History Lesson: America Is the Same Oligarchy It Was over a Century Ago
Aaron Dykes and Melissa MeltonActivist Post
When Americans see charts like this one
which illustrate that virtually all the food on grocery store shelves
basically comes from no more than 10 megacompanies, or hear statements like this one
from our own Attorney General Eric Holder who told the Senate
Judiciary Committee that some banks are just too big to prosecute, or
check out studies like this one out of Princeton which openly declare we are not a democracy but an oligarchy … it’s kinda hard to believe we aren’t an oligarchy (because we are).
Come on, even our Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen (you know, the
lady that runs the place that prints our money and sells it to us with
interest) has basically admitted it.
But are things really getting worse these days or is this just par for
the course — the same course we’ve been on for over a century now?
Tinkering around in an old bookstore in a small Texas
town, we came across a set of old books on democracy; we got the first
seven volumes of a set entitled, The March of Democracy: A History of the United States written by James Truslow Adams — the guy who coined the term “The American Dream” — for a mere $20.
The first book’s copyright is 1932. The last book ends in 1958.
Fascinating stuff…
For example, in volume four America and World Power
the book discusses how “Gradually and quite naturally, there grew up
the belief in a great conspiracy on the part of the very rich to ruin
the poor.”
Read this and tell me — does any of it sound even the least bit familiar to you?
https://archive.org/stream/DoddReportToTheReeceCommitteeOnFoundations-1954-RobberBaron/Dodd-Report-to-the-Reece-Committee-on-Foundations-1954#page/n0/mode/1up
Fascinating stuff…
For example, in volume four America and World Power
the book discusses how “Gradually and quite naturally, there grew up
the belief in a great conspiracy on the part of the very rich to ruin
the poor.”
Read this and tell me — does any of it sound even the least bit familiar to you?
Most strikingly in the public eye were
the great Titans of the new business era, the coal and meat “barons”
and the copper, railway, steel, and other “kings,” men of the type of
the elder J.P. Morgan, of James J. Hill, William H. Vanderbilt,
Carnegie, Frick, William H. Clark, and Rockefeller. Such men had certain
broad traits in common, differ as they might from each other as
individuals. They were men of wide economic but intensely narrow social
vision, and of colossal driving power and iron wills. They could lay
their economic plans with imperial vision in time and space, but for the
effect of their acts on society they cared nothing whatever. They
claimed the right to rule the economic destinies of the people in any
way that would enure their own personal advantage. Illogically, they
insisted upon the theory of laissez-faire for all except
themselves, while they demanded and received every favor they wished in
the way of special privileges from the government, as in the tariff and
the silver purchase Act. The whole machinery of government must be at
their disposal when desired — legislation, court decisions, and Federal
troops. They combined their business units into “trusts” and
combinations of almost unlimited power, yet they insisted on “freedom of
contract” when dealing with labor, whose organization in any form they
almost wholly refused to sanction.
the great Titans of the new business era, the coal and meat “barons”
and the copper, railway, steel, and other “kings,” men of the type of
the elder J.P. Morgan, of James J. Hill, William H. Vanderbilt,
Carnegie, Frick, William H. Clark, and Rockefeller. Such men had certain
broad traits in common, differ as they might from each other as
individuals. They were men of wide economic but intensely narrow social
vision, and of colossal driving power and iron wills. They could lay
their economic plans with imperial vision in time and space, but for the
effect of their acts on society they cared nothing whatever. They
claimed the right to rule the economic destinies of the people in any
way that would enure their own personal advantage. Illogically, they
insisted upon the theory of laissez-faire for all except
themselves, while they demanded and received every favor they wished in
the way of special privileges from the government, as in the tariff and
the silver purchase Act. The whole machinery of government must be at
their disposal when desired — legislation, court decisions, and Federal
troops. They combined their business units into “trusts” and
combinations of almost unlimited power, yet they insisted on “freedom of
contract” when dealing with labor, whose organization in any form they
almost wholly refused to sanction.
hey never taught you any of that back in school, did they?
That was written, by the way, in 1940; the author was discussing how America was run back in the late 1800s.
Not only is the emphasis on Democracy a distortion of the fact the nation was founded as a Constitutional Republic, where rights are preserved rather than subjected to the whims of the majority, but these passages demonstrate the familiar snow job surrounding the all-but-official banker’s oligarchy that has ruled this country and many others for some time.
In fact, in volume five, The Record of 1933–1941, Adams records the death of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., as the end of the era of this great wealth — never to occur again.
And so that’s the end of the story, kids…
Everything ended happily ever after.
Well, not quite.
Despite appearances, the shift on the part of the Rockefellers and
other Robber Barons of the day from outright monopoly to “philanthropic”
“non-profit” charity work was not an end to the dominance by the
super-rich of the early 2oth Century, but an intensification of their
undue influence. The taxation of the wealthy as well as the anti-trust
actions of the day, which included busting up megacorpses like Standard
Oil and AT&T, were perhaps well meaning but fundamentally failed to
rein in the disparity of power.
Instead, new tax laws, in reality, acted to restrict new wealth from
reaching the heights of the oligarchy, allowing “the elite” to keep
their own, and initiate new members as desired. The tax-free status of
many institutions – including the Rockefeller Foundation, the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace and the Ford Foundation – allowed the
incredibly wealthy to a) shield their fortunes from taxation, b) appear
to do good works and boost public opinion of their principle members
while c) influencing, writing and developing official public policy
through the steering mechanisms of its own tax-free grant making, think
tank and research powers. Much social engineering has taken place –
with far too little public notice – through these bodies. Additionally,
d) many of its directors and board members were in “respectable”
positions to shift into official government positions through the
revolving door without appearing to be acting on behalf of their
corporate masters.
The Reece Committee Hearings, conducted in 1953,
attempted to probe the role of tax-free foundations in public life and
uncovered many outrageous and conspiratorial actions taking place,
including very apparent agendas advancing a one-world
corporate-dominated government. However, it did not succeed in a general
public understanding of what was taking place, nor did it rein in
their powers.
That was written, by the way, in 1940; the author was discussing how America was run back in the late 1800s.
Not only is the emphasis on Democracy a distortion of the fact the nation was founded as a Constitutional Republic, where rights are preserved rather than subjected to the whims of the majority, but these passages demonstrate the familiar snow job surrounding the all-but-official banker’s oligarchy that has ruled this country and many others for some time.
In fact, in volume five, The Record of 1933–1941, Adams records the death of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., as the end of the era of this great wealth — never to occur again.
On May 23, John D. Rockefeller, Sr.,
died at the age of 97. Owner at one time of the largest fortune in the
world, his lifespan had covered the entire history of American business
from before the Civil War… Nearly $350,000,000 are handled by three of
the Rockefeller Foundations for education, medical research and other
uses. Whatever may be thought as to the methods of accumulating the
beginnings of the fortune in a period of different business ethics and
social outlook, no other man through his financial gifts has ever so
widely benefitted mankind. With our income and inheritance taxes no
other such fortune will ever again be accumulated, and his death marked
the end of an era in American history.
died at the age of 97. Owner at one time of the largest fortune in the
world, his lifespan had covered the entire history of American business
from before the Civil War… Nearly $350,000,000 are handled by three of
the Rockefeller Foundations for education, medical research and other
uses. Whatever may be thought as to the methods of accumulating the
beginnings of the fortune in a period of different business ethics and
social outlook, no other man through his financial gifts has ever so
widely benefitted mankind. With our income and inheritance taxes no
other such fortune will ever again be accumulated, and his death marked
the end of an era in American history.
And so that’s the end of the story, kids…
Everything ended happily ever after.
Well, not quite.
Despite appearances, the shift on the part of the Rockefellers and
other Robber Barons of the day from outright monopoly to “philanthropic”
“non-profit” charity work was not an end to the dominance by the
super-rich of the early 2oth Century, but an intensification of their
undue influence. The taxation of the wealthy as well as the anti-trust
actions of the day, which included busting up megacorpses like Standard
Oil and AT&T, were perhaps well meaning but fundamentally failed to
rein in the disparity of power.
Instead, new tax laws, in reality, acted to restrict new wealth from
reaching the heights of the oligarchy, allowing “the elite” to keep
their own, and initiate new members as desired. The tax-free status of
many institutions – including the Rockefeller Foundation, the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace and the Ford Foundation – allowed the
incredibly wealthy to a) shield their fortunes from taxation, b) appear
to do good works and boost public opinion of their principle members
while c) influencing, writing and developing official public policy
through the steering mechanisms of its own tax-free grant making, think
tank and research powers. Much social engineering has taken place –
with far too little public notice – through these bodies. Additionally,
d) many of its directors and board members were in “respectable”
positions to shift into official government positions through the
revolving door without appearing to be acting on behalf of their
corporate masters.
The Reece Committee Hearings, conducted in 1953,
attempted to probe the role of tax-free foundations in public life and
uncovered many outrageous and conspiratorial actions taking place,
including very apparent agendas advancing a one-world
corporate-dominated government. However, it did not succeed in a general
public understanding of what was taking place, nor did it rein in
their powers.
Yesterday, the markets in gold, silver, oil, steel and other
commodities were successfully cornered by the Rothschilds and other top
bankers. Under Wall Street direction, and through the powers of the
then newly-created Federal Reserve, these titans were able to
officially dominate nearly all the important areas of public life,
including great expansions in consumer spending and government agency
powers. The icons of this magnificent and terrible wealth were John D.
Rockefeller, J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, E.H. Harriman, Cornelius
Vanderbilt and a handful of others. Today, those icons of wealth are
the likes of Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Carlos Slim, Larry Ellison,
the Koch Brothers, Michael Bloomberg, Steve Jobs (now deceased), the
Walton family descendants of Wal-Mart and, again, a handful of others
who are largely known for their role in the age of computers, the
Internet, telecommunications and electronic devices.
The real wealth, from older robber barons accumulated in land,
resources, banking and investment and commodities are still there, but
remain under reported on the Forbes’ list of the world’s richest,
instead ruling largely from the shadows and influential but secretive
groups such as Bilderberg.
commodities were successfully cornered by the Rothschilds and other top
bankers. Under Wall Street direction, and through the powers of the
then newly-created Federal Reserve, these titans were able to
officially dominate nearly all the important areas of public life,
including great expansions in consumer spending and government agency
powers. The icons of this magnificent and terrible wealth were John D.
Rockefeller, J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, E.H. Harriman, Cornelius
Vanderbilt and a handful of others. Today, those icons of wealth are
the likes of Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Carlos Slim, Larry Ellison,
the Koch Brothers, Michael Bloomberg, Steve Jobs (now deceased), the
Walton family descendants of Wal-Mart and, again, a handful of others
who are largely known for their role in the age of computers, the
Internet, telecommunications and electronic devices.
The real wealth, from older robber barons accumulated in land,
resources, banking and investment and commodities are still there, but
remain under reported on the Forbes’ list of the world’s richest,
instead ruling largely from the shadows and influential but secretive
groups such as Bilderberg.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, as well as the Gates-Buffett led billionaires’ “giving pledge” are keeping in stride with the groundwork laid and continued by the Rockefeller Foundation
and Ford Foundation. Heavily funded initiatives to push vaccines,
birth control, population control, Western-oriented “education,” GMO
and corporate-dominated agriculture and the like remain some of the
most consequential and troubling policies done in the name of “good” by
tax-free entities wielding enormous, nearly incalculable wealth and
power.
In short, the myth of “democracy” and freedom in the United States –
the beacon around the world – perpetuates, despite a few blemishes. But
in reality, the Oligarchy took hold some time ago, has not let up and
perhaps never will.
Let that sink in, kids. Take a good look, and let it all sink in.
And don’t forget to read Charlotte Iserbyt’s revealing and TRUE work, loaded with documents and footnotes, The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America.
and Ford Foundation. Heavily funded initiatives to push vaccines,
birth control, population control, Western-oriented “education,” GMO
and corporate-dominated agriculture and the like remain some of the
most consequential and troubling policies done in the name of “good” by
tax-free entities wielding enormous, nearly incalculable wealth and
power.
In short, the myth of “democracy” and freedom in the United States –
the beacon around the world – perpetuates, despite a few blemishes. But
in reality, the Oligarchy took hold some time ago, has not let up and
perhaps never will.
Let that sink in, kids. Take a good look, and let it all sink in.
And don’t forget to read Charlotte Iserbyt’s revealing and TRUE work, loaded with documents and footnotes, The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America.
It helps to explain why you don’t know this stuff, why the reins of
power have been stolen from us, and why things are not soon going to get
better.
Unfortunately, the late comedic genius George Carlin was all-too-right when he explained the owners of America and why the education system is broken:
And like Carlin said of James Truslow Adams’ American Dream,
The reason they call it the American Dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it.Aaron and Melissa created TruthstreamMedia.com, where this first appeared, as an outlet to examine the news, place it in a broader context, uncover the deceptions, pierce through the fabric of illusions, grasp the underlying factors, know the real enemy, unshackle from the system, and begin to imagine the path towards taking back our lives, one step at a time, so that one day we might truly be free...
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