Wake Up Call

It took the crash of 2008 to wake me up and to motivate me to dig deep into the financial world to try and understand how interconnected we are to all the decisions and movements that are made within it. We are certainly far more aware of how insidiously money influences politics and how on a global scale the use of military and police action necessitates keeping certain power structures in place and creating stronger and more brutal barriers to ensure their existence. Libya is a powerful example of this. The reasons for the country's takeover, fueled by the west's indirect support of insurgents and removing Gaddafhi from power, had nothing to do with freedom and democracy as it was sold to the American public, but had everything to do with the control of oil, ensuring the stability of the balance of power and keeping the dollar as the only option for trade. We simply wouldn't be spending millions of U.S. tax payer dollars taking out a dictator if the major export of the country were flowers. I believe all of these elements are deeply interconnected and need to be studied both on their own merits and in the theatre where they converge. Issues like these including but not limited to central banking, international trade, cheap labor, military dominance, etc., I have long explored on FB (and I will continue to explore there) but I intend to take on more comprehensively here. If you are intrigued, I invite you to take on the challenge, open your heart and mind and join the conversation and the exploration.