Six Degrees of Association

The younger Bush administrations take on the appearance of the Gaulacter administrations of the Third Reich, as it nears the end of its own rule. This article may define how a Deception of Disbelief was utilized by Participants in the debacle to hide their activities. This Disbelief system consisted of Follower incomprehension that leadership could be so raw and violate commonly-assumed Standards of Conduct so completely. The German defense after WWII that ‘We did not Know’ held more validity than Allied historians were wiling to grant, then or Now. The Civilized segments of Society were kept from knowledge about the subsystems, sort of akin to placing Barroom bouncers in charge of the judicial system. The decisions taken were too violent in Intent and too Radical in Implementation, but the Social Elites imagined their behavior conformed to previous Practice. It is the innate Problem, when Power is extended to People who have no Shame.

This falls fully in line with the Above argument. Those who believe all Participants will consent to previously-devised Social restrictions believe that financial institutions should be left basically unrestricted by Government supervision. They refuse to accept the Reality that some Individuals will commit any offense, simply to generate Wealth for themselves. They delude All with the declared presumption that they are following traditional Rules of Behavior, when nothing could be farther from the Truth. It is not so much a lack of ethics, as it is a refusal to accept the constraints of ethics. Libertarians and financial enthusiasts deny that these Rebels against ethical behavior exist, and need to be controlled.

The unease which People felt at leadership behavior was mainly focused in the economic sphere in the last Eight years, as it was during the Third Reich. The new methods of doing Business have held down the traditional Wealth holders–the Middle Class–while rapidly enriching the new leadership and their environs. The Middle Class were told they were rapidly gaining in non-liquid wealth by Property value increases, and supplied with new Means to derive liquidity from this wealth. They were not happy with the proclaimed Increase, thinking they should be making new Work Income advantage of Wage increases; but accepted the leadership advocation of Debt accumulation to maintain their Standard of Living, though they were uneasy about the facade quality of such Practices. They are slowly coming to realize that the entire Scenario was a Scam, with declining Property values, continued liability for Debt, advancing Inflation, stagnant Salaries, less Work, and the leadership leaving with vast amounts of personal wealth gained from the Period. People are again learning that they should not ignore Problems, until those disasters cannot be stopped. lgl