We had a teevee in the house when we were kids but I never allowed one in my own house. One of my kids has followed suit.
Furthermore, all mass media has long been banned as well. NO newspapers, magazines, etc.
It's an old and proven concept:
I have so completely withdrawn myself from these spectacles of usurpation & misrule, that I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month; & I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.
-Jefferson letter To Tench Coxe Monticello, May 1, 1794
I will add, that the man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them; inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods & errors.
Yes. The Rev was co-opted. The pressure from the usual suspects forced the constitution on the masses and that's when the downhill slide began in earnest.
"“The Constitution looked fairly good on paper, but it was not a popular document; people were suspicious of it, and suspicious of the enabling legislation that was being erected upon it. There was some ground for this. The Constitution had been laid down under unacceptable auspices; its history had been that of a coup d'état.
“It had been drafted, in the first place, by men representing special economic interests. Four-fifths of them were public creditors, one-third were land speculators, and one-fifth represented interests in shipping, manufacturing, and merchandising. Most of them were lawyers. Not one of them represented the interest of production — Vilescit origine tali. (the dice were loaded from the start)
Albert Jay Nock, Liberty vs. the Constitution: The Early Struggle
"When we have made our constitution purely democratic, thinks to himself the earnest reformer, we shall have brought government into harmony with absolute justice. Such a faith, though perhaps needful for the age, is a very erroneous one. By no process can coercion be made equitable.
- Herbert Spencer, Social Statics [1851]. chap 20, The Right to Ignore the State, p 210
Me too! So glad it meant that I didn't fall for any of this. I know people like this horrible man are out there but wow it's repulsive to see isn't it!
No TV: that's a recurring theme amongst people who know what's going on!
I threw my television away 20+ years ago.
We had a teevee in the house when we were kids but I never allowed one in my own house. One of my kids has followed suit.
Furthermore, all mass media has long been banned as well. NO newspapers, magazines, etc.
It's an old and proven concept:
I have so completely withdrawn myself from these spectacles of usurpation & misrule, that I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month; & I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.
-Jefferson letter To Tench Coxe Monticello, May 1, 1794
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/presidents/thomas-jefferson/letters-of-thomas-jefferson/jefl107.php
I will add, that the man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them; inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods & errors.
-Thomas Jefferson to John Norvell, 14 June 1807
http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/amendI_speechs29.html
He who reads nothing will still learn the great facts, and the details are all false.
-Thomas Jefferson to John Norvell, 14 June 1807
http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/amendI_speechs29.html
OUTSTANDING Geoff!!!! You’re in great company with our Founder, President Jefferson!
Thank you. I post those and similar others quite a lot but it's surprising how underappreciated such things are.
It’s very appreciated here! Early America was a different country than what we see today…and not in a good way. Some of us know that!
Yes. The Rev was co-opted. The pressure from the usual suspects forced the constitution on the masses and that's when the downhill slide began in earnest.
"“The Constitution looked fairly good on paper, but it was not a popular document; people were suspicious of it, and suspicious of the enabling legislation that was being erected upon it. There was some ground for this. The Constitution had been laid down under unacceptable auspices; its history had been that of a coup d'état.
“It had been drafted, in the first place, by men representing special economic interests. Four-fifths of them were public creditors, one-third were land speculators, and one-fifth represented interests in shipping, manufacturing, and merchandising. Most of them were lawyers. Not one of them represented the interest of production — Vilescit origine tali. (the dice were loaded from the start)
Albert Jay Nock, Liberty vs. the Constitution: The Early Struggle
https://mises.org/library/liberty-vs-constitution-early-struggle
And this.:
"When we have made our constitution purely democratic, thinks to himself the earnest reformer, we shall have brought government into harmony with absolute justice. Such a faith, though perhaps needful for the age, is a very erroneous one. By no process can coercion be made equitable.
- Herbert Spencer, Social Statics [1851]. chap 20, The Right to Ignore the State, p 210
http://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/spencer-social-statics-1851
Also, the Federalists vs the Anti-Federalists…
All wars are bankers wars…😉
I've read both a couple of times. The "anti-federalists" were quite prescient. Fascinating stuff.
You are correct that all wars are bankers' wars. For centureis it's been the international banking mafiosi to be a little more specific.
Me too! So glad it meant that I didn't fall for any of this. I know people like this horrible man are out there but wow it's repulsive to see isn't it!
"By no process can coercion be made equitable": I love that - very succinct. Always nice to find more sources of good books! Thanks Geoff.