New essay, “Burning Down the House in 2016.”
This is the top.
Hold tight, wait ‘til the party’s over.
Hold tight, we’re in for nasty weather.
There has got to be a way,
Burning down the house.
By now, it should be obvious to the observant that the ‘scoundrels-looting-the-treasury’ phase of our economic arc is about played out, and before the entire rotten financial edifice collapses, there will be a war ignited across Europe and the Middle East which will serve as a distraction for the masses, while the very worst of the scoundrels take to ground to wait for the smoke to clear before they emerge.
The gangsters actually directing the national governments that publicly front for their activities have nearly finished siphoning the remaining liquidity from the global financial system, leaving a hollow shell behind. The prostitutes who pose as our political leaders have been complicit at every step of the looting process. Now we are hearing the last wheezing notes of the calliope as the economic merry-go-round grinds to a halt. To borrow the expression from financial author Michael Hudson, the parasites have killed the host.
Killing the Host: How Financial Parasites and Debt Bondage Destroy the Global Economy
by Michael Hudson
Excellent and astute. Painfully so. The planners plan, but events will quickly take on a life of their own. Chaos theory won’t even come close to explaining it.
“Some men just want to see the world burn.”
Thanks Matt, I think.