Exclusive: US empire could collapse at any time, Pulitzer winner tells Raw Story - Page 2

Captain Cannabis · 12-19-2010, 10:26 PM

wow j. care to share whatever you are smoking with the rest of us?

**SageTree** · 12-20-2010, 06:13 AM

HEADY!!!!!!!!!!

farmergiles · 12-20-2010, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by John F. Kerry

we used our years as the "empire" to, unlike the british, or romans before us, to create an international system that would be at least in theory fair and equal and allow people from anywhere to play the world market game and partake in the benefits of it.

I think markets were at their most laissez faire prior to the 20th century, we have far more restrictions and tariffs nowadays.

The Rev · 12-20-2010, 11:00 AM

The rise of empire came with the beginning of the progressive era, and an increase in government control over business. The trust busting of Teddy Roosevelt started it, when the Standard Oil monopoly was broken up (Roosevelt was a Morgan man, unlike McKinley, his predecessor, who was a Rockefeller man; Rockefeller and Morgan banking interests were fighting for domination of US and world markets at the time). IOW, when the Federal Government started acting like Caesar, business freedom started going downhill.

The Rev

profit · 12-29-2010, 10:24 AM

i think everything got fucked up starting in 1913, look at any graph of inflation and war and usually they start in 1913 or 1914 (with the start of ww1) but im not talking about war here. it's about the federal reserve. if you control the money you control the country, and you have the power to manipulate everything in it.

wilson was such a twat.

kamikazi89 · 01-05-2011, 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Ego Tripping

Granted, its clear there is a collapse/crumbling effect happening to the US, these predictions don't really help people focus on any kind of solution.

maybe it is the solution, ever think of that?

these words i heard today:
welfare/warfare state

seem pertinent to the issues at hand

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The Rev Clear Light Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: In my head, somewhere. Posts: 17,867 Thanks: 5,019 Thanked 5,421 Times in 2,865 Posts	The rise of empire came with the beginning of the progressive era, and an increase in government control over business. The trust busting of Teddy Roosevelt started it, when the Standard Oil monopoly was broken up (Roosevelt was a Morgan man, unlike McKinley, his predecessor, who was a Rockefeller man; Rockefeller and Morgan banking interests were fighting for domination of US and world markets at the time). IOW, when the Federal Government started acting like Caesar, business freedom started going downhill. The Rev __________________ Budforce - My Friend August 29, 1973- May 25, 2012

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