It really does make you wonder when people will actually realize that giving away power is not a way to gain power. It’s like the old Einstein/Franklin adage about insanity. They keep bitching and whining for more rules and regulation, and when they get them, things just continue to get worse, giving them more reason to bitch and whine…for more of the same, no less. I think part of the problem is they’re actually dumb enough to be convinced that they didn’t get what they wanted. Films like Inside Job (thread here) convince people “deregulation” occured, and that that is the reason things got so bad.
This is why it always comes back to education. The only way to put a stop to it is to have a more knowledgable public. That’s why Ron Paul is such an important figure. He’s done more to educate and get people interested and looking into things on their own than any other single person, and possibly even any other organization. (Of course the organizations, like the LvMI, provide most of the educational material and resources, but people got there because of Paul.)
I actually just spoke to a school teacher from the Los Angeles school district this week who told me that he tells his kids there are two unspoken objectives he is charged with by the government…one is to keep them off the streets and from creating trouble. Basically to keep them from inconveniencing the elites in their personal lives…in their communities and public areas. (I don’t think he actually says that second part, but that’s the basic idea). And the second objective is to not get them too independent…to make sure he doesn’t make them too knowledgable…too questioning…too thinking.
He said the kids really respond to this.