01.10.09
The Conversation
This fantasy conservation among four extremely wealthy men takes place in a Swiss Alps chalet. These men are generationally wealthy. Bill Gates and George Soros type money relates to a small fraction of their wealth. They are the current-day movers of cultures and the molders of kingdoms. This conversation takes place in a musty, smoking room. Each is smoking his favorite cigar and sipping his brandy of choice. The servants have left the room.
Man 1: The time seems right. Shall we pull the plug on the world’s economy?
Man 2: (sitting across from #1): The set-up has been marvelous. We’ve even made money while the rest are looking for scraps. I think I’m ready to pull the trigger.
Man 3: (Sitting to the left of #1): My favorite part of the set-up was watching people as the governments kept throwing money our way, as if the debt they owe us is real. They actually bought our media’s hype.
Man 4: (sitting to the right of #1): Can you blame them? After all, their leaders bought our debt/credit scheme decades ago thanks to my man in Washington. Now they actually believe our financial crisis scenario. This is the 6th or 7th time we’ve used the crisis strategy. How many times can we repeat it? How many times can we use the same crisis?
Man 3: As many times as necessary to keep the game going. Just watching the sincerity on the faces of their politicians is worth the price of admission. I do miss Reagan. Now he was a REAL actor!
Man 1: Our plans have worked to perfection. (Looking at Man 2) Your greed rational for the debt/credit scheme was pure genius. What made you so sure we could take down the richest nation in history based on individual greed?
Man 2: Human nature! We’ve nipped the greed momentum in Europe with socialism and taxes. Communism and dictatorships have kept greedy leaders in check around the rest of the world. We just needed to bring the Unites States to their financial knees. They were getting (pause) uppity.
Man 2: – continues: Even my genius didn’t see the American government reinventing Roosevelt’s ‘New Deal’. And now the peasants will be working for their own money.
Man 3: What do you mean? I must have been off on a Polo trip and missed this idea.
Man 2: Well, government is people. Specifically, the U.S. government has no power but what the people give to their representatives. So, the government’s money could be the people’s money, except for the grandfatherly (central bank) help we got in the past.
Our economists have told U.S. politicians that they need more money in circulation to fix this crisis. (‘Stimulate the economy’ – is the talking-point). Instead of the government just printing and giving people money, they will make them work for it by giving out ‘New old-Deal’ jobs. The peasants will gratefully work for their own money. These suckers will even pay higher taxes on their own money. After all, they have to pay interest on their national debt – to us! (Pause and a gratifying sigh) Genius – pure genius!
Man 4: Have we gone too far – too fast? It’s clear we can still have fun adding to our wealth. After all we’re still not sure all the gold we control will be valuable after the collapse. Sure the masses of humanity in urban areas will need something to barter with. But in the rural areas, labor would be the more marketable than gold.
Man 3: I always knew you were a Marxist at heart. (Eyeballing Man 4) Workers Unite!!
Man 2: My concern isn’t the speed but the taxability angle. I want to make things happen but I like making money too. When we finally pull the plug, how are we going to keep our taxation game going with the peasants eating ‘stone soup’?
Man 1: How much wealth do we really need? (The other three shook their heads and smiled.) I can only watch people grovel so much, ignoring their disbelief.
Man 2: Once the collapse happens we’ll need to implement the population thinning process.
Man 3: We’ve already seen how to handle specific population groupings during the 40’s. We can do the same now. We’ve given the people enough entertainment and political distractions that they haven’t noticed our advanced arrangements right in their back yard. We have foreign troops, detention camps and equipment ready to go.
Man 4: Brilliant idea (Looking at Man 3.) to use foreign troops for riot control and people processing. They won’t hesitate shooting (ugly) Americans that they’ve learn to hate over the decades thanks to CIA imperialism. My concern is our Muslim friends. We’ve promised them victory. When they figure out they’ve been had, what do we do with them?
Man 2: They don’t pay any taxes and are always asking for cash anyways. Without money they’ll go back to their roots and wait for the next jihad.
Man 4: Watch it. Jihad is very real to some of us. Besides there are stockpiled weapons in the U.S.
Man 3: They will still need money and will try to get places to use the weapons. Funny that the Americans wouldn’t racial profile, but there’s nothing stopping us from doing it when the time is right. For now, the cells across America are in place thanks to our friends at the ACLU.
Man 2: As the personal finances of the Americans dwindle, we’ll need the Muslims to turn up the heat and cause civil unrest.
Man 3: Yes, another crisis – smiling!
Man 2: The Americans will welcome troops in their neighborhoods, even if they’re from Russia, Central/South America or China! They will have forgotten about the economy.
Man 4: – (grinning): After all – it’s a crisis! This is too much fun. My vote – let the games continue!
Man 3: You’re right. This is fun. Let’s meet again in 3 months. This crisis making is as challenging as a good polo match.
Man 1: OK, everyone continue with your assignments. (Nodding at Man 2) Your place!
Man 2: Sure, I like my home in South America; we have so many friends there!
