-- On out of the box thinking could Keystone be the Pipeline? --Think bigger.
Maybe Keystone is an allegory for all energy transmission, but I think bigger than that even.
Keystone for all commercial activity (and societies) is MONEY. Where does MONEY come from? Who creates it?
Later in the same thread, " At any rate, in the context of this thread, I was just opining that "keystone" is a reference to the Federal Reserve / Treasury."
Bingo!
Looking deeper found the Emergency Banking Act of 1933 which confiscated all gold in the US under the War Powers Act on March 9, 1933, 5 days after assuming office. The War Powers Act was invoked due to a "national emergency" when folks with gold certificates tried to redeem them in gold and were being denied because the gold on deposit had "disappeared".
Presidential Proclamation 2039
Whereas there have been heavy and unwarranted withdrawals of gold and currency from our banking institutions for the purpose of hoarding; and
Whose gold was it to begin with?
Whereas continuous and increasingly extensive speculative activity abroad in foreign exchange has resulted in severe drains on the Nation's stocks of gold; and
Whereas those conditions have created a national emergency; and
The emergency being there was no gold to redeem the certificates.
Whereas it is in the best interests of all bank depositors that a period of respite be provided with a view to preventing further hoarding of coin, bullion or currency or speculation in foreign exchange and permitting the application of appropriate measures to protect the interests of our people; and
Whereas it is provided in Section 5(b) of the Act of October 6, 1917 (40 Stat. L. 411), as amended, "That the President may investigate, regulate, or prohibit, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, by means of licenses or otherwise, any transactions in foreign exchange and the export, hoarding, melting, or earmarkings of gold or silver coin or bullion or currency . ..
The War Powers Act invoked because Americans were trying to get THEIR money and gold out of the banks. So, the American people were the enemy from this perspective.
Maybe Keystone is an allegory for all energy transmission, but I think bigger than that even.
Keystone could be the Trump Energy Policy
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