Researcher
Frank N. Stein
geeg30 said:You should do a check on the history of passports, there isn't any hidden agenda. They are specifically issued to allow you to return to your home country
You also need one to leave your home country. Free people aren't required to have government permission to leave their country.
You expect money for free?? In times gone by the bartering system was used as everyone needs stuff - money just makes it that bit easier and some people are greedier than others.
That's basically true, it's theoretically used to make bartering easier, but the money used in all the western countries is issued by a central bank and is essentially a debt. This scam has been going on for centuries, do some research on money. Central banks are owned by private banks, they profit from the issuance of money. In the US they buy Treasury Bonds with money printed by them, out of nowhere, causing inflation. They then turn around and sell those bonds on the open market, for an increased price due to interest, and make a profit this way. Research this issue.
Money As Debt
The Money Masters
Money, Banking and the Federal Reserve
As has mostly every other society since the advent of agriculture. Once humans get some spare time on their hands then the desire for other things increases.
That's true, but the degree it has been taken to here in the US and to a lesser extent in western Europe is astounding. You're leaving out the manipulation of people's unconscious desires. See Edward Bernays and his techniques of using his uncle Sigmund Freuds theories to make people want things. See The Century of the Self. Bernays perfected this technique many decades ago and it's been fined tuned over the years. Look how McDonalds happy meals are marketed to children with the use of toys. Do you think the marketing agency doesn't know that children will nag their parents to no end until they finally give in and buy them the happy meal? Look how sports cars are marketed to dis-satisfied middle aged men, playing on their emotions and the fact they are unhappy with their life. The list goes on forever. Ad agencies are not made up of monkeys typing random ideas, they are made up of people who study human nature and know how to play on emotions, desires, fears, etc to get people to want the things they are selling.
The consumption of extreme mind altering substances has and is restricted to a select few groups - only now has their consumption increased dramatically but not enough to have the majority vote. You couldn't have nearly 7 billion people fucked out of the faces on lsd etc at the same time as society would cease to function - its bad enough on a Friday/Saturday night in any town with the drinkers.
Is it up to you to decide who can or cannot have access to these things? If not, who? The priests like back in the day? Or the government? The point is these drugs are not just relatively unknown amongst the majority of people, they are criminal, you can be sent to real prison for a very long time. Again, free people do not need permission to consume mind altering substances. And saying "You couldn't have nearly 7 billion people..." is silly because 7 billion people wouldn't have the desire to do these things.
Alcohol, caffeine and nicotine all create dependency. The all fit well with the culture, they promote violence, sickness and excess pseudo-energy for work. They are favorites of the ruling class because they create chaos and therefore they are not only allowed, they are promoted.