> A dominant perception of the identity of the Elite begins in 19th century Europe, with Mayer Rothschild, whose five sons are credited with developing a concerted plan for economic and political domination of the world. Their descendants are believed to have conquered America in the early 20th century, when they and others created the US Federal Reserve. Since that time, the power of the Elite has slowly increased both politically and economically, whilst the Elite themselves remain well in the background.

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> From the beginning, a Rothschild tenet was to avoid the limelight, whilst pulling the strings behind the screen. With each generation, this concept has been more apparent, and, today, the family names that have been associated with the seizure of control tend not to appear in the media. The names of Rothschild, Rockefeller, Morgan and the rest have either become less visible or more closely associated with philanthropy in the public awareness.

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> Theories differ as to whether the Elite plan a communist, socialist, fascist or other type of state, but they agree that the goal is a statist system, with a minimum of personal freedom for the proletariat.

Jeff Thomas, ["An End to Progress"](hhttps://internationalman.com/articles/an-end-to-progress/#:~:text=A%20group%20exists,covering%20that%20debt)

> "The Elite plan is for a neo-serfdom; the elimination of the middle class, with the Elite as a very small, very wealthy class who will dominate nearly every facet of the lives of the proletariat."

Jeff Thomas, ["An End to Progress"](https://internationalman.com/articles/an-end-to-progress/#:~:text=A%20group%20exists,covering%20that%20debt.)

> "A group exists, made up primarily of bankers, whose goal it is to one day rule the world.

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> The Elites control the central banks of the First World, and, therefore, control the governments, as legislators need loans from the banks to pay for the ever-increasing cost of government. (Tax dollars, at this point, could not come close to covering that debt.)"

Jeff Thomas, ["An End to Progress"](https://internationalman.com/articles/an-end-to-progress/#:~:text=A%20group%20exists,covering%20that%20debt.)

Apparently it no longer refers just to black folks. I've heard young whites and Latinos refer to each other this way, too. I suppose it's based on the content of one's character now, not the color of their skin... 😶

That's a good one.

Or possibly, as he has been apocryphally reported to have said on the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act: “I’ll have those n*****s voting Democrat for the next 200 years!”

Yeah, I wonder what LBJ was really thinking in this photo:

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*they

Thanks for the ⚡!

The consolation prize: the gave him a national holiday, a streets named after him all over the United States.

#MLK Jr., Enemy of the State

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If people just started following the Golden Rule this world would become a much better place!

Even if you know that, like in the Myth of Sisyphus, when you get the rock to the top of the hill it's just going to roll back to the bottom again anyway?

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And emojis 😅

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https://getalby.com/ has the nostrich running icon at the bottom of their page and it links to their Snort profile

The problem with Mastodon and similar programs:

https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nostr?tab=readme-ov-file#the-problem-with-mastodon-and-similar-programs

I believe so, I'm not following the story too closely. I haven't heard of them being American ships, though.

"The U.S. has decided to bomb yet another Middle Eastern nation, this time the Houthis in Yemen. Once again, this has nothing to do with the security of the United States, and once again Congress has not declared war – which makes this action blatantly unconstitutional. It’s evident that we (and our representatives!) have been relegated to being mere spectators as a small handful of people in government place our lives and property into significant danger."

–Daniel McAdams

https://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/u-s-strikes-houthis-wheres-congress/

This saddens me. I remember the first time I heard him interviewed and I was impressed by how smart he was (except for being so loudly critical of a government like #Ukraine while living there). US tax dollars at work, causing mayhem and destruction...

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"But reality is that Americans do not live in a free society. They live under a welfare-warfare state and a tightly controlled and regulated society. Examples: Social Security, Medicare, income taxation, welfare, a national-security state, immigration controls, drug laws, minimum-wage laws, economic regulations, occupational licensure, a central bank and paper money, gun control, healthcare mandates, compulsory school-attendance laws, wars of aggression, invasions, occupations, state-sponsored assassinations, secret mass surveillance, trade restrictions, trade wars, sanctions, embargoes, and much more." –Jacob G. Hornberger

https://www.fff.org/2024/01/11/why-are-there-so-many-suicides-in-america/

The US #GovtIsTheProblem #ThisIsAmerica

Even Nostr's logos are decentralized 😄

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