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Terrific article. It would be a good one to send to any uninformed open-minded people you know.

Thanks US Navy Vet for posting it.

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You think this is a terrific article? LOL All it demonstrates is the VDH didn't make enough money from his farm, nor has a sufficient pension from the Cal state university system. IOW, he's gotta write to make money, and the more words, the more $money.

However, to be honest, what I really don't get is why is everyone seemingly expressing surprise? The one thing, the only constant throughout all human history is that government attracts those seeking power, wealth and control. So why is everyone so shocked it happened in the USA? Please don't tell me they really think 'doG shed his grace on thee'?

The founders were highly educated aristocrats trained in philosophy, government and history. They engineered a system that was the best clean sheet design ever created. But, it was still imminently corruptible, and required constant maintenance (aka 'vigilance'). But those with designs on defeated fortifications knew the weaknesses and corrupted it became.

We are now living with results of decisions made over 100 years ago, all directed towards acreting power to the elite and reducing the people towards penury. And now people are waking up, with fakes like VDH opining like some respected sage about how disappointing and sordid the entire affair has become.