"In process of time, the robber, or slaveholding, class—who had seized all the lands, and held all the means of creating wealth—began to discover that the easiest mode of managing their slaves, and making them profitable, was not for each slaveholder to hold his specified number of slaves, as he had done before, and as he would hold so many cattle, but to give them so much liberty as would throw upon themselves (the slaves) the responsibility of their own subsistence, and yet compel them to sell their labor to the land-holding class—their former owners—for just what the latter might choose to give them" 😱
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Hard to believe that sooo little has changed from that long ago.
And, how few take the time to know.
That's what I thought too, amazing how a quote from so long ago reveals so much about a situation that we all consider normal today. I gotta start converting my Cash to Bonds, and acquire some Property. Once I defeat the dragon of Debt that eats my Silver coins.
3rd party risk is off the charts right now, better to have something in your hands than a promise from a corporation that controls the laws and judges.
But, https://www.treasurydirect.gov/ is the place to go, if you want bonds.
It's a direct account between you and the treasury, no middle man.