fomenting a war against Russia, and enabling Israel to abuse Palestinians and attack everyone else in the Middle East (or using Israel as an American proxy to do those things).
Still, it's good to rant against the swamp. Just remember, many of us, and many of you, I bet derive some small benefit from the swamp (though if you are here, chances are, it does not compensate for everything the swamp takes away from you and the country).
"To really drain the swamp and get a handle on the deep state, people have to be informed and willing to endure short-term, perhaps medium-term, pain."
I'd go for medium to long term pain. The short term pain will pale in comparison. The most useful purpose of the short term pain I'll liken to a practice session for what comes next.
It's not the first time this country has endured tough times.
What happens is the 'history rhymes' thing. People who lived through difficult times are no longer living. Wisdom from experience lost? Probably. And so the cycle repeats with different players and issues.
There's always some with hands either out or in the till.
Israel is NOT abusing Palestinians. Israel is killing Hamas & Hezbollah, rightfully so and unfortunately, Palestinian civilians are collateral damage... in the way because Ham&Hez use them as shields. Well too fkg bad. Look how many Japs, Frogs, Dutch and Krouts we slaughtered in WW2 to exterminate the Nazis. Get over it.
It would be a full time job for Americans to separate political fact from fiction in the present environment. The swamp needs to be structured in such a manner that it serves the population by default. A big part of the problem is MSM propaganda, and in Doge I have hope that truth will prevail, and perhaps a new format for dissemination of an objective assessment will be embraced by the citizens (I think it may already be underway).
DOGE, led by Vivek and Elon, may well be more than meets the eye.
Just watched an important Maria Zeee video in which she reminded her audience of the globalists' ultimate goal: implementation of total control via DIGITAL ID, digital currency, and digital social credit scores.
Recently, Vivek publicly expressed support for legislation preventing children under a certain age from accessing the internet -- DeSantis in FLA just signed something like that into law.
This is designed to sound benign. However, implementing laws like this will require DIGITAL IDENTIFICATION of all social media and, eventually, all internet users.
Only a few years ago, Elon Musk publicly said he wanted to create an "X App", a Western equivalent of China's WeChat, an app combining web browsing, messaging, DIGITAL CURRENCY, and SOCIAL CREDIT SCORES. He even stated that he acquired Twitter to save on its development time.
Elon Musk has LONG been famous for being a hard task master. Initially, I was thrilled to learn he'd be in charge of DOGE.
However, Maria Zeee pointed out why she's suspicious of Argentina's president, Javier Milei, who has implemented something DOGE-like in Argentina, USING AI.
The other shoe dropped. Suddenly, Vivek's support for, essentially, IDing social media users, as well as his and Elon's leadership of DOGE -- almost certainly making heavy use of AI -- made perfect sense.
Edward Dowd recently said that President Trump has inherited "a turd of an economy", with the bulk of its employment in the government sector, and that President Trump would have to be careful about how he made his promised cuts.
The central banks have kept the economic volleyball in play longer than anyone could have imagined, but the statistical inevitability of the collapse of the Federal Reserve System, the American economy, and, in turn, the global economy might create the perfect environment for the introduction of Universal Basic Income via Central Bank Digital Currency (in the form of cute DOGEcoin?).
The TECHNOLOGY ENABLING TOTAL CONTROL HAS EXISTED IN AMERICA SINCE BEFORE THE PLANDEMIC:
America must resist ALL digital age-verification efforts (why can't parents take responsibility for their children by buying them dumb phones? kids don't NEED smartphones).
Iain Davis of substack made a wonderful infographic of how globalists first test their plans on us -- wee tests, implemented here and there. If we let things slide, they incrementally push us farther and farther past a point of no return.
Maria Zeee's presentations are well worth watching:
Countries Worldwide INCLUDING U.S. Planning Internet ID
Edit: The implementation of digital age-verification to control social media access by children under 14 has been pushed recently BY SEVERAL COUNTRIES SIMULTANEOUSLY. Does this sound familiar?
"America must resist ALL digital age-verification efforts (why can't parents take responsibility for their children by buying them dumb phones? kids don't NEED smartphones). " ~ Sedgwick C. Hartung
I suspect that it is inevitable in order to save (salvage) the "system", and we won't have a say in the matter.
Kuwait Suspends Services to Thousands for Failing to Submit Biometric Data
Now I see why George Soros (whose eye-bags need a D-cup brassiere) bought so many radio stations.
Real information has come from AM radio and now, the internet. If we boycott the internet, it will be harder than ever to hear any news besides propaganda.
* * *
What do you suppose Agustín Guillermo Carstens Carstens, general manager of the Bank for International Settlements (the One Ring to Rule them All of the central banks), means when he talks about "absolute control" and "the technology to enforce that" which will result from mandating Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)?
Implementation of the X App envisioned by Elon Musk WILL MEAN NOTHING LESS THAN OUR ENSLAVEMENT.
In other words, if bloated fat shit Carstens Carstens wants to seize and fuck your granddaughter until he splits her in half, the system of CBDCs will make it possible.
Like I said, "America must resist ALL digital age-verification efforts.". They are none other than the first small step into HELL.
Get the word out.
Bank for International Settlements head Agustin Carstens about CBDC and control:
"Just watched an important Maria Zeee video in which she reminded her audience of the globalists' ultimate goal: implementation of total control via DIGITAL ID, digital currency, and digital social credit scores.
...
What do you suppose Agustín Guillermo Carstens Carstens, general manager of the Bank for International Settlements (the One Ring to Rule them All of the central banks), means when he talks about "absolute control" and "the technology to enforce that" which will result from mandating Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)?" ~ Sedgwick C. Hartung
****
You anticipate "the collapse of the Federal Reserve System, the American economy, and, in turn, the global economy".
Are you able to see that the existing format for life is played-out, and when the collapse happens, that it will only be prudent to implement an efficient new format for life that can run for a number of years?
It is no longer viable for a brick and mortar store to stock and sell an 8 cent item. Nor is it viable for law enforcement to deal with petty theft, or for the state to incarcerate individuals for minor crimes. The old way of conducting business is no longer efficient or viable.
Looking at the situation from the perspective of collapse, doesn't a Universal Basic Income, DIGITAL ID, digital currency, and digital social credit score make sense?
Klaus Schwab has commented that "all nations must participate". If you study the various cycling currency valuation snapshots of Bitcoin, you may start to comprehend what Agustin Carstens is getting at (this is the flaw that allowed individuals like Soros to amass their wealth).
"When you look at Bitcoin in various currencies, you can see that it is being used as a vehicle to get capital out of Europe right now."
**
It is my opinion that Democrats basically promote that a new format for life is a requirement, and Republicans promote the opinion of MAGA, but ultimately it is a fight for power, and who will get to impose their grand experiment on the population.
"Looking at the situation from the perspective of collapse, doesn't a Universal Basic Income, DIGITAL ID, digital currency, and digital social credit score make sense?"
Well, let’s give ‘‘em a fair trial, THEN off to the gallows.
"The swamp needs to be drained." If most Americans were not so woefully ignorant about so many things, either this would be a mainstream media channel, or it would not need to exist. And, if there was a swamp, it would be MUCH smaller.
We can try to assess the root causes of Americans' collective ignorance (the educational system, corporate America, because ignorance among many is profitable for those in the know), but that's reality.
To really drain the swamp and get a handle on the deep state, people have to be informed and willing to endure short-term, perhaps medium-term, pain.
The moment some one levels with the public (we are living beyond our means), they are finished, by the corporate media, the end of campaign contributions from the lobbyists who write the rules, and the flowing of those contributions to the opponents of the truth-tellers.
The truth is a harsh mistress. We will get hundreds of comments here, but maybe 10 people will make the connection between America's financial dilapidation, and all the money and resources expended on empire, on fomenting a war against Russia, and enabling Israel to abuse Palestinians and attack everyone else in the Middle East (or using Israel as an American proxy to do those things).
Still, it's good to rant against the swamp. Just remember, many of us, and many of you, I bet derive some small benefit from the swamp (though if you are here, chances are, it does not compensate for everything the swamp takes away from you and the country).
"To really drain the swamp and get a handle on the deep state, people have to be informed and willing to endure short-term, perhaps medium-term, pain."
I'd go for medium to long term pain. The short term pain will pale in comparison. The most useful purpose of the short term pain I'll liken to a practice session for what comes next.
It's not the first time this country has endured tough times.
What happens is the 'history rhymes' thing. People who lived through difficult times are no longer living. Wisdom from experience lost? Probably. And so the cycle repeats with different players and issues.
There's always some with hands either out or in the till.
"The truth is a harsh mistress" Yup!
Israel is NOT abusing Palestinians. Israel is killing Hamas & Hezbollah, rightfully so and unfortunately, Palestinian civilians are collateral damage... in the way because Ham&Hez use them as shields. Well too fkg bad. Look how many Japs, Frogs, Dutch and Krouts we slaughtered in WW2 to exterminate the Nazis. Get over it.
Fuck you.
Take your own advice, bigot.
Loser
Yo'self, lady.
U stink. No
Yes.
It would be a full time job for Americans to separate political fact from fiction in the present environment. The swamp needs to be structured in such a manner that it serves the population by default. A big part of the problem is MSM propaganda, and in Doge I have hope that truth will prevail, and perhaps a new format for dissemination of an objective assessment will be embraced by the citizens (I think it may already be underway).
DOGE, led by Vivek and Elon, may well be more than meets the eye.
Just watched an important Maria Zeee video in which she reminded her audience of the globalists' ultimate goal: implementation of total control via DIGITAL ID, digital currency, and digital social credit scores.
Recently, Vivek publicly expressed support for legislation preventing children under a certain age from accessing the internet -- DeSantis in FLA just signed something like that into law.
This is designed to sound benign. However, implementing laws like this will require DIGITAL IDENTIFICATION of all social media and, eventually, all internet users.
Only a few years ago, Elon Musk publicly said he wanted to create an "X App", a Western equivalent of China's WeChat, an app combining web browsing, messaging, DIGITAL CURRENCY, and SOCIAL CREDIT SCORES. He even stated that he acquired Twitter to save on its development time.
Elon Musk has LONG been famous for being a hard task master. Initially, I was thrilled to learn he'd be in charge of DOGE.
However, Maria Zeee pointed out why she's suspicious of Argentina's president, Javier Milei, who has implemented something DOGE-like in Argentina, USING AI.
The other shoe dropped. Suddenly, Vivek's support for, essentially, IDing social media users, as well as his and Elon's leadership of DOGE -- almost certainly making heavy use of AI -- made perfect sense.
Edward Dowd recently said that President Trump has inherited "a turd of an economy", with the bulk of its employment in the government sector, and that President Trump would have to be careful about how he made his promised cuts.
The central banks have kept the economic volleyball in play longer than anyone could have imagined, but the statistical inevitability of the collapse of the Federal Reserve System, the American economy, and, in turn, the global economy might create the perfect environment for the introduction of Universal Basic Income via Central Bank Digital Currency (in the form of cute DOGEcoin?).
The TECHNOLOGY ENABLING TOTAL CONTROL HAS EXISTED IN AMERICA SINCE BEFORE THE PLANDEMIC:
https://x.com/JamesMelville/status/1597282329181159425?s=20&t=zlZiNqfQq6FbIcG6i_uP0A&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
America must resist ALL digital age-verification efforts (why can't parents take responsibility for their children by buying them dumb phones? kids don't NEED smartphones).
Iain Davis of substack made a wonderful infographic of how globalists first test their plans on us -- wee tests, implemented here and there. If we let things slide, they incrementally push us farther and farther past a point of no return.
Maria Zeee's presentations are well worth watching:
Countries Worldwide INCLUDING U.S. Planning Internet ID
https://rumble.com/v5s4r7e-countries-worldwide-including-u.s.-planning-internet-id-maria-zeee-live-8pm.html?e9s=src_v1_upp
AI Apocalypse: UN100/Agenda 2045 Exposed – FULL SERIES!
https://zeeemedia.com/interview/ai-apocalypse-un100-agenda-2045-exposed-full-series/
Uncensored: 50% of Australians HIT With Communications Outage This Week!!! No Phones, No Internet
https://zeeemedia.com/interview/uncensored-50-of-australians-hit-with-communications-outage-this-week-no-phones-no-internet/
Edit: The implementation of digital age-verification to control social media access by children under 14 has been pushed recently BY SEVERAL COUNTRIES SIMULTANEOUSLY. Does this sound familiar?
"America must resist ALL digital age-verification efforts (why can't parents take responsibility for their children by buying them dumb phones? kids don't NEED smartphones). " ~ Sedgwick C. Hartung
I suspect that it is inevitable in order to save (salvage) the "system", and we won't have a say in the matter.
Kuwait Suspends Services to Thousands for Failing to Submit Biometric Data
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/great-reset/kuwait-suspends-services-to-thousands-for-failing-to-submit-biometric-data/
Kuwait is an emirate -- an hereditary monarchy.
* * *
Now I see why George Soros (whose eye-bags need a D-cup brassiere) bought so many radio stations.
Real information has come from AM radio and now, the internet. If we boycott the internet, it will be harder than ever to hear any news besides propaganda.
* * *
What do you suppose Agustín Guillermo Carstens Carstens, general manager of the Bank for International Settlements (the One Ring to Rule them All of the central banks), means when he talks about "absolute control" and "the technology to enforce that" which will result from mandating Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)?
Implementation of the X App envisioned by Elon Musk WILL MEAN NOTHING LESS THAN OUR ENSLAVEMENT.
In other words, if bloated fat shit Carstens Carstens wants to seize and fuck your granddaughter until he splits her in half, the system of CBDCs will make it possible.
Like I said, "America must resist ALL digital age-verification efforts.". They are none other than the first small step into HELL.
Get the word out.
Bank for International Settlements head Agustin Carstens about CBDC and control:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpNnTuK5JJU
"Just watched an important Maria Zeee video in which she reminded her audience of the globalists' ultimate goal: implementation of total control via DIGITAL ID, digital currency, and digital social credit scores.
...
What do you suppose Agustín Guillermo Carstens Carstens, general manager of the Bank for International Settlements (the One Ring to Rule them All of the central banks), means when he talks about "absolute control" and "the technology to enforce that" which will result from mandating Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)?" ~ Sedgwick C. Hartung
****
You anticipate "the collapse of the Federal Reserve System, the American economy, and, in turn, the global economy".
Are you able to see that the existing format for life is played-out, and when the collapse happens, that it will only be prudent to implement an efficient new format for life that can run for a number of years?
It is no longer viable for a brick and mortar store to stock and sell an 8 cent item. Nor is it viable for law enforcement to deal with petty theft, or for the state to incarcerate individuals for minor crimes. The old way of conducting business is no longer efficient or viable.
Looking at the situation from the perspective of collapse, doesn't a Universal Basic Income, DIGITAL ID, digital currency, and digital social credit score make sense?
Klaus Schwab has commented that "all nations must participate". If you study the various cycling currency valuation snapshots of Bitcoin, you may start to comprehend what Agustin Carstens is getting at (this is the flaw that allowed individuals like Soros to amass their wealth).
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/cryptocurrency/bitcoin-the-international-commodity/
The following is a link to the post:
Bitcoin the International Commodity
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Bitcoin-FX-11-24-24.gif
"When you look at Bitcoin in various currencies, you can see that it is being used as a vehicle to get capital out of Europe right now."
**
It is my opinion that Democrats basically promote that a new format for life is a requirement, and Republicans promote the opinion of MAGA, but ultimately it is a fight for power, and who will get to impose their grand experiment on the population.
I would be interested in your input at the following link discussion:
https://jameshowardkunstler.substack.com/p/in-the-weeds-of-the-swamp/comment/78681773
... to make better sense of it, the following may be a better starting point:
https://jameshowardkunstler.substack.com/p/in-the-weeds-of-the-swamp/comment/78667569
@IAN2364, "you" just said:
"Looking at the situation from the perspective of collapse, doesn't a Universal Basic Income, DIGITAL ID, digital currency, and digital social credit score make sense?"
Thanks for revealing WHAT you are.
https://jameshowardkunstler.substack.com/p/in-the-weeds-of-the-swamp/comment/78615530
You put the word Americans in quotes. That's unforgivable.
If we must