Almost everyone I speak to has the feeling that, as they watch the “news” and read the headlines almost nothing seems to make sense. I also get the feeling from most of these people that they believe that many things are wrong, but they cannot put their finger on what the problem actually is.

Personally, I believe that the problem is that those “in charge” want to keep us as clueless as possible. Why would they do that? They are doing things that, if we normal people were aware of, we would likely put a stop to it.

It appears to me that those “in charge” are doing everything they can to keep we regular people from finding out the truth about MANY things.

It is pretty evident that when we look at how things are playing out inflation has never been temporary, transitory or falling. Prices continue to rise. I guess we are supposed to believe that those who are responsible for the inflation- central banks- do not know what they are doing. I always have to laugh at the “experts” who claim that the Fed is clueless. No, it is the “expert”, who in his hubris- is clueless. The central banks know EXACTLY what they are doing but are more than happy to allow you to think this whole thing was just one big policy error.

My opinion is that they are destroying the current system to replace it with digital assets and total control. They are doing it first by inflating the currency away- making prices so high that most people have to go into debt to get assets. Next, they will likely crash the system with deflation and confiscate our real ASSETS. (JP Morgan himself: “Gold is money- all else is credit”. Put simply, there is no reliance on anyone else’s promises to repay. You own an actual ASSET.

This is the key to understand. They want us in bitcoin, fartcoin, ether, fiat currencies and debt. What do all these things have in common? They do not exist on an elemental chart. They only have VALUE if someone is willing to pay you more than you paid. The only asset listed- fiat currencies- actually have any utility at all. The utility here is that you can buy assets with it. It still has no intrinsic VALUE.

Many will say- I can buy with bitcoin. Possibly true. Some people will take payment that way but not many. Elon Musk learned the hard way when he said Tesla would accept payment in Bitcoin. The price rose $16,000.00 in a matter of days after that announcement. A few weeks later and the price fell back to $48,000.00 ($16,000.00 less) and Elon said- NO more!

One key point here is that the central banks are the manufacturers of FIAT currencies. Currently, they are trading their rapidly depreciating currencies- and the bonds that are a PROMISE TO REPAY with depreciating VALUE IN THE FUTURE- and buying hard assets- mainly GOLD.

Let us look at the reporting we see about the endless wars we are fighting which is also leading to more inflation and more debt than we can ever repay. We are told it is “Putin’s war”. In reality, the USA overthrew the elected government in Ukraine in 2014 and the ethnic Russians were treated similar to the Jews in Nazi Germany for nearly a decade. Putin came in to stop a planned ethnic cleansing in the East. This is just meant to show how propaganda can shape opinion.

Mitch McConnell told us the real truth as to why we are in Ukraine. There are $12 TRILLION worth of rare earth minerals in Ukraine. We cannot let Russia and China have that.

There are numerous reports that Israel knew and possibly participated in the October 7, 2023, invasion. Since then, there has been a near total destruction of Gaza. In my opinion a totally evil deed.

Many in government also realize that we are heading for a resource problem. Resources being food, water, energy, etc. Isn’t it amazing that just off the coast of Gaza one of the largest natural gas deposits was discovered just a few years ago? In addition, for a few years now we have been hearing about how Gaza would be a great place for a seaside resort. Well, now that the place is rubble, we are hearing about that again. Ulterior motive?

Countries are repatriating gold and buying gold in record amounts. Dozens of wars are being waged as we speak and most, if not all, are for control of resources (hard assets).

While those “in charge” bid up prices and get people excited about things that are likely nothing more than a fad they are busy getting ready to have ASSETS when the current debt-based system collapses. While there are no guarantees the numbers suggest that we are extremely close to the end.

When you have an entity that is promising to repay what you have leant to them have numbers like:

· $36.5 TRILLION in admitted national debt and rising an additional 2.2 TRILLION in 2025

· Over $200 TRILLION in Unfunded liabilities

· Paying over $1.2 TRILLION in annual interest expense

· Has a history of breaking promises.

I will take an asset as opposed to a promise.

Keep in mind that this entity (US Government) is what underpins the entire global economy. Some countries are even worse off than we are.

If the central banks trusted the governments- as they did for a long time- they would be loading up on bonds, debt and fiat currencies. The fact is that they are selling these “assets” and buying a non-debt-based asset- mainly gold but now also other commodities.

If those that issue the fiat(debt-based) currencies do not trust it to hold its value, why should we?

The answer- We shouldn’t. Watch what they do not what they say. Many times, words are used to confuse and to manipulate your thinking.

Be Prepared!

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