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Man U Player Of The Century Eric Cantona Appeals For Peaceful Revolution Against Banks, Calls For Europeans To Pull Their Money
A few weeks ago we noted that December 7 is becoming a grass roots "banker mutiny" day, in which citizens across Europe will pull money from their banks and thus force a pan-European bank run on what is already a bankrupt financial system, which survives each day only at the expense of the continent's increasingly indebted citizens, their life of increasing austerity, and of course, the US Federal Reserve and its final backstop. In some ways we discounted the potential reach of this movement. Enter Eric Cantona - just ask any sport afficionado who the most entertaining, flamboyant and skillful football player of 1990's Manchester United was and 9 out of 10 times you will hear that name. The icon (both in England and France) whose on field antics were only matched by his kung fu skills, and who has a massive popular following, has been recorded agitating viewers (many of them), to enact a bloodless revolution against French banks: "We don't pick up weapons to kill people, to start the revolution... the revolution is really easy to do nowadays. What is the system? The system revolves around the banks. It's based on the power of the banks... so it must be destroyed starting with the banks. This means that the 3 million people with their placards on the street... they go to the bank, withdraw their money from the banks and these ones collapse. 10 million people and the banks collapse and there is not real threat, a real revolution. We must go to the bank. In this case there would be a real revolution. It's not complicated. You simply go to the bank in your country and withdraw your money. If there are enough people withdrawing their money, the system collapses. No weapon, no blood, or anything like that." A peaceful anti-banking revolution, brilliantly explained so that everyone can understand.
But comprehension is only have the battle. The other half is getting of your ass. Which is why this will never work in the US. As for Europe, we will find out in 3 weeks...
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Sorry, off topic and jumping the queue.
Will Ferrel Loses Lawsuit Against J.P. Morgan, Slapped with $600,000 Fine
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/18/ferrell-lawsuit_n_785670.html
Because the arbitration board is stuffed with Ass-Hole Wall Street Bank-sters...
"A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitration panel not only ruled against Ferrell..."
Max Keiser says you agree to arbitration when you sign the JPM investment contract... If you are ripped off and file a complaint...
You LOSE everytime... <RICO>
BINGO
Thanks for the HuffPo link.
I just keep forgetting that they have a planetary atmosphere 80% higher in helium and that all comments contained therein have to be read in a voice accordingly...
Typical European reaction
Bring down the system --- blind faith that the system that replaces the present corrupt system will be better ----- it has to be
Oh yea, my naive Euros
How bout the Bolsheveks vs the Good Tsar Nicholas
How Bout Hitler , Mussolini
Will you ever learn?
Learn from Glenn Beck
I have a sudden admiration for all things soccer and Eric Cantona. Looking forward to the day.
"I AM NOT A MAN. I AM CANTONA"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHUVPF0YRis
Man U is owned by Malcomb Glazer, a member of the brothers in good standing. Oh by the way, Tyler was talking about Harbinger and Phil Falcone , in another posting in reguards to Zapata, a oil company front company created by the CIA and George H. W. Bush. Our little old buddy, Glazer also owns the Tampa Bay Bucks and is a billionaire and, he owns Zapata Oil. Isn't that special.
HPD, the wheels with-in wheels with-in wheels are truly stunning.
Anyone who says "no way dude, too complicated for any group of humans to pull off this vast conspiracy you talk about", needs a swift kick in a the ass, a bucket of ice-cold water over their head.
It is hidden in plain sight and everyone is glued to dancing with the stars.
Such a shame.
ORI
http://aadivaahan.wordpress.com
Bingo.
GHWB started using CIA to generate his own personal wealth while he was DCI in 1976 and to pump up his allies.
From Wiki: "The CIA had been rocked by a series of revelations, including those based on investigations by the Church Committee regarding illegal and unauthorized activities by the CIA, and Bush was credited with helping to restore the agency's morale." Translation: Bush minted dozens of licenses to steal.
BTW: the Enemies of the People, here, aren't so much local banks which are ordinary busineses. The big national banks are hard-wired adjuncts to political machines, similar to NewsCorp. Remove all money from accounts and take no loans from:
-- Bank of America
-- Citicorp
-- JP Morgan Chase
-- Wells Fargo Bank
Avoid them like the plague that they are. Use the smallest and oldest bank or S&L that you can find.
Thanks for your comment. I've never had any dealings with those institutions, but I did deal a blow to Regions Bank recently. (Snicker...) A local S&L now has the benefit of my meager checking account.
Interesting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Glazer
Jewelry hustler, to trailer park slumlord, to sports stadium scammer.
Immediately upon purchasing the Bucs in 1995, Glazer declared the team's home field, Tampa Stadium, inadequate and began lobbying local government for a replacement.[7] Glazer entertained relocation offers from other cities, but kept the Bucs in place after the local government agreed to build the franchise the $200 million state-of-the-art Raymond James Stadium, construction of which was funded by a local sales tax increase. Due in large measure to a very favorable lease agreement in which the team collects most of the revenue from the stadium while the local government must pay almost all of the expenses, the franchise was valued at $963 million by Forbes magazine in 2007.[8]
A third illegitimate Bush brother ???
Glazer sold Zapata to Harbinger last year:
http://noir.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aozeLSutM_QU
Excuse me sir, that would be
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
bitchez !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is something the average person can get behind.
This is great.
Pull out your money. Buy a few silver dollars too
I hope you don't think American citizens will do this. Not. They have NO clue. I have already built a cash reserve. My bank WFC, taken over by WFC from the TBTF and now bigger, could not believe that I was withdrawing 10k to 30k in distributions from other accounts on a weekly basis for 6 months. They wanted to talk to me about saving with them. NOT. NEVER. Americans better wake up soon. Your money is NOT there. It is all digits on paper backed by nothing. HELLO. Buy any PM's and hold in a safe box.
Absolutely beautiful.
I am all in.
Hedge underway.
Wow. We are inside the event horizon. Bretton Woods II is over.
Sounds good...
But, if the banks know the day, they will be closed, they may close for weeks.
And if the people do take their fiat out, could it go to ZERO VALUE (in terms of what) it will currently buy?.
Hopefully they have put some thought into how they will survive, if the Banks, or the fiat goes to Zero.
Better be prepared for more than a bank run.I smell blood, and lots of it.
Yes, unintended consequences indeed.
Also, if European banks are anything like US banks, they keep very limited amounts of cash on hand. To effect a bank run, I believe it will take a concerted effort for more than one day.
No, a bank run HAPPENS when the bank runs out of cash. Word spreads that the bank doesn't have people's money, and panic ensues. Often times the bank is overrun, torched, goes bankrupt, or all of the above. EVERY currency system MUST fail eventually.
Once word gets out that customers are getting turned away with no cash, then the "Real Run" begins...
I'm not waiting for the 7th to do this. If enough people start thinking about this, they'll know there will be a good chance they won't get their money on the actual day, and will start withdrawing cash beforehand.
IMHO, if this starts picking up steam we can expect to see the results before the 7th.
Absolutely. I'm doing the same.
You can't make an omelet without breaking some eggs. If this does happen, those who immediately put their cash into PM's can mitigate some of the pain. Those who wait and do nothing will feel it full force. The lesson, in my opinion, is to not let the system get to this point. Still, the longer we put off the pain, the worse it will be.
I am OK with it too.
But I bet that if it works, it won't be bloodless, I think that is just plain absurd and foolish thinking.
But hey, if your Karma shield is charged up to +100 I guess you might be just fine..... TeeeHeee. Just Kidding.
Precious Metals will rise into Dec. The options expiry may be the only glitch.
Max out your card,
buy precious metal,
sell at a profit,
pay off credit card,
destroy credit card,
fire your bank manager,
and keep free gold.
part 1 is done. silver bee snatchers!
Sorry, I can't watch some random guy speaking in French and try to scan the subtitles of his unprepared thoughts as they fly by at the bottom of the screen. No matter how much I agree with the message, this video is unwatchable.
well good thing this article gave a good summary of this video then huh?
Don't be sorry, maybe someone could super impose a naked woman in the background. Would that help? How about some midget wrestling? What a tool.
where's robot? get some breasts moving to the sound of that music in the background
I listened without the naked woman in the background, but I must say it would have added to my enjoyment of the video. Midget wrestling I could live without.
Are re-runs of The Hills competing with your attention?
I am glad the Internet is available to make it so easy for you to tell everyone how much of a pussy you are.
my favorite comment of the week
Proves my theory that junking is for trolls and pussies. Peer reviewed even.
With the vary rare exception for a post that is so fanfuckin'tasticallyfabalicious that no other means of expression is possible. Especially since ZH doesn't have a digital blow job option for this very reason I suspect. Sometimes a quality fight club head blow requires another. Bitchin' about subtitles ain't it tho
cheers
And wtf is the deal with dissin' pussi ..
Mine too, Davey.
+QE3
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Missing_Link: was going to write a sincere rebuke and explain King Eric to you, but instead, I say this: f*ck off and die.
There are different forms of anti-bankster protest videos. This one is directed at soccer fans. There are a lot of soccer fans in the world.
$500 silver break JP Morgan ala max Keiser
(going viral on the net today)
the war is on..silver bullets will kill a vampire bank..
join the battle buy silver..do it do it now.
1.5 Trillion in exposure via silver
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN0rcNJXFfI&feature=player_embedded#!
Must be nice to have money to take out of a bank. :-(
Not really. Just one more thing to worry about.
http://vimeo.com/10741164
Great idea in theory. No blood, no violence....until 20% get their money and the bank either closes or tells the other 80% that they are shit out of luck because they don't have the money....than I think there will be blood and violence.
Violence or not we need a change.
20 percent>?!?! please....1 percent
The blood and violence would start very shortly thereafter!
December 7 happens to be the date of the next Irish budget.
And just to mention that Ack is back in town to reprise his Greek performance:
This is how fragile things are. A wrong move and you lose a lot of money, yet the market is bouncing back without a care in the world.
Don't forget to move your money to a smaller, or ideally, non-TARP, non-TBTF institution. I severed a 20 year relationship with JPM last year and opened an account with a local credit union. And guess what? They actually pay interest!
Chris Whalen is involved with http://moveyourmoney.info/ they helped get my ass in gear
I did the same. Credit unions all the way.
"But comprehension is only have the battle. The other half is getting of your ass"
Spellcheck is only have the battle, the other half is profreading.
Well played, sir.
Uh-huh.
"That's back in the days when you used to smoke a banana....you would scrape the stuff off the middle....you would bake it....you would smoke it....you even thought you was getting ripped from it"
But seriously, this 'bank run' idea is stupid, it's just appreciating the value of the debt (against bank deposits) of the biggest, most nefarious bank of all.
Back in my day people would sleep. What they would do is, when they would tired they would go to sleep, and when they had slept for a while they would wake up again. And we called it "sleeping"-- Gilbert Gottfied as elderly Groucho.
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THIS is the best comment of the day.
Are you serious?.. The man inspires and motivates people and all you can think of is to point out an error in his writing?.. What a clown..
c'mon man
If there are enough people withdrawing their money, the system collapses. No weapon, no blood, or anything like that.
Yeah, except that all your pulled funds are still in their debaseable, voidable and now physically vulnerable paper.
not if you take it out in dollar coins.
All besides the word "paper" applies to coins too.
dollar coins take paper FRN's out of the system until they are redeposited in the bank and exchanged for FRNs.
you can then take your dollar coins down to the coin shop and exchange them for an ounce of silver.
Yea but you'll have cash in hand while everyone else panics because they can't get money out of the banks.
No
Awesome! So far he has 11 people here behind it. That should make a difference.
What time is "Glee" on?
"Awesome! So far he has 11 people here behind it. That should make a difference.
What time is "Glee" on?"
Let me know when you are ready to lead, Harry. I'm right there with you. If not this, something else that clicks with you.
Those of us who are "beyond the trade" are moving towards something. You really should join. Or just limit your commentary to market speculation. You don't find me besmirching your market speculation, Harry.
Village! The mantle has again been thrust upon our shoulders. We were ahead of our time re pulling the $500 from the ATMs on the 13th of whatever-month-it-was.
Looks like Europe will lead. I'm in! You too? I'll keep trying to be around ZH when you are, to egg each other on...
December 7, 2010:
Step 1: Yes, I would like half (all, etc.) of my money, hundreds please.
Step 2: Yes, mister coin dealer, I want to spend all this money on gold.
Step 3: You are happier than "they" are.
pearl harbor for the banks
@DoChen
Thanks for trying to catch up - just missed each other. i was thinking of you when this post went up. Ready for round two, my friend.
Harry. Your Mask. Your face is showing.
I laughed out loud when I read this!
Haha... I don't agree, but that was funny.
hey Harry, the idiot's looking for you.
see below
down
that
way
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Wangmun, Ask yourself, "am I part of the problem or part of the solution?"
Hey, Wanger.... kiss my fuzzy butt.
Love it. This is how to do it. Only the bloggers can make such things happen. Come on ZH. Make the call!!!
My boat "withdraws" next weekend. BTW-there will be no TIC data to support this fact. I've been planning for a while.
I'm sorry - who the fuck cares. I'm personally gonna hold out for Britney Spears' opinion.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner!
Look up, Harry.
Look down, junker.
A winner indeed. Nice!!
You two are a class act.
if anyone is looking for their ex-wife, he's posting here as "HarryWanger".. The bitch got out.. do something about it, will ya?
Penis Envy - it's a bitch.
As much as I like this breaking the bank to work, but really I don't think it wil. The bank will simply shut down for that day or just postpone the customers withdraw.
yeh and that's why everyone goes to the bank today!
He's right. They treat cash as inventory. They will simply say come back another day we ran out of product X.
THEY may treat cash as inventory, but the customers expect it to be there on the day and time they ask for it. Turn enough customers away, and the situation gets ugly really fast (especially if it's you!).
I disagree. I think the smart ones will stay open, hedge their potential exposure and profit handsomely from the event.
@Alert: You're such an eternal optimist ... Your children will be so proud of you!
Why not everyone just stopping paying on their debts?
No money flow and the system collapses.
The smart thing to do is to pay off your debts ... that removes the money from the asset side of the banks' balance sheets. The banks don't rely on money flow, they rely on being able to lend multiples of their assets (your deposits + your debts).
Every $1 you withdraw (or dollar of debt that you cancel) is at least $10 that they can't lend. That's why they want you to use debit cards rather than withdrawing cash at the ATM for a few hours or days ... it keeps more money inside their system.
Those withdrawing money on the 7th or earlier should also keep their cash in their sock drawer for a few days to prolong the agony for the whole banking system.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVxfPylCGhw
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nice
And why don't Americans synchronize with the Europeans? What's better than a pan European bank run? A World Bank run.
I thought that was understood.
If the EU does this we are hours away from collapse, so you might want to front-run this event...
Zackly!
Even if everything we do fails, it sends a message that we are involved and working on it.. It means something.
As soon as my daughter was old enough to start learning more than two syllable words, I taught her how to pronounce "persevere"
that's funny. my five year old goddaughter knows that the Federal Reserve isn't Federal and it has no reserves.
smart kid. smarter than 95% of the general population in America at any rate.
It's not a "bank" either.
Everything about it is a lie...
"And why don't Americans synchronize with the Europeans?"
Isn't December 7th Dunkin' Donuts half price day or something?
Crispy Creme Buy a Dozen get a Dozen Free?....
Something?.... <scratch nutz>.... can't remember...
When ze seagulls follow ze trawler, it's because zey sink sardines will be srown into ze sea.
"Ve vant ze money, Lebowski, or ve fuck you up."
Are the goldbugs in on this? Talk about shaking up the gold price...
December Cantona, a peoples' holiday like Juneteenth*.
* 1865, June 19th, Union soldiers landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the Civil War had ended and that the enslaved were now free...2+ years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation became official January 1, 1863.
As Tyler says, "But comprehension is only have the battle. The other half is getting of your ass."
So let's all have the battle and do some getting of your ass.
"getting of your ass"
My Dear Simone
That is what guys try to do to you everyday...
You want to get off your ass.
If you keep saying "getting of your ass" Amerikan guys are going to think you want sex in strange places and strange positions...
And buy some physical silver bullion with the cash.
Right now the Dinosaur Kings are needing PMs to drop to hit their shorts. We are holding a wall before them by holding our own wealth.
Max Keiser seems to be on to something, he is calling for a unified buy of silver on Decemver 11th. I will be purchasing some that day, as well as before.
Silver Bomb December 11th!:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dmbfkP7FfY&feature=player_embedded#!
Max Explains; Max Keiser on The Alex Jones Show - 11.18.2010 part-1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbGeCC5gi5I
Max Calls for $500 silver; Max Keiser on The Alex Jones Show - 11.18.2010 part-11:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDGZTJo5Z_Q
Mr Lennon,
I'll join you guys on Dec 7 and Dec 11 as well. This does not mean I might not front-run those dates though!
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On an earlier thread, ZH-er fraud-esq asked about how much the total value of physical silver there is in the world. I replied if there are approx. 3 billion oz of physical silver, then that would be about $75 billion worth at COMEX price.
Multiply that $75 billion by the $100, $200, and now $500 (vs. $25) silver prices and you get some REALLY BIG NUMBERS.
And that is just silver. Imagine what the world's physical gold is worth (many, many trillions)... Non-inflated 2010 numbers.
Hey DoChen,
The upside is enormous in these very small markets. Those would be some big moves. Good work.
Divide 3 billion oz of physical silver by say 1 billion people in the world who have some amount of savings (note: only a fraction of that is available in coins and bars and another part is spread around industrial products and difficult to use as money or currency). You get an average of 3 oz per head. Even at $500/oz (instead of currently 27$), and you get $1500 per person.
That doesn't get you very far...
We have a nice break in PM movement:
http://v3.caseyresearch.com/images/101119livegoldsilverENLARGE.gif
A thought. Suppose everyone withdrew their money and then inserted it and then withdrew it, etc. Thus creating an oscillation. Just a thought. The frequency would be critical. If synced, the effect would be magnified. Seems phallic I know.
Your response to Eric Cantona's idea is a demonstration of resonance.
Cantona's idea has in fact begun the balanced push-pull that defines resonance.
It will build until effective opposition is applied, which itself risks a crashing destabilization reaction.
We join and watch together?
This can't work. The only way to bring those maggots down is to quit using their currency altogether.
EXACTLY, that means buying gold and silver with all your deposits.
Thank you Tyler.
Oscillations between digital bits and paper evidences of debt (in hand funds) are not to be tolerated.
"...and in this case, they will listen to us in a different way."
Beats going on hoping. A small gesture with high intention makes a big effect, n'est pas?
Silver, have you bought yours today?
Dude better stay off of small aircraft and subway platforms
i'm all for a return to sound money, but imho this is a dumb fucking idea - it's the very people pulling their money (the proletariat, if you will) that would get screwed the worst by engineering a bank run - little bit too much of cutting off your nose to spite your face, imho
I will wthdraw some 12/4 just in case the banks try to intervene, but still withdraw 12/7.
Another option is to default on your debts. Many people will be forced into it, and undergo tremendous stress. Might as start defaulting early, and avoid the crowds.
@ Harry Wanger -
I don't know about you, Harry, but I haven't made a financial contribution to ZH. Have you? I propose that you and I each make a One-Thousand-Dollar contribution to this site as a gesture of our appreciation. Are you with me Harry? Please respond within 24 hours, should you see the value in supporting a good cause. I am waiting.
If someone happens to see Harry, please let him know that I'm looking for him. Thanks.
EDIT: Better yet, please forward him my proposition (see above). Thanks.
How about if we all chip in a buck a piece, and pay him to just go away?
Another good idea. I would like to see Harry's commitment to a "good cause" though.
Someone else has a cheaper bet, something to the tune of 12.5k on the Dow by January 1 somebody (I forget who) leaves; 9.5k Harry leaves.
Village! I hope I caught you!
I am there re Dec 7 (Europe) and Dec 11 (silver), though I do of course reserve the right to front-run those dates.
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I am uncomfortable with donating via Paypal or the Internet in general. That is why I have not donated to ZH.
FOFOA did find a way to have us primitive souls send him money. I have donated three times to his blog:
fofoa.blogspot.com
Are you listening Tyler(s)? Make it easy for us 20th Century types to contribute, and we will. Although I DO understand that ZeroHedge has to run very under the radar...
You are on the frontline, my friend.
All my contributions have been by Paypal... who cares. TPTB can find out who we are, if they haven't already. I suppose all the servers at ZH could crash suddenly -- Ooops!
But to what end? Go ahead and give til it hurts.
Someone Slow down the captions on that video!!!, I had to pause it inorder to read it, I do speak French but thats just another story...
Do you need someone to change your nappy for you, too? You sound like an American ... so I don't believe that you speak French.
Why does anyone think that pulling cash out of the banks will hurt them? It won't, of course. They will simply print up any amount of money necessary to satisfy demand. There are no reserve requirements, and there is no practical limit to the amount of cash that can be printed. The money isn't backed by anything tangible. Withdraw all you want. It won't make a bit of difference.
Not true. Banks only hold a small amount of physical money. Most 'money' (90%?) is in the form of demand deposits (via fractional reserve creation) - it doesn't exist in real form.
As for printing the stuff - the logistics of getting it out to the branches in time is not straightforward. Furthermore, it means the banks aren't lending it out to other institutions.
If even 5% of the population demand their cash, the system will crash.
You are SO wrong, as outlined by Big Jim's reply above.
BE CAREFULL OF WHAT YOU ARE ASKING FOR...
What? A movement to take one's "monie" that is stored in paper form in a "bank" and have it in personal possesion. The coup d'etat would be to then move the fake FIAT IOUs into real value, precious metals.
In some countries, they hold less than 3% of their currency in physical paper. One this cute event happens... supermarkets are cleaned out... civil unrest starts over lack of petrol supply... you'll see how #uckin funny this is.
Don't confuse bravado, intellectual nicities and parlor chat with cold reality.
If you have kids, go and look at them this evening as they sleep and think about what a worldwide collapse in the banking system would mean.
A scared slave is a good slave.
Are you a banker? Are you familiar with government-issued script (issued without debt or interest), instead of privately issued currency (issued as debt with interest)? Do you really believe our current system works? Do you think it will ever be 'toppled' without a few broken eggs?
I look at my kids and hope that they will live under a different, and better, world.
The problem with the current system isn't that it doesn't work but that it won't work for much longer. It will eventually collapse.
Whether that collapse will be sudden (BANG) or gradual (WHIMPER) will make a difference, especially if there is no other system in place that works ready to take over immediately after.
But why do you assume that once it collapses, your kids will automatically live in a different and better world? It could also be a different and much worse world. At least you have to consider both possibilities.
Also, why do you assume that a sudden collapse (without a working replacement system ready to take over immediately after) would only entail "a few broken eggs"? What about many, many broken eggs, like hundreds of millions of deaths?
Like you, I hate this system which enriches only the very few well connected to the PTB and enslaves the rest. But remember that after the Roman empire collapsed, Europe went into the dark ages for about a thousand years. I'm afraid that's the most likely outcome after our system collapses, I've lost hope of a better world for my kids and I spend most of my efforts trying to prepare them for a much worse scenario.
Web, on the other hand, look at your kids, asleep, warm and comfortable and think what will happen next year or next month, when you (as in no one) would have lifted a finger or tried anything and "they" decide the blow-up date. Much worse situation perhaps?
If you, on the other, other hand, believe that this system can somehow be brought back in balance, well, follow your instincts then.
In my opinion, it's going to blow, and you want to be pro-active, not re-active.
ORI
http://aadivaahan.wordpress.com
"[W]hat [would] a worldwide collapse in the banking system mean[?]"
Freedom.
Banks? We don't need no stinkin' banks!
wb,
"If you have kids, go and look at them this evening as they sleep and think about what a worldwide collapse in the banking system would mean." - freedom from tyranny? That sounds OK to me.
As someone has already said, you are a very good little slave. Your masters will be proud of you.
holy #uck, you and your ilk are stupid.
You need to have spoken to WW2 vets like I've known and get a sense of what social unrest is... or talked to people who lived through a mild dose of hyperinflation in Argantina back in 2000... with the military in charge.
The banks are corrupt... and your concern should not be a few at the top who are milking the system... it should be what day to day life will be for you and your family.
I've already made my preparations...