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I'm sorry to hear that Melbourne also has authoritarian police. As far as I know, Australia is actually one of the most-free economies in the world, so it was relatively unscathed in this latest recession. There really does need to be more widespread education about economics at these "Occupy" protests, though, because people don't take them seriously when they propose the same old solutions that didn't work in the past. We live in a time when corporations employ massive numbers of people, so if any of these corporations goes bankrupt, thousands (if not millions) instantly lose their jobs. So it's political suicide for a democratically-elected politician to NOT bail them out with printed money. The "occupy" people need to understand this, and they need to accept that things must get harder before they can get easier. Ending central banking/bailouts, and letting the big banks/corporations go bankrupt is the only way out of this depression. Only then can the economy "move on" and start producing the stuff people want again.

I enjoyed Groningen when I was there a few weeks ago. You know the elites have to be pissing themselves with laughter right now. The government schools didn't teach the masses how money and finance works, so they don't know the solution to the problems they face, or where to direct their anger. It's all "Herp derp bankers" BS.

Oh wow, I expected a socialist rant and Thom Yorke actually said something I agree with. I think I'll listen to some Radiohead now.

Here's another pervasive meme I see a lot, mainly coming from the "conservative" side of the Hegelian Dialectic. "Work hard, and success will come to you. If you are not successful, clearly you aren't working hard enough, or you're not smart enough." There is such a thing as systemic unemployment. Misallocations of capital caused by government moneyprinting destroys the ability of the lower classes to get ahead in life. Watch this video for an explanation of why fiat currency hurts the poor: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm7Z3sOqE84]Fiat Money: Explained in less than 4 minutes - YouTube[/ame] If you imagine life being like a videogame, currently we're playing on "hard" mode. When you don't have "legal tender" laws (meaning people can choose the money they want to use), it's far easier to have a good quality-of-life.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20123348-503544.html What a whack-job. Appropriate she used a Roman phrase, though. America is the new Rome, and it'll collapse just like the one before it.

Libya had something like 75 tons of gold and a bunch of money in Swiss bank accounts. Guess where that's all going? Hint: the Euro will collapse unless the EU raises the money necessary to keep the banks solvent.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204346104576637290931614006.html

This picture was taken 2 years ago. That was fast.

Notice how Chuck can't address the Federal Reserve issue and instead throws up the same BS the "progressives" have been blabbing about since the early 1910's - regulation and taxation. It's because he's aware that without the Federal Reserve, his precious welfare state would crumble. He wants to have it both ways. Progressives are like the beaten wife, and the government is the abusive husband - "Maybe next time he won't hit me... I can change him."

I get the feeling that if he looked like this... ...you'd think his behavior was cute and harmless.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/candidates-occupy-wall-street-14766322?tab=9482931&section=2808950&playlist=2808979

Double post

Nope, it's central banking.

Jesus (Obama) only knows.

There are a few reasons for this, including a strange Chinese custom where you have to take care of the person whose life you save - for the rest of their life. Then there's the fact there was a recent Chinese court case where an elderly woman didn't want to be saved and she sued her rescuer and won in court.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003026008243&sk=wall How my brain feels when I read about fascist shit like this:

Yes, the innocent, cute Aussie boy who brought us this tune: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs1bG6BIYlo]Wishery (Disney Remix) - YouTube[/ame] Here's the relevant thread: http://www.pogomix.net/forums/threads/pogo-tour-cancelled.512/

>A big problem today, in our Orwellian world, is that the commercial media has become a vassal of empire, a tool of the elites to promote their policies and candidates. Even if all candidates had equal access to the press for time, debates, messages, etc. - there still remains this corporate news machine which is in the business of promoting its agenda using the so-called news, or the infotainment industry, and its candidates of choice parrot its policy desires. I agree with this, and I think the Internet is destroying the corporate media monopoly, slowly but surely. The Internet is like the new Gutenberg Press. >Fixing this is a real challenge, a chicken and egg problem of sorts since the reforms need to be from government oversight Chuck, this is where we have always disagreed. You think the government can be reformed to do good. I'm telling you the government is like a gang of rapists - you can infiltrate it and try to change them, but you won't be successful. When we study human action outside of government (corporations, trade, etc) we are well-aware of the ever-present factor of human greed. But for some strange reason, when it comes to analyzing government solutions, people seem to forget this fact and we assume the opposite - that they're selfless angels. The voting mechanism is not enough to keep politicians in check because voters aren't rational. They don't need to be, because there's no direct cost to them if they aren't (with the value of each individual vote being so low). >The Tea Party is a FOX generated device, financed by the Koch brothers I agree that the Koch brothers are a problem, and that they've co-opted the original Tea Party movement. They portray themselves as libertarians of sorts, but now they are a pro-war movement. >One good thing coming from the discontent is a desire to seek the real truth, so hopefully all the protests over Wall Street will shake things up enough so these issues can no longer be ignored, and more and more citizens see the light. Yes, this is happening, and the Internet is where people today turn for information. Especially young people. The elite, who have ruled with impunity since the end of World War 2, are facing their greatest threat to date: a well-informed populace. When the collapse happens, they'll offer the same tired, worn out solutions they've always offered: higher taxes on the rich, and a few more thousand "regulations" on top of the tens of thousands existing ones. Only this time people won't be impressed. They'll be looking for real, fundamental change.

Well the solutions are always things like: "Higher taxes for the rich." and "More regulations for the banks." It's the same old story that's been looping for the last 30 years. That's why people don't take these things seriously.

If you ever travel in Europe, see Berlin in spring/summer. It was my favorite city. Liechtenstein is an awesome little country (the smallest country in the world, and also the richest people in the world). It's good for hiking.

I get that a lot, actually.

Me in front of my house in Austria, they were fixing the entrance at the time. Out for a walk in Liechtenstein. Aarhus, Denmark