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[–]peety 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (20 children)

and that's (((their)))(3rd) greatest weapon.

usury

germany's state owned banks forbid interest (usury) and germany bounced back from the depression faster than any country. 3-5% on a home loan. a $500,000 would give the bank $15,000 that first year, on one house! think subdivision, ~250 houses. does a bank that already holds most peoples money really need to make 3.75 million for those loans?

i wonder (((who))) makes those rates that steal from american people? how much stronger this country would be? instead most of us are slaves

[–]Canbot 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (16 children)

What is the alternative to banks though? Will you lend me 300k to buy a house free of interest?

[–]Honestanonymous 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

U can't imagine an alternative to usury? Wow....

[–]ReeferMadness 5 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

You can't either, apparently.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

Gaddafi.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

LOL

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

What? Are you drunk again? ;-)

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

No. I'm admiring your insightful example that also has a dark twist ending.

All of my neighbours are a very distracting bad influence on me. I was a hermit for 8 of the 9 years I've been here. While my neighbours aren't rich or smart, almost all of them are generally truth-aware even if they don't know specifics, history, or all the conspiracies, and most are open to hearing new ideas, if not necessarily agreeing. Also most of them are more authentic than "fancier" people who pose a lot. Yet I'm utterly bored by their banal taste in most things, from music to culture to fashion to style to whatever. And their humour is very basic, like young teenagers level, but with old people. I'm the youngest by far, and I'm old at 49. It's interesting. I guess the "productive" younger neighbours don't have time for socializing.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Ah, thank you. :-)

And I hear you on the neighbors. I myself am a bit of an hermit, and a bit of a snob, but finding people to talk about REAL THINGS (tm) with, that is worth a lot.

The nice suburb in which I live is populated by people who are as likely to give you the middle finger, spit at your feet, scowl or nod if you dare say "hello".

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

It's only briefly refreshing to talk about real things with them as they can't speak deeply about much at all.

I'd been withdrawn for years, and now my presence is admittedly overwhelming to some. They like their drinking. I'm trying to motivate them to participate more in actually doing more things. I've got plans for building to mobile gardens on wheels for the community, making a large outdoor chessboard table for the community, composting, an indoor garden this winter and maybe year-round, grow a bunch of pot plants, and making our own beer and wine - in order from top to least priority.

Community used to be something more as a kid. Since then we've all retracted into our little lives with nothing more in common than the shows we watched, and now with infinite options instead of 4 channels we don't even have that.

I preferred the artist community in Oakland, younger, diverse, clever, much more active, sexier, and progressive. But these guys are okay. Instead of just cat herding, I'm herding all old cats now.

[–]peety 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

this isn't one persons fight, it's for all of us. but i would suggest local credit unions, which still charge interest, but the money stays in the community. as far as i know. also, interest doesn't have to be that high. (((they))) who control the rate, think of profit before helping the people.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

^

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

Why so many "<deleted>" comments?

[–]peety 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

<deleted> (did you want one?)

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

I'm not condoning or condemning. I'm just curious.

I liked several of your comments, decided to add you to my "friends" list to pay attention to and discovered them when looking over your history to be sure I wasn't making a mistake.

[–]peety 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

semi-apology for being a smart ass, but it's for personal reasons

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Personally, I'm semi-impressed with your smart ass. Most people don't have what it takes to make any kind of apology for any reasons.

[–]peety 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

lol

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

What are #1 and #2?

Which depression? The Great Depression? Germany back then didn't "bounce back". It was engineered to succeed short term and drive the Jews out of Europe to colonize Israel, before it was destroyed for many reasons.

[–]peety 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

well, without thinking too much about it at the time, i was thinking a toss up between 1 and 2 being the holohoax and the federal reserve

what i can get my hands on to read about germany in the 30's, the country was a powerhouse. zero or near zero unemployment (i'm guessing because infrastructure was invested in heavily), loans(not sure if all) had no interest and from what pictures i have seen, nearly every picture shows a country with great strength.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Fed Rez applies to everyone so it's #1, IMO tied with usury, extant longer than the others, and also applies to most.

I'd put 9/11 at #3 because it started the Global war on terror.

#4 COVID may eclipse #3, because it's Global Totalitarianism and BioWar.

#5 The Holocaust was no small scam either, but its direct range and impact was limited. However, the myth has been all-pervasive, ever so taboo, and has been a profoundly successful propaganda campaign since the 1970s. Plus it's the foundation of all their excuses. I'd give it the #1 place for effective propaganda campaigns, though to be fair they control the media, so not actually that difficult.

Whether the success of Germany was an artificial construct just to knock it down or simply due to a more fair system with less usury, or both - it would be fascinating to see how a fair system might thrive long term (not just for a couple decades).

But how to maintain fairness? I only discovered this thing recently, curiously, with pros and cons: /s/Terminology/comments/6b5b/law_of_jante_10_rules_partly_explain_egalitarian/