This is another tough commentary to digest... but I'm listening. I'm digesting. I'm having arguments in my own brain... somewhere, somehow trying to find an answer. Yet, more than anything I offer my genuine thanks for forcing me to think and think HARD.
I have the luxury (if I can call it that) of being now retired and of having just paid-off my mortgage. And yes, I'm fully on-board with physically owning gold and stacking silver as a hedge of things to come. I continue to stack as aggressively as I can. I now concern myself with the financial worries of health that are so common in the senior years of the life arc, whether it's the doctors visits, hospital stays, or the byzantine financing of it all via a powerful insurance lobby. (Talk about a quagmire!)
Meaning: the angst of money management doesn't end; it just morphs into a new realm.
My real angst, though, is with my two adult sons, both recently married and trying to find their respective ways in this world. They are clearly caught in the vise grips of the fiscal malaise you so fully outline in this blog. I'm now gifting them tubes of silver coins for birthdays and special celebrations - Silver Eagles, Maple Leafs, and such - yet it is a pittance compared to what is really needed.
So, I'm thinking. It's not easy, but I'm thinking. I'll be digesting these comments in the days and weeks to come. Thank you.
Many readers are having trouble with this "Anti-Trump" narrative but I explain it is not Anti-Trump it is that throughout history we have "The Apparatus of the State" vs "The Villagers" The Apparatus of the State props up Fiat currency (gold and silver substitutes) while doing all they can to fight the precious metals through manipulation. Thus, it is the villagers job to accumulate silver and gold as their anecdote. Has nothing to do with personalities be it, Kennedy, Nixon, Johnson, Ford, Reagan, Clinton, Obama, Bush , Bush Jr, Obama, Trump, Biden Trump- they are all fiat overlords , Like Napoleon said on his death bed, and who would know better than him " when central banks loan money to governments the hand that gives is above the hand that takes" thus Trump, just like all the US presidents before him are not in charge. So I feel it is my job to pound that message into ground to raise awareness that silver and gold will step up as this "fiat experiment" grinds down, grinding down is a controlled demolition but it really squeezes workers like a vice, wage stagnation in an inflationary environment is horrifying (what we have now) so the last thing this country needed was another crisis (Tariffs) all on the backs of workers
I understand this premise. I have been slow to acknowledge it, but I fully do now: we, in fact, do have "The Apparatus of the State" as you call it. I think that's the very essence of what Dwight D Eisenhower warned us about in his farewell speech in 1960: beware the military industrial complex. Sadly, that "complex" has grown manifold into several other industries.
I think, though, there is evidence that some presidents have tried to rally against this state, yet it cost them dearly. To wit, the FINALLY released papers saying that the CIA was responsible for the assassination of JFK. Why was he assassinated?... he was seriously interfering with their plans in Cuba.
Another example: former FoxNews host, Monica Crowley, authored a few books on Richard Nixon (her CV is noteworthy in that she has a PhD in international relations from Columbia U), and she highlighted a salient point that was left undiscovered until late in his life: during Nixon's first administration, he had as a political advisor none of than future long-time NY Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. I find this rather satisfying that a Republican POTUS had a Democrat advisor, but more than that Moynihan suggested strongly that the POTUS office needed to "clean house" every 20 years. Otherwise, that unelected state would metastasize in its unwieldy control of things. Nixon fully agreed and set out to do just that in his second term. After winning that term in 1972 by a humongous landslide, the Watergate episode happened soon after that. Clearly, there were no saints in that matter, but Nixon's misdeeds were minor in the big picture. Regardless, it was enough to cause Republicans in the Senate - obviously, tools of the state as we now see after-the-fact - to come to Nixon and strongly indicate that he would not survive an impeachment proceeding - which checkmated him into resigning. Ahem... another WIN for the deep state, or "The Apparatus of the State" as you call it.
John Hinckley shooting President Reagan...
The two failed assassinations attempts on Donald Trump...
The common denominator is the fact that each of these presidents were earnestly - IMO - trying to change things for the American people but not perhaps for the administrative state in control. So, the State responded by removing them... or in Trump's case, is still trying to remove him. I sincerely pray for his safety as it's very real and very clear that it is trying to thwart his efforts... or influence his efforts.
All this to say that I fully agree with your "The Apparatus of the State" depiction. If only Nixon had the stout Teflon hide that Trump has...
One thing the Apparatus of the State CAN NOT HAVE is competition for paper currency, paper currency allows the pentagon to go on "unending adventures" reported by Ben Norten to be north of 200 since 1990s,,, so since silver and gold represent the opposite of "printed money" or Blocking these schemes , they are hated by the Fiat overlords. Based on this if I had to guess who killed JFK it would be "fiat overlords" as Kennedy was whispering bringing back a Silver Standard,, and if anyone advocated for a silver standard today that would also be killed. That's why you never hear the word Silver from any President since the crime of 1873, Because Silver is such a small market compared to gold, it really has all the power. Gold is the metal for Kings , and central bankers, but the real power is in the hands of the people, via silver - it all makes sense
This is another tough commentary to digest... but I'm listening. I'm digesting. I'm having arguments in my own brain... somewhere, somehow trying to find an answer. Yet, more than anything I offer my genuine thanks for forcing me to think and think HARD.
I have the luxury (if I can call it that) of being now retired and of having just paid-off my mortgage. And yes, I'm fully on-board with physically owning gold and stacking silver as a hedge of things to come. I continue to stack as aggressively as I can. I now concern myself with the financial worries of health that are so common in the senior years of the life arc, whether it's the doctors visits, hospital stays, or the byzantine financing of it all via a powerful insurance lobby. (Talk about a quagmire!)
Meaning: the angst of money management doesn't end; it just morphs into a new realm.
My real angst, though, is with my two adult sons, both recently married and trying to find their respective ways in this world. They are clearly caught in the vise grips of the fiscal malaise you so fully outline in this blog. I'm now gifting them tubes of silver coins for birthdays and special celebrations - Silver Eagles, Maple Leafs, and such - yet it is a pittance compared to what is really needed.
So, I'm thinking. It's not easy, but I'm thinking. I'll be digesting these comments in the days and weeks to come. Thank you.
Many readers are having trouble with this "Anti-Trump" narrative but I explain it is not Anti-Trump it is that throughout history we have "The Apparatus of the State" vs "The Villagers" The Apparatus of the State props up Fiat currency (gold and silver substitutes) while doing all they can to fight the precious metals through manipulation. Thus, it is the villagers job to accumulate silver and gold as their anecdote. Has nothing to do with personalities be it, Kennedy, Nixon, Johnson, Ford, Reagan, Clinton, Obama, Bush , Bush Jr, Obama, Trump, Biden Trump- they are all fiat overlords , Like Napoleon said on his death bed, and who would know better than him " when central banks loan money to governments the hand that gives is above the hand that takes" thus Trump, just like all the US presidents before him are not in charge. So I feel it is my job to pound that message into ground to raise awareness that silver and gold will step up as this "fiat experiment" grinds down, grinding down is a controlled demolition but it really squeezes workers like a vice, wage stagnation in an inflationary environment is horrifying (what we have now) so the last thing this country needed was another crisis (Tariffs) all on the backs of workers
I understand this premise. I have been slow to acknowledge it, but I fully do now: we, in fact, do have "The Apparatus of the State" as you call it. I think that's the very essence of what Dwight D Eisenhower warned us about in his farewell speech in 1960: beware the military industrial complex. Sadly, that "complex" has grown manifold into several other industries.
I think, though, there is evidence that some presidents have tried to rally against this state, yet it cost them dearly. To wit, the FINALLY released papers saying that the CIA was responsible for the assassination of JFK. Why was he assassinated?... he was seriously interfering with their plans in Cuba.
Another example: former FoxNews host, Monica Crowley, authored a few books on Richard Nixon (her CV is noteworthy in that she has a PhD in international relations from Columbia U), and she highlighted a salient point that was left undiscovered until late in his life: during Nixon's first administration, he had as a political advisor none of than future long-time NY Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. I find this rather satisfying that a Republican POTUS had a Democrat advisor, but more than that Moynihan suggested strongly that the POTUS office needed to "clean house" every 20 years. Otherwise, that unelected state would metastasize in its unwieldy control of things. Nixon fully agreed and set out to do just that in his second term. After winning that term in 1972 by a humongous landslide, the Watergate episode happened soon after that. Clearly, there were no saints in that matter, but Nixon's misdeeds were minor in the big picture. Regardless, it was enough to cause Republicans in the Senate - obviously, tools of the state as we now see after-the-fact - to come to Nixon and strongly indicate that he would not survive an impeachment proceeding - which checkmated him into resigning. Ahem... another WIN for the deep state, or "The Apparatus of the State" as you call it.
John Hinckley shooting President Reagan...
The two failed assassinations attempts on Donald Trump...
The common denominator is the fact that each of these presidents were earnestly - IMO - trying to change things for the American people but not perhaps for the administrative state in control. So, the State responded by removing them... or in Trump's case, is still trying to remove him. I sincerely pray for his safety as it's very real and very clear that it is trying to thwart his efforts... or influence his efforts.
All this to say that I fully agree with your "The Apparatus of the State" depiction. If only Nixon had the stout Teflon hide that Trump has...
One thing the Apparatus of the State CAN NOT HAVE is competition for paper currency, paper currency allows the pentagon to go on "unending adventures" reported by Ben Norten to be north of 200 since 1990s,,, so since silver and gold represent the opposite of "printed money" or Blocking these schemes , they are hated by the Fiat overlords. Based on this if I had to guess who killed JFK it would be "fiat overlords" as Kennedy was whispering bringing back a Silver Standard,, and if anyone advocated for a silver standard today that would also be killed. That's why you never hear the word Silver from any President since the crime of 1873, Because Silver is such a small market compared to gold, it really has all the power. Gold is the metal for Kings , and central bankers, but the real power is in the hands of the people, via silver - it all makes sense
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/crime-1873.asp
I did not know this about Kennedy and silver! I thought it was the Cuba thing. Thanks for sharing. That's why I'm here as a subscriber.