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“I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is a disgrace, that two become a lawfirm, and that three or more become a congress. -John Adams”

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Book:1776
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1776

This book provides a detailed narrative of the political and social conditions in the American colonies in 1776, focusing on the efforts of the Continental Congress to declare independence from Great Britain. more

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“As heirs to a legacy more than two centuries old, it is understandable why present-day Americans would take their own democracy for granted. A president freely chosen from a wide-open field of two men every four years; a Congress with a 99% incumbency rate; a Supreme Court comprised of nine politically appointed judges whose only oversight is the icy scythe of Death -- all these reveal a system fully capable of maintaining itself. But our perfect democracy, which neither needs nor particularly wants voters, is a rarity. It is important to remember there still exist other forms of government in the world today, and that dozens of foreign countries still long for a democracy such as ours to be imposed on them.”

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“At no point that day did I ever think about the politics of that crowd. Even the things that were said not resonate in the middle of that chaos, but what did resonate was the fact that thousands of Americans were attacking police officers who were simply there doing their job, and that they were there to disrupt members of Congress who were doing their jobs.”

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“A core element of Permacapital Economics Is the price mechanism. Whereby, individual economic participants determine the prices of the products and services they sell and buy, according to supply and demand. Supply and demand is based on individual choices. Supply and demand determines the production of and prices of products and services. Prices naturally strive for equilibrium, as if being led by an invisible hand. Because buyers will always have a highest price point beyond which they are unwilling to pay for a given product or service, thereby making it unprofitable for sellers to attempt to sell those products or services beyond that price point. Similarly, sellers have a lowest price point beyond which they are unwilling or unable to sell a given product or service. This generally eliminates the existence of products or services which provide no net gain to society. The price system is the most efficient mechanism for ensuring that the needs and desires of buyers and sellers are adequately met among people in society, and that members of society at large has access to the highest quality and quantity of products and services.”

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“Congressional public hearings are not for the public but for Congress. They are designed to provide the Committee members with as much exposure as possible, and give the public the impression that its Congressmen are serious about what they’re doing and that they have not been squandering the taxpayer’s money. Hearings are primarily designed, in other words, to be politically rewarding.”

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