War is a Racket

Be sure to click the link and read the first couple of chapters.

Carrie



Another classic essay:  http://www.warisaracket.com/

On a not-exactly-related topic, today I was reminded of this classic excerpt
from Lysander Spooner's anarchist essay "No Treason":

The highwayman takes solely upon himself the responsibility,
danger, and crime of his own act. He does not pretend that he has any
rightful claim to your money, or that he intends to use it for your
own benefit. He does not pretend to be anything but a robber. He has
not acquired impudence enough to profess to be merely a "protector,"
and that he takes men's money against their will, merely to enable him
to "protect" those infatuated travelers, who feel perfectly able to
protect themselves, or do not appreciate his peculiar system of
protection. He is too sensible a man to make such professions as
these. Furthermore, having taken your money, he leaves you, as you
wish him to do. He does not persist in following you on the road,
against your will; assuming to be your rightful "sovereign," on
account of the "protection" he affords you. He does not keep
"protecting" you, by commanding you to bow down and serve him; by
requiring you to do this, and forbidding you to do that; by robbing
you of more money as often as he finds it for his interest or pleasure
to do so; and by branding you as a rebel, a traitor, and an enemy to
your country, and shooting you down without mercy, if you dispute his
authority, or resist his demands. He is too much of a gentleman to be
guilty of such impostures, and insults, and villainies as these. In
short, he does not, in addition to robbing you, attempt to make you
either his dupe or his slave.



The Federal Reserve - Transferring wealth from working people to elitist bankers
since 1913.