lewrockwell--2020-08-14--10 Ways the Communist Manifesto Has Infiltrated the USA

If you can ’ t handle one little arbitrary political abduction at the hands of secret government police , socialism may not be for you .
Socialists protesting in Portland are learning that “ The worst thing that can happen to a socialist is to have his country ruled by socialists who are not his friends.
” -Ludwig von Mises See , you might not realize it , but the USA is already heavily influenced by the socialist/ communist philosophy of Karl Marx .
The Communist Manifest ... Engels , Friedrich Best Price : $ 4.05 Buy New $ 8.50 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , meaning centralized control of the means of production– like factories and farming– in the hands of the state .
Communism is more extreme , with complete abolishment of private property , and a dictatorial government that allegedly attempts to distribute wealth “ to each according to his need , ” and extract labor “ from each according to his ability.
” The two are related enough to use them interchangeably for our purposes .
Karl Marx was born over 200 years ago .
And despite the utter failure of his communist philosophy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Still people want to try again… this time they will get it right .
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels originally published The Communist Manifesto in 1848 .
It laid out the beliefs and action plan of the Communist Party .
The goal was to get communists of every nationality to rise up and unite to overthrow their “ capitalist oppressors.
” Little did they know their words would be used by the likes of Stalin and Mao as justification for over 100 million murders all in the name of a great leap @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the goals of the communists have crept their way into society with little fanfare .
Many people have no idea that public schools , the graduated income tax , and even a central state-controlled bank ( like the Federal Reserve ) were tenets of the Communist Manifesto .
In one section The Communist Manifesto boils down to a list of ten main goals .
Here are those goals , in Marx and Engels ’ own words , followed by some discussion about of how deeply they have seeped into the United States government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.
” Also known as property taxes .
Can you really say you own land if you must pay the government every year in order to keep it ?
Fail to pay your rent , and they will eventually confiscate “ your ” land .
This money is then used for “ public purposes ” like public schools ( just wait for # 10 ) and police , who will remove you from the government ’ s land if you fail to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ From th ... Sears , Kathleen Best Price : $ 7.99 Buy New $ 10.89 And if the local government can fine you for keeping a front yard garden , or backyard chickens , do you really own the land anyway ?
The proletariat simply trades capitalist oppressors for government oppressors .
The federal government owns outright 28 % of all land in the United States , 640 million acres .
This includes the Bureau of Land Management ’ s 248 million-acre turf used to control and oppress political dissidents like Cliven Bundy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for subsurface mineral resources in areas totaling 700 million acres.
” That means they control almost three times as much land as they own .
Each state government owns an average of 8.7 % of its state ’ s land .
Another source claims the feds own over 31 % of the U.S. landmass , which brings the combined state and federal total ownership to almost 40 % of all land in the USA .
And let ’ s not forget about eminent domain , where the government can just take your land @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public benefit ) with “ just compensation.
” If you don ’ t feel that the compensation was fair , simply take the most powerful government on Earth to court– courts that they own .
I ’ m sure you will be treated fairly .
Even after the latest tax cuts , the federal income tax rates range from 10 % to 37 % .
You pay more if you earn more .
That ’ s what a graduated income tax means .
According to the Wall Street Journal , the top 20 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ paid 87 % of all income taxes in 2018 .
These people who earn $ 150,000 or more account for 52 % of the income earned in the USA , but will pay almost all of the income taxes .
The top 1 % of earners– the evil bourgeoisie making over $ 730,000 per year–actually paid over 43 % of all income taxes in 2018 .
So 1 % of earners who make 16 % of the country ’ s total income will pay 43 % of the total income tax .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fair share ” to me .
But the communists won ’ t be satisfied until everything is owned by the state .
The Declaration Of Ind ... Fathers , Founding Best Price : $ 5.98 Buy New $ 6.89 “ 3 .
Abolition of all right of inheritance.
” They want to fleece the rich one more time when they die , even though all that wealth was taxed already as income or capital gains .
There is a hefty exemption to the estate tax ( AKA death tax ) –the first $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But every dollar over that is taxed at 40 % .
( State-level estate taxes add additional costs , often with lower exemptions . )
When you think about it , $ 11 million is not so much money when you are talking about a business that might be passed down through inheritance .
If a business is worth $ 15 million , the family of the deceased would owe $ 1.4 million .
If they don ’ t have $ 1.4 million in cash hanging around , they could have to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the taxes .
That could mean a loss of good proletariat jobs and a hit to the economy .
The same could happen to a piece of land or estate that has been in the family for generations .
The socialists would say , “ Aww boo-hoo , screw the rich , ” because they are hateful and greedy for other people ’ s wealth .
But understand that they never stop with the rich .
Eventually the middle-class is gutted by the socialists , when they realize all the confiscated wealth of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ year in government spending .
“ 4 .
Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
” Why don ’ t you just move out of America if you don ’ t like the taxes ?
Well , America taxes its citizens worldwide , even if they do not live or work in the USA .
Why not renounce your citizenship then ?
That is one option .
But it ’ s actually not free .
In fact , the U.S. confiscates a serious percentage of property from emigrants .
Revolution : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Best Price : $ 26.08 Buy New $ 22.54 It is called the Exit Tax .
It gets complicated , but basically , the government is going to tax you on your net worth , as if you just sold all your assets .
If you don ’ t have the liquid cash to cover that , you would actually have to start selling assets–property , stocks , etc.–in order to pay the Exit Tax .
Of course , you would be taxed on the income or capital gains first , and then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what is left over .
But again , a big part of being a communist is hating rich people .
People with a net worth of less than $ 2 million are much less affected by the exit tax , and only have to pay a few thousand dollars to divorce Uncle Sam .
So let ’ s turn to confiscation of rebels ’ property that affects the poorest proletariat… civil asset forfeiture .
This is often used against poor people who can not afford to defend themselves in court .
The police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ suspect ” was involved in some type of crime , without having to prove anything .
They don ’ t even have to charge you with a crime , let alone convict you .
And you have to prove your innocence if you want your car , house , or cash back .
For example , police seized over $ 50,000 from a Christian Rock band that had collected donations for an orphanage , because they couldn ’ t prove they got the money through legal means .
Between 2001 and 2016 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in cash seizures had occurred on the nation ’ s highways without either a search warrant or an indictment.
” And that ’ s not even counting the more than $ 3.2 billion the DEA has seized since 2007 without filing civil or criminal charges .
Just having cash is a pretty low bar to be considered a rebel .
Then again , what should we expect from a communist doctrine ?
“ 5 .
Centralisation of credit in the hands of the State , by means of a national bank with State @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wonder if today ’ s communists are aware of this one .
They can ’ t possibly think the Federal Reserve helps the proletariat , yet that is exactly what the manifesto describes .
Some people might disagree that the Federal Reserve is state-owned .
Technically it has a private board , although board members are appointed by politicians .
But the government granted the Federal Reserve dictatorial control over the economy .
The government refuses to audit it , and the government protects its monopoly .
It is without a doubt a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Fed sets the interest rates , prints money , and finances much of the debt of the United States government .
It centralizes capital , and lets the government decide how to use it .
They usually use it to bail out banks , wage wars , and steal more value from the people through inflation .
The Federal Reserve also makes it easier for the state to confiscate rebel property .
With a government monopoly , it can simply freeze accounts at home , and bully banks abroad into accepting the will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Centralisation of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State.
” FCC , FTC , DOT , FAA , TSA , CBP–oh it ’ s an alphabet soup of communications and transport regulators .
They regulate the phone lines , the roadways , air traffic , rails , mail and package delivery .
This is nothing new .
Around the same time Karl Marx was writing The Communist Manifesto , Lysander Spooner was doing something productive with his time .
Spooner started the American Letter Mail Company to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
He undercut their prices and provided better customer service , but was fined and cited for breaking laws which protected the government monopoly .
He was forced out of business in 1851 .
The government doesn ’ t quite have control over the internet , but they did create the conditions to allow a handful of companies to control access to the internet .
The NSA monitors every communication .
Customs and Border Protection performs unconstitutional searches at the border , whether you are an American or foreign .
There is even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ encrypted communications , so the government could know absolutely everything you communicate via text , call , or online messaging .
And of course , you can ’ t go out in public without running the risk of being harassed by local , state , and federal police .
You don ’ t have the right to travel without justifying every action to a police officer .
“ 7 .
Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State ; the bringing into cultivation of waste-lands , and the improvement of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ common plan.
” The state has certainly dabbled in factory ownership , like the GM bailout .
They control utilities like water and power .
And they have certainly subsidized their fair share of business from oil and solar panels to sugar and corn .
We can refer back to # 1 to see how much land the government controls , often under the auspices of improving soil and protecting wastelands .
Then there are plenty of government contractors which are basically the same thing as a government-owned company .
If 100 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , they are not a private company .
This is especially prominent in the defense industry , which is where the term military-industrial-complex comes from .
The government spends about 34 % of the GDP every year— in 2020 it will be closer to 50 % .
That is a significant percentage of the economy which the government owns or controls .
And let ’ s not forget about everyone ’ s favorite socialist , Franklin D. Roosevelt , whose New Deal programs like the Tennessee Valley Authority did just this .
Of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ poisons an entire river for thousands of miles , like the EPA did to the Colorado River in 2015 .
“ 8 .
Equal liability of all to labour .
Establishment of industrial armies , especially for agriculture.
” Yes , the Communist Manifesto proposes enslaving all those unwilling to work .
Now , it might not seem like the U.S. government forces people to work .
But you have to make money just to park your ass on a plot of land .
Local governments want property taxes , which means you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just to have a place to live .
People bitch about landlords , but at least they are providing a place to live .
Try building yourself a little cottage on government land and they ’ ll throw you in prison .
( So in that sense , they will provide a home to anyone . )
Without the socialist government , you could settle an unused a piece of land , and make your own way in the world .
And the fact that the government claims the authority to tax you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have a liability to labor for the government if you want to labor at all .
This is the antithesis of right to the pursuit of happiness the founders of the USA talked about .
That was synonymous with property rights , because working , building , and creating is how most people pursue a fulfilled life .
In fact , they are required for life itself .
You can ’ t stay alive without someone working to feed you , for example .
Therefore , most of us can not go through @ @ @ @ @ @ @ necessities .
But we can ’ t just earn what we need , we must earn way more than we need because the government will take a huge chunk of our income .
We tend to think about taxes as a percentage of our income .
But what about as a percentage of our time ?
The government forces you to work as its slave from about January through April every year .
In a typical career , you will spend in total more than 14 full years working as a slave for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of agriculture with manufacturing industries ; gradual abolition of the distinction between town and country , by a more equable distribution of the population over the country.
” The government helped create factory farming by regulating all the small-scale producers out of business .
Reason reports that USDA regulations have forced small slaughterhouses to close in favor of large factory-style slaughterhouses .
This might sound like a good idea at first .
But consider that when one infected animal makes its way to a slaughterhouse , it can contaminate so much more meat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ U.S. meant that any infections were localized , and affected far fewer people .
Plus when the slaughterhouse is local , it is easier to know the owners and see the conditions for yourself .
The animals are raised closer to home , requiring less logistics and a more secure supply chain from farm to table .
The U.S. government has long subsidized large crop producers centralizing them , and making it that much harder for small farms to compete .
It started with the Farm Bill in 1933 and continues to this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but unhealthy products .
And even though the products on the shelf look cheap , we already paid for them with our tax dollars through subsidies .
You may not want to buy unhealthy foods loaded with high fructose corn syrup .
But your money will pay for that crap whether you like it or not .
As for the second part , the US federal government does all it can to destroy the autonomy of towns and states across the USA .
It does this with the carrot– giving money to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the stick– using federal money and agents to enforce its laws , however unjust .
“ 10 .
Free education for all children in public schools .
Abolition of children ’ s factory labour in its present form .
Combination of education with industrial production.
” This may be tenth on the list , but it is number one in ensuring all the rest fall into place .
American communists got this goal in place just four years after the Communist Manifesto was published , with Massachusetts enacting the first compulsory public education @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it was only a matter of time until the population was indoctrinated to believe whatever the government taught them .
The book Teen 2.0 : Saving Our Children and Families from the Torment of Adolescence delves in depth into the history and injustice of compulsory schooling .
It was designed so that the state and corporations could work together to train an obedient workforce , with the public footing the bill .
The point was not open minds and a desire to learn .
The aim of the education was setting students up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the industrialists wanted them to fill .
The communists succeeded in getting exactly what they wanted out of American schools .
And today we see the growing gap between what people learn in school , and what skills they actually need for good jobs .
The communists have got the American education system stuck in a stagnant philosophy of industrial labor .
Of course , they did it with supposedly the best intentions .
Sounds like a good idea to save kids from dangerous work .
But in the process , they also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ autonomy and choice .
They forced kids against their will into a government institution and set the course for their entire lives .
With childhood education infiltrated by the communists , it was only a matter of time until the US became a socialist country .
And I ’ d say we are basically there .
That ’ s why it is so absurd that people think “ socialism ” would be a radical change for the US .
It would be more of the same , a doubling down on every failure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ century .
What the socialists being arrested in Portland by other socialists might not realize is that Obama signed the NDAA which is now being used by Trump/ federal troops to kidnap protesters in Portland .
The Republicans and Democrats are different heads of the same beast , just like Socialists versus the National Socialists .
The labels hardly matter .
They are authoritarians first , and then break down into factions of communist , socialist , fascist , etc .
Each grows the power of the federal government , and hands that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the tides turn .
A truly radical experiment would actually be trying a real free market for once .
Never let a good crisis go to waste is the mantra of the elites .
In tumultuous times , their tactics have extra potency .
They reach for more power .
But this is also when the elite are most vulnerable .
By studying their tactics , you will be more prepared to guard against , and counter-attack the enemy .
The current crisis is being used to exploit the masses .
But it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ power back , and reshape this world .
Society is entering a new period of transition , a struggle that will reveal the elites of the next generation .
Now is the time to seize your power if you intend to be among their ranks .
Reprinted with permission from The Daily Bell .

If you can’t handle one little arbitrary political abduction at the hands of secret government police, socialism may not be for you.
Socialists protesting in Portland are learning that “The worst thing that can happen to a socialist is to have his country ruled by socialists who are not his friends.” -Ludwig von Mises
See, you might not realize it, but the USA is already heavily influenced by the socialist/ communist philosophy of Karl Marx. The Communist Manifest... Engels, Friedrich Best Price: $4.05 Buy New $8.50 (as of 03:24 UTC - Details)
Socialism is more of an umbrella term, meaning centralized control of the means of production– like factories and farming– in the hands of the state.
Communism is more extreme, with complete abolishment of private property, and a dictatorial government that allegedly attempts to distribute wealth “to each according to his need,” and extract labor “from each according to his ability.”
The two are related enough to use them interchangeably for our purposes.
Karl Marx was born over 200 years ago. And despite the utter failure of his communist philosophy in practice, the cult lives on. Still people want to try again… this time they will get it right.
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels originally published The Communist Manifesto in 1848. It laid out the beliefs and action plan of the Communist Party. The goal was to get communists of every nationality to rise up and unite to overthrow their “capitalist oppressors.”
Little did they know their words would be used by the likes of Stalin and Mao as justification for over 100 million murders all in the name of a great leap forward for society.
In America, the goals of the communists have crept their way into society with little fanfare. Many people have no idea that public schools, the graduated income tax, and even a central state-controlled bank (like the Federal Reserve) were tenets of the Communist Manifesto.
In one section The Communist Manifesto boils down to a list of ten main goals.
Here are those goals, in Marx and Engels’ own words, followed by some discussion about of how deeply they have seeped into the United States government.
“1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.”
Also known as property taxes.
Can you really say you own land if you must pay the government every year in order to keep it? Fail to pay your rent, and they will eventually confiscate “your” land. This money is then used for “public purposes” like public schools (just wait for #10) and police, who will remove you from the government’s land if you fail to pay your rent. Socialism 101: From th... Sears, Kathleen Best Price: $7.99 Buy New $10.89 (as of 03:24 UTC - Details)
And if the local government can fine you for keeping a front yard garden, or backyard chickens, do you really own the land anyway? The proletariat simply trades capitalist oppressors for government oppressors.
The federal government owns outright 28% of all land in the United States, 640 million acres. This includes the Bureau of Land Management’s 248 million-acre turf used to control and oppress political dissidents like Cliven Bundy.
“The BLM is also responsible for subsurface mineral resources in areas totaling 700 million acres.” That means they control almost three times as much land as they own.
Each state government owns an average of 8.7% of its state’s land. Another source claims the feds own over 31% of the U.S. landmass, which brings the combined state and federal total ownership to almost 40% of all land in the USA.
And let’s not forget about eminent domain, where the government can just take your land for “public use” (or public benefit) with “just compensation.”
If you don’t feel that the compensation was fair, simply take the most powerful government on Earth to court– courts that they own. I’m sure you will be treated fairly.
“2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.”
Even after the latest tax cuts, the federal income tax rates range from 10% to 37%. You pay more if you earn more. That’s what a graduated income tax means.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the top 20% of income earners in the U.S. paid 87% of all income taxes in 2018. These people who earn $150,000 or more account for 52% of the income earned in the USA, but will pay almost all of the income taxes.
The top 1% of earners– the evil bourgeoisie making over $730,000 per year–actually paid over 43% of all income taxes in 2018.
So 1% of earners who make 16% of the country’s total income will pay 43% of the total income tax.
It sounds like way more than their “fair share” to me. But the communists won’t be satisfied until everything is owned by the state. The Declaration Of Ind... Fathers, Founding Best Price: $5.98 Buy New $6.89 (as of 03:35 UTC - Details)
“3. Abolition of all right of inheritance.”
They want to fleece the rich one more time when they die, even though all that wealth was taxed already as income or capital gains.
There is a hefty exemption to the estate tax (AKA death tax)–the first $11 million or so is not taxed. But every dollar over that is taxed at 40%. (State-level estate taxes add additional costs, often with lower exemptions.)
When you think about it, $11 million is not so much money when you are talking about a business that might be passed down through inheritance.
If a business is worth $15 million, the family of the deceased would owe $1.4 million. If they don’t have $1.4 million in cash hanging around, they could have to dismantle the business in order to pay the taxes. That could mean a loss of good proletariat jobs and a hit to the economy.
The same could happen to a piece of land or estate that has been in the family for generations.
The socialists would say, “Aww boo-hoo, screw the rich,” because they are hateful and greedy for other people’s wealth. But understand that they never stop with the rich.
Eventually the middle-class is gutted by the socialists, when they realize all the confiscated wealth of the rich won’t last a year in government spending.
“4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.”
Let’s start with the Exit Tax.
Why don’t you just move out of America if you don’t like the taxes?
Well, America taxes its citizens worldwide, even if they do not live or work in the USA.
Why not renounce your citizenship then?
That is one option. But it’s actually not free. In fact, the U.S. confiscates a serious percentage of property from emigrants. Revolution: Trump, Was... McFarland, KT Best Price: $26.08 Buy New $22.54 (as of 03:14 UTC - Details)
It is called the Exit Tax. It gets complicated, but basically, the government is going to tax you on your net worth, as if you just sold all your assets.
If you don’t have the liquid cash to cover that, you would actually have to start selling assets–property, stocks, etc.–in order to pay the Exit Tax. Of course, you would be taxed on the income or capital gains first, and then have to pay the exit tax with what is left over.
But again, a big part of being a communist is hating rich people. People with a net worth of less than $2 million are much less affected by the exit tax, and only have to pay a few thousand dollars to divorce Uncle Sam.
So let’s turn to confiscation of rebels’ property that affects the poorest proletariat… civil asset forfeiture.
This is often used against poor people who cannot afford to defend themselves in court. The police simply steal property or cash that they “suspect” was involved in some type of crime, without having to prove anything.
They don’t even have to charge you with a crime, let alone convict you. And you have to prove your innocence if you want your car, house, or cash back.
For example, police seized over $50,000 from a Christian Rock band that had collected donations for an orphanage, because they couldn’t prove they got the money through legal means.
Between 2001 and 2016, “more than $2.5 billion in cash seizures had occurred on the nation’s highways without either a search warrant or an indictment.”
And that’s not even counting the more than $3.2 billion the DEA has seized since 2007 without filing civil or criminal charges.
Just having cash is a pretty low bar to be considered a rebel. Then again, what should we expect from a communist doctrine?
“5. Centralisation of credit in the hands of the State, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly.”
I wonder if today’s communists are aware of this one. They can’t possibly think the Federal Reserve helps the proletariat, yet that is exactly what the manifesto describes.
Some people might disagree that the Federal Reserve is state-owned. Technically it has a private board, although board members are appointed by politicians.
But the government granted the Federal Reserve dictatorial control over the economy. The government refuses to audit it, and the government protects its monopoly. It is without a doubt a feature of a centralized state.
The Fed sets the interest rates, prints money, and finances much of the debt of the United States government.
It centralizes capital, and lets the government decide how to use it. They usually use it to bail out banks, wage wars, and steal more value from the people through inflation.
The Federal Reserve also makes it easier for the state to confiscate rebel property. With a government monopoly, it can simply freeze accounts at home, and bully banks abroad into accepting the will of the US government.
“6. Centralisation of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State.”
FCC, FTC, DOT, FAA, TSA, CBP–oh it’s an alphabet soup of communications and transport regulators.
They regulate the phone lines, the roadways, air traffic, rails, mail and package delivery.
This is nothing new.
Around the same time Karl Marx was writing The Communist Manifesto, Lysander Spooner was doing something productive with his time.
Spooner started the American Letter Mail Company to compete with the U.S. Postal Service. He undercut their prices and provided better customer service, but was fined and cited for breaking laws which protected the government monopoly. He was forced out of business in 1851.
The government doesn’t quite have control over the internet, but they did create the conditions to allow a handful of companies to control access to the internet.
The NSA monitors every communication. Customs and Border Protection performs unconstitutional searches at the border, whether you are an American or foreign.
There is even a bill in Congress that would outlaw encrypted communications, so the government could know absolutely everything you communicate via text, call, or online messaging.
And of course, you can’t go out in public without running the risk of being harassed by local, state, and federal police. You don’t have the right to travel without justifying every action to a police officer.
“7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State; the bringing into cultivation of waste-lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.”
The state has certainly dabbled in factory ownership, like the GM bailout. They control utilities like water and power. And they have certainly subsidized their fair share of business from oil and solar panels to sugar and corn.
We can refer back to #1 to see how much land the government controls, often under the auspices of improving soil and protecting wastelands.
Then there are plenty of government contractors which are basically the same thing as a government-owned company. If 100% of their revenue comes from the government, they are not a private company. This is especially prominent in the defense industry, which is where the term military-industrial-complex comes from.
The government spends about 34% of the GDP every year— in 2020 it will be closer to 50%. That is a significant percentage of the economy which the government owns or controls.
And let’s not forget about everyone’s favorite socialist, Franklin D. Roosevelt, whose New Deal programs like the Tennessee Valley Authority did just this.
Of course this power means sometimes the government poisons an entire river for thousands of miles, like the EPA did to the Colorado River in 2015.
“8. Equal liability of all to labour. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.”
Yes, the Communist Manifesto proposes enslaving all those unwilling to work.
Now, it might not seem like the U.S. government forces people to work. But you have to make money just to park your ass on a plot of land. Local governments want property taxes, which means you must make a certain amount of money just to have a place to live.
People bitch about landlords, but at least they are providing a place to live. Try building yourself a little cottage on government land and they’ll throw you in prison. (So in that sense, they will provide a home to anyone.)
Without the socialist government, you could settle an unused a piece of land, and make your own way in the world.
And the fact that the government claims the authority to tax you on everything you earn basically means you have a liability to labor for the government if you want to labor at all.
This is the antithesis of right to the pursuit of happiness the founders of the USA talked about. That was synonymous with property rights, because working, building, and creating is how most people pursue a fulfilled life.
In fact, they are required for life itself. You can’t stay alive without someone working to feed you, for example.
Therefore, most of us cannot go through life without earning something to pay for necessities. But we can’t just earn what we need, we must earn way more than we need because the government will take a huge chunk of our income.
We tend to think about taxes as a percentage of our income. But what about as a percentage of our time?
The government forces you to work as its slave from about January through April every year. In a typical career, you will spend in total more than 14 full years working as a slave for the government.
“9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of the distinction between town and country, by a more equable distribution of the population over the country.”
The government helped create factory farming by regulating all the small-scale producers out of business.
Reason reports that USDA regulations have forced small slaughterhouses to close in favor of large factory-style slaughterhouses. This might sound like a good idea at first. But consider that when one infected animal makes its way to a slaughterhouse, it can contaminate so much more meat.
Having many slaughterhouses distributed across the U.S. meant that any infections were localized, and affected far fewer people. Plus when the slaughterhouse is local, it is easier to know the owners and see the conditions for yourself.
The animals are raised closer to home, requiring less logistics and a more secure supply chain from farm to table.
The U.S. government has long subsidized large crop producers centralizing them, and making it that much harder for small farms to compete.
It started with the Farm Bill in 1933 and continues to this day.
What we get is cheap, but unhealthy products. And even though the products on the shelf look cheap, we already paid for them with our tax dollars through subsidies.
You may not want to buy unhealthy foods loaded with high fructose corn syrup. But your money will pay for that crap whether you like it or not.
As for the second part, the US federal government does all it can to destroy the autonomy of towns and states across the USA. It does this with the carrot– giving money to governments that do its bidding; and the stick– using federal money and agents to enforce its laws, however unjust.
“10. Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children’s factory labour in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production.”
This may be tenth on the list, but it is number one in ensuring all the rest fall into place.
American communists got this goal in place just four years after the Communist Manifesto was published, with Massachusetts enacting the first compulsory public education law in 1852. After that, it was only a matter of time until the population was indoctrinated to believe whatever the government taught them.
The book Teen 2.0: Saving Our Children and Families from the Torment of Adolescence delves in depth into the history and injustice of compulsory schooling.
It was designed so that the state and corporations could work together to train an obedient workforce, with the public footing the bill.
The point was not open minds and a desire to learn. The aim of the education was setting students up for whatever mediocre to low paying jobs the industrialists wanted them to fill.
The communists succeeded in getting exactly what they wanted out of American schools. And today we see the growing gap between what people learn in school, and what skills they actually need for good jobs. The communists have got the American education system stuck in a stagnant philosophy of industrial labor.
Of course, they did it with supposedly the best intentions. Sounds like a good idea to save kids from dangerous work. But in the process, they also robbed children and young adults of their autonomy and choice. They forced kids against their will into a government institution and set the course for their entire lives.
With childhood education infiltrated by the communists, it was only a matter of time until the US became a socialist country.
And I’d say we are basically there.
That’s why it is so absurd that people think “socialism” would be a radical change for the US. It would be more of the same, a doubling down on every failure you can think of from the last century.
What the socialists being arrested in Portland by other socialists might not realize is that Obama signed the NDAA which is now being used by Trump/ federal troops to kidnap protesters in Portland.
The Republicans and Democrats are different heads of the same beast, just like Socialists versus the National Socialists. The labels hardly matter.
They are authoritarians first, and then break down into factions of communist, socialist, fascist, etc. Each grows the power of the federal government, and hands that power off to the next faction when the tides turn.
A truly radical experiment would actually be trying a real free market for once.
Never let a good crisis go to waste is the mantra of the elites.
In tumultuous times, their tactics have extra potency. They reach for more power.
But this is also when the elite are most vulnerable.
By studying their tactics, you will be more prepared to guard against, and counter-attack the enemy.
The current crisis is being used to exploit the masses. But it also presents tremendous opportunity to take the power back, and reshape this world.
Society is entering a new period of transition, a struggle that will reveal the elites of the next generation.
Now is the time to seize your power if you intend to be among their ranks.
Reprinted with permission from The Daily Bell.


lewrockwell--2020-08-14--Testing the Most Effective Method To Manipulate Minds

By the looks of it , we are about to face one of the most aggressive vaccine campaigns ever created .
According to Reuters,1 the U.S. government is planning to launch an “ overwhelming ” COVID-19 vaccine campaign come November , provided the U.S. Food and Drug Administration gives one or more vaccine candidates the green light .
Considering former FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb2 is now on Pfizer ’ s board of directors,3 and Pfizer ’ s COVID-19 vaccine is one of the lead candidates , jaded minds might assume the FDA isn ’ t going to put up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the COVID-19 vaccine campaign “ will likely be compressed into a short period of time , around four to six weeks , to eliminate any lag between when Americans are alerted to the vaccine and then they can get vaccinated.
” An unnamed “ senior White House administration official ” is quoted saying:4 Brave New World Aldous Huxley Best Price : $ 1.00 Buy New $ 6.99 It ’ s still unclear exactly when a vaccine will be available , but it could be as early as October , or as late @ @ @ @ @ @ @ administration official , the advertising campaign for the vaccine will be tailored to specific subsets of the population , depending on the people the vaccine is likely to benefit the most .
Such details are expected to be teased out during ongoing clinical trials .
The idea that the vaccine promotion might be more “ overwhelming ” than what we ’ re used to is further supported by a clinical study5 on ClinicalTrials.gov , the aim of which is to identify the most “ persuasive messages for COVID-19 vaccine uptake.
” The study @ @ @ @ @ @ @ test “ different messages about vaccinating against COVID-19 once the vaccine becomes available.
” A total of 4,000 participants will be randomized to receive one of 12 different messages ( 10 messaging variations , one control message and one baseline message ) , after which they will “ compare the reported willingness to get a COVID-19 vaccine at three and six months of it becoming available.
” The messaging slants under investigation include:6 Personal freedom message — A message about how COVID-19 is limiting people ’ s personal freedom , and how society @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people vaccinated , can preserve its personal freedom .
Economic freedom message — A message about how COVID-19 is limiting people ’ s economic freedom , and how society , by working together to get enough people vaccinated , can preserve its economic freedom .
Self-interest message — A message that COVID-19 presents a real danger to one ’ s health , even if one is young and healthy , and how getting vaccinated against COVID-19 is the best way to prevent oneself from getting sick .
Community interest message — A message @ @ @ @ @ @ @ health of loved ones : The more people who get vaccinated against COVID-19 , the lower the risk that one ’ s loved ones will get sick .
Society must work together and all get vaccinated .
Economic benefit message — A message about how COVID-19 is wreaking havoc on the economy and the only way to strengthen the economy is to work together to get enough people vaccinated .
Guilt message — A message is about the danger that COVID-19 presents to the health of one ’ s family and community .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ them is not only by getting vaccinated , but to get society to work together to get enough people vaccinated .
Then a test question asks the participant to imagine the guilt they will feel if they don ’ t get vaccinated and then spread the disease .
1984 ( Signet Classics ) George Orwell Best Price : $ 1.49 Buy New $ 3.58 Embarrassment message — A message is about the danger that COVID-19 presents to the health of one ’ s family and community : The best way to protect them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ together to make sure that enough people get vaccinated .
Then it asks the participant to imagine the embarrassment they will feel if they don ’ t get vaccinated and spread the disease .
Anger message — The message is about the danger that COVID-19 presents to the health of one ’ s family and community .
The best way to protect them is by getting vaccinated and by working together to make sure that enough people get vaccinated .
It then asks the participant to imagine the anger they will feel if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spread the disease .
Trust in science message — A message about how getting vaccinated against COVID-19 is the most effective way of protecting one ’ s community , that vaccination is backed by science : If one doesn ’ t get vaccinated that means that one doesn ’ t understand how infections are spread or you are one who ignores science .
Not brave message — A message which describes how firefighters , doctors and front line medical workers are brave : Those who choose not to get vaccinated against COVID-19 are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ completed July 8 , 2020 , results have yet to be publicly posted .
Clearly , this is not the first time researchers have investigated the most effective propaganda angles , but the types of messages listed above really demonstrate just how insidious these types of campaigns can be .
It ’ s really all about manipulation — pushing the right mental and emotional hot-buttons to fire up a desired response , all while overriding more logical thought processes .
The propaganda push has already started , it seems , with USA Today @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by Requiring Vaccination for All .
It ’ s Not Un-American , It ’ s Patriotic.
” This is precisely the kind of PR we can expect more of in the months to come .
The manipulation aspect is equally if not more evident in the listed secondary outcome measures , which include : • Participants ’ confidence in the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine • Participants ’ willingness to persuade others to get vaccinated • Their fear of those who have not been vaccinated • The social judgment of those who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Aldous Huxley ’ s dystopian 1932 book , “ Brave New World , ” reads : Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury Best Price : $ 1.98 Buy New $ 8.29 Huxley ’ s quote starts off a thought-provoking article8 on The Burning Platform that reviews the rise of totalitarianism and parallels presented in popular works of fiction .
The author notes Huxley ’ s book came on the heels of Edward Bernays ’ 1928 book , “ Propaganda ” — a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the historical foundations of modern public relations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in his book , Bernays:9 A contemporary to Huxley and Bernays was George Orwell , who wrote the cult classic “ 1984.
” In 1949 , Huxley reportedly wrote to Orwell , stating he believed the world ’ s rulers would soon “ discover that infant conditioning and narco-hypnosis are more efficient as instruments of government than clubs and prisons , and that the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging and kicking them into obedience.
” 10 Huxley believed the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was “ destined to modulate into the nightmare of a world having more resemblance to that which I imagined in ‘ Brave New World ' ” and that this transition would be the result of “ a felt need for increased efficiency.
” While Huxley did not use the word “ technocracy , ” that ’ s essentially what he was talking about .
Technocracy is an economic and social engineering system that got started in the 1930s during the height of the Great Depression , when scientists and engineers got together to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The Trilateral Commission ’ s co-founder Zbigniew Brzezinski , a Columbia University professor , brought the concept of technocracy into the Commission in 1973 , with the financial support of David Rockefeller .
Technocrats have silently and relentlessly pushed forward ever since , and their agenda is now becoming increasingly visible .
At its heart , technocracy is an economic system , not a political one .
It actually calls for , indeed demands , the total dismantling of the political system , which includes the U.S. Constitution .
In fact , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has kept technocracy at bay this long in the U.S .
The system also hinges on the skillful implementation of social engineering .
Once fully implemented , people won ’ t have the ability to effectively fight it , but until then , through peaceful civil disobedience , the sharing of information and the exercise of political power , we still have a chance to prevent it .
Time is running short , however .
As noted by The Burning Platform,11 “ Since 9/11 , the United States has unequivocally moved in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” and “ We are now experiencing a dystopian amalgamation of the worst of both novels , ” referring to “ 1984 ” and “ Brave New World.
” The Omni-Americans : So ... Murray , Albert Best Price : $ 12.57 Buy New $ 10.55 Unfortunately , many still can not see the full picture , nor understand the ultimate real-world danger of unquestioning compliance with ever-more illogical and freedom-quenching recommendations and mandates .
Under technocratic rule , nations are to be led by unelected leaders who decide which resources companies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and which products consumers are ultimately allowed to buy .
Technocracy is essentially a resource-based economic system in which energy and social engineering run the economy rather than pricing mechanisms such as supply and demand .
Patrick Wood — an economist , financial analyst and American constitutionalist — has devoted a lifetime to uncovering the mystery of what is controlling most of the craziness we ’ re currently seeing , and which has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic .
I go into more details on technocracy in my interview with Patrick Wood @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rising : The Trojan Horse of Global Transformation ” and “ Technocracy : The Hard Road to World Order ” delve into this new world order in greater depth .
You can listen to our interview below .
Science Has Been Misused for Decades Importantly , science is a primary tool used to manipulate society and keep the economic engine running under the technocratic system .
As explained by Wood , technocracy uses science to issue suggestions , to start .
But those suggestions rapidly turn into mandates , which is precisely what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pandemic .
We ’ ve also seen this with vaccines in general .
But the COVID-19 pandemic has also revealed there ’ s a much larger plan that includes implantable digital identifications , medical records and vaccine passports , digital currency and banking — all of which will ultimately be tied together so that algorithms and automation will be able to keep everyone in line , everywhere , all the time .
An important tool used to drive the technocratic agenda forward is what Huxley pointed out , namely efficiency .
In the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are being inundated with an ever-increasing amount of “ smart ” technology that tracks everything everyone says and does , and artificial intelligence that sorts , interprets and spits out recommendations based on all that data .
This technological infrastructure is crucial for the technocracy , as the ultimate goal is to essentially automate slavery .
The idea is that society will be ruled by automated algorithms , thus rendering a political structure irrelevant .
Everyone will be automatically kept in line by technology .
The Politics of Obedie ... Etienne de la @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New $ 7.00 For example , you might be told via text message that it ’ s time to get your annual vaccination .
You go there , get the shot , and receive a digital vaccine certificate .
Should you get the bright idea to refuse , your bank accounts get automatically frozen , the electronic door pass to your office won ’ t work , and you won ’ t be allowed to pass through the electronic check point at the grocery store .
No human authority is required in that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anyone to complain to or debate with .
You ’ re herded into compliance by the fact that you have to do certain things in order to be allowed to participate in society .
It sounds crazy , but if you look around , you ’ ll see clear evidence that this system has been slowly implemented all around us , for decades .
And , when you look at the statements from people like Bill Gates , in conjunction with the technologies he and others are implementing in various parts of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ currency , vaccine certificates and medical records , along with implantable chips to track employee attendance , smart appliances and entire smart cities , just to name a few ) , you can begin to see how the control loop is closing in around us .
In her book , “ The Age of Surveillance Capitalism , ” professor Shoshana Zuboff exposes the stunning capacities currently available to surveil , analyze and manipulate our behavior .
It ’ s crucial to realize that as bad as it is today , the predictive power @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rate , which means their ability to manipulate behavior is increasing at a pace we can not fully comprehend .
Importantly , technocrats are currently making an end run around national sovereignty .
Rather than a frontal assault on the system , which has never been successful , they ’ ve simply eroded national sovereignty piece by piece .
What can we can do to thwart the steady march of technocracy ?
As explained by Wood , the most effective way is through local activism .
The technocratic system was built from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tear it down from the top down .
They ’ re already far too powerful for that .
So , to begin the dismantling process , we must regain control of our local governments , and work our way up from there .
One of the most important elected local officials that you should concern yourself with is your sheriff .
Sheriffs are responsible for enforcing tyrannical edicts from local , state and federal government , and if they choose not to , government has no power .
City councils also have a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ binding resolutions to protect citizens against the technocratic agenda .
1 Person in 40 Is Injured by Vaccines Getting back to the issue of the COVID-19 vaccine , I urge you to keep a cool head once the PR machine gains speed .
Read through the propaganda messages again ( above ) and familiarize yourself with them so you can identify the buttons they ’ re trying to push .
Anatomy of the State Murray Rothbard Best Price : $ 5.00 Buy New $ 5.82 Remember , the COVID-19 vaccines currently leading in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ human use , and there ’ s no possible way to ascertain what the long-term ramifications might be when you turn your body into a viral protein factory .
I ’ ve discussed the theory behind mRNA vaccines in several previous articles , including “ Gates Tries to Justify Side Effects of Fast-Tracked Vaccine.
” Coronavirus vaccine efforts gained speed in early 2002 , following three SARS epidemics .
However , such efforts have proven highly problematic as coronavirus vaccines have a stubborn tendency to trigger paradoxical immune responses .
In my interview @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chairs the board of directors of the Children ’ s Health Defense,12 he reviewed some of the failed efforts to produce a viable coronavirus vaccine and highlighted the dangers of vaccine exaggeration of the immune response : So please , review ALL the vaccine studies BEFORE you get the COVID vaccine because as far as I have read , this essential part of the study — ensuring that no paradoxical immune enhancement will occur — has not yet been done .
Even with conventionally manufactured vaccines , data from the U.S. Department of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Research Quality suggests vaccine damage occurs in 2.6 % of all vaccinations .
This means 1 in 40 people — not 1 in 1 million , which is what we ’ ve been repeatedly told — is injured by vaccines .
Kennedy Jr. reviewed this data in a recent online vaccine debate13 with attorney and legal scholar Alan Dershowitz .
The U.S .
Vaccine Court has also paid out $ 4 billion to patients permanently damaged or killed by vaccines , and that ’ s just a small portion of all the cases @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than 1 % of people who are injured ever get to court , due to the high bar set for proving causation .
Will the novel mRNA COVID-19 vaccines be more dangerous than conventional vaccines , or will they be safer ?
Considering these vaccines are being fast-tracked and are forgoing all traditional animal testing and long-term evaluation , I suspect they may end up having far more unanticipated complications .
So , as the vaccine campaign rolls out , remember to weigh whatever potential risks and benefits that might apply in your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ emotional triggers .
Regardless of what you decide , also try to accept the personal decisions of others .
The PR campaign will clearly try to manipulate you into fearing those who chose not to vaccinate , and trigger you into condemning them .
Hopefully , knowing that you are being manipulated will help ease these tendencies .
The Best of Joseph Mercola

By the looks of it, we are about to face one of the most aggressive vaccine campaigns ever created. According to Reuters,1 the U.S. government is planning to launch an “overwhelming” COVID-19 vaccine campaign come November, provided the U.S. Food and Drug Administration gives one or more vaccine candidates the green light.
Considering former FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb2 is now on Pfizer’s board of directors,3 and Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is one of the lead candidates, jaded minds might assume the FDA isn’t going to put up any significant roadblocks.
According to Reuters, the COVID-19 vaccine campaign “will likely be compressed into a short period of time, around four to six weeks, to eliminate any lag between when Americans are alerted to the vaccine and then they can get vaccinated.” An unnamed “senior White House administration official” is quoted saying:4
“The fine line we are walking is getting the American people very excited about vaccines and missing expectations versus having a bunch of vaccines in the warehouse and not as many people want to get it. You may not hear a lot about promoting vaccines over the airwaves in August and September but you’ll be overwhelmed by it come November.”
Brave New World Aldous Huxley Best Price: $1.00 Buy New $6.99 (as of 05:15 UTC - Details) It’s still unclear exactly when a vaccine will be available, but it could be as early as October, or as late as January 2021. According to the administration official, the advertising campaign for the vaccine will be tailored to specific subsets of the population, depending on the people the vaccine is likely to benefit the most. Such details are expected to be teased out during ongoing clinical trials.
Study Underway to Identify Most Effective Messaging
The idea that the vaccine promotion might be more “overwhelming” than what we’re used to is further supported by a clinical study5 on ClinicalTrials.gov, the aim of which is to identify the most “persuasive messages for COVID-19 vaccine uptake.”
The study, conducted by Yale University, will test “different messages about vaccinating against COVID-19 once the vaccine becomes available.”
A total of 4,000 participants will be randomized to receive one of 12 different messages (10 messaging variations, one control message and one baseline message), after which they will “compare the reported willingness to get a COVID-19 vaccine at three and six months of it becoming available.” The messaging slants under investigation include:6
Personal freedom message — A message about how COVID-19 is limiting people’s personal freedom, and how society, by working together to get enough people vaccinated, can preserve its personal freedom.
Economic freedom message — A message about how COVID-19 is limiting people’s economic freedom, and how society, by working together to get enough people vaccinated, can preserve its economic freedom.
Self-interest message — A message that COVID-19 presents a real danger to one’s health, even if one is young and healthy, and how getting vaccinated against COVID-19 is the best way to prevent oneself from getting sick.
Community interest message — A message about the dangers of COVID-19 to the health of loved ones: The more people who get vaccinated against COVID-19, the lower the risk that one’s loved ones will get sick. Society must work together and all get vaccinated.
Economic benefit message — A message about how COVID-19 is wreaking havoc on the economy and the only way to strengthen the economy is to work together to get enough people vaccinated.
Guilt message — A message is about the danger that COVID-19 presents to the health of one’s family and community. Therefore, the best way to protect them is not only by getting vaccinated, but to get society to work together to get enough people vaccinated. Then a test question asks the participant to imagine the guilt they will feel if they don’t get vaccinated and then spread the disease. 1984 (Signet Classics) George Orwell Best Price: $1.49 Buy New $3.58 (as of 10:53 UTC - Details)
Embarrassment message — A message is about the danger that COVID-19 presents to the health of one’s family and community: The best way to protect them is by getting vaccinated and by working together to make sure that enough people get vaccinated. Then it asks the participant to imagine the embarrassment they will feel if they don’t get vaccinated and spread the disease.
Anger message — The message is about the danger that COVID-19 presents to the health of one’s family and community. The best way to protect them is by getting vaccinated and by working together to make sure that enough people get vaccinated. It then asks the participant to imagine the anger they will feel if they don’t get vaccinated and spread the disease.
Trust in science message — A message about how getting vaccinated against COVID-19 is the most effective way of protecting one’s community, that vaccination is backed by science: If one doesn’t get vaccinated that means that one doesn’t understand how infections are spread or you are one who ignores science.
Not brave message — A message which describes how firefighters, doctors and front line medical workers are brave: Those who choose not to get vaccinated against COVID-19 are not brave.
While the study was completed July 8, 2020, results have yet to be publicly posted. Clearly, this is not the first time researchers have investigated the most effective propaganda angles, but the types of messages listed above really demonstrate just how insidious these types of campaigns can be.
It’s really all about manipulation — pushing the right mental and emotional hot-buttons to fire up a desired response, all while overriding more logical thought processes.
The propaganda push has already started, it seems, with USA Today publishing an article7 titled “Defeat COVID-19 by Requiring Vaccination for All. It’s Not Un-American, It’s Patriotic.” This is precisely the kind of PR we can expect more of in the months to come.
The manipulation aspect is equally if not more evident in the listed secondary outcome measures, which include:
Participants’ confidence in the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine
Participants’ willingness to persuade others to get vaccinated
Their fear of those who have not been vaccinated
The social judgment of those who choose not to vaccinate
Effective Totalitarianism Relies on You Enjoying Servitude
A quote from Aldous Huxley’s dystopian 1932 book, “Brave New World,” reads: Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury Best Price: $1.98 Buy New $8.29 (as of 07:00 UTC - Details)
“A really efficient totalitarian state would be one in which the all-powerful executive of political bosses and their army of managers control a population of slaves who do not have to be coerced, because they love their servitude.”
Huxley’s quote starts off a thought-provoking article8 on The Burning Platform that reviews the rise of totalitarianism and parallels presented in popular works of fiction. The author notes Huxley’s book came on the heels of Edward Bernays’ 1928 book, “Propaganda” — a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the historical foundations of modern public relations. The article points out that, in his book, Bernays:9
“… revealed the existence of an invisible government who used propaganda to manipulate the minds of the public to insure those controlling the levers of power were able to engineer their desired outcomes.”
A contemporary to Huxley and Bernays was George Orwell, who wrote the cult classic “1984.” In 1949, Huxley reportedly wrote to Orwell, stating he believed the world’s rulers would soon “discover that infant conditioning and narco-hypnosis are more efficient as instruments of government than clubs and prisons, and that the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging and kicking them into obedience.”10
At its heart, technocracy is an economic system, not a political one. The system also hinges on the skillful implementation of social engineering.
Huxley believed the nightmarish existence presented in “1984” was “destined to modulate into the nightmare of a world having more resemblance to that which I imagined in ‘Brave New World'” and that this transition would be the result of “a felt need for increased efficiency.” While Huxley did not use the word “technocracy,” that’s essentially what he was talking about.
Technocracy 101
Technocracy is an economic and social engineering system that got started in the 1930s during the height of the Great Depression, when scientists and engineers got together to solve the nation’s economic problems.
The Trilateral Commission’s co-founder Zbigniew Brzezinski, a Columbia University professor, brought the concept of technocracy into the Commission in 1973, with the financial support of David Rockefeller. Technocrats have silently and relentlessly pushed forward ever since, and their agenda is now becoming increasingly visible.
At its heart, technocracy is an economic system, not a political one. It actually calls for, indeed demands, the total dismantling of the political system, which includes the U.S. Constitution. In fact, the Constitution is the only thing that has kept technocracy at bay this long in the U.S.
The system also hinges on the skillful implementation of social engineering. Once fully implemented, people won’t have the ability to effectively fight it, but until then, through peaceful civil disobedience, the sharing of information and the exercise of political power, we still have a chance to prevent it.
Time is running short, however. As noted by The Burning Platform,11 “Since 9/11, the United States has unequivocally moved in the direction of Orwell’s 1984 vision,” and “We are now experiencing a dystopian amalgamation of the worst of both novels,” referring to “1984” and “Brave New World.” The Omni-Americans: So... Murray, Albert Best Price: $12.57 Buy New $10.55 (as of 03:25 UTC - Details)
Unfortunately, many still cannot see the full picture, nor understand the ultimate real-world danger of unquestioning compliance with ever-more illogical and freedom-quenching recommendations and mandates.
Technocracy Demands the Abolishment of Political Systems
Under technocratic rule, nations are to be led by unelected leaders who decide which resources companies can use to make certain products, and which products consumers are ultimately allowed to buy. Technocracy is essentially a resource-based economic system in which energy and social engineering run the economy rather than pricing mechanisms such as supply and demand.
Patrick Wood — an economist, financial analyst and American constitutionalist — has devoted a lifetime to uncovering the mystery of what is controlling most of the craziness we’re currently seeing, and which has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. I go into more details on technocracy in my interview with Patrick Wood.
His two books, “Technocracy Rising: The Trojan Horse of Global Transformation” and “Technocracy: The Hard Road to World Order” delve into this new world order in greater depth. You can listen to our interview below.

Science Has Been Misused for Decades
Importantly, science is a primary tool used to manipulate society and keep the economic engine running under the technocratic system. As explained by Wood, technocracy uses science to issue suggestions, to start. But those suggestions rapidly turn into mandates, which is precisely what we’ve been seeing during this pandemic. We’ve also seen this with vaccines in general.
But the COVID-19 pandemic has also revealed there’s a much larger plan that includes implantable digital identifications, medical records and vaccine passports, digital currency and banking — all of which will ultimately be tied together so that algorithms and automation will be able to keep everyone in line, everywhere, all the time.
Rule by Algorithm
An important tool used to drive the technocratic agenda forward is what Huxley pointed out, namely efficiency. In the name of efficiency and convenience, we are being inundated with an ever-increasing amount of “smart” technology that tracks everything everyone says and does, and artificial intelligence that sorts, interprets and spits out recommendations based on all that data.
This technological infrastructure is crucial for the technocracy, as the ultimate goal is to essentially automate slavery. The idea is that society will be ruled by automated algorithms, thus rendering a political structure irrelevant. Everyone will be automatically kept in line by technology. The Politics of Obedie... Etienne de la Boetie Best Price: $7.00 Buy New $7.00 (as of 05:45 UTC - Details)
For example, you might be told via text message that it’s time to get your annual vaccination. You go there, get the shot, and receive a digital vaccine certificate. Should you get the bright idea to refuse, your bank accounts get automatically frozen, the electronic door pass to your office won’t work, and you won’t be allowed to pass through the electronic check point at the grocery store.
No human authority is required in that system. There won’t be anyone to complain to or debate with. You’re herded into compliance by the fact that you have to do certain things in order to be allowed to participate in society. It sounds crazy, but if you look around, you’ll see clear evidence that this system has been slowly implemented all around us, for decades.
And, when you look at the statements from people like Bill Gates, in conjunction with the technologies he and others are implementing in various parts of the world (such as digital identification, currency, vaccine certificates and medical records, along with implantable chips to track employee attendance, smart appliances and entire smart cities, just to name a few), you can begin to see how the control loop is closing in around us.
In her book, “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism,” professor Shoshana Zuboff exposes the stunning capacities currently available to surveil, analyze and manipulate our behavior. It’s crucial to realize that as bad as it is today, the predictive power of technology is advancing at an exponential rate, which means their ability to manipulate behavior is increasing at a pace we cannot fully comprehend.
Regaining Control of Local Government Is Key
Importantly, technocrats are currently making an end run around national sovereignty. Rather than a frontal assault on the system, which has never been successful, they’ve simply eroded national sovereignty piece by piece. What can we can do to thwart the steady march of technocracy?
As explained by Wood, the most effective way is through local activism. The technocratic system was built from the bottom up, so we cannot tear it down from the top down. They’re already far too powerful for that. So, to begin the dismantling process, we must regain control of our local governments, and work our way up from there.
One of the most important elected local officials that you should concern yourself with is your sheriff. Sheriffs are responsible for enforcing tyrannical edicts from local, state and federal government, and if they choose not to, government has no power. City councils also have a lot of power. They can pass binding resolutions to protect citizens against the technocratic agenda.
1 Person in 40 Is Injured by Vaccines
Getting back to the issue of the COVID-19 vaccine, I urge you to keep a cool head once the PR machine gains speed. Read through the propaganda messages again (above) and familiarize yourself with them so you can identify the buttons they’re trying to push. Anatomy of the State Murray Rothbard Best Price: $5.00 Buy New $5.82 (as of 05:45 UTC - Details)
Remember, the COVID-19 vaccines currently leading in development have never before been licensed for human use, and there’s no possible way to ascertain what the long-term ramifications might be when you turn your body into a viral protein factory. I’ve discussed the theory behind mRNA vaccines in several previous articles, including “Gates Tries to Justify Side Effects of Fast-Tracked Vaccine.”
Coronavirus vaccine efforts gained speed in early 2002, following three SARS epidemics. However, such efforts have proven highly problematic as coronavirus vaccines have a stubborn tendency to trigger paradoxical immune responses.
In my interview with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who chairs the board of directors of the Children’s Health Defense,12 he reviewed some of the failed efforts to produce a viable coronavirus vaccine and highlighted the dangers of vaccine exaggeration of the immune response:
“The Chinese, the Americans, the Europeans all got together and said, ‘We need to develop a vaccine against coronavirus.’ Around 2012, they had about 30 vaccines that looked promising. They took the four best of those and … gave those vaccines to ferrets, which are the closest analogy when you’re looking at lung infections in human beings.
The ferrets had an extraordinarily good antibody response, and that is the metric by which FDA licenses vaccines … The ferrets developed very strong antibodies, so they thought, ‘We hit the jackpot.’ All four of these vaccines … worked like a charm.
Then something terrible happened. Those ferrets were then exposed to the wild virus, and they all died. [They developed] inflammation in all their organs, their lungs stopped functioning and they died.”
So please, review ALL the vaccine studies BEFORE you get the COVID vaccine because as far as I have read, this essential part of the study — ensuring that no paradoxical immune enhancement will occur — has not yet been done.
Even with conventionally manufactured vaccines, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research Quality suggests vaccine damage occurs in 2.6% of all vaccinations. This means 1 in 40 people — not 1 in 1 million, which is what we’ve been repeatedly told — is injured by vaccines. Kennedy Jr. reviewed this data in a recent online vaccine debate13 with attorney and legal scholar Alan Dershowitz.
The U.S. Vaccine Court has also paid out $4 billion to patients permanently damaged or killed by vaccines, and that’s just a small portion of all the cases filed. According to Kennedy, less than 1% of people who are injured ever get to court, due to the high bar set for proving causation.
Will the novel mRNA COVID-19 vaccines be more dangerous than conventional vaccines, or will they be safer? Considering these vaccines are being fast-tracked and are forgoing all traditional animal testing and long-term evaluation, I suspect they may end up having far more unanticipated complications.
So, as the vaccine campaign rolls out, remember to weigh whatever potential risks and benefits that might apply in your particular situation, and avoid falling for emotional triggers.
Regardless of what you decide, also try to accept the personal decisions of others. The PR campaign will clearly try to manipulate you into fearing those who chose not to vaccinate, and trigger you into condemning them. Hopefully, knowing that you are being manipulated will help ease these tendencies.
Sources and References
The Best of Dr. Joseph Mercola