ChatGPT: The quote you're thinking of is often attributed to Henry David Thoreau, who said:
"There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root."
This means that many people focus on addressing the surface-level symptoms of a problem (the branches) rather than tackling the underlying cause (the root). Thoreau’s point is that true change or resolution comes only when we address the core issues rather than just the visible effects.
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I am convinced that USURY is the ROOT of ALL EVIL.
USURY is the mechanism of our enslavement.
USURY is why we are TAX SLAVES
USURY is why we are DEBT SLAVES
USURY is the mechanism by which “the wealth” is “transferred” from the working poor, and into the hands of “the rich” or “the wealthy”
“All wealth is derived from labor”
~ Adam Smith, paraphrased
ChatGPT: The quote you're referencing is close to Adam Smith’s ideas in The Wealth of Nations, though it may not be a direct quote. Smith argued that labor is a primary source of value, stating:
"Labour was the first price, the original purchase-money that was paid for all things."
This means that labor is foundational to creating wealth, as it’s through human work that resources are transformed into valuable goods and services. Smith emphasized that the value of any commodity largely depends on the amount of labor invested in producing it.
Our entire money system is built on USURY.
So let me give you my own two personal definitions of USURY…
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Usury is the charging of money, for the use of money.
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Usury is the charging of any interest at all.
And until USURY is addressed, we will never be “free”
The Federal Reserve Note is in the final stages of life,
And the reason it failed, is the same reason EVERY usury scheme fails
Trump is just one man.
We don’t have much time to enact the monetary reforms we should make
I nominate Ron Paul for the job
So some people define it as unreasonably high interest rates.. if it's just any interest at all, where do loans come from under a system like that? Are there just no loans? Do loans now come from the government? or would enough time under a system like this make loans irrelevant? or what?
Compound interest is terrible & I believe the key.
Someone wants to charge me 10% more than they loan for a home purchase, then at the end of the payments I should give them the
blended(edit) borrowed price +10% in total. I have no problem with that 10% being collected first.That said. I have lived my entire life under compound interest, so a lesser fee (interest?) sounds amazing.
From my understanding, Muslims may not charge their fellows interest at all. I had heard once early Christians did the same, but have seen no sauce.
If Americans didn't need to pay interest, I am pretty confident home prices would plummet to a point that is was much easier for an average income earner to buy a home in cash with a few years of saving.
No taxes needed to replay a national debt. Commercial buildings would not have a $2k-$20k monthly rental fee (paid for by increased prices & customers). With no high mortgage, individuals could easily pay for homes & rental prices would be much cheaper.
If we could get energy prices down to nearly free everyone on this planet would see a golden age like we have never dreamed of.... Here's hoping some of that happens.
Usury is insatiable,
Usury requires constantly more, more, more