ICIJ’s Political Agenda May Backfire

Wile the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists  (ICIJ) has clearly targeted Putin, in doing so when it is his aids rather than him personally calls into question what is their real political agenda. Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson resigned just 2 days after the papers were released. Reports say that 12 current or former heads of state are mentioned. Who are they protecting will be very interesting since targeting Putin makes this more of a political plot.

Nevertheless, this is coming precisely in line with the other side of 2015.75, which we warned would prove to be the peak in government. This is playing directly into the cycles where our model has been warning we are facing the collapse in confidence in government; i.e. politicians. This is truly the driving force behind Trump. But this massive leak may have far more political implications than merely targeting rich people who have a secret stash.

To what extent will this leak alter politics in an era of rising middle-class discontent and declining living standards as socialism collapses. This leak is more likely to fuel further anger among those who blame politicians and see the corruption boiling to the surface. The journalists are really closet socialists and have hoped that this will inspire the public to hand more control to government as a backlash against what they hoped to prove was the middle class is carrying a disproportionate share of the burden in supporting a system that seems to them unfair because the rich have more. They do not look at government and the corruption. Instead, they just want to blame the rich for having more than they do in traditional Marxist view of the world. They do not bother to ask why does government always have to raise taxes proving they cannot manage the economy. If someone managed your funds and lost whatever you gave them each month and then blamed the bankers so give them more to manage again, how many time will you keep giving them more money when they never produce a profit? The hedge funds and Wall Street own Hillary, yet they will never expose such connections and truly investigate her past. This illustrates that they too have a political agenda.

This revelation may actually backfire and produce far more political damage than just hunting the rich, which has been the ICIJ’s agenda. They may have contributed to the collapse of socialism and never understand the consequences of their actions.