So I frequent the blog of the popular political pundit, and writer for The Atlantic, Andrew Sullivan. It might of been around the time of this bog post that drew my attention to Ron Paul. I don’t know about you, but when curious statements such as his on that video get laughed-off on mainstream media, I hone in on them and do some research!

The following thought process occurred:

Red flag: What the hell is all this “abolish the Federal Reserve” talk anyways? At first glance, his statements seemed archaic–as if somehow he’s really some old wash-out that hasn’t let go of the good-ol-days and just accepted the harsh reality the rest of us have, as in “nothing is certain but death and taxes.” I was gonna let it go had not the peculiar condescending laughter of the cock-sure status quo give me the chills, and therefore the motivation to inquire about all this.

What the hell is the Federal Reserve anyways? I don’t remember any in depth explanation in school or the media (although I remember middle and high school as being a more hormonal experience than an intellectual one. Fair enough). Yet I knew I had to be on to something when a Youtube search results list of “Federal Reserve” nearly knocked me over by the unanimous high regard on which all the video descriptions held it. Ok, sure any institution associated with taxation ain’t gonna be widely appreciated by default, but hey, if you want to defend “The Fed” please make an objective documentary and upload it to Youtube with-a-quickness, in order to counter the rest of this propaganda (lest the next generation grow up sabotage our current currency system)!

But in the hope that somebody had an education and career in economics and then explained this topic on video so I didn’t have to, I began watching some of these very intelligent pieces. And then wow, perhaps a wrench in the current machine is what we need. I don’t want to try and persuade you with my own words… (Except that my conclusion is that this is an extremely important issue, and we must find a way to transcend these problems, else first-world societies on this planet will cease to advance, or worse: totally collapse! (Hey, ya gotta throw in the worst-case scenario).).

But as always, you be the judge:

Here’s another very relevant and highly enlightening doc on the history of banking: