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As I write
this RANT, it is difficult to avoid distraction from the news that Greece has
DEFALTED, just as I predicted it would. Not that I knew how it would
occur – or even when – only that it was a mathematical
certainty.
Greece is
just the tip of the iceberg, or perhaps Iceland was the tip, and Greece is
second in line. Either way, three years of wasted money printing,
elaborate schemes to fool the masses, and high-level jawboning failed
to save the once great nation of Greece, likely commencing the “daisy
chain of hell” I have written about for some time.
But that
topic will be described ad nauseum in my regular commentary, starting with
today, of course. For this RANT, I want to discuss another elephant in the
room – perhaps not pink, but certainly taboo – an affliction that
has killed civilizations since the dawn of time – BIG GOVERNMENT.
I could
post countless charts demonstrating government largesse, inefficiency,
corruption, and sloth, but there’s no need to do so. EVERYONE reading
this missive – from America to Australia to Asia – is aware of
government inefficiency in their daily lives. Government has always been the
most inefficient allocator of capital, from Egypt to Rome to Greece (ancient
and modern), but particularly in the current “dollar standard
era.” In other words, now that EVERY government is unconstrained by a
gold standard, ALL have printed money to create JOBS, WARS, and anything else
their “leaders” desire.
Just
looking at my current tax return made me realize how chaotic government is,
creating a tax code so complex that even the IRS has difficulty interpreting
it, let alone laypeople like myself. Ambiguous laws make it difficult for the
police to efficiently function, “bridges to nowhere” are
constructed while crumbling ones grow older, and even the voting
system has become so disorganized that we recently elected the WRONG
PRESIDENT.
Now that
America has officially turned socialist – a euphemism for
“Welfare State ” – its government
will grow larger, along with its counterparts in Europe, Canada, and
most of the world’s populous nations. The world has simply grown too
“big for its britches,” with too many people competing for too
few resources, and consequently many will STARVE and DIE in the coming years,
while countless others REBEL. The universal MONEY PRINTING economy
exacerbates the problem further, but either way the underlying issue would
have resolved badly.
The END
GAME is revolution leading to outright communism, in no way meant as a
derogatory term. It simply means the masses will demand food, clothing, and
shelter, and government will be forced to provide it, either through a
fair electoral process or – more commonly throughout history – a
unilateral decision to commandeer the means of production.
No one
knows how global economic, political, and social developments will
occur. However, it is certain that governments will grow larger, more
powerful, and more destructive -both externally and internally. Hopefully,
today’s Greek DEFAULT wakes Europeans to the plight they face, as well
as the rest of the world’s populace, ALL tethered to the “daisy
chain of hell” by their comment element of destruction, the U.S.
Dollar.
PROTECT YOURSELF,
and do it NOW!
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