Alchemical Weapons for Economic Wars

Originally posted at Dispatches From Realitydfreality.substack.com


“In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken USURY and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.”

— Ezekiel 22:12 KJV


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Usury is a weapon; a pernicious and unrivaled weapon, capable of bringing even the mightiest foe to heel. The defining economic minds of the ages — from Aristotle, Adam Smith, Karl Marx, to John Maynard Keynes — all viewed usury as a major vice if not an outright evil. It is a slow drip of venom in a civilization’s veins, inevitably bringing the borrower low in it’s alchemical grasp. Our enemy is keenly aware of this powerful weapon, particularly given that the Mystery religion’s temples — the pyramids and ziggurats — also served as banks & mints in which these ancient rites were practiced. The modern financial system is no less steeped in these philosophic and alchemical realities, as some of the most storied economists in history will attest to. Fiat currency is quite literally the Philosopher’s Stone made real: it is the ability to create something of value out of nothing.

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CITIGROUP IS ATTEMPTING TO CREATE ‘CITICOIN’ TO KEEP UP WITH BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY

Time again to make fun of the big banks like you made fun of that kid in school whose mom bought them corduroy pants. So, in the latest Bitcoin news the “Too Big To Fail” banks are trying to adopt Bitcoin anything to attract customers because they’ve gotten some bad PR in the past. Except they’re also “Too Big To Evolve” with new technology. The only thing corporate banks are good at creating is technological redundancies considering crypto-currencies are special because they are the only form of money specifically created for the internet. Companies that are focused on internet commerce can see a bright future with Bitcoin but the dinosaurs should probably take a seat on the bench and wait for the asteroid.

 

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Guest Post By Alexandre Beaudry

A few months ago Goldman Sachs jumped into the Bitcoin market by investing in the Bitcoin startup Circle that is creating a dual currency wallet for users to seamlessly transition their Bitcoins into fiat currencies. This was a game changing move from a traditional bank but it has left other big players to fend for themselves as the bank industry adapts to crypto-currencies and new technology.

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