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| comment | | "parent_author":"",<br>"parent_permlink":"politics",<br>"author":"kcwagenseller",<br>"permlink":"slavery-lives",<br>"title":"Slavery Lives",<br>"body":"http:\/\/i.imgsafe.org\/d6bcdddb2c.jpg\n\nWilliam Wilberforce played a crucial role in ending slavery in 19th century England. It wasn\u2019t long afterward that Abraham Lincoln was able to do the same in the US. Until these last few years,<br> I had always assumed that slavery was a thing of the past,<br> that we eradicated it,<br> and we had moved on from such a dark chapter in human history.\n\nHowever,<br> things can\u2019t be further from the truth.\n\nSlavery still exists in many forms:\n\n 1. Private Prison Systems\n 2. Taxes and Fees\n 3. Federal Reserve\n 4. Student Loan and Housing Debt\n\nhttp:\/\/i.imgsafe.org\/d68a753bf2.jpg\n\nFirst,<br> private prisons use the inmates as free labor to support corporations. The majority of these individuals are African-American or Latino,<br> and most are serving time for non-violent drug-related crimes. Their labor is exploited and used to prop up corporations that have chosen to collaborate with these private prison systems,<br> which make money based on the number of beds they fill; so,<br> the prisons also lobby heavily against cannabis law reform,<br> and continue to flood communication avenues with propaganda to keep the masses inundated from the truth. It\u2019s time to end the private prison systems,<br> and it\u2019s time to legalize cannabis. These two things will deal a direct blow to the monstrosity of a system that they have created,<br> and we let them. Well,<br> I say,<br> \u201cNo more!\u201d\n\nhttp:\/\/i.imgsafe.org\/d688c443bb.jpg\n\nSecond,<br> taxes and fees are a form of slavery. It\u2019s important to note that the income tax was never officially ratified,<br> yet if you fail to file or pay any taxes this year,<br> and you will be visited by a member of the IRS and face \u201ccriminal\u201d penalties. How is it that the government can enforce a law that never officially passed? Follow the money. That\u2019s what it is about,<br> that,<br> and keeping us subservient to the Federal Reserve.\n\nhttp:\/\/i.imgsafe.org\/d68d315130.jpg\n\nThird,<br> the Federal Reserve is a form of enslavement. The taxes that are illegally collected by force are actually used to pay the interest to the Federal Reserve,<br> which is:\n\n 1. a private company,<br> much like the prisons\n 2. a company that loans money to the government with interest.\n\nThis scheme has been going on since the 1910s,<br> when the ruling elite crashed the market,<br> wrote a banking bill,<br> and moved us away from the gold standard. Ever since,<br> they have been manipulating the market to make the middle class and poor even poorer. This is evident since the crash of 2008. The market has recovered,<br> but the profits have not made it down the food chain,<br> and we stand by complacently while they continue to rob us.\n\nhttp:\/\/i.imgsafe.org\/d69556a0b8.jpg\n\nFourth,<br> the final way we stay enslaved is by student loans and housing debt. Now,<br> I understand that it is necessary to borrow money when you don\u2019t have it. However,<br> if you have ever looked into how interest works,<br> then at roughly 5% interest on a home,<br> you end up paying for the home twice over the life of the loan. Banks get away with this because we let them. I really think part of it is because we got away from the Old Testament practice of the \u201cYear of Jubilee.\u201d Not to mention,<br> they are able to make this money using a practice called \u201cfractional-reserve lending,<br>\u201d which means that they need 10% of the money secured on a loan in order to offer one. So,<br> they can strap you with $200,<br>000 in debt,<br> and they only have to have $20,<br>000 readily available. For those that are bad at math,<br> it is essentially \u201ccreating\u201d money and driving inflation at an alarming rate. This has been happening for decades.\n\nFinally,<br> there may be other forms of slavery that I have not considered,<br> but these problems are real,<br> and ignoring them does not help solve them. This is why I am passionately outspoken on many topics. There is alot wrong with this world,<br> and as a 30-something adult,<br> I am not comfortable with the status-quo. It\u2019s time to change things. Will you do your part? Or will you ignore the warnings? The choice is ultimately up to you,<br> but there will be consequences,<br> in this life,<br> and in the next.",<br>"json_metadata":" \"tags\":[\"politics\",<br>\"marijuana\",<br>\"religion\",<br>\"money\",<br>\"\" ,<br>\"image\":[\"http:\/\/i.imgsafe.org\/d6bcdddb2c.jpg\",<br>\"http:\/\/i.imgsafe.org\/d68a753bf2.jpg\",<br>\"http:\/\/i.imgsafe.org\/d688c443bb.jpg\",<br>\"http:\/\/i.imgsafe.org\/d68d315130.jpg\",<br>\"http:\/\/i.imgsafe.org\/d69556a0b8.jpg\" " | | vote | "voter":"kcwagenseller",
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