It should be an excellent treatise on the sneaky, scurrilous manner in which the Federal Reserve act of 1913 was perpetrated on the American people on the pretext of wrestling control of the nation's monetary system away from the robber barons.
Instead, the Federal Reserve act handed them all the monetary power directly.
These are historical facts. Staunch John Birch conservatives adhere to the view that the Fed is a tool of tyranny. The von Mises institute, a notable conservative think tank agrees. Ron Paul is not some lone voice in the wilderness crying out about these issues: a wealth of economic theory supports his views.
If you wonder why other candidates aren't speaking out against our ludicrous and corrupt monetary system, remember that they have a vested interest in maintaining it.
The film Fiat Empire about the Fed's takeover of our system is basically the book you were mentioning in video form, as far as I know. I would encourage everyone to watch it through.
The story of the “nation’s monetary system” as controlled by the “robber barons” of the Federal reserve is even better than global warming for the purpose of demagoguery. It’s too abstract for average people to understand completely and it sounds really scary. What a powerful way to mobilize the masses.
I think the real conspiracy is that the conspirers are perpetuating a false story of a conspiracy.
Here’s a question for you: what if the supposed scam of the Federal Reserve “robber barons” had never been put in place? In what way would we have benefited? Could our nation possibly have been more advantageous to the poor and middle class than it has been to date? Is it not somewhat questionable to propose that the United States is the greatest example of freedom and prosperity that has ever existed, yet somehow it is run by a system of “robber barons” who have been keeping us down for the past century or so?
I have actually read every word of Jekyll Island, and I agree with a lot of it. But that was 100 years ago. We cannot simply drop everything to sit down and try and put the toothpaste back into the tube. It's been 100 years, you can't just unravel them and be back where we once were.
Ludwig von Mises is a libertarian icon. The von Mises institute Conservative? Nah. Let's just say your deception makes the silly case that Paul is evil just a smidgen more believable. The same with all you Paul nutcases repeatedly claiming he's a conservative. If anyone begins thinking he's evil, it's not because of Paul but because the way you religiously push the issue.