Dear GATA:
I just listened to GATA Secretary/Treasurer Chris Powell's interview with
Dave Kranzler and Rory Hall on last week's "Shadow of Truth"
program --
http://www.gata.org/node/15341
-- in which, at the end, Powell gave reasons for what GATA is doing: free
markets, democracy, and transparency in central banking, rather than just
making money on a currency reset.
I must admit that I would like to make some money with my gold and silver
but agree with those higher reasons.
My question: Why are the guys on the other side so evil and how do they
rationalize what they are doing? And are there people who are just as
powerful as "the boyz" who can fix this mess? Have we just lost our
way? Do we care anymore?
I care and so does GATA, so thanks for all you do.
-- T.W.
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Dear T.W.:
Thanks for your kind note. GATA's people also are hoping to make some
money as a result of doing the right thing, though of course lately it has
not been very successful.
As for the people on the other side, it would be odd if they were
consciously evil. Maybe they sincerely believe that countries and the entire
world should be ruled by a secret and unaccountable elite. Since they are
the elite, it may be easier for them to believe this, and, after all, with so
much social disintegration around us, democracy isn't as persuasive as it
once was.
I'm sure that for the people at the Federal Reserve and Treasury
Department it's also their conception of patriotism, though I think they
confuse it with imperialism. If we as Americans are true to our national
principles, those principles will be enough for us to lead the world and we
won't need currency market rigging, which corrupts us as badly as it
oppresses others.
Who has the power to set things right? I think the great mass of the
people always has the power. See the reflection by Orwell's Winston Smith in
"1984" at the beginning of the chapter here:
http://www.george-orwell.org/1984/6.html
But more likely things will be set right, or at least set in a different
direction, as the result of strife among almost equally unattractive
governments.
Weak as we in the middle are, we may be able to exploit this division. In
any case we do what we can and will press on in the morning.
Thanks again for your support.
