Originally Posted by
Patriot76
Happy News Years to everyone.
I love reading different perspectives and opinions, it either forces me to rethink my beliefs or helps defend them. I cannot defend the current administration, but I will defend the benefits our country has received because of it. Without focusing on politics, let's focus on the problem. Regardless of your views, our media is manipulating everything in our society. The question is who controls the media?
In Washington, it is do as I say, not as I do.
I do not care if you are conservative or liberal, extreme or in between, it is time to do the next right thing. I do not think following Washington (media) is the next right thing. I am not advocating anything except think for yourself, and think about your family, your neighbors, and the country. Then decide a direction to pursue. If every citizen did this, America will be stronger when we emerge.
Here is to America in 2021.
It's a confused situation. The media is of concern, but they can be dealt with. Most media outlets are biased in some way. You can use calm reasoned arguments to crack them open and expose them for their true colors. This creates doubt in their minds and causes a division in their ranks. Worst thing in the world for em' when people start to think for themselves. It becomes like herding cats.
This next part is weird and not the way that most people look at things: I studied and played chess for many years. One of the most valuable takeaways for me was that i was intellectually outclassed. Good enough for some things but i rarely scored a win against a Grandmaster. Those guys were a nightmare. They could play any position and almost always come out the winner. You could even switch sides halfway through the match and they would pound you into the ground with your own pieces ... they were just that good !
It goes back to what i was saying before about playing both sides against one another. Doesn't matter what side the Grandmasters of the game are playing for. They can play for either side, even switch sides if it suits them, and they will almost always come out ahead.
The media is one concern but that is political. Economics are another concern and economics are not political. Economics are simply economics. He who controls the purse strings holds the power over just about everything.
I would look at Jerome Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve. He's the one most responsible for the state of our economy in recent years. He was hired on during the Obama administration and continued through the Trump administration. Consideration is underway to re-appoint Janet Yellen to his position. This an interesting story, but not something that most people would think of taking a look at.
It's kinda like taking a peek behind the curtain in the Wizard of Oz story. It's all right there to see for anyone who would care to take a look.
Jerome Powell is an interesting guy with an interesting history. Maybe start there ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Powell
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