Revolutionary leaders rise to power using violence, and by following the same habits of the people they seek to overthrew. Violence is never enlightened, whether from above or below. It does, however, mark the point where the problems caused by inflation are no longer sustainable. The boom and bust cycles have reached a critical mass of too many crises, too fast and too deep, and the social fabric has disintegrated.
The boom and bust cycle represents the birth and death of communities, businesses and nations. Every war is either a civil war, or, following a trading route into a civil war. The rebels start by building domestic support and eventually reach out to the government's trading partners, or trading enemies. The new government begins indebted to whomever gave them support. When and if the old debt is forgiven, it usually arrives with new trade contracts.
It is a basic component of American foreign policy to build other nations in our image. Money grants and loans are distributed to governments in a manner similar to angel investors and venture capitalists funding the next big invention. The government then pays that money to American multi-national corporations to build airports, harbors, and roads. Other private companies arrive to invest to build factories and mining sites. The oil companies, especially, have a world-wide influence. If America has a trade imbalance with the country, then it can be partially corrected with armament sales and security training. Debt forgiveness always come with political concessions. Instead of being in debt to America, foreign nations are often in debt to American banks and corporations. This is all possible because America represents all sides of the supply and demand equation. It is the largest buyer, the largest seller, has the most protected products and the most money. Despite having many advantages, it is not capable of maintaining a stable economy either for itself or the rest of the world.
America does not consider itself imperialistic, because it has high ideals of freedom and self-determination. It advocates free trade, freedom of speech, freedom of religion and freedom of assembly throughout the world. Free trade is only one component of many, yet it is invariably trade that generates the most trouble among all people.
Rebellion does not make a nation strong and wise; it often marks a point of weakness and stupidity. Some nations languish in this state for decades, if not centuries. The leader of one nation that was controlled by American influence described it as being held by two nooses. If the multi-national pulls out, then their economy becomes even worse, but if they stay, the situation is untenable. Everyone around the world is trying to satisfy the budget conditions. No one has been successful. The sword has been as ineffective as the pen. The problem is with the numbers.
Monopoly demonstrates that the economy will be the same no matter who is in charge. An economy with profits, interest or taxes will fail eventually. All compounding percentages are critically important. All revolutions have sought a more just society, and have been for naught because of a lack of mathematical clarity.
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