FLASH
Shkruar nga John Whitehead
So regardless of who wins this election, you can be sure that the new boss will be the same as the old boss, and we - the perennially underserved class in America - will continue to be forced to march in step with the police state in all matters, public and private.
A failed assassination attempt on a presidential candidate. An incumbent president withdrawing at the last minute from the race for a second term. A politicized judiciary, which fails to keep under control the powers that are responsible to the rule of law. A world at war. A nation in turmoil.
This is what controlled chaos looks like. This year's election, which puppet of big corporations should occupy the White House, has quickly turned into a lesson in how the Deep State only creates a crisis to keep itself in power. And don't get so caught up in appearances that you miss what's real.
This endless series of diversions, distractions and political dramas is the oldest con game. They are conjurers' tricks, the ones that keep you focused on the shell game while they steal your wallet from your pocket. Today we are in a situation similar to the Reichstag fire.
It was February 1933, a month after the parliamentary elections in Germany, where the Nazis had just taken power but did not have an absolute majority and were dependent on other parties. So they devised a way to achieve it. First, he infiltrated the police. Then Hitler added his paramilitary troops to act as "auxiliary police".
By the time an arsonist (who claimed to be working for the Communists, hoping to incite an armed revolt) set fire to the Reichstag, the German parliament building, citizens wanted as much as anyone a return to law and order. And that's what it took: Hitler used the attempted "coup" as an excuse to declare martial law and seize absolute power in Germany, becoming dictator with the support of the people.
Back to the present and what do we see? An unhappy people, a government detached from its troubles, and a Deep State that wants to stay in power at all costs. So what happens? Things work the same at any age. This is how the police state wins, regardless of which candidate is elected to the White House.
And you know who will lose? Every American. After all, politics in the US today is not about Republicans and Democrats. Not with abortion, health care, higher taxes, immigration, or any of the other buzzwords that have become campaign slogans for individuals who have mastered the art of telling Americans exactly what they want to hear. Politics today is about one thing only: maintaining the status quo between the controllers (politicians, bureaucrats and corporate elite) and the controlled (taxpayers).
In fact, it doesn't matter what you call them—the 1 percent, the elite, the controllers, the masterminds, the shadow government, the police state, the surveillance state, the military industrial complex—as long as you understand that no matter which party takes the House of White in 2025, it is the unelected bureaucracy that really runs this country, and will continue to do so.
So regardless of who wins this election, you can be sure that the new boss will be the same as the old boss, and we - the perennially underserved class in America - will continue to be forced to march in step with the police state in all matters, public and private.
Read below for some sobering facts and against an overdose of campaign announcements, grand promises and meaningless patriotic sentiments, which lead us back to the same cell.
First, according to a scientific study by researchers at Printon University, the United States of America is not the democracy it claims to be, but rather an oligarchy, in which "economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have influence significant independents in US government policy".
Second, even though the number of violent crimes in the country has fallen sharply, to the lowest rate in 60 years, the number of Americans being imprisoned for non-violent crimes, such as driving with a suspended license, continues to rise.
Third, due to the classification of over 4,500 federal crimes and over 400,000 rules and regulations, the average American actually commits 3 crimes a day, without even knowing it. Law professor John Baker says: "In the US, there is no person over the age of 18 who is not indicted for a federal crime."
Fourth, even though we have 38 million Americans living at or below the poverty line, 13 million children living in households without adequate access to food, and 1.2 million veterans relying on food stamps, vast amounts of taxpayer money continue to be spent on pointless programs that do little to improve the lot of those in need.
Fifth, since 2001 Americans have spent $93 million every hour on the total cost of the so-called war on terror.
Sixth, an estimated 5 million children in the United States have had at least one parent in prison, state or federal, due to a wide range of factors ranging from overcriminalization to surprise home raids to foreclosures. wrong on the side of the road.
Seventh, according to a Gallup poll, Americans trust the military and police more than any of the three branches of government.
Eighth, at least 400-500 innocent people are killed every year by police officers. Today, Americans are 8 times more likely to die in a confrontation with the police than to be killed by a terrorist.
Ninth, on average every day over 100 Americans are raided in their homes by special forces teams, and most of them are simply for a warrant service.
Tenth, we now have a fourth branch of government: the surveillance state. It was created without any electoral mandate or constitutional referendum. Yet it possesses superpowers above and beyond those of any other government agency except the military. This state is omniscient, omniscient and omnipotent.
It operates beyond the constraints of the president, Congress, and the courts, and marches in step with the corporate elite who dictate how things are done in Washington. Meanwhile, Americans know next to nothing about their history or how their government works.
In fact, according to a study by the National Constitution Center, 41 percent of Americans "are not aware that there are 3 branches of government, and 62 percent cannot name them." Only 6 out of every 100 Americans know they have a constitutional right to hold the government accountable for wrongdoing, as guaranteed by the First Amendment's right-to-petition clause.
And perhaps the most disturbing fact of all is this: we have handed over control of our government and our lives to faceless bureaucrats who see us as more or less cattle to be bred, branded with a number, slaughtered and sold for profit. .
As I make clear in my book The War on the American People, if there is any hope of restoring our liberties and regaining control of our government, it will depend not on the politicians, but on the people themselves. One thing is certain: the periodic ritual of voting will not advance freedom. /Adapted "Pamphlet", from "Eurasia Review"
Note: John W. Whitehead, lawyer and activist of human rights and popular culture. He is the founder and director of the Rutherford Institute.
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