Hey everyone,
So Justin is going to be away for a little while and I've been staring at the home page of aussienomics for the past few days blankly, waiting for some sort of inspiration to descend or arise upon me... sadly nought. I do have several small thoughts that I guess I can post as regularly as I can until I come up with something long and profound to post. In any case, feedback and interaction makes the experience better for all of us.
Recently I watched the movie 1984, based off the novel written by George Orwell. I don't recommend people watch the film, unless you want to see the fantastic acting performance by Richard Burton. The book is sensational, I'm about 10% of my way through the book myself. What hit home to me today is that governments around the world are heading for that dystopian destination. I once thought that it was virtually impossible for that level of tyranny to occur within my life time... I now believe differently. Sadly, the level of apathy and disengagement of the population has me worried about the future. My beef is not with the politicians, as they are just men and women with the same power complex that average individuals possess. My discontent is with you, the person reading this article and the persons who are not reading this article. My disappointment is with all of us, past and present, who have allowed, either actively or passively, this monstrosity to occur.
What am I talking about, it's simple: legalized tyranny. In this country you cannot defend yourself with a weapon without fear of imprisonment, they restrict the ability to defend yourself by making it virtually impractical to have a gun in your home and use it for self defense. The crazy thing about it is, people actually think this is a great idea. My response is this, if a murderer breaks into your home, which scenario would you prefer: 1) Call the cops and wait 10-20 minutes before they arrive OR 2) Have the means and ability to personally defend yourself without fear of imprisonment for manslaughter? How about economic tyranny... an income tax, a GST, a corporate tax, property tax, capital gains tax and now, the upcoming carbon tax. I've said it before, one day the government will find a way to tax you for every breath of CO2 you exhale.
Last in this tirade, but not least, the inflation tax... the debasement of the value of the money you keep in the bank. I've discussed this previously, but did you know that the money you keep in the bank depreciates in value despite the interest you earn in the bank? The central bank of Australia (i.e. the RBA) continues to print and print money, perpetuating a fraudulent banking that loans money into existence. Now as I wrote this sentence I know that people's brains have 'glazed over', they don't know what I'm referring to. The term 'fractional reserve banking' is a foreign term, much like 'magna carta' or 'habeus corpus'... concepts and principles too difficult to invest time for learning. And what is the price for this ignorance, this intellectual slavery to our overlords... it is not the suffering that we are enduring now, no that would be too obvious. The penalty for our unconsciousness is the fact that people LOVE to be enslaved and will defend tooth and nail to 'return to Egypt, for it was better for us there...'.
This is an angry post, and I am angry at all of us... we must wake up before it is too late and we all end up distracted by 'Dancing with the Stars', 'Master Chef' or 'Gossip Girl' and surrender our brain, wallet and soul into the hands of a Beast.
Dr Washo
PS Love mercy, truth, freedom, knowledge, wisdom, understanding and love itself rather than entertainment, lust and greed.
