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Richard
(Rick) Mills
Ahead of the Herd
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of 3
As a general rule, the
most successful man in life is the man who has the best information
Fascism is a totalitarian
system of government that bases its economy on capitalism, it’s a marriage of
government authority and military/police power managed by corporate
influence.
“The liberty of a
democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a
point where it comes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in
its essence, is fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a
group.” Franklin D.
Roosevelt
Consider the following, all
are characteristics of fascism:
- A
dictatorial ruling cabal runs the country
- The military
is increasingly being used to control the civilian population
- The
government repeatedly violates the U.S. Constitution
- Government
informants are spying on their fellow citizens
- Controlled
mass media
- Fraudulent
elections
- Powerful and
continuing nationalism, calls for national unity
- Militaristic
values are spreading in society and the power of the military is
increasing, glorification of war
- Obsession
with national security
- Disdain for
the recognition of human rights, racism
- Radical
opposition to Communism/Socialism, Modernism and attacks on Liberals
- Identification
of enemies as a unifying cause
- Corporate
power is protected while labors power is suppressed - Fascism and
capitalism are inseparable because the corporate power structure is
authoritarian, and is geared to reward the elite owners, but not the
workers. Few would argue against the fact that corporations control our
government and have the dominant role in our society
- Obsession
with crime and punishment
- Militarization
of the police – Since the terrorist attacks in 2011 the US has spent
$635 billion to militarize its police forces
- A trend
toward corporatism and systematic destruction of the middle class
- Rampant
cronyism and corruption
- Intertwining
of government and religion
- A cult like
leader
Consequences of fascism to the
governed are the loss of rights and the enhancement of the elitists.
“We have had a decade of
highly visible evidence of the construction of a police state: the PATRIOT
Act, illegal spying on Americans in violation of the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act, the initiation of wars of aggression--war crimes under the
Nuremberg Standard--based on intentional lies, the Justice Department's
concocted legal memos justifying the executive branch's violation of domestic
and international laws against torture, the indefinite detention of US
citizens in violation of the constitutionally protected rights of habeas
corpus and due process, the use of secret evidence and secret "expert
witnesses" who cannot be cross-examined against defendants in trials,
the creation of military tribunals in order to evade federal courts, secret
legal memos giving the president authority to launch preemptive cyber attacks
on any country without providing evidence that the country constitutes a
threat, and the Obama regime's murder of US citizens without evidence or due
process.” Paul Craig
Roberts, It Has Happened Here
 The price of gold has
doubled since the election of Barack Obama as U.S. President in November
2008.
Precious metals sales, in the
form of bullion, has continually increased since Obama was reelected for a
second term.
November 2012 sales of 136,500
ounces of gold coins were more than double October’s tally and the most in
more than two years.
December sales of 76,000
ounces was the third strongest month of 2012.
U.S. Mint gold-coin sales had
their strongest January in 14 years.
 According
to the US Mint, gold bullion coin sales totaled 150,000 ounces, up 97.4
percent from December. Sales for the month were up 18.1 percent from
comparable sales of 127,000 ounces year over year.
January sales of 150,000
ounces of American Eagle gold bullion coins was the sixth largest on record
and represents a multi-year high in sales since July 2010 when 152,000 ounces
were sold.
The previous record months
were:
- June 2010
with 151,500 ounces
- December
2009 with 231,500 ounces
- April 2009
with 157,500 ounces
- December
2008 with 176,000 ounces
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