Credit Lie or Keeping the Poor in Their Place

I can’t write about love, lust, education, politics or religion. What is there left? War? It is the same thing over and over. No matter what time period we study the cycle is repeated from generation to generation. The only changes are technology. The idea of killing or being killed is imbedded in human DNA. Modern warfare not only uses weapons, but also uses wealth as a means of stratification and centralizing power. Look at the way Germany was punished after WWI or look at how we punish those in our society with bad credit or the lack of credit.

I want someone to argue against this idea. Come on you peaceniks or social economists. Prove to me that my thesis is wrong. Show me how humankind is altruistic as a whole. I am serious. Humankind is selfish and greedy. Jesus is used as a weapon to separate the wheat from the chaff. By this I mean that humans want to feel good about themselves, so they set up food kitchens and warehouses so that the homeless can be housed. Lately, these do-gooders have created tent cities. Yet none of these institutions have created something that will put these people on the path of full integration into society. As a country, we do not want this to happen.

These institutions are not set-up so that you are giving a hand up. They are set-up so that we can keep these people away from our neighborhoods. We don’t want their kind infecting our homes and way of living. We (as a society) need these people on the bottom of the economic scale so that we can feel superior. We can give them bread and not teach them how to bake. We can give them fish and not teach them how to fish. This way we can feel good about ourselves and still keep the riff-raff in their place.

We need a stratified society for us to survive. The wealthy understand this fact. They are desperately afraid of what would happen if people revolted against this stratification of society, and the rest of us go along with it because of our own greed and anxiety about our place in the world. This goes beyond our borders and around the world.

Credit has taken off and been heavily supported by the wealthy to provide the middle class with all the trappings of being wealthy and none of the benefits. It is a full proof system to keep all but the wealthiest on top and in control be it politically or economically. It is like a movie set all pretty on the outside and empty once you step behind the credit façade.

Credit is the great lie. Look how the World Bank uses credit against what is euphemistically called developing nations. They extract a pound of flesh for every euro or dollar that is lent to these countries. None of these countries are able to get out of debt and grow beyond the idea of developing.  They are in no way on the path to become a first world country.  What would happen if the European Union, the United States or China wanted to do the right thing and pull these countries up? Another war would break out under some phony premise. Can you say Iraq?

We depend on these countries feeding at our economic trough. We need to be able to manipulate their economy and politics for the benefit of our economy and politics. Foreign Aid is the number one way that first world countries keep third world countries in their place. It becomes the perfect way for them to do our political and military dirty work. Ask Yemen. However, look what happens when we overreach with our greed and phony magnanimity: Libya.

This idea of the value of credit is an old trick of the mob. I just lent you money, or do you remember that favor I did for you? Now, it is time for you to reciprocate. One problem for first world countries is the fact that so many third world refugees are flooding our shores. These unwanted immigrants are upsetting the balance of power. They are bringing us down. Germany experienced this phenomenon when the Berlin Wall fell. We need to model our behavior after the Germans if stratification is to remain in place.

One last idea. There will never be a One World Government because there are too many plutocrats in too many countries that need and will protect their piece of the pie at all costs.  They are doing everything in their power to remain on top and keep the tide of poverty at a manageable level so that credit can be used to placate the masses here at home and across the globe.

The credit lie infects all societies in all countries. In some places, it is the credit card that takes advantage through banking manipulation. In other places, it is parents selling their children for money or goods. Maybe it is the World Bank extending credit to countries on the brink of collapse. In all these cases, there are winners and losers. It is always the same: those doling out the money or goods are the winners and the borrowers are the losers. Think about your own economic position. Who has the power?