But I like the secret handshakes of the Illuminati
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I agree with this. Also, I think the rich people trying to control the working class don't have a grand conspiracy. Mostly, I think they silently cooperate in a way that looks coordinated, but is just individual self-interest that happens to line up. We get screwed on all fronts by similar-looking corporations, so it looks like a conspiracy.
But when rich people buy politicians, that's a public and well known conspiracy.
Mostly, I think they silently cooperate in a way that looks coordinated, but is just individual self-interest that happens to line up.
Plato observed this. It's called oligarchy. He said the good news is that it eventually falls because of the lack of coordination, because oligarchs having their own interests end up conflicting one another. The people also always get fed up with corruption eventually. The bad news is that it will get worse before it gets better.
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US government is a democratic republic. In other words, a republic that incorporates some democratic concepts and procedures.
But it is not a democracy.
The U.S Government is a Democratic Republic, which is a type of Representative Democracy, which is a type of democracy.
In theory this has advantages over a 'pure/direct' Democracy- for example even if 51% of the people voted to ignore the bill of rights, that wouldn't be legal. You would have to amend the constitution to achieve that- which is a lot harder to do than simply getting 51% of the popular vote. In a Direct democracy it would be easier for a majority group to disenfranchise a minority group.
If the US. was ran they way it's supposed to be, we would be a democracy because the government exists to enact the will of the people.
The problem is that our representatives no longer represent us (if they ever really did), so that makes it decidedly less than democratic. That's why I said we were 'supposedly' a Representative Democracy. We are in name only.
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The argument that I heard was "historically, jews weren't allowed in many professions. But lending money was something they could do. So that's how they got rich and with money comes power." But I'm not sure whether that's the 'real' reason...
wrote last edited by [email protected]Crucially, usury (i.e. lending money with interest) was something that Christians could not do. It was considered a sin. Judaism has no problem with it, though.
Since somebody is unlikely to lend you money for free, and loans were a service that people needed, Jewish lenders filled that void and became wealthy.
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I think this sums up pizzagate. The actual evidence was woeful but some high up people got very scared and shut it down.
Shut what down?
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The general difference, though unspoken, is that the kids being "trafficked" in their heads are white middle class suburban kids. A lot of conspiracy simply leads back to antisemitism, white supremacy, or both.
Yes, they don't care about the real victims because those kids have the wrong skin tone.
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Shut what down?
R/pizzagate
Voat
ben swann
Etc.
