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[WAR] [PEACE] Rando Syrian town farmers object to US military patrol - bombed to the stone ages, YEAH!#@!
by Zig the N.g 13 Feb '20

13 Feb '20

DIS what I's talkin bout muffaduckers, teach dem peasants a muffaduckin lesson yeah! Team America - America, F#@k Yeah! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1mlCPMYtPk Soap, the completely (((independant))) US army was just mosying around in Syria, takin dey oil. Ahh .. I mean -protecting- the oil. Hmm, no that's right, according to Donald "I promise to bring the troops home" Trump, "we" are literally there literally taking Syrian oil. Did I mention literally? It obviously really frustrating, but 'casionly, as you patrol some tiny goat farming town in Syria as you protect, I mean take Syrian oil (it was just -there- already), some dum rando farmer gets annoyed and starts shouting "Why you in Syria?!!" and of course "we" have to protect ourselves against such aggression - we thoroughly taught those pesky rebellious oil thieving goat farmers a lesson - one young boy shot to death, though we only managed to injure his dad/uncle/friend/whoever the hell he was. Can't have no sand n.ggers stealing our oil now can we?!# F#@k no! Team America muffaduckers!! And just to REALLY send a message to future rebellious oil theives (it's OUR oil!) we bombed that village into the stone age - yeehaw muffaduckers: US Jet Caught on Video After Allegedly Pounding Syrian Army Positions in Qamishli https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202002131078299696-us-jet-caught-on-vide… A conflict between local residents and US troops early on Wednesday in a Syrian village of Khirbet Ammo near the border town of Qamishli saw one child killed and one civilian injured. US troops reportedly opened fire after local residents attempted to protest the passage of a US convoy which had entered an area controlled by Syrian authorities. According to the Russian Centre for Syrian Reconciliation, the Russian servicemen prevented further escalation and ensured the exit of the US military convoy in the direction of a US base in Haseke province. https://sputniknews.com/russia/202002101078273189-putin-praises-russian-dip… A military journalist, meanwhile, published footage alleging a US airstrike on Syrian army positions in Qamishli. The video appears to show an F-15E jet belonging to the US Air Force flying over the area. The journalist claimed that this jet dropped a bomb as a warning to the Syrian army. An attack, however, was not captured on video. ... There has been no statement issued from the US-led coalition regarding the footage. According to Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman Myles Caggins, the US-led coalition in Syria opened fire on civilians "in self-defense". Caggins said the coalition was investigating the incident. ... You just -know- how "Russian servicemen prevented further escalation" - they put themselves smack bang at the epicentre of need, and dial in air fire on their own position if the opposition (that's "we" unfortunately) don't back down. Just as well this USA presence in Syria ain't never not got no NUTHIN to do with Israel - people might be askin questions. Peasant children exercisin free speech in France? Declare Blasphemy. Syrian farmer peasants ask troubling question? The M16 muffas :D F#@< Yeah! For every other kind o evil, there's Google.

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Coronavirus Data Pimps
by grarpamp 13 Feb '20

13 Feb '20

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GenBank https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GISAID

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Coronavirus FLU: It likes to snuff middle-age adults
by Razer 13 Feb '20

13 Feb '20

Coronavirus FLU... It snuffs middle-age adults, not children (Expect a MASS MASSIVE Media push to ruin children's natural immunity with "Vaccines" to 'save the parents'). "Few children get infected or, if they do, only show mild symptoms: “The median age of patients is between 49 and 56 years,” according to a report published on Wednesday in JAMA. “Cases in children have been rare.” So why aren’t more children getting sick? “My strong, educated guess is that younger people are getting infected, but they get the relatively milder disease,” said Dr. Malik Peiris, chief of virology at the University of Hong Kong, who has developed a diagnostic test for the new coronavirus. It is still unclear if the virus can be spread by a person before that person shows symptoms. A German study which said so has been retracted and new Japanese study which says so seems dubious and is unverified. https://www.moonofalabama.org/2020/02/good-news-on-the-novel-coronavirus-th…

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Anglin: "A man of my age should .. not driven by things like “because it’s the right thing to do.”" - [PEACE]
by Zog the W.g 13 Feb '20

13 Feb '20

A little honest self analysis from everybody's fav Amblin Memer. Oh, and an analysis of Patrick Hogan while he's at it :D Let’s Psychoanalyze Patrick Hogan! http://dstormer6em3i4km.onion/lets-psychoanalyze-patrick-hogan/ ... But even saying “you mad” is a form of analyzing psychological motives. It isn’t “psychoanalysis” because it is obvious. ... An honest psychoanalysis of myself would reveal primarily stunted adolescent traits: - I’m romantic, in an adolescent way. I feel that fighting against injustice and oppression is something that should be done because it is the right thing to do, in a way that is mildly sappy and self-indulgent. A man of my age should be a lot more jaded, and not driven by things like “because it’s the right thing to do.” - I’m rebellious and self-destructive, as well as outwardly destructive, in an adolescent way. My image of myself is based in some significant part on my willingness to do things that other people wouldn’t dream of doing, and laughing at the consequences. I have a sadistic and destructive sense of humor, and I believe that all suffering ultimately amounts to the universe laughing at you. And because it is only appropriate that a psychoanalysis should contain something sexual: part of the rebelliousness was probably amplified by a need to stand out to women in high school, given that I was relatively short. However, it was there before that (and I wasn’t relatively short until high school). Of course, any form of performative male rebelliousness is (probably primarily) a sexual strategy, and performative rebelliousness is not a trait exclusive to short people. To whatever extent mine is unique, it probably has more to do with the way I reacted to my parents’ divorce (and yes, of course I blame Jews for my parents’ divorce). - I’m especially prone to religiosity (see adolescent romanticism and self-destructiveness). ... You would find a lot of left-wing people who have a similar psychological profile. Due to lesser intelligence, they believe that they, as rebellious individuals, should be fighting Donald Trump’s fascism and romantic people should be defending the human rights of Somalian refugees. And before someone says “OMG you just put your entire psychological profile on the internet!” – it’s all available here, every day, in the text of this site, for anyone who is interested. All I’ve done just now is demonstrate that I’m aware of it. So, let’s move on to Patrick Hogan. ... Most aspects of this pitiful man are not interesting. He is a normal white guy who in previous times would have been a farmer or a factory worker, but his soul has been crushed by modernity. He is the epitome of the ideal form of what Jews want us all to be, and that is why he is interesting to me. He is an impotent, fat, weak, spineless coward who believes what he’s supposed to believe, watches what he’s supposed to watch, says what he’s supposed to say, and thinks what he’s supposed to think. ... - He has never been intimate with a woman and is too much of a coward to fly to Southeast Asia and have sex with hookers. He justifies his fear with white knight bullshit about “exploitation,” even while he has no problem basing his entire sexual psychology around pornography. He has a favorite porn star that he imagines is his girlfriend. He has weird sexual fetishes which may include being a furry. [ Be sure not to miss the gripping elided parts :D --- nah, go on, demonstrate your superior restraint ability and do NOT read the original :D ] [ In the very least, the paragraph beginning "There is no one on Earth ..." may find your moment worthwhile :P ] TDS needs coin, muffas..

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France: Islam -IS- a religion of Peace - you better believe it! - blasphemy laws back on the books - [PEACE]
by Zenaan Harkness 12 Feb '20

12 Feb '20

Some truly joyous news from France as The Ministry ramps up its protection of the European invaders, I mean immigrants. On the heels of the 5th anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo massacre comes implicit blasphemy laws. Go France! Did I meantion Islam is a relision of peace? What I really mean is, Islam is -THE- Religion Of Peace :) France Quietly Reintroducing The Crime Of Blasphemy https://www.zerohedge.com/political/france-quietly-reintroducing-crime-blas… https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/15526/france-blasphemy-censorship ... Now under police protection, Mila is in such danger that no French school can, for the time being, accommodate her. https://www.valeursactuelles.com/societe/la-jeune-mila-ne-trouverait-pas-de… "I can't set foot in my high school anymore and I can't even change schools because the whole of France is out to get me", she said. https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2020/01/29/affaire-mila-la-ministre-… For not having understood what is clear to everyone -- that Islam is a "religion of peace" -- she is threatened with death, rape and having her throat cut. ... When multiculturalism turns into threats to free speech, multiculturalists dangerously take the side of the Islamists. The case of Mila represents all the cracks in the disintegration of French society. According to the French journalist, Dominique Nora: "A few weeks after the commemoration of the massacre at Charlie [Hebdo], the 'Mila affair' shows the disturbing asymmetry that reigns in France regarding freedom of expression, or more precisely, blasphemy." https://www.nouvelobs.com/edito/20200127.OBS24023/affaire-mila-ou-sont-les-… ... Not one, but two investigations were opened, one for the death threats received by Mila and the other against Mila for "provoking religious hatred" (later dismissed). https://www.euronews.com/2020/01/30/france-embroiled-in-blasphemy-controver… https://www.lepoint.fr/justice/mila-l-adolescente-qui-a-critique-l-islam-ne… The controversy redoubled when the general delegate of the French Council for Muslim Worship, Abdallah Zekri, said that the girl had "looked for" trouble: "She must bear the consequences of what she said. Who sows the wind reaps the whirlwind". https://www.causeur.fr/affaire-mila-abdallah-zekri-cfcm-171771 Islamists are daily testing the resilience of our democratic societies. Mila's controversy took on a new dimension when Minister of Justice Nicole Belloubet, after having first condemned the death threats received by Mila, declared: "Insulting religion is obviously an attack on freedom of conscience; it is serious." https://www.valeursactuelles.com/politique/accusee-davoir-accable-la-jeune-… ... There were even those, such as the historian of religion, Oden Vallet, claiming that Mila is "responsible" for future terror attacks. https://www.causeur.fr/affaire-mila-attentats-odon-vallet-172116 ... Malka also wrote that "no human rights organizations has protested or expressed solidarity with the girl whose life has suddenly been plunged into hiding". Feminist organizations, so quick to denounce "toxic masculinity" and "patriarchal structures of domination", were also silent. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/french-elite-branded-cowards-for-deserti… ... Today, in France, using freedom of expression to criticize Islam is clearly an extremely dangerous act, even if you, like Mila, are a child. Those who disassociate themselves from Mila wear masks of submission. ... After the massacre at Charlie Hebdo, Pope Francis said, "Curse my mother, expect a punch", and blamed the cartoonists for their own murder. https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-30838667/pope-francis-curse-my-mot… Islamists are winning the ideological battle and we are behaving like cowards. Will 16-year-old Mila have to be murdered to unify people enough so that the cowards can say "Je suis Mila" for 24 hours?

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Epstein's jobs
by Ryan Carboni 12 Feb '20

12 Feb '20

Art dealer Drug-dealer Orgy resort host Philanthropist Air taxi service Some of these people are stupid enough to agree to calling cocaine cheese pizza as a code name. In a proper revolution these people would all be squeezed out for their incompetence (in a totalitarian revolution, random people would be taken off the street to fill their jobs). It is unlikely that would ever happen, but the argument that you know what kind of criminal someone is by hanging around them from time to time is a bit incredible. It is still a bit funny that none of these people are capable of handling their own affairs to the extent that they can't rent out mansions to host their own parties using their own staff, or even talk to the help to see if they are treated fairly, or even legalize cocaine in a small portion of their own cities. I do not think if New York was vaporized anyone would notice or mind. To prove it, I don't think anyone will react to the previous sentence by moving a single inch.

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Censorship: Amazon Launches Book Burning PC SJW Fest
by grarpamp 12 Feb '20

12 Feb '20

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/09/technology/amazon-bookstore-nazis.html Search and buy your books from these fine sellers... http://www.defunctbooks.com/ https://www.ravenbookstore.com/ " Amazon initially defended the sale of the book, saying that the site "believes it is censorship not to sell certain books simply because we or others believe their message is objectionable" and that the site "supported the right of every individual to make their own purchasing decisions" " " Amazon once said it would sell "the good, the bad and the ugly." Now it has banished objectionable volumes and approved erasing photos from books. " " Amazon "defended the book, then removed it, then reinstated it, and then removed it again" " " Amazon reserves the right to determine whether content provides a positive / acceptable experience " " Some of the books dropped from Amazon are available on Abe. Recently, there were 18 copies of Mr. Duke's books on Abe, at prices up to $150. Amazon, which owns Abe, declined to comment. " In his address before the American Newspaper Publishers Association on 27 April, 1961, President John F. Kennedy famously stated: "Without debate, without criticism, no administration and no country can succeed and no republic can survive. That is why the Athenian lawmaker Solon decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy." -- Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi MP Here's all the mentioned books, for free study and debate... https://mlpol.net/mlpol/src/1563648249754-0.pdf stephen goodson - History of Central Banking and the Enslavement of Mankind https://toqonline.com/archives/v10n3/TOQv10n3OMeara.pdf michael omeara - toward white republic infohash:5AD553E9C6E79E4705AFAD736C376FCB86E2EC7D george orwell - 1984 infohash:16C6A0F2A8D7D3A1ED70AD28BEC085D8D269AB49 david duke - my awakening path to racial understanding infohash:70904AA221A0E37805C279AB3C1747A817D4542C david duke - secret behind communism infohash:59946222CA03BB9647928F477BC3CAB4D5AFAD37 deanna spingola - ruling elite infohash:9F4E9FEC5534E1D9C37A5AE9B4CCAD0FF15B5580 nation of islam - secret relationship blacks jews infohash:A2F20E7457A37862484303196063A3DCA87FA72B savitri devi - hitlers priestess hindu myth infohash:DCD7ABEA1B7CD1C413806DE8D02FA87E97781341 savitri devi - book pack infohash:8E78C54239EB5FCDCF7A10A293D55434208D2127 george rockwell - book pack https://archive.org/details/TheStormtrooper1963 https://www.nsm88.org/stormtrooper/index.html infohash:D72119808E84E2458450843B8B5A0C5F0C2069E1 amazon corp - man in high castle SE01 infohash:86D510836E566ADD5C36CCC7F958E403BA2CA130 philip dick - man in high castle The Man in the High Castle: Creating the Alt World infohash:1AA0C48EA0D130465355E529638442F240DA9B96 jim and texe marrs - book pack Conspiracy of the Six-Pointed Star: Eye-Opening Revelations and Forbidden Knowledge About Israel, the Jews, Zionism, and the Rothschilds https://old.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/e45xx/the_pedophiles_guide_to_love_an… https://tl.net/forum/general/168087-pedophiles-guide-to-love-and-pleasure http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12994248 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dUlxn9etHI philip greaves interview on darknets https://archive.org/details/ssabl alfred kotz - ss leadership guide http://aryanism.net/downloads/books/joseph-goebbels/nazi-sozi.pdf subbed for: joseph goebbels - nature and form of national socialism infohash:4A1EE6DC5464F446B1496735677BF4FA4CC37744 adolf hitler - mein kampf - ford infohash:0D5708DC7C5423707C6C4A765E8A459A2760FCD4 mein kampf - translation controversy - ford Bonus for Kryptos: infohash:E46D7FEE0AA09D358A1C65A7B5D191DE1EA66750 Codex Magica - Secret Signs, Mysterious Symbols, and Hidden Codes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Amazon " The biggest seller in my shop at the moment is by Greta Thunberg, the young climate activist. Amazon doesn't want much critical thinking. " " A Tennessee bookseller whose Amazon listings account for about a third of his sales. They don't tell us the rules and don't let us have a say. But they squeeze us for every penny. " " This product was identified as one that is prohibited for sale, Amazon told him. Failure to immediately delete listings for these books, the company said, may result in the deactivation of your selling account and possible confiscation of any money he was owed. " " If Amazon executives are so proud of their moral high ground, they should issue memos about which books they are banning instead of keeping sellers and readers in the dark " " trying to blot out the unpleasant and offensive works is an anti-intellectual mindset. " " Are they also removing stuff by Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin, Mao, other leftists, socialists, and communists, and all prominent Democrats? Because, if not, they have strained at a gnat, while swallowing a camel. All of the above are complicit in FAR more deaths than those that can be directly attributed to Hitler or his Third Reich. " " De-platforming is fascism. It's not like fascism. It's not similar to fascism. It *is* fascism. De-platforming is unchecked hate speech. It trains people to think that they don't need justification for rejecting certain arguments. And training people for this impulsive knee-jerk hateful reaction is the surest way to make sure that it will be channeled into hate speech by other idea/group/etc. It *is* fascism. " " This book provides insights as to how private bankers since ancient times have abused monetary systems, whether they are based on coin, bank notes, cheque or electronic money, by creating money out of nothing as an interest bearing debt in order to arrogate supreme power to themselves. It also provides a record, both ancient and modern, of societies and civilisations which have flourished in an environment free from the burden of usury. " " The information contained herein has been compiled primarily from Jewish historical literature. Every effort has been made to present evidence from the most respected of the Jew- ish authorities and whose works appear in established historical journals or are published by authoritative Jewish publishing houses. A substantial body of evidence that supports the find- ings herein was excluded by the editors and deemed to be from sources considered anti- Semitic and/or anti-Jewish. This study is structured as a presentation of historical evidence regarding the relation- ship of one people with another. The facts, as established by highly respected scholars of the Jewish community, are here exposed and linked by as sparse a narrative as is journalistically permitted for review by those interested in the subject. It is not the mission of this study to interpret the data to an extent greater than is required to present these facts clearly. The facts, we believe, speak for themselves. Statements will be presented and then verified by references which are fully cited in the footnotes. Some statements may seem redundant only because we have made every attempt to include the words of every Jewish scholar who has commented on the subject at hand. We have made every effort to be fair and just in the presentation of this data and hereby invite all analysis to the contrary. " "Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land." -- Walter Scott

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No one understands the technology they have access to anymore
by Ryan Carboni 12 Feb '20

12 Feb '20

It's not like assassinations for hire can't be hacked, right? https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/privacy-and-surveillance/police… The power of stingrays, and the lengths to which police will go to conceal their use, are demonstrated by an ongoing case in Florida, State v. Thomas. As revealed in a recent opinion of a Florida appeals court, Tallahassee police used an unnamed device — almost certainly a stingray — to track a stolen cell phone to a suspect’s apartment. (The case’s association with stingrays was first pointed out by CNET’s Declan McCullagh in January). They then knocked on the door, asked permission to enter and, when the suspect’s girlfriend refused, forced their way inside, conducted a search, and arrested the suspect in his home. Police opted not to get warrants authorizing either their use of the stingray or the apartment search. Incredibly, this was apparently because they had signed a nondisclosure agreement with the company that gave them the device. The police seem to have interpreted the agreement to bar them even from revealing their use of stingrays to judges, who we usually rely on to provide oversight of police investigations. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/bureau-prisons-tests-micro-jamming-technolog… This week, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) conducted a pilot test of micro-jamming technology at the Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia, S.C. The test – the first collaboration of this kind in a state corrections facility – was conducted to determine if micro-jamming could prevent wireless communication by inmates using contraband cellphones in a housing unit. This test follows two earlier tests at a federal corrections facility in Cumberland, Maryland. Contraband cellphones present an ongoing safety and correctional security concern for the public as well as for correctional facilities across the country. Contraband cellphones have been used to run criminal enterprises, distribute child pornography, and facilitate the commission of violent crimes—all while inmates are incarcerated. In South Carolina, officials attributed the deadly April 15, 2018 prison riot in part to contraband cellphones. And on March 5, 2010, a South Carolina inmate ordered a hit on a 15-year corrections veteran from behind bars. He was shot six times and severely wounded.

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How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on countries for decades - Washington Post
by jim bell 12 Feb '20

12 Feb '20

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/national-security/cia-cr…

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[MINISTRY] capitalism v fascism/ corporatism - what are we (the West) living under?
by Zenaan Harkness 11 Feb '20

11 Feb '20

This is a write up which some whom you might consider sending it to, could find easy to read, which is the utility of this piece. https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-01-22/destroying-capitalism-has-failed-… Destroying The "Capitalism Has Failed" Narrative Authored by Jeff Thomas via InternationalMan.com, http://www.internationalman.com/articles/capitalism-has-failed Today, more than at any time previously, Westerners are justifying a move toward collectivist thinking with the phrase, “Capitalism has failed.” https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/20180122_cap.jpg In response to this, conservative thinkers offer a knee-jerk reaction that collectivism has also had a dismal record of performance. Neither group tends to gain any ground with the other group, but over time, the West is moving inexorably in the collectivist direction. As I see it, liberals are putting forward what appears on the surface to be a legitimate criticism, and conservatives are countering it with the apology that, yes, capitalism is failing, but collectivism is worse. Unfortunately, what we’re seeing here is not classical logic, as Aristotle would have endorsed, but emotionalism that ignores the principles of logic. If we’re to follow the rules of logical discussion, we begin with the statement that capitalism has failed and, instead of treating it as a given, we examine whether the statement is correct. Only if it proves correct can we build further suppositions upon it. Whenever I’m confronted with this now oft-stated comment, my first question to the person offering it is, “Have you ever lived in a capitalist country?” That is, “Have you ever lived in a country in which, during your lifetime, a free-market system dominated?” Most people seem initially confused by this question, as they’re residents of either a European country or a North American country and operate under the assumption that the system in which they live is a capitalist one. So, let’s examine that assumption. A capitalist, or “free market,” system is one in which the prices of goods and services are determined by consumers and the open market, in which the laws and forces of supply and demand are free from any intervention by a government, price-setting monopoly, or other authority. Today, none of the major (larger) countries in what was once referred to as the “free world” bear any resemblance to this definition. Each of these countries is rife with laws, regulations, and a plethora of regulatory bodies whose very purpose is to restrict the freedom of voluntary commerce. Every year, more laws are passed to restrict free enterprise even more. Equally as bad is the fact that, in these same countries, large corporations have become so powerful that, by contributing equally to the campaigns of each major political party, they’re able to demand rewards following the elections, that not only guarantee them funds from the public coffers, but protect them against any possible prosecution as a result of this form of bribery. There’s a word for this form of governance, and it’s fascism. Many people today, if asked to describe fascism, would refer to Mussolini, black boots, and tyranny. They would state with confidence that they, themselves, do not live under fascism. But, in fact, fascism is, by definition, a state in which joint rule by business and state exists. (Mussolini himself stated that fascism would better be called corporatism, for this reason.) In recognizing the traditional definition of fascism, there can be no doubt that fascism is the driving force behind the economies of North America and Europe. In addition, the concept of any government taking by force from some individuals the fruits of their labour and bestowing it upon others is by no means free-market. It is a socialist concept. And, in any country where roughly half of the population are the recipients of such largesse, that country has, unquestionably, settled deeply into a socialist condition. However, this is by no means a new idea. As Socrates asked Adeimantus: Do not their leaders deprive the rich of their estates and distribute them among the people; at the same time taking care to preserve the larger part for themselves? So, which is it? Are we saying here that these countries are socialist or fascist? Well, in truth, socialism, fascism, and, indeed, communism are all forms of collectivism. They all come under the same umbrella. So, what we’re witnessing is liberals, rightfully criticising the evils of fascism, but failing to understand it for what it is—a form of collectivism. Conservatives, on the other hand, do their best to continue to operate under their countries’ socialist laws, regulations, and regulatory bodies, whist continuing to imagine that a remnant of capitalism remains. And so we return to the question, “Have you ever lived in a country in which, during your lifetime, a free-market system dominated?” Such countries do exist. It should be pointed out, however, that even they tend to move slowly toward collectivism over time. (After all, it’s in collectivism that they gain their power.) However, some countries are “newer,” just as the US was in the early nineteenth century and, like the US, the governments have not yet had enough time to sufficiently degrade the economies that have been entrusted to them. In addition, some citizenries are feistier than others and/or are less easy to convince that, by allowing themselves to be dominated by their governments, they’ll actually be better off. Whatever the reasons, there are most certainly countries that are far more free-market than the countries discussed above. But, what does this tell us of the future? What can be done to turn these great powers back to a more free-market system? Well, the bad news is that that’s unlikely in the extreme. To be sure, we, from time to time, have inspired orators, such as Nigel Farage or Ron Paul, who remind us what we “should” do to put these countries back on track, so that they serve the people of the country, rather than its leaders. But, historically, such orators have never succeeded in reversing the trend one iota. History tells us that political leaders, in their pursuit of collectivism, never reverse the trend. They instead ride it all the way to the bottom, then bail out, if they can. However, it is ever true that, in some locations in the world, there have always been free-market societies. Over time, they deteriorate under the hands of their leaders and, as they do, others spring up. The choice of the reader is to look upon the world as his oyster - to assess whether he is more or less content with the country he’s in and confident that it will continue to be a good place in which to live, work, invest, and prosper, or, if not, to consider diversifying, or even moving entirely, to a more rewarding, more capitalist jurisdiction.

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