I have seen what is important to Americans change thrice in my lifetime: (1) National Pride -> (2) Technology and Human Progress -> (3) Money -> (4) Political Power.

What we are going through now is trying to get those into political authority who can overpower those who came into power over the money system during that period when ONLY money mattered, who have done nothing but damage to our economy, quality of life, and survivability as a nation.

I am surprised to find so many articles which are really proposing nothing more than a throwback to the second era of ‘60s and ‘70s when technology and human progress were priorities on Americans’ list. That era was squashed by money-makers who raped the real economy and eliminated progress (which they made a dirty word). Now we are in a fourth era, trying to get the money-thieves out of power so we can stop them from destroying what little national foundation we have left.

Now we are in the fourth phase since I was born, and it is all about the political power to eliminate the money-thieves from social authority so we can recover from all the crises they have created.

Like the previous phase, which did not end until a single ideological group controlled all the money, this fourth phase will not end until a new ideological group eliminates them (money-thieves) from power and takes full political control. We are in the midst of that struggle now to establish the power of a new political authority.

Michael

The Industrial Age is less than two hundred years old and has produced an atonishing number of products utlilyzing the best of science (so far) and the best of manufacturing techniques. The real problem is that since the IA has become a machine age, humans who work in it and run it have become afraid of it.

The reaction to this is normal. Where has the human element gone? We should sit down and smell the flowers more. Is this really what Man is all about? The post IA has produced a fully international response in all this. Replace humans with robots and if that isn’t available or feasible, well, let other less educated humans do the constant monotony of work required. We set it in motion and they can continue it until they find others to do it for them.

This is what your complaint is all about. Having decided that the West is so advanced we should not labor, let others do it. We have created a society which thinks anything can be done by pushing a button, programming a sequence and that’s it…let’s have Fun! So long as the money was rolling about, easily accessed with credit cards etc, even without jobs, well what a great way to live!

So what has happened to make you all so angry, crying out against “elites” who have run it all into the ground? Well, you have been busy spending billions on entertainment, sports, work clothing made chic with other people’s name embroidered all over it, wearing workmen’s sandals and smoking…not cigarettes (they’re bad for you) but enjoying pot at five times the cost!

Not only do you blame the “elites”, you now are angry with China, a nation of peasants who only know work! You acquiesced as obsolete factories and machinery were sold to them. You didn’t want to work in them and getting rid of them was good to restore the environment! Nature could reclaim where once they were!

The only reason any of you are complaining now is that suddenly the money is hard to come by from parents, mentors, and getting a job is the alternative to making a fortune with the computer which suddenly does not make money for you but lo, you are not skilled for the jobs, you don’t know how to work.

Get with Life. So there are 15% of unemployed in the USA, but that leaves 85% still working! 30% of mortgages are underwater but that leaves 70% still above it. The real problem is not yours at all but the older workers. All the losses in investments have compromised their savings, their security for their old age. they can’t work through their problems again. they don’t have the health, the strength, the time to recoup!

No one under the age of 40 has a problem in ths country. You have education, an environement that recognizes ability and a financial structure that still disseminates wealth, albeit in small doses, to anyone who knows how to use it, enhance it. You even have parents who have paid off their mortgages and if you have to go home for a spell, will give you breathing space to come up with innovation to improve your lot!

You all have a choice…be the Master or be the slave…being a victim doesn’t get you any place…in fact makes you an “occupier”.