The Thirteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution brought a decisive end to slavery in the United States in 1865. The amendment enshrines important principles of justice—self-ownership, individual liberty, and equality before the law.

If there’s one thing the mainstream hates, it’s for you to learn anything that goes against the official version of history:

• World War II spending ended the Great Depression.
• The US was founded as a democracy.
• Three of our best presidents were Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

This narrative is a tool they use to maintain control, but it collapses if citizens dare to think for themselves.

Following in the footsteps of John Maynard Keynes, most economists hold that one cannot have complete trust in a market economy, which is seen as inherently unstable. If left free, the market economy could lead to self-destruction. Hence, there is the need for the government and central bank to manage the economy. Successful management, in the Keynesian framework, is done by influencing overall spending.

The passing of former President Jimmy Carter has brought out the accolades for his post-presidential years, but not as much for his actual performance as president. As the New York Times editorialized:

A guilty verdict by US voters last November on inflation mongers will have no follow-through in terms of monetary regime change. Problem: the verdict was not delivered in sharp and comprehensive form. Instead, communication was largely via exit polls and other such surveys. The propagandists of the present monetary regime have been able to manipulate this messaging to the advantage of themselves and their clients. 

Donald Trump’s pickapalooza continues at Mar-a-lago with potential bank regulators being asked if the current deposit insurer and bank regulator (FDIC) can be folded into the Treasury department. The WSJ’s  Gina Heeb writes, “Trump advisers and potential nominees have also discussed plans to either combine or otherwise restructure the main federal bank regulators: the FDIC, OCC and the Federal Reserve, the people said.”

Ebenezer Scrooge was not an admirable man. He was bitter, unfriendly, and thrifty beyond reason. The three spirits of Christmas, however, did not improve his morality, rather, they terrified him into embracing what the ghost of Marley called “the common welfare.” While Scrooge rightly dropped many of his imprudent traits on Christmas Day, following his haunting, this need never have required the dropping of the rugged individualism he originally embodied.