libertyblitzkrieg | It didn’t take long for the most opportunistic, nefarious and corrupt
actors in the U.S. to turn a pandemic crisis into another massive power
grab attempt. We’ve seen it before; after 9/11 and also throughout the
response to the financial crisis a decade ago. The irredeemable
sociopaths who always make the big, important decisions used those
crises to consolidate wealth and power. They’re going for it again.
There are many examples, but let me list a few:
– The EARN IT bill, by which senators are attempting to
destroy widespread public use of encryption, i.e. private
communications. (EFF)
– The White House and the CDC are asking Facebook, Google and
other tech giants to give them greater access to Americans’ smartphone
location data. (CNBC)
– The Justice Department has quietly asked Congress for the
ability to ask chief judges to detain people indefinitely without trial
during emergencies. (Politico)
– U.S. Senators are attempting to use the crisis as an opportunity to pull off a gigantic corporate coup. (Matt Stoller, BIG)
We often get distracted debating the implications of Fed actions, and in
the process lose sight of the bigger picture. The real question we need
to be asking is why do we allow a handful of unelected banker welfare
agents the right to shape our entire world? It’s a crazy system, and
until we start questioning the underlying premises of everything about
our world, we’ll remain confused and subjugated.
