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From where I sit, the big picture and three possible scenarios for the future look like this.
1) Pass the bailout, “save” the elite, and we peons will not only suffer through a nasty near term recession/depression but the elite will be shielded from suffering with us (at our expense). Along with the bailout, more laws will be enacted increasing the privileges and further entrenching the power of the financial elite. Look forward to more recessions in the intermediate term, and some form of world government and permanent debt slavery in the future, or a monumental collapse of the world economy at some future date, as exponential economic growth eventually collides with the carrying capacity of the planet. Until the end-time, imagine that you are voluntarily choosing a feudal form of society with the financial elite being royalty.
2) Do not pass the bailout, aggravate the current crisis, and make sure that the elite suffer with us peons, as many many financial institutions are bankrupted and destroyed. Then, imagine that the financial elite have been mortally wounded, and look forward to them rising again form the ashes of Depression, like the Phoenix, only to blithely continue with Scenario #1.
3) Do not pass the bailout, aggravate the current crisis, weaken the elite as noted in Scenario #2, take back control of our government, and use the opportunity to return control of the monetary system to Constitutional Government, so the private banking elite may not rise from the ashes again. To do this, people MUST begin discussing the ultimate financial taboo topic, the monetary system itself, and understand how BANK DEBT (CREDIT) has completely supplanted and displaced traditional money.
It's scary, but for me the only choice is #3. A good place to start is to start learning how the existing financial system works and what is a reasonable alternative, so here is a little 47 minute video. I suggest watching it 47 times and sending the link to 47 friends.
