Before spending the rest of the day reading articles on this site, I have to say this is a comprehensive and easily understood history for how the U.S. got to t

Before spending the rest of the day reading articles on this site, I have to say this is a comprehensive and easily understood history for how the U.S. got to this point financially. Being a cynic, I've studied many aspects of this system for some time. I have to say I'm shocked how obvious the PR has been for some of this stuff. A favorite example is the Iraq war. Clearly a mafioso protection racket type of move. Nice country you got here, quit using Dollars and see what happens... The 1970s in can be almost explained in the sense of a 1930s style run on the bank, except this time it's allies and foreign countries after their gold. The Saudi benefit from attacking Iraq probably even mirrored what France thought it was getting in "French Indonesia and French Vietnam". You can almost imagine a scene playing out between French and U.S. diplomats where the French ask for their gold and the U.S. goes, "well... here's the thing about your gold, tell you what let us call it even and we will spend a decade or more at war for you? Deal?" The entire thing is absolutely crazy and the way it is taught to average people is complete bullshit.