That was excellent. I am especially pleased he is positive about likely outcomes. It can be easy to believe we are all doomed. But as he stated things like the election of Trump, or Brexit, demonstrate they do not control everything. Far from it.
Well I’m not a doomer because I don’t think we are doomed. There is good news, the best of it being this wicked system is dissolving. There are sane and decent people determined to chart a future for humanity beyond it. How to do this and where it is happening will be the subject of forthcoming interviews and reports.
I am deep in the middle of nowhere for the week, out of data, and unable to watch the interview now, so maybe the topic is addressed, but I have a question: If the CFR hopes to use the US military to impose Rockefeller dominance, why is it in such poor shape? Its vaunted high-tech weapons have not stolen the show in Ukraine, and with manufacturing being outsourced, the capacity to overwhelm an opponent (as in WW2) is apparently gone. Perhaps our Oligarchy had planned world dominance, but got too enamored with looting the American warehouse (maybe that's what the 2008 financial crisis was about) for it to succeed.
The nation-states being targeted for extinction comprise what, in more religious times, used to be called "Christendom." I don't think that's a coincidence. It is indeed a spiritual battle.
It’s all a show in this Valley of tears. We will see clearly when the Good Lord comes, but right now it’s like looking at ourselves and the world in a dirty mirror. Maranatha, Lord Jesus!
What a great interview! All signal, no noise. I particularly found Mr Cook's perspective on Trumps roll in "all this" very enlightening. "Go Trump" hugh? Even writing as a bonafide anarchist I hope the whole world votes for him! Which, in turn makes me feel peculiar. But there it is.
Oh thank you. I did feel dreadful but having arrived on holiday I feel better already! I prayed I would not be a miserable bear with a sore head and I think I have been delivered from the evil of being a pain to everyone. Happy days!
Every time he flipped a cue card they got up and clapped.
He’s more popular in Congress than in Israel. I think he’s finished, despite the sales pitch for war on Iran. Noticed how Iran is responsible for French train sabotage, assassination plots and peace demonstrations? 🤔
Oh, and Mr. Cook is incorrect. The Catholic Church did not "lift the ban on usury in the 16th Century". The IV Lateran Council defined usury in a means that fit the changing economy. Usury is still a mortal sin, and is thusly condemned.
Prior to IV Lateran, the working understanding was based on St. Thomas Aquinas, which was based on lending physical commodities, like food, animals, etc. The lending of money was not common, because money itself was a not "thing" that people (except Talmudist merchants) had lying around. As the economy shifted from production to distribution, the lending of money became more common, and morally problematic, as it wasn't so cut and dry..
Thus, the Church took to ensure a more thorough understanding of the problem. What was the problem? If one lent an ox to a neighbor to plow a field, that person would receive that same ox back. It was morally acceptable to ask for some "opportunity lost" compensation for the ox, to cover the lost time of using it to plow, or whatever. When money is lent, the lender is not getting that same money back...because it's already been spent. In addition, as money is increasingly universally needed for transactions, there should be some "opportunity lost" compensation, as with lending an ox, but how do you determine that? If I lend an ox to plow or harvest, then I can expect some of thr produce as "opportunity lost" compensation. If I am lending money I have sitting around (and money is inherently sterile, so it is NOT productive, it must be used to be productive, so that money I lend is necessarily not productive), I am not losing anything tangible except opportunity. How do you gauge that?
Usury is basically defined as "charging of interest to obtain a profit". That is STILL a mortal sin. Historical analyses of economies after IV Lateran demonstrate that those countries that abandoned the Church and adopted "capitalism" (use of capital to obtain a profit) also embraced usury. Spain was essentially usury free, until its monarch was overthrown. England and The Netherlands ran on usury. As politics unmoored from being confessional states, usury became rampant.
This is a very interesting and detailed comment which is beyond my knowledge. Thank you Aaron.
I am going to ask a fellow I know what is a theological type and did his thesis on usury to clue me in. I didn’t know the detail here and your comment has shown me I ought to find out more. Thank you. I am slightly less ignorant as a result.
I also found his description of the "discovery" of fractional reserve lending a bit shortsighted.
Such things were common in Babylonia, and we read in Esdras that the Jews brought that with them after their exile back to Palestine, to the point that Nehemias was livid that the Jews were conducting usury amongst each other. In addition, the Khazar Empire used fractional reserve lending, usury, and debt-slavery to control their subjects and those around them...until they were overthrown by the Rus in the 900s. The Khazars, who spoke Yiddish, found their way into Eastern Europe, and formed connections with Jewish merchants in Arab-held lands.
What emerged in the Middle Ages was common in Arab lands, but because feudal Europe was not heavily mercantile, and "money" was simply a means of exchange, there were no stores of gold and thus, no need to lend it out.
Another corker of a reply which goes well beyond what I know. In fairness to Mr Cook he is being brief and I think the account he gives in the book is far more precise than time allowed in the interview. I dare say he knows a thing or two about the US treasury and the Federal Reserve.
I did not see anything on Babylonian banking however and I do not dispute your point as I have no idea about this.
The last time I got Mesopotamia shamed was when I mispronounced “Enkidu”, and was corrected by a chap who had learned to speak Akkadian. (It’s “Enky-DOO”, apparently, though I still say “En-key-du” anyway. That’ll teach HIM.)
My only point concerning Babylonian banking is to point out that fractional reserve lending is ancient.
Mr. Cook mentioned that the colonial economy was land-based, not money-based, which describes the entire economic system of Christendom, until Christendom was split.
Frank, do you have a Rumble channel? If not, I'd recommend it. I personally to subscribe to YouTube anymore, but I do watch and subscribe to various people on Rumble. https://rumble.com/
16 minutes in, and Mr. Cook may mention it, but the banking system in the US also creates money when people borrow. When the average person borrows to buy a house or a car, that ALSO creates new debt-based money and pushes that new debt money into the system.
That was excellent. I am especially pleased he is positive about likely outcomes. It can be easy to believe we are all doomed. But as he stated things like the election of Trump, or Brexit, demonstrate they do not control everything. Far from it.
Oh Mr Cook is quite the voice for sanity - and is also guilty of the treason of a justified optimism.
I think it is justified. And I am increasingly convinced of that. Keep up the good work of spreading the positive news. People need it.
Well I’m not a doomer because I don’t think we are doomed. There is good news, the best of it being this wicked system is dissolving. There are sane and decent people determined to chart a future for humanity beyond it. How to do this and where it is happening will be the subject of forthcoming interviews and reports.
It’s not just the voices telling me this. Honest.
??????????
Do you not know Drumpf’s history or record?
What am I missing?
What?
What is your question?
If you aren’t familiar with the name, how did you research his family history?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drumpf
I have no idea what you are talking about, friend.
I know about the name and the family origins regarding Germany but cannot see the importance in pointing it out. So I’m with you, Spiffers.
I am deep in the middle of nowhere for the week, out of data, and unable to watch the interview now, so maybe the topic is addressed, but I have a question: If the CFR hopes to use the US military to impose Rockefeller dominance, why is it in such poor shape? Its vaunted high-tech weapons have not stolen the show in Ukraine, and with manufacturing being outsourced, the capacity to overwhelm an opponent (as in WW2) is apparently gone. Perhaps our Oligarchy had planned world dominance, but got too enamored with looting the American warehouse (maybe that's what the 2008 financial crisis was about) for it to succeed.
The nation-states being targeted for extinction comprise what, in more religious times, used to be called "Christendom." I don't think that's a coincidence. It is indeed a spiritual battle.
It’s all a show in this Valley of tears. We will see clearly when the Good Lord comes, but right now it’s like looking at ourselves and the world in a dirty mirror. Maranatha, Lord Jesus!
What a great interview! All signal, no noise. I particularly found Mr Cook's perspective on Trumps roll in "all this" very enlightening. "Go Trump" hugh? Even writing as a bonafide anarchist I hope the whole world votes for him! Which, in turn makes me feel peculiar. But there it is.
Thank you Frank and Mr Cook.
Very best regards.
Mr Cook is a treasure and his book is exceptional in many regards - not least because it is good.
I hope you return feeling some benefit to your health
Oh thank you. I did feel dreadful but having arrived on holiday I feel better already! I prayed I would not be a miserable bear with a sore head and I think I have been delivered from the evil of being a pain to everyone. Happy days!
Did anyone else hear the Netanyahu speech and get terrified? Each "ovation" had my heart sink...
Every time he flipped a cue card they got up and clapped.
He’s more popular in Congress than in Israel. I think he’s finished, despite the sales pitch for war on Iran. Noticed how Iran is responsible for French train sabotage, assassination plots and peace demonstrations? 🤔
Congress DESPERATELY wants a war with Iran. That's why they say Iran (for some strange reason) wants to assassinate Trump (which doubt).
I should probably try to get an interview with someone from Iran to give their view of this brouhaha. Honestly never thought of it till now.
Have been looking at getting one with the Houthis too.
if I remember I will do this when I get home.
Oh, and Mr. Cook is incorrect. The Catholic Church did not "lift the ban on usury in the 16th Century". The IV Lateran Council defined usury in a means that fit the changing economy. Usury is still a mortal sin, and is thusly condemned.
Prior to IV Lateran, the working understanding was based on St. Thomas Aquinas, which was based on lending physical commodities, like food, animals, etc. The lending of money was not common, because money itself was a not "thing" that people (except Talmudist merchants) had lying around. As the economy shifted from production to distribution, the lending of money became more common, and morally problematic, as it wasn't so cut and dry..
Thus, the Church took to ensure a more thorough understanding of the problem. What was the problem? If one lent an ox to a neighbor to plow a field, that person would receive that same ox back. It was morally acceptable to ask for some "opportunity lost" compensation for the ox, to cover the lost time of using it to plow, or whatever. When money is lent, the lender is not getting that same money back...because it's already been spent. In addition, as money is increasingly universally needed for transactions, there should be some "opportunity lost" compensation, as with lending an ox, but how do you determine that? If I lend an ox to plow or harvest, then I can expect some of thr produce as "opportunity lost" compensation. If I am lending money I have sitting around (and money is inherently sterile, so it is NOT productive, it must be used to be productive, so that money I lend is necessarily not productive), I am not losing anything tangible except opportunity. How do you gauge that?
Usury is basically defined as "charging of interest to obtain a profit". That is STILL a mortal sin. Historical analyses of economies after IV Lateran demonstrate that those countries that abandoned the Church and adopted "capitalism" (use of capital to obtain a profit) also embraced usury. Spain was essentially usury free, until its monarch was overthrown. England and The Netherlands ran on usury. As politics unmoored from being confessional states, usury became rampant.
This is a very interesting and detailed comment which is beyond my knowledge. Thank you Aaron.
I am going to ask a fellow I know what is a theological type and did his thesis on usury to clue me in. I didn’t know the detail here and your comment has shown me I ought to find out more. Thank you. I am slightly less ignorant as a result.
I also found his description of the "discovery" of fractional reserve lending a bit shortsighted.
Such things were common in Babylonia, and we read in Esdras that the Jews brought that with them after their exile back to Palestine, to the point that Nehemias was livid that the Jews were conducting usury amongst each other. In addition, the Khazar Empire used fractional reserve lending, usury, and debt-slavery to control their subjects and those around them...until they were overthrown by the Rus in the 900s. The Khazars, who spoke Yiddish, found their way into Eastern Europe, and formed connections with Jewish merchants in Arab-held lands.
What emerged in the Middle Ages was common in Arab lands, but because feudal Europe was not heavily mercantile, and "money" was simply a means of exchange, there were no stores of gold and thus, no need to lend it out.
Another corker of a reply which goes well beyond what I know. In fairness to Mr Cook he is being brief and I think the account he gives in the book is far more precise than time allowed in the interview. I dare say he knows a thing or two about the US treasury and the Federal Reserve.
I did not see anything on Babylonian banking however and I do not dispute your point as I have no idea about this.
The last time I got Mesopotamia shamed was when I mispronounced “Enkidu”, and was corrected by a chap who had learned to speak Akkadian. (It’s “Enky-DOO”, apparently, though I still say “En-key-du” anyway. That’ll teach HIM.)
Mr. Cook's knowledge about the Fed is excellent.
My only point concerning Babylonian banking is to point out that fractional reserve lending is ancient.
Mr. Cook mentioned that the colonial economy was land-based, not money-based, which describes the entire economic system of Christendom, until Christendom was split.
Frank, do you have a Rumble channel? If not, I'd recommend it. I personally to subscribe to YouTube anymore, but I do watch and subscribe to various people on Rumble. https://rumble.com/
16 minutes in, and Mr. Cook may mention it, but the banking system in the US also creates money when people borrow. When the average person borrows to buy a house or a car, that ALSO creates new debt-based money and pushes that new debt money into the system.