***>He will find out there from whom Douglas stole his ideas. <***
Keith, it would be helpful it you will provide us a summary of both halves of Zarlenga's thesis as you see them. I don't have the slightest idea what either half is at this point. All I do know is that Zarlenga writes from the tunnel vision perspective of a very biased but well funded group of people. The book isn't available in local libraries. Amazon lists it for $60, which is quite expensive. There might not be anyone on this list but you who has it. It would be helpful if you will tell us specifically from whom Zarlenga (or you) infer that Douglas (without acknowledging Douglas' existence in the case of Zarlenga) "stole" his ideas. I've already said that A+B was inspired by Marx's thesis of the falling rate of profit. Douglas was inspired by a great many people. He was very well read. Douglas himself acknowledged that "someone" discovered A+B in rudimentary form early in the 19th century. My guess is that person would have been Malthus. You might recall that I earlier sent you documentary support for that hypothesis. Douglas however was being modest. A+B in the form that Douglas presented it is the work of inspired genius. --
***>But how about some help interpreting the next one, which has obviously been distorted in transcription? <***
"I hope you see what I mean by that individuals into classes and to say for instance that this is a movement of the down and outs, or something of that sort, is a victory for the financial system. It is not a case of that kind at all. The whole world is threatened with overwhelming disaster within a very measurable period of time..."
We're all in the same boat with the financiers. The class struggle is a diversion. --
***>Same question re this next paragraph<***
"So that if the matter is properly investigated, there is every sound justification for going to anyone may be one enemy, and that is not each other, but it is the financial system."
Continuation of the same theme: The class struggle is a diversion. It is a victory for the "financial system" if this is turned into a fight between groups of people or systems of organization rather than between philosophies. --
***>OK, here we have it from Douglas that the first trench is to spread understanding<***
No, spreading understanding is something else. He is saying those with understanding must take action. You can't win the war without taking the first trench. Talking in and of itself accomplishes nothing. In that 1934 address he gives examples of regulatory action that could begin to achieve that objective. In the context of 1934 there was considerable professed sympathy for social credit in New Zealand's political and legislative circles, as there was contemporaneously in Alberta and elsewhere. Professing sympathy is one thing. Actually taking action is another. He was urging action at was then a critical moment in world history. --
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