MARCH 22ND #17 WITH REMARKABLE CHANGES IN THE STRATEGY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE FEDERAL RESERVE IN THE MIDST OF THE NOVEL CORONA VIRUS AND THE MASSIVE DOWN-SLIDING OF THE STOCK MARKET, MANY OF US ARE LOOKING FOR ANSWERS. THOSE WHO HAVE ALLOWED THEMSELVES TO PEER OUTSIDE OF THE MAJOR MEDIA NARRATIVES INTO THE OFTEN ALICE-IN-THE-LOOKING-GLASS WORLD OF ALTERNATIVE MEDIA- MIGHT FIND THEMSELVES EVEN MORE CONFUSED. JUST LIKE FOX VS MSNBC AND CNN ARE OPPOSITES IN MANY WAYS, ALTERNATIVE MEDIA HOSTS VERY VARIED AND OFF-TIMES CONTRADICTORY POINTS OF VIEW.

Whereas in this issue, we will be looking as the fulcrum for our conversation, a Friday post of market analyst and trader, Gregory Mannarino, I suppose we should start out by looking at some honest, non-conflicting media- statements made from the White House, from the lips of our sagacious and well-meaning national leader. This will lead to a natural segue to the more serious part of our discussion since our very next video will be an experience that could lead to raised eyebrows and incredulity as to why our esteemed national leader does not realize that his statements are constantly being videotaped.

Trump pretends he knew outbreak was serious
all along in jaw-dropping moment

Here is Rachel Meadows, a major media voice, if nothing else, talking about Trump’s actions in relationship to the virus pandemic. Is she not less than I was impressed by the consistency and truth of his statements?

Of course this is coming from the paradigm of honesty. So we should be alarmed when a stock market trader and financial analyst dares to look at things with a more than slightly jaded outlook?. This issue will look at some of the points that Gregory Mannarino of TradersChoice.net bought up on Friday in one of his regular YouTube Broadcasts- which we reflects a much broader look at the financial/global health crisis in the world than what we are being told by the administration and mainstream media. Gregory says we are now in a whole new world.

ARE WE, INDEED, POISED TO BE LOOKING AT A WHOLE NEW AMERICA? IS GREGORY MANNARINO GETTING EVERYTHING RIGHT? HERE IS WHAT MANNARINO THINKS….

I have to say that I follow Greg Mannarino almost every day. I think his analysis of the performance of the market is often startling correct and I agree with much of his geopolitical analysis, although I have to separate myself from some of it. Not because he is neccessarily wrong, but because I have certain questions about his analysis or current conclusions. So I am presenting my tentative analysis and my questions here. My main question is:

ARE WE HEADED TOWARDS A NATIONAL SOCIALIST STATE LIKE NAZI GERMANY OR A SOCIALIST-COMMUNIST STATE LIKE THE OLD SOVIET UNION?

For instance, Mannarino says here that we have nationalized American industries but also we are now in a basically Nationalist Socialist government. He says we have now a new Order, a new America- and that we have nationalized are main industries. I do not think that nationalization has happened yet and I do not think that nationalization to the full extent he is speaking of is really what Nazi Germany was. That type of nationalization is more like what is done in Soviet Style communism, which they designated as a form of socialism.

To me, nationalizing is when ownership of an industry or perhaps components of an industry passes onto government and is no longer essentially run by corporations or private businesses.

Given the direction of Central Banks, I do believe that we are headed in one direction or the other- but I think it is probably a good idea to know which- and to correctly assess what all of this is about. At this moment, I would say that our political structure with its imperialistic goals is much more like a National Socialist State and headed even more in this direction than a Soviet Style state. But neither of these two options are really socialism.

I would say that socialism, in its real sense, involves the creation of a state that is owned by the workers” and acts in the actual interests of the workers. And neither the The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (the official name of theold Soviet Union) or the the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (the official name of the Nazi Party) were socialist in the manner I have described.

Personally, I am not in favor of what I would call a “true” socialist state nor brutal authoritarian governments like Nazi Germany nor the old Soviet Union, which really favor an elite class which controls everything and persecutes those who cherish true freedom in the sense of what I would call real American ideals of liberty, and freedom of enterprise. The kind of government I favor balances the public interest with the aforementioned freedom of enterprise- and exalts and protects human and citizen rights.

Unrestrained capitalism breeds exploitation of workers in terms of suppression of living wages, terrible working conditions, child labor, lack of medical and health protections, etc. as unrestrained “socialism” (state-owned industries) breeds lack of freedom of enterprise, suppression of all civil and human rights and the creation of brutal dictatorship.

Right now, I would say that Mannarino is correct when he characterizes what is happening could be described as the efforts of National Socialist State, the direction that our country has been moving in quite a while. But that does not mean the total nationalization of all industry sectors.

Asmentioned, a Nationalist Socialist is what Nazi Germany called itself. I would prefer to call that kind of government Fascist Corporatocracy and it does involve a kind of merger between government and private business. And, unfortunately, our current type of government is no more truly socialist than Nazi Germany was- or the Soviet style of socialism. But I would say that it is more like fascist corporatocracy, like the Nazi state, than the Soviet Union style of socialism. A corporatocracy is a government controlled by corporations. A fascist corporatocracy is one that is supported by a powerful authoritarian government.

But is the current goal to really nationalize our industrial sectors- or is it to control them? To me, again, that goal is more like that of the Soviet Union than that of Nazi Germany. Both call themselves “socialist” but they have no real interest in the working class. They both are aimed at establishing and protecting a political and financial elite. In this case, probably, indeed, a New World Order.

In a very interesting article, published in Snopes, David Emery asks-

Were the Nazis Socialists?

The whole article, linked above is worth reading, but if you haven’t read it, here is one quote from an English author’s book, cited by David Emery in that article.

In his 2010 book Hitler: A Biography, British historian Ian Kershaw wrote that despite putting the interests of the state above those of capitalism, he did so for reasons of nationalism and was never a true socialist by any common definition of the term:

“[Hitler] was wholly ignorant of any formal understanding of the principles of economics. For him, as he stated to the industrialists, economics was of secondary importance, entirely subordinated to politics. His crude social-Darwinism dictated his approach to the economy, as it did his entire political “world-view.” Since struggle among nations would be decisive for future survival, Germany’s economy had to be subordinated to the preparation, then carrying out, of this struggle. This meant that liberal ideas of economic competition had to be replaced by the subjection of the economy to the dictates of the national interest. Similarly, any “socialist” ideas in the Nazi programme had to follow the same dictates. Hitler was never a socialist. But although he upheld private property, individual entrepreneurship, and economic competition, and disapproved of trade unions and workers’ interference in the freedom of owners and managers to run their concerns, the state, not the market, would determine the shape of economic development. Capitalism was, therefore, left in place. But in operation it was turned into an adjunct of the state.”

Greg Mannarino equates socialism with communism and talks about our government favoring and funding of Big Business as corporate welfare, which I believe it is in a sense- but I believe that is different that Soviet style communism in which there was a greater merging between business and the State, one that truly results in the nationalism of all industries. But was Soviet style socialism really the kind of socialism in which the worker was truly in charge- or was it just another cover for an essentially authoritarian state? As I’ve said, I think so. The term, “socialism’ was just a cover.

I do think in many ways we have more been headed in the direction of corporate fascism than the Soviet Model. America is now basically a government that represents corporate interests and is no longer by any stretch of the imagination, a government of the people. The trouble is that most people don’t even know what their real interests are- they have been so brainwashed by the establishment. And there I also agree with Gregory. A great many Americans have been programmed to follow establishment government and establishment media. Regrettably, they are sheep.

But, again, I am not sure that we are headed at the total nationalization of industries- which would mean something more like a Soviet type of pseudo-socialism than that of Nazi Germany. I am also not sure that it is accurate to stay that even though the Central Banks are orchestrating these moves- that it is easy to say what forces are actually behind these moves?. Or behind the government association with these moves? Something sinister. Something that glorifies war. Something that values the petrodollar over people. Something that does not care about the ordinary American or even ordinary human being- whether the quality of their lives- or even their lives at all. Yes, I certainly think so.

For one thing, we have not nationalized any of our main industries- not yet. And “not yet” is not the same as “already.”

But if the Fed buys a majority of voting stock in them, that could be one type of total control. Or if, the government, at least temporarily, takes control of a company (and this has happened before), that could be a temporary nationalization that could eventually become permanent or control could be returned to the private sector when the “crisis,” however engineered, is over.

Or the government, as has happened often in many ultimately communist countriesm takes over whole industries , we could be looking at a state similar to the Soviet Union before it was split up. Where a whole lot of industries are basically owned by the government.

Yes, the Fed may have been buying stock directly and now are planning to buy a whole lot more, That could be going in that direction. but we are not there yet. Still, the Fed now owns a great deal of securitized mortgages. But that does not necessarily totally mean total nationalization.

But, still, the powerful control that corporate lobbyists have held over our representatives- have resulted in numerous wars with an obvious imperialistic agenda, a huge split between the 99% and the 1% financially, the eradication of most of citizen rights under conditions entirely under the government control, the prosecution of minorities in order to consolidate a deeply prejudiced and insecure component of our electorate. Corporate fascism. Yes, that is what we have become already. But the next phase could be on its way.

Do I think that Donald Trump wants to go the route of government completely nationalizing all industries? No, I do not. Do I think that he would like close ties to continue between corporations and government? Yes, I do. Do I think that he is the kind of nationalist that exalts the working class and wants the best for the common working man- which his base so much consists of? ABSOLUTELY NOT. He wants the best for himself, his family and the corporations that support the Republican agenda. The actions of the Fed have hypnotized his base which believes that rise of the stock market is necessarily a function of a good economy and have kept nice bonuses continuing for the corporate elite- but he always was risking a gigantic downside when the foolishness of massive debt unravels. Yes, I believe with Mannarino that the goal is, again, the transfer of wealth on a massive scale.

You could look at it this way. The fact is that most publishers are not yet being severely published for their free speech- yet, Julian Assange, perhaps one of the most important publishers in history, is being used as an example to suppress freedom of the press. The blatant disregard for his human and citizen rights are deliberately transparent- and it is a sign of true fascism when the State so blatantly violates the rule of law on behalf of an authoritarian government. Similarly, the blatant actions of the Fed to exercise control of the Free Market in the recent past were only laying the groundwork for more complete types of control which we are beginning to see now. It is more efficient for an authoritarian government to initially garner control by intimidation than by outright force. That comes later, when a majority of the population have been cajoled into agreement with the government or are too afraid to act.

Now, for another point, is the novel Corona Virus, which is basically crippling so much of the world’s economy and has so greatly stalemated citizens of the United States from any kind of mobility- a part of the plan that coincides with the crashing of the stock market? Considering the extraordinary vulnerability of the Earth’s populations, could this be planned as Greg Mannarino contends. But is there any proof?

Some alternative media purports this. But this is a very complex issue and the evidence presented by others takes more than a quick look. We shall take a longer look in our next newsletter.