Pete Hendrickson (@LostHorizons)

A Few Words About Corruption... ...and the duty (and wisdom) of refusing to tolerate it, especially in public institutions. “There is no safety for honest men but by believing all possible evil of evil men.” – Edmund Burke IF YOU WERE OFFERED A $BILLION DOLLARS for which you simply had to ruin, impoverish, endanger or even see killed outright a million people you didn't know and in regard to whose sins-- or lack thereof-- you had neither knowledge nor responsibility, would you do it? OK, YOU might not, but do you think that anybody would do it? Let me throw this into the mix: The theoretical actor in this picture doesn't even have to break a sweat in the commission of the crime. All he or she has to do is issue some orders or promote some disinformation, and do so from a position in which the risk of accountability is virtually zero. Maybe I'm am outrageous cynic, but I think many people could be found who would harm or put those strangers at risk, or doom them to certain death, or devastate a distant land making refugees and widows and orphans, and would do so for even a lot less than a $billion. Maybe even just a $million. Maybe even less than that. The average sociopath would view it as found money, after all, and for no skin off his or her nose... Indeed, I think some folks would do it for nothing, just to cover up past crimes, or serve as a distraction from current other crimes, or for purely political reasons. Seriously. Aren't I right about this? WITH ALL THAT IN MIND, think about how easy it must be for someone offered A-list status with the "mover and shaker" crowd and a very well-paying job with lifetime tenure just to creatively misunderstand some complicated legal material. The effect is to fleece a bunch of (mostly) strangers out of a whole lot of money, but on the other hand, the fraud is defended-- even celebrated-- as an element of a fuzzy but benign-sounding "social contract". There's not even any violence or death involved (as long as everyone goes along, anyway). Today, we're going to take a deep (but easy) dive into the most significant example of this latter kind of corruption on offer in America today. This is an institutional corruption that affects every single American man and woman, harming most of them (including you and members of your family) pretty grievously. All you have to do to begin with is watch a video. Afterwards, a bit more will be asked of you, as you will see, so please be sure to read on after watching. Continued: https://losthorizons.com/N/226.htm#1