Carrol --

I do not think you should dismiss Social Credit so easily. As I understand it, 
Social Credit does not require totalitarianism. It is true that Pound also 
advocated fascism, but that was because he believed the mass of citizens unfit 
for a Jeffersonian democracy. Social Credit would break the power of the 
bankers over culture and politics and thus increase the fitness of society for 
self governance. It would also solve the purchasing power gap in our economy 
and eliminate the finance cartel which has lost legitimacy and is an economic 
parasite. Please see Cook's article (link below). If you still think my 
understanding is incorrect, please guide me to the argument where SC 
necessitates totalitarianism.

Peter




Peter Hollings wrote:
> 
> What about nationalizing the Fed, ending debt-based currency and using the
> government's power to issue money as envisioned in the Social Credit
> movement, more specifically as described in:
> http://www.hollings.org/Content/Cook-EconomicDemocracyAndAGuideToThe2008PresidentialElection.pdf
>  .

Well, a really serious attempt to control the economy in this way calls
for a totalitarian state, as those who have thought it through (e.g.,
Ezra Pound) have proclaimed.

Carrol


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