[DiogenesLamp]

You can trace a direct line from this to our modern politics. It has never really changed. The Acela Corridor still is at the center of it all today. These parasites are still feeding off of the host body even today. The rest of the country can go through the Great Recession.

And this has been a revelation to me. The reason I keep bringing up the civil war is because the evil power that is currently feeding off of us is the *SAME* evil power the Confederates fought in the 1860s.

It is the DC corruption cartel and it has been feeding off us and lying to us since at least 1861, and most likely since New York was the Federal Capital back in the 1700s.

The issues which caused the Civil War have never been resolved and are still bedeviling our nation today. Our rulers live in the Northeastern part of the country and they are the "elite" untouchables who force all the rest of us to work for them.

The middle class can see hardly any real wage growth in 30 - 40 years, but Imperial Washington just gets richer and richer no matter what.

[FLT-bird]

Yep. Look at that cluster of the richest counties in America right around Washington DC. What does Washington DC produce? What product do they manufacture that everybody wants? What is their value proposition to everybody else?

Nothing.

The one "industry" in Washington DC is government. We don't get a choice about paying into it. These parasites are feeding off of us.