People in my family are former politicians, believe me when I say they are the kindest and sweetest people to ever live. I 100% can tell you that they lost sleep over their constituents. They were not in it for the money, they were in it to make a difference in their community.
Sure, there might be a few people who go into politics because they want to help people and genuinely want to make the place they represent to be a better place.
But unfortunately those type of people aren't the ones that get to be on top. You have to be a psychopath if you want to be a good politician. Manipulate people by saying what they want to hear in order to gain support, getting people on your payroll to keep yourself in power.
Not true, taxes give money value, the need for money to pay taxes keeps its value up
No. First of all money has value because people use it as a means to exchange. Just like any other commodity, money is affected by supply and demand. If people are buying more, the value goes up, and likewise if people are selling more and increasing the money supply the value goes down.
Money as it exist now isn't backed up by anything. It's just a finite amount of an imaginary resource. Money is created when the banks make loans, the money being lended comes out of nowhere and it disappears when the debt is paid off. Debt is the way to keep people enslaved, to keep them waging away while the lenders get rich off their work.
And yes, if it wasn't shit for taxes, rent, etc. and if the people in control weren't artificially manipulating the prices for things we would be much better off. There would be less conflicts, less homelessness, less exploitation, etc.
Waging war against evildoers and aggressors is a good thing. Even God's angles fought the devils army. Where would we be in world war 2 if the U.S didn't fund the war?
In war, there is no "good side" vs "bad side". Every side has their own goals and intentions that they want to be met. It's propaganda to say that the group your fighting against is the enemy.
The U.S. has commited a lot of atrocities against people in Latin America, the Middle East, Vietnam, etc. in order to protect its economic interests.
Why do you think America when to war with Iraq? It wasn't because the people there where terrorists. It was because Saddam Hussein wanted to break off control from the U.S. over its oil supply. In the perspective of the people living there, they say the U.S. as invaders who were threatening their values and their way of life, and they wanted to protect themselves and their family.
Also keep in mind that Osama bin Laden and most of the 9/11 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia, but of course the U.S. didn't attack the country because it's basically an American puppet state.
And it's funny that you mention the Nazis because many of them were hired by the U.S. government because they were interested in Nazi technology and tactics.
Propaganda can serve a purpose, I'm ok with funding propaganda that supports Western values and maintains our geopolitical stability. Our enemies in Russia and China certainly think funding propaganda is useful.
Propaganda twists the truth in order to get people to think in a way that supports the current regime and to keep them docile. They don't care about showing the whole unbiased truth.
[UWSL]I support the CIA if that's what you're suggesting. I think every superpower needs an intelligence agency to collect intel from adversaries and maintain an advanced geopolitical understanding of our world state.[/UWSL]
Fuck the CIA, fuck the FBI, fuck the government and everyone paid to enforce them.
They don't enforce the law because of the goodwill of the people. If the government doesn't like something they'll get someone to stamp it out.
Agreed, and that's why I want regulations and progressive liberal policies thwart its influence
Policies ain't going to help because again, regulations don't exist to do good. You have lobbyists twisting the rules in order to protect their interests. People in the third world will still be exploited to make products that we consume.
The only solution is to decrease our consumption and go back to localizing production.
[UWSL]Total myth, everyday I study investments in the Cayman island for our corporate clients and family offices. We study how they can pay as little tax as possible.... there is no way to avoid taxes. The Cayman island just allows them to ACCRUE investments tax-free... so they can reinvest interest on T-bonds without paying tax until they pull their money out.... but they still pay taxes at the beginning and end.[/UWSL]
They might still pay some taxes, but definitely not the amount that they actually owe nor does the amount they have to pay makes an impact on their net worth. To them it's like giving away a few pennies.
