There sure appears to be a concerted effort to confuse and dumbfound the children in government-funded schools.  No knowledge of what it means to be a responsible and productive adult, only how best to game the system as a obedient automaton following the program assigned to you.  Our very identities are under attack.  Freemen are the enemy.

"You will own nothing and be happy."  No power, no control, no liberty.  The most obedient servants to the State will be compensated, those that wish independence will be excluded from buying and selling.

Hmm, does this ring a bell for anyone?

Indeed!

You have done nothing but judge people since you got here. Get off your high horse.  You are the epitome of self-righteousness.

Socialism is submission to the State, what the hell are you talking about?

It is not surprising that socialists are more realistic when they take on the tone of gangsters .. . it's not that much of a stretch.  Your letter was not chosen for its content but for its 'tone.'  There is little daylight between socialists and mobsters.

Paying an agreed upon fee for leasing of capital is fair.  Compounding interest on IOU's used as currency is the corruption of which they speak.  It is an OLD TRICK that the powers-that-should-not-be use to steal the world with nothing but an empty promise.

The world's nations now are leasing every dollar in circulation, sending rivers of interest to their rulers.  The new world order is the same as the old world order, just 21st century style.  This is NOT capitalism, it is a CON.

Hence the gold dinar in Muslim countries.  Any country still using a hard currency is treated as an enemy to the central bankers flooding the world with irredeemable script.

Corruption of the language for Power has been the primary tool for usurpation.  Couple that with a government-controlled education system, and we should not be surprised to find that the population knows nothing about Liberty and the responsibilities that come with it.  Our 'identity' is being re-written — we are being intentionally distracted and confused.  Which is why the Truth will set you Free, and why THAT is "a danger to our democracy."

The question remains, what are we going to do about it?

The funny money system of banking is racketeering — a fundamental pillar of socialism.  Socialism absolutely requires rule by the central banks, which print up the money out of nothing for Uncle Sam to 'borrow' to wage wars.  Socialists are the grand appropriators of property and labor, claiming all under the regulation of the money printers.  That's not capitalism, it's the power of the private banks given to them by their governments.

What's your question?

"Who made ten central bankers owners of the world's currencies and the rest of us perpetual debtors?"

They forgot, "Unless determined by the government to be hate speech or misinformation..."

Actually Douglas is speaking about Statism, the supremacy of the State.  America was founded upon individual liberty, personal responsibility, and a representative republican government.  Learn the difference, and you will understand what servitude actually is.

Fred is the poster BOY for screaming wild eyed liberals.  Socialists are not adults — they are permanent wards of the State.  Perpetual children to be guided by the likes of Fred, who is our superior in every way (he says...). To deny his childish claim is to induce his wrath, and Fred the Fascist shines through.

The saddest fact is that he believes himself superior to all, with no equal on Earth.  And he is NOT delusional.  He is the most reasonable person he has ever met.  

It's obvious you have never met me. Not even close.  Try again.

Fred, do adults know what logical fallacies are? I'm not sure you even know what reason is ...

Nice take! ;-)

How is the will of the People to form a government if elections are rigged and the voices of the opposition censored from the press?

You are confusing rights with powers, Fred.  Freedom means NOT being regulated by anything other than our own will.  What you are describing is authoritarianism.

Social media is the fettered press of today.  All information vehicles have been targeted for appropriation and propaganda dissemination.  WE the people need to always be discerning and watchful — it is not hard to see once you can make the distinction between acting and reality.  They don't call it television "programming" for nothing — including 'entertainment.'

Yes, please, Mike!  How about a fresh posting about the "statist theocracy that infests this land" for 2022.

Not surprising you don't understand.  Liberty and Socialism are completely incompatible.  I haven't met a socialist yet that values Liberty for anyone else but themselves. 

The socialist does not care for Liberty but for Power.

It's because you are delusional, Fred.

*sigh* The socialists are the grand appropriators of all, constantly laying claim to what is not theirs.  'The Socialist in Nature' does not exist.  While one man can live alone in Nature, a lone socialist cannot and remain a socialist.  A person who takes responsibility for him/herself is not practicing socialism but independence and self-determinism. 

A socialist lives off the taxing of others' labors, takes a portion (sometimes all) of people's property to pay the government to live in better conditions than the governed.  Note that this taxation cannot be refused by the taxed, it is theft and even servitude.

The socialist engineer derives his/her pleasure in playing God — socialists worship their collective power which justifies their every claim. They do not see themselves as thieves because they already claim it as theirs anyway — it's 'their' money and 'their' property because their ideology says so.

The Socialist is a self-deluded, narcissistic nihilist, with an insatiable thirst for lashing out at anyone who has been blessed with (and possibly worked for) more than they.

There is but one simple way to distinguish a socialist from a republican.  Simply answer:

"Who is responsible for the condition and quality of your life?"

You have met those of reasonable sensibilities, but a pickpocket sees only pockets.