His death seems to have been, in part at least, a political statement. As such, people should pay close attention. While I don’t doubt the sincerity of his beliefs, I am troubled by the simplicity of the message on his sign because it reminds me of a phony political slogan. It likely demonstrates a deep ignorance of how the financial system actually works, and how the super rich exercise economic and political dominance.
While the tax code is absurdly complicated in a manner that is certainly intended to benefit the rich who have the resources and incentives to take advantage of it and lobby for loopholes, this is not the source of financial oligarch power. Central banking on the other hand is. Think about it for a second. You can raise taxes on the super rich all you want, but if they are still able to convince a banking cartel such as the Federal Reserve to print trillions and bail them out whenever necessary, what’s a higher tax rate going to really do? They can just print as much as they want.
This is not to say I don’t think the tax code needs to be completely overhauled, I absolutely do. I’m saying until you get at the root of the problem, you won’t solve anything. The status quo won’t be going anywhere due to a hike in tax rates.
This is why I sort of wish his sign read: End the Fed. While ending the Fed won’t solve all our problems, it is an intellectually superior and far more radical statement. Everyone can understand something as simple as “tax the 1%,” which is why so many disingenuous politicians who are staunch defenders of the status quo say it. On the other hand, how many politicians talk about ending the central bank cartel? Not many.
Additionally, the statement “End the Fed” leads to genuine thought and gets at the heart of the oligarchy, while the statement “tax the rich” has been used forever by politicians to divide and conquer distinct socioeconomic classes who generally have no idea how things really work. When someone says “End the Fed,” it causes people to research the Fed, to learn how money is created, and how central banking works. There is education in saying “End the Fed,” while proclaiming, “Tax the 1%,” is more of an emotionally based political talking point.
In any event, the fact that this, and the Josephine Witt protest happened within days of each other, is significant. From the Washington Post:
Robert Bishop, a 47-year-old real estate developer from Annapolis, Md., had just snapped a selfie early Saturday afternoon at the West Front of the U.S. Capitol when he heard the pop.
He looked up and saw a woman clasping her hand to her mouth.
“He just shot himself,” she said.
Behind Bishop, a man lay on his side. Nearby, police say, were a roller briefcase, a backpack and a sign. Officers drew their guns and rushed forward.
Police were also vague about the sign, saying only that it related to “social justice.” Bishop said two others who witnessed the shooting told him that it said, “Tax the one percent,” and that he seemed to raise it just before pulling the trigger.
Jim White was at the Capitol Visitor Center when the announcement of the lockdown came over the loudspeaker. He said there was no panic, just chatter about what could be going on outside. His 1:30 p.m. tour went on as scheduled. The only indication that something was amiss: The tour guide kept stretching and extending his talk.
Carry on plebs, nothing to see here.
Bernard called the incident “a bit unfortunate,” especially with all the tourists in town to see the cherry blossoms.Yes, so unfortunate that someone blowing their brains out potentially due to economic serfdom got in the way of cherry blossom selfies.
“Always something going on here, though,” he said.Yes, and it’s usually theft, perversion, violence or all three simultaneously.
Picture and caption at top came from the following Twitter account: Supermario
In Liberty,
Michael Krieger
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