Freedom is something that all world Governments have slowly eroded away at. We are so lucky to have such voices as SGT and G Edward still fighting for freedom. Another great doc SGT! Keep 'em coming...
Would you post the entire interview in one video without the added clips?
I'd like to send this around to some folks but they have a short attention span for such things - it'd probably be more palatable to them if it was concise and didn't require several URL's to access.
I like your vids in whatever format you present them, but some people need to hear these that seek excuses to avoid listening to such information.
The birchers bought into the idea that the commies were the source of all evil while the real evil like the fed went unchecked. They couldn't have known that communism was a failed system where millions of their own people died of starvation for them to keep up appearances, it was ruse to keep them busy. The birchers did some evil to fight the "commies". but that doesn't mean that this guy isn't right about the fed, he might be sorry now he didn't see who the real evil was back then.
@movieklump oh please. Go shove that tired and irrelevant garbage about the 'Founding Father's slaves" deep in your ass and then put your head back in it and die.
@FarFromEquilibrium Slavery "irrelevant" eh? People like you who use language like that from the safety of their computers are just cowards. But bigots often are.
Government is an instance of corruption. A flat tire, a broken mirror, a spilled glass of milk, all are instances of something gone wrong. When one group plans to do harm to another group without provocation or because the victim group does not obey the whims of the GOVERNING group, this scenario is an instance of corruption of peace.
the government are only puppets for the illuminati!!!!!!! people are blindsided with what they think is that the president is in charge when in fact he is only a puppet!!!!!
@eyewarnedyou The JBS also ran a private domestic spy ring that gathered information on law abiding American citizens, not to mention had directly involved in supporting/training/funding death squads in Latin America. What they say about the FED means fuck all to me. It's like saying despite Reagan support of Apartheid in South Africa that he's an admirable guy deserving of respect when the truth of the matter is he was a vile, disgusting man.
Nice interview. Very informative. He is very right. We should have a protectorate, not a government because governments can never really be honorable as they all become tyrannical.
Its just sad that our CONSTITUTIONAL rights are being stripped away everyday because the majority of the US are sheep who only care about watching American Idol and going to the bar...where you can commit multiple sins and see multiple distractions (drinking, tv, lottery, harassing women, etc). Sheep need to wake up!
After listening to the whole interview I would say this: S did his usual great job in terms of interviewing and production. While I think Griffin's ideas on Government vs. Protectorate are a little whacked, his observations on the populace and how it got that way were spot on. He's contributed a useful piece of work to the cause of Liberty regardless of whatever his other issues may or may not be. He deserves credit for that. I think that they sell his book on Jekyll Island is a hoot!
Great doc, SGT. Ignore the haters and trolls like bulldoger. Even if what he says is true (he provides no evidence but I'll look for it) there is something to be said about someone who was working for the dark side (Iran Contra) who rejects it and uses their knowledge for good not evil. (ie: Dr. Steve Pyczenik, Nomi Prins, Naomi Klein). I agree w/WISilverBull: kicked your quality up another notch. well done and keep up the great work!
@SGTbull07Global tyranny? You must be on those funny pills. The covert wars waged in Central America during the 80's, in particular the one in Nicaragua, was a result of far-right extremists in the U.S. It wasn't some nebulous global generality like you make it sound. The fact is the JBS's history is one of extremism. From their fighting against Civil Rights (another instance where Griffin put his propagandist talents to work for the JBS), to their McCarthyism, spying on American citizens, etc.
@bulldogger It depends on what you identify as a civil right. A right that abrogates another's private property rights is not a right at all. It's an abrogation of real rights. Some of the so-called rights included as 'civil rights' in the CRA aren't rights but demands. There was some good in the CRA but there were infringements of real rights as well. Private property rights are as sacrosanct as assembly and speech rights. This simple truth is lost on leftists.
@joepeeler34 The simple truth is the inconsistency of claiming to believe in "rights" (which in the case of property Jefferson said come from government) while you systematically undermine and violate those of others is lost on rightists. You know what, if you want to make excuses for a man who produced propaganda to assist in derailing Black efforts in attaining equality by putting forward the hilariously ridiculous theory they were soviet agents out to create a negro republic, be my guest.
@bulldogger There you go again. Are private property rights as sacrosanct as assmebly or speech rights? Yes or no please. There were infringements of blacks as with voter disenfranchisement, discrimnation in govt. jobs, etc.
That wasn't Griffith's or other classical liberals (libertarians) beef with the CRA. We think those areas needed to be addressed. Our fault with it is that it says that an individual can't discrimnate with their own property. Why shouldn't they? It's their property.
@joepeeler34 Property is a privilege granted by the state. As I said, Jefferson admitted this in his writings, hence the "right" to discriminate is as much a violation/interference of government intervention as government saying businesses can't discriminate. The issue is settled in history, the only people still making excuses for those who used shitty libertarian arguments to cloak their racism are sympathizers with a reactionary desire for a return to the good old days.
@bulldogger Property existed before the state. Natural law and natural rights existed before the formation of the state. The law (not to be confused with mere legislation) is an emergent order just an money, markets, language, etc. are emergent orders. Leftists are akin to the Intelligent Design set in that they think everything must be a product of deliberate design.
Businesses are people. What you are proposing is that those engaged in trade can't discriminate in ways you opppose.
@bulldogger The state should simply codify natural rights and common law. Our government--which was originally a protectorate as Griffith alluded to-- once protected natural rights. It has replace natural rights and natural rights with demands that aborgate private property rights.
Are speech rights given to you by the state? No. They exist naturally. By your standard the govt. would be justified in taking away speech rights because they pretend that they created them. It's totalitarian.
@bulldogger Further, words on a piece of parchment didn't solve racial problems. In some ways they increased enmity as with forced bussing. I don't think that the state should purposefully bar some students from attending a school anymore than I think some child should be bussed 2 hours out of some sense of 'balance.'
Shouldn't a black or asian man be allowed to bar me from their place of business? The CRA goes both ways. I don't think most people care more about the color green.
@bulldogger Further, it was a clutural problem and mindset that spawned the Jim Crow laws. The culture has changed not because of govt. but in spite of it. How many people do you think would discriminate on the basis of race in regard to who shops at their store? They would be making a very fooish mistakeand the way to handle that is through shame and social stigmitization--not the rest of us shoving values down another's throat. All other rights are dependent on private property rights.
@bulldogger If you doubt that private property rights are paramount, take a look back at the 20th century. The 'citizens' (read:subjects) of the various 'Peoples' Republics' had no other rights once private property rights had been replaced with make-believe collective rights. The left doesn't understand this. They are too busy abrogating private property rights in the name of non-existent abstractions like collective rights to notice. Repeat after me: Private Property Rights.
G. Edward Griffin is the clearest thinker I have ever listened to. So easy to comprehend what he is saying. I wish I had grown up with teachers who explained things the way he does.
8.38 LBJ likely had JFK killed, Watch "the lying men "here on YT.But a quick search shows YT ( I guess) took it down. An interesting story about all that.
URGENT - John McCain and Joe Lieberman Have Just Initiated A Bill In Congress , Which Will Hold ALL " TERRIORIST " Both Foriegn and DOMMESTIC , In Prison , FOR LIFE . NO TRIAL , NO JUDGE , NO JURY , NO LEGAL RECOURSE , NO LEGAL REPESENTATION . WHO DO YOU THINK THIS IS FOR ???? IT IS TIME TO WAKE THE F*CK UP . IF WE DONT STAND TOGETHER , WE WILL HANG SEPERATLY .
Part 2 - I'm sorry, but anyone who seriously favors "limited government" is childishly naive. The idea that you could go to one organization, give a monopoly on the use of force as well as ultimate jurisdiction over a given area, and then say to it "Limit yourself" and actually expect it to do that, is Utopian foolishness in the extreme. Griffin is wrong. Governments don't DEGENERATE into criminal syndicates; they START OUT as criminal syndicates and use their monopoly power to get worse.
Part 1 - The idea that if a government is split into branches, that will help to limit it's power is pure foolishness. It doesn't matter how many branches you want to split the government into, those branches will still be just that: branches of the government. They will still be part of the same monopolistic entity, and that entity will still remain the only organization in society with the legal right to initiate force. What's to stop the three branches from colluding with each other?
I am reading this WONDERFUL book right now!! I am telling EVERYONE to purchase this book!! PLEASE tell mr Griffim what a patriot he is!! You, SGT. as well!! We LOVE you!! I have read Atlas Shrugged twice, and this is just as great!!
This is why I say a total free market won't work because you always have to have a "protectorate" without it people could counterfeit money as they see fit because there are no laws. They could start issuing gold and silver paper contracts and say it is money. Without a protectorate it is monetary anarchy. This is why I say a "free market" can't be 100% free. The term itself is false.
Krans.........K Queen is gonna love these G. E. Griffin videos! She admires him big-time, as we all do. Keep up the great work, and know the entire K-team supports all your efforts......Kroc, Korn, Kilo, KQueen, Krow, and those newbee Ks.
Bitcoins if studied and understood meets the definition of good money. If simply considered fiat or a promise you will incorrectly reject it based on miss information.
SGTbull, have you ever heard of a DeJure Republic? Under the paradigm of a Democracy, the FED makes sense, but not under a DeJure Republic, which is what we were founded as.
Is there any chance we expierence further drop of PM before new round of quantitative easing?If so I would buy more.It is not quite same if you can get 30-40% more ounces for your money.Especially if you dont have much silver and money and need to travel 300 km to dealer.Not to mention here in Croatia I cannot buy or sell at spot price,problem with Vat and so on...How do you "feel it" over there?I am also interested what is estimated current rate of inflation per year over there?
The "great" G. Edward Griffin?! Please. I guess I can't blame people if they're ignorant of the facts, but Griffin was a propagandist for the Western Goals Foundation (John birch Society front-group) e.g. he helped produce propaganda that would justify Reagan's funding/arming of the Contra death squad during the 80's (Western Goals was directly involved in this, one of it's members was the trainer of the Contras, and the organizations name being found in Ollie North's notebook).
@bulldogger got it, so the John Birch Society is bad too, check. And according to you there are NO good guys, only controlled opposition right? And the entire 500+ page 'Creature from Jekyll Island' book is just FED propaganda? Give me a break.
@SGTbull07 I haven't researched on Griffin, but it seems bulldogger has had an overdose of skeptisism. You know too much of anything including skeptisism in life isn't healthy for you. ;)
@SGTbull07 This hostility to the John Birch Society goes back to the McCarthy era. McCarthy gave voice to public concern that there were communists at the commanding heights of government -- which there were. He was associated with 'the radical right' by the media. This whole interval of American history is widely misunderstood by the public.
The worst excesses of the period were not committed by McCarthy, it was the HOUSE Committee on UnAmerican Activities.
@bulldogger I don't remember your screen name but I do recognize your writing style from DailyKOS being as unique as it is. "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it", The DailyKOS is so "one-note" you do need a break visiting another group such as Youtube from time to time. I find myself going to the DK every few weeks for the same reason although about an hour is all I can handle.One comment followed by 300 people all agreeing. Disagreeing lethal.
The new world order are racing to the finish line and they have the pedal to the medal to put the capstone on top of the pyramid. The bottom part of the pyramid is where the people realize everything is a fraud and it's like a bag of rice with slashes all over it. While the new world order is busy putting on the capstone, they are trying to keep everybody in place so the capstone doesn't fall on it's head. I don't see why we are waiting to do somthing.
@hstone39 Excellent point! NWO is in panic mode, hence the naked power grabs. When one is near the height of one's power is the same time one is at the most vulnerable. They don't have the resources to pull off the police state. If they did they would have done it by now. If the monetary system collapses before everything is implemented they won't have anything to pay anybody with. The problem with striking back is achieving critical mass in terms of people. So far it does not look good.
@hstone39 The NWO is a boogeyman in the closet to make the gullable feel they have a legitimate enemy to hate. The real explanation of everything going on is so much simpler. The erosion of fiat to eventual zero is inherent to the model. It's not being presently planned by a boardroom of evil men from around the world. Derivatives, banking, capitalism period - all have a finite end. Resources have a finite end. We as a species even have an end.
@rightsideofhistory I wish your belief in legitimacy and that the world is what we see and nothing more was true. Men (and women) not being rational makes no sense to rational people but it has existed since man has existed. That includes lusting after more money and power until it is more than they could possibly spend or power they can exercise-even leading to the lust for ALL money/assets and absolute power over all others forever even denying their mortality.Youtube "The Money Masters".
@w0tm I have absolutely no belief in face-value legitimacy of anything. You didn't understand what I wrote. I fully believe in the simplest human animal instincts that bring the piss & shit into the modern civilization. Total greed, consumption, growth, screw the consequences, live the now, fuck the future, etc. All the flaws that come with them - how currency, wealth transferrence, banking, etc works. What I'm saying is there isn't a boardroom of global puppetmasters plotting the problems.
@rightsideofhistory We agree on no longer believing your own eyes and ears. Technology can create ANYTHING today.WE may not be real and not even know it. No boardroom - or org chart or anything that looks like a corporation."They" are too big for that. The net worth of the world is estimated to be $600 trillion dollars and "they" control or outright own $400 trillion of that.Includes all the Federal Reserves of the world. You REALLY need to watch "The Money Masters" on YT.
@w0tm "They" don't scare me one bit. They are equivalent to me, and I to them. We all sit down every day and shit & wipe our asses. Nobody controls anything - it's all a bigtalk pantomime, we and they are just flesh that will die and turn to dirt. I personally don't want a trillion dollars, nor do I care about somebody who DOES have a trillion dollars. They aren't LIVING - frankly I pity the greedy - while they die a slow death, or a very quick one at our hands if they try to get their "dream"
@w0tm And they can Master the Money all they want. Waste an entire lifetime accumulating "stuff". Possibly even billions or trillions of todays dollars worth - per person or family. I could care less - the system itself is designed for THEM to fail too. Because they will be swallowed by the majority. It all topples and falls. So to all the walking skeletons with a trillion dollars: Hey...I have enough wealth to live VERY stress free until I die...PLUS I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. *I* WIN.
@hstone39 (part 2) In conculsion, the NWO theory fails on one key level: Such a global masterful precise (and genius) plan would be useless, even if it did exist. Why? Because it would be a select few hundred people (thousands at best) versus 7 billion people who WILL kill them. No compounds, no embassies, no castles will hold out hundreds of thousands at the walls...such an NWO forgets that they are VASTLY outnumbered. Nobody will fight for them, as treasure is worth nothing if you're dead
This is a SGT classic! Instant favorite. I love the new style hope you do many many more. It works really well. Congratulations. More interviews with the Griff would be fully sick.
While I admire his work on 'Jekyll Island' there is a lot of semantic dribble about what 'government' means. The Founders knew some form of government is necessary for a functioning society to exist. They certainly knew what the word meant. There has never been a human society without some form of it. 'Protectorate' btw is a nation under the protection of another nation. Governments become corrupt not because it natural for them to do so, they become corrupt because the citizens let it happen.
@CheekyMonkey888 a blink in terms of human history? It permeates human history. Anytime you get humans in a group some sort of system of governance develops. Humans by nature are pack animals. Packs always have hierarchies and have a least one member that leads the rest and members that enforce the codes of conduct that the group had adopted.
@acuriousbeast Humans, as we are, are about 50,000 years old; civilization is about 5000 years old; 10%, how did we ever get along without guberment all these years? Don't confuse tribes with guberment....
@CheekyMonkey888 I'm starting to think we are all using the term 'government' and we're all referring to different things. I view tribes as having governments though they might not use that specific term. Tribes have chief or leaders, they often have councils that make decisions for the whole tribe, they have members who enforce whatever code of conduct the tribe has adopted and implement decisions made by the chiefs or councils. To me that is a form of government. What's your take on it?
@acuriousbeast A tribe, like a family, is voluntary and doesn't use force against its members (unless it is dysfunctional); governments are not voluntary, and you better believe they'll use force, confinement, .... anything you can think of, against their citizens (especially if you enjoy dancing at the Jefferson Memorial)
@acuriousbeast Hi acb - "..some form of government is necessary for a functioning society to exist.." - bollox. Society exists despite governments.
"..Governments become corrupt not because it natural for them to do so, they become corrupt because the citizens let it happen..." - bollox. This is because the semantics isn't dribble. If "citizens" are "governed" then they don't have the power to prevent it, by definition. You're not getting away with this. I'm gonna getcha......later. :)
@zalida100 Oh this is going to be great fun. Aside from rural, snail eating types, name me one society that exists that does not have a code of conduct and members designated to enforce it when other members violate it i.e. governance. Protectorates are a form a government btw, they are governed by the 'protector'. Citizens do have a way to prevent being governed in ways they don't like, it's called 'rebellion'. Your serve. : D
@acuriousbeast "..name me one society that exists.." Very few that i know of. But that's not much of an argument for the necessity of having sociopaths telling you how to run your life. Certainly it is likely a good idea for a society to have a code of conduct. But does that code have to be enforced violently? When you disagree with someone, do you always deal with it by shooting them? Do you deal with it yourself or do you feel the need to have someone else do it for you. sorry i'm late - busy
@acuriousbeast I live amongst a bunch of wannabe commies. But that's just cos they're dumb, or brainwashed or both. I know you're not dumb, so let's see why you're writing crap. And I bet it has a bit to do with semantics. e.g. you reckon you're a citizen. Someone in contract with a gubermint, and owes allegiance (tax etc) in return for protection. However, you're supreme court has said that the state is no obliged to protect you, therefore you're not a citizen. So, you're being robbed/conned...
@zalida100 I wouldn't be surprised if I was writing crap. I'm not very good at it. Are we talking about actions in a specific case or government in a general way? I think government is a natural byproduct or phenomenon when people get in groups. There is a lot of variety in the forms it takes. The form it takes and how well the form works in large part depends on the group members. To me saying we need to do away with government doesn't make sense. It happens whether you want it or not.
@acuriousbeast Hi P. (Just kiddin about the "crap" bit. You know that). Ok, goverment in a general way.
People generally smoke more cigarettes when i groups, but it doesn't make it a good idea. (Most people would agree. Even the smokers). All I'm saying is, that gov is a bad habit and people would in general be much better off without it, in almost any way you choose to measure what "better off" means. I wouldn't say that "we need" to do anything. I just think that no gov is a more rational idea
@zalida100 I like it when you say, after a few minutes, I get more focused. Just don't do it too much. I gave up voodoo for Lent and last time I checked, Easter's been over for a few weeks :D. While I see government as an inevitable phenomenon occurring with most human groups lets use the cigarette comparison. If one wants to eliminate cigarettes from being smoked by others one either offers a substitute or one deals with the effects of withdraw from the former smokers. Which would you choose?
@acuriousbeast "..when you say, after a few minutes, I get more focused...." (Don't know what you mean here).
I don't care if people smoke. They just don't have the right to smoke on my front porch, without my permission. Right now, they are blowing smoke in my face and forcing me to buy their cigarettes too.
I am quite happy if they smoke. It's none of my business.
@zalida100 B, you are the most fun I've had all day and I've had a nicely entertaining day. I like it when you say that (the writing being crap) ,after a few minutes (of blistering rage:), I get more focused (true, on what I'm trying to communicate) so I will win (as usual):D That's all.
I wish you here I need some smokes and I'm low on cash. Now which one would you choose; offering a government substitute or letting the bulk of the species go through withdraw behavior & then let things evolve?
@acuriousbeast "..offering a government substitute.." There is no substitute on offer. I've said before - When you get out of bed in the morning and find your house burgled, and the burgler has left, the last thing you do is to go find another burgler to replace him.
You don't "need" smokes. Don't you understand why you smoke? I have a nice book for you if you don't.
Glad you had a good day. I got a bite from a pyrenean mountain dog today. I kicked it's ass though - haha
@zalida100 Those things are huge, somebody in the neighborhood has a set. I smoke because I'm addicted to it plus it's fun sometimes. I don't need a book to tell me that, all I need is a mirror and they usually have those at the bar:)
@acuriousbeast Yeah, this is a big heavy brute. (It's a bit mad I think).
"..addicted to it plus it's fun..." Now, if you were really honest you'd see that that's not quite true. It could be argued that it was fun initially, but addiction is a condition where the drug is used to achieve "normality." Semantics again, I suppose.
I wasn't aware that there were still places in usa where you could still smoke without being attacked......by your beloved daddy gubbermint. - hehe
@zalida100 It's completely true. It can still be fun after you achieve normality. Americans and especially Texans are brilliant at exploiting loopholes and perverting the true intent of laws. Look at our government , they do it all the time, with swiftness, ease, and straight faces no less. It's either genetic or something in the water. I haven't figured that part out yet.
@acuriousbeast What was I thinking - talking about normality to a texan?
The logic is great. Quite happily acknowledging the ability of people to find ways around dumb laws, while claiming the necessity of having other people make up those laws, to protect you, apparently. More statist contradiction. Ya nutter! :)
@acuriousbeast americans have become a sadly weak people, we need some GRIT and when it hurts enough for enough of us we will rise and hunt down the inter-alpha and smother their dirty flame.
@SGTbull07 I discovered a well-known documentary called "MIssing LInks" in you tube. However, i know you're busy man but it would be tremendous to give some feedback. The producer claims issues Alex Jones will not talk about.
I love g edward griffin
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Freedom is something that all world Governments have slowly eroded away at. We are so lucky to have such voices as SGT and G Edward still fighting for freedom. Another great doc SGT! Keep 'em coming...
TheCristiBlack 6 months ago
Would you post the entire interview in one video without the added clips?
I'd like to send this around to some folks but they have a short attention span for such things - it'd probably be more palatable to them if it was concise and didn't require several URL's to access.
I like your vids in whatever format you present them, but some people need to hear these that seek excuses to avoid listening to such information.
continuityofliberty 7 months ago
Guns were given to the people for physical defense, gold and silver were given the people for economical defense.
YochananT 8 months ago 3
gubernare ment - control mind
kroovyandcal 8 months ago
The birchers bought into the idea that the commies were the source of all evil while the real evil like the fed went unchecked. They couldn't have known that communism was a failed system where millions of their own people died of starvation for them to keep up appearances, it was ruse to keep them busy. The birchers did some evil to fight the "commies". but that doesn't mean that this guy isn't right about the fed, he might be sorry now he didn't see who the real evil was back then.
dishesdealer417 8 months ago
1 dislike is from a banker
chamaflauge 8 months ago
bulldogger......Prove it!!!! Tell me where to researcj to find your allegations!!!!!
Yours is an uninformed oponion, a series of conclusions, a fanasty...Now prove it.
SGTRVN1 8 months ago
Ask the founding father's slaves how great they were.
movieklump 8 months ago 2
@movieklump oh please. Go shove that tired and irrelevant garbage about the 'Founding Father's slaves" deep in your ass and then put your head back in it and die.
FarFromEquilibrium 8 months ago
@FarFromEquilibrium Slavery "irrelevant" eh? People like you who use language like that from the safety of their computers are just cowards. But bigots often are.
movieklump 8 months ago
Great video and interview...I always repost your best one's.... and this makes the cut !
Uwiluz60 8 months ago
You can't post videos longer than 11 minutes?
nottinmatterz2day 8 months ago
Government is an instance of corruption. A flat tire, a broken mirror, a spilled glass of milk, all are instances of something gone wrong. When one group plans to do harm to another group without provocation or because the victim group does not obey the whims of the GOVERNING group, this scenario is an instance of corruption of peace.
Anothercoilgun 8 months ago
the government are only puppets for the illuminati!!!!!!! people are blindsided with what they think is that the president is in charge when in fact he is only a puppet!!!!!
kahutweedie 8 months ago
Hey bulldogger.....I didn't know he did all of that. That even makes him more respectable and legit in my book. Thanks for the insight!
robreke 8 months ago
@rightsideofhistory OMG finally sumbody who gets it. boogey man like red coats are coming, etc...
Enlightenedtruth777 8 months ago
@eyewarnedyou The JBS also ran a private domestic spy ring that gathered information on law abiding American citizens, not to mention had directly involved in supporting/training/funding death squads in Latin America. What they say about the FED means fuck all to me. It's like saying despite Reagan support of Apartheid in South Africa that he's an admirable guy deserving of respect when the truth of the matter is he was a vile, disgusting man.
bulldogger 8 months ago
Nice interview. Very informative. He is very right. We should have a protectorate, not a government because governments can never really be honorable as they all become tyrannical.
Its just sad that our CONSTITUTIONAL rights are being stripped away everyday because the majority of the US are sheep who only care about watching American Idol and going to the bar...where you can commit multiple sins and see multiple distractions (drinking, tv, lottery, harassing women, etc). Sheep need to wake up!
Metallicafan6611 8 months ago
After listening to the whole interview I would say this: S did his usual great job in terms of interviewing and production. While I think Griffin's ideas on Government vs. Protectorate are a little whacked, his observations on the populace and how it got that way were spot on. He's contributed a useful piece of work to the cause of Liberty regardless of whatever his other issues may or may not be. He deserves credit for that. I think that they sell his book on Jekyll Island is a hoot!
acuriousbeast 8 months ago
Great doc, SGT. Ignore the haters and trolls like bulldoger. Even if what he says is true (he provides no evidence but I'll look for it) there is something to be said about someone who was working for the dark side (Iran Contra) who rejects it and uses their knowledge for good not evil. (ie: Dr. Steve Pyczenik, Nomi Prins, Naomi Klein). I agree w/WISilverBull: kicked your quality up another notch. well done and keep up the great work!
tinfoilcap 8 months ago
@SGTbull07Global tyranny? You must be on those funny pills. The covert wars waged in Central America during the 80's, in particular the one in Nicaragua, was a result of far-right extremists in the U.S. It wasn't some nebulous global generality like you make it sound. The fact is the JBS's history is one of extremism. From their fighting against Civil Rights (another instance where Griffin put his propagandist talents to work for the JBS), to their McCarthyism, spying on American citizens, etc.
bulldogger 8 months ago
@bulldogger It depends on what you identify as a civil right. A right that abrogates another's private property rights is not a right at all. It's an abrogation of real rights. Some of the so-called rights included as 'civil rights' in the CRA aren't rights but demands. There was some good in the CRA but there were infringements of real rights as well. Private property rights are as sacrosanct as assembly and speech rights. This simple truth is lost on leftists.
joepeeler34 8 months ago
@joepeeler34 The simple truth is the inconsistency of claiming to believe in "rights" (which in the case of property Jefferson said come from government) while you systematically undermine and violate those of others is lost on rightists. You know what, if you want to make excuses for a man who produced propaganda to assist in derailing Black efforts in attaining equality by putting forward the hilariously ridiculous theory they were soviet agents out to create a negro republic, be my guest.
bulldogger 8 months ago
@bulldogger There you go again. Are private property rights as sacrosanct as assmebly or speech rights? Yes or no please. There were infringements of blacks as with voter disenfranchisement, discrimnation in govt. jobs, etc.
That wasn't Griffith's or other classical liberals (libertarians) beef with the CRA. We think those areas needed to be addressed. Our fault with it is that it says that an individual can't discrimnate with their own property. Why shouldn't they? It's their property.
joepeeler34 8 months ago
@joepeeler34 Property is a privilege granted by the state. As I said, Jefferson admitted this in his writings, hence the "right" to discriminate is as much a violation/interference of government intervention as government saying businesses can't discriminate. The issue is settled in history, the only people still making excuses for those who used shitty libertarian arguments to cloak their racism are sympathizers with a reactionary desire for a return to the good old days.
bulldogger 8 months ago
@bulldogger Property existed before the state. Natural law and natural rights existed before the formation of the state. The law (not to be confused with mere legislation) is an emergent order just an money, markets, language, etc. are emergent orders. Leftists are akin to the Intelligent Design set in that they think everything must be a product of deliberate design.
Businesses are people. What you are proposing is that those engaged in trade can't discriminate in ways you opppose.
joepeeler34 8 months ago
@bulldogger The state should simply codify natural rights and common law. Our government--which was originally a protectorate as Griffith alluded to-- once protected natural rights. It has replace natural rights and natural rights with demands that aborgate private property rights.
Are speech rights given to you by the state? No. They exist naturally. By your standard the govt. would be justified in taking away speech rights because they pretend that they created them. It's totalitarian.
joepeeler34 8 months ago
@bulldogger Further, words on a piece of parchment didn't solve racial problems. In some ways they increased enmity as with forced bussing. I don't think that the state should purposefully bar some students from attending a school anymore than I think some child should be bussed 2 hours out of some sense of 'balance.'
Shouldn't a black or asian man be allowed to bar me from their place of business? The CRA goes both ways. I don't think most people care more about the color green.
joepeeler34 8 months ago
@bulldogger Further, it was a clutural problem and mindset that spawned the Jim Crow laws. The culture has changed not because of govt. but in spite of it. How many people do you think would discriminate on the basis of race in regard to who shops at their store? They would be making a very fooish mistakeand the way to handle that is through shame and social stigmitization--not the rest of us shoving values down another's throat. All other rights are dependent on private property rights.
joepeeler34 8 months ago
@bulldogger If you doubt that private property rights are paramount, take a look back at the 20th century. The 'citizens' (read:subjects) of the various 'Peoples' Republics' had no other rights once private property rights had been replaced with make-believe collective rights. The left doesn't understand this. They are too busy abrogating private property rights in the name of non-existent abstractions like collective rights to notice. Repeat after me: Private Property Rights.
joepeeler34 8 months ago
@bulldogger What are you some KKK leader, you seem to have a problem with BLACKS.
AuAgsuck 8 months ago
@AuAgsuck Are you retarded, or just mildly retarded?
bulldogger 8 months ago
Interesting breakdown on Government vs. Protectorate. Great interview!
BlacksAreBeautiful 8 months ago
G. Edward Griffin is the clearest thinker I have ever listened to. So easy to comprehend what he is saying. I wish I had grown up with teachers who explained things the way he does.
Lengarces 8 months ago
8.38 LBJ likely had JFK killed, Watch "the lying men "here on YT.But a quick search shows YT ( I guess) took it down. An interesting story about all that.
cpgone 8 months ago
Nice work, you're really taking it up notch after notch. Same with the SGT report. always impressed.
WIsilverbull 8 months ago
WELCOME TO THE ROAD TO SERFDOM.
notpcone 8 months ago
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tracycolorado 8 months ago
URGENT - John McCain and Joe Lieberman Have Just Initiated A Bill In Congress , Which Will Hold ALL " TERRIORIST " Both Foriegn and DOMMESTIC , In Prison , FOR LIFE . NO TRIAL , NO JUDGE , NO JURY , NO LEGAL RECOURSE , NO LEGAL REPESENTATION . WHO DO YOU THINK THIS IS FOR ???? IT IS TIME TO WAKE THE F*CK UP . IF WE DONT STAND TOGETHER , WE WILL HANG SEPERATLY .
tracycolorado 8 months ago
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tracycolorado 8 months ago
Part 2 - I'm sorry, but anyone who seriously favors "limited government" is childishly naive. The idea that you could go to one organization, give a monopoly on the use of force as well as ultimate jurisdiction over a given area, and then say to it "Limit yourself" and actually expect it to do that, is Utopian foolishness in the extreme. Griffin is wrong. Governments don't DEGENERATE into criminal syndicates; they START OUT as criminal syndicates and use their monopoly power to get worse.
IvanTheHeathen 8 months ago
Part 1 - The idea that if a government is split into branches, that will help to limit it's power is pure foolishness. It doesn't matter how many branches you want to split the government into, those branches will still be just that: branches of the government. They will still be part of the same monopolistic entity, and that entity will still remain the only organization in society with the legal right to initiate force. What's to stop the three branches from colluding with each other?
IvanTheHeathen 8 months ago
Great book. I read it years ago. It is the best researched book on the Fed that is available.
avyanez 8 months ago
We should follow theSwiss Model!!
savgal1211 8 months ago
Great content
PayChkSlaveRebellion 8 months ago
I am reading this WONDERFUL book right now!! I am telling EVERYONE to purchase this book!! PLEASE tell mr Griffim what a patriot he is!! You, SGT. as well!! We LOVE you!! I have read Atlas Shrugged twice, and this is just as great!!
savgal1211 8 months ago
This is why I say a total free market won't work because you always have to have a "protectorate" without it people could counterfeit money as they see fit because there are no laws. They could start issuing gold and silver paper contracts and say it is money. Without a protectorate it is monetary anarchy. This is why I say a "free market" can't be 100% free. The term itself is false.
dogbarker1981 8 months ago
Krans.........K Queen is gonna love these G. E. Griffin videos! She admires him big-time, as we all do. Keep up the great work, and know the entire K-team supports all your efforts......Kroc, Korn, Kilo, KQueen, Krow, and those newbee Ks.
crazeyspivey 8 months ago
Eustace Mullins died broke because of people like GEG. Your a real hero G, NOT.
timplot43 8 months ago
excellent interview as always, much appreciated...
jimmyjames1981 8 months ago
I think that I understand his argument, but we do need some government, like traffic laws, etc.
Icriedtoday 8 months ago
SGT you rock buddy.... please keep up the great work.
Eslamizar 8 months ago
At 3:30 I was trying to calculate the present-day value of the change in the register....
combatjm89 8 months ago
Well done.
Bitcoins if studied and understood meets the definition of good money. If simply considered fiat or a promise you will incorrectly reject it based on miss information.
davincij15 8 months ago
G. Edward Griffin!
CheekyMonkey888 8 months ago
SGTbull, have you ever heard of a DeJure Republic? Under the paradigm of a Democracy, the FED makes sense, but not under a DeJure Republic, which is what we were founded as.
kevo22111 8 months ago
Best thing on youtube, keep up the great work SGTBULL !
MrEnglishful 8 months ago
Is there any chance we expierence further drop of PM before new round of quantitative easing?If so I would buy more.It is not quite same if you can get 30-40% more ounces for your money.Especially if you dont have much silver and money and need to travel 300 km to dealer.Not to mention here in Croatia I cannot buy or sell at spot price,problem with Vat and so on...How do you "feel it" over there?I am also interested what is estimated current rate of inflation per year over there?
mizuzul 8 months ago
Protectorate: learned something new. Thanks :)
HyperReport 8 months ago
Wow, getting some big names on this show.
yuppyguitar1 8 months ago
The "great" G. Edward Griffin?! Please. I guess I can't blame people if they're ignorant of the facts, but Griffin was a propagandist for the Western Goals Foundation (John birch Society front-group) e.g. he helped produce propaganda that would justify Reagan's funding/arming of the Contra death squad during the 80's (Western Goals was directly involved in this, one of it's members was the trainer of the Contras, and the organizations name being found in Ollie North's notebook).
bulldogger 8 months ago
@bulldogger got it, so the John Birch Society is bad too, check. And according to you there are NO good guys, only controlled opposition right? And the entire 500+ page 'Creature from Jekyll Island' book is just FED propaganda? Give me a break.
SGTbull07 8 months ago 24
@SGTbull07 I haven't researched on Griffin, but it seems bulldogger has had an overdose of skeptisism. You know too much of anything including skeptisism in life isn't healthy for you. ;)
Thanks SGT for these videos you keep rolling out!
anonsilv 8 months ago
@SGTbull07 The John Birch Society was right with their concerns about the UN and the US losing their sovereignty to the UN.
fmagalhaes1521 8 months ago 7
@fmagalhaes1521 indeed.
SGTbull07 8 months ago
@SGTbull07 This hostility to the John Birch Society goes back to the McCarthy era. McCarthy gave voice to public concern that there were communists at the commanding heights of government -- which there were. He was associated with 'the radical right' by the media. This whole interval of American history is widely misunderstood by the public.
The worst excesses of the period were not committed by McCarthy, it was the HOUSE Committee on UnAmerican Activities.
BugsMr123 8 months ago
@bulldogger So people who respect Griffin are ignorant. Fine. Tell us who you respect? Curious to hear the wise opinion of an enlightened one.
JRCrowley 8 months ago
@bulldogger I don't remember your screen name but I do recognize your writing style from DailyKOS being as unique as it is. "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it", The DailyKOS is so "one-note" you do need a break visiting another group such as Youtube from time to time. I find myself going to the DK every few weeks for the same reason although about an hour is all I can handle.One comment followed by 300 people all agreeing. Disagreeing lethal.
w0tm 8 months ago
@bulldogger which fed branch do you work for/support?
bastardchildofmary 8 months ago
@bulldogger Sounds like a mashup of rumors and quite admirable activities. And you're fronting for statists/communists. We all make choices.
nickFlamel11 8 months ago
F@#KING AWESOME!!!!!
TheSilverGuild 8 months ago 4
@TheSilverGuild thanks TSG!
SGTbull07 8 months ago
The new world order are racing to the finish line and they have the pedal to the medal to put the capstone on top of the pyramid. The bottom part of the pyramid is where the people realize everything is a fraud and it's like a bag of rice with slashes all over it. While the new world order is busy putting on the capstone, they are trying to keep everybody in place so the capstone doesn't fall on it's head. I don't see why we are waiting to do somthing.
hstone39 8 months ago 9
@hstone39 Excellent point! NWO is in panic mode, hence the naked power grabs. When one is near the height of one's power is the same time one is at the most vulnerable. They don't have the resources to pull off the police state. If they did they would have done it by now. If the monetary system collapses before everything is implemented they won't have anything to pay anybody with. The problem with striking back is achieving critical mass in terms of people. So far it does not look good.
acuriousbeast 8 months ago
@hstone39 The NWO is a boogeyman in the closet to make the gullable feel they have a legitimate enemy to hate. The real explanation of everything going on is so much simpler. The erosion of fiat to eventual zero is inherent to the model. It's not being presently planned by a boardroom of evil men from around the world. Derivatives, banking, capitalism period - all have a finite end. Resources have a finite end. We as a species even have an end.
rightsideofhistory 8 months ago
@rightsideofhistory I wish your belief in legitimacy and that the world is what we see and nothing more was true. Men (and women) not being rational makes no sense to rational people but it has existed since man has existed. That includes lusting after more money and power until it is more than they could possibly spend or power they can exercise-even leading to the lust for ALL money/assets and absolute power over all others forever even denying their mortality.Youtube "The Money Masters".
w0tm 8 months ago
@w0tm I have absolutely no belief in face-value legitimacy of anything. You didn't understand what I wrote. I fully believe in the simplest human animal instincts that bring the piss & shit into the modern civilization. Total greed, consumption, growth, screw the consequences, live the now, fuck the future, etc. All the flaws that come with them - how currency, wealth transferrence, banking, etc works. What I'm saying is there isn't a boardroom of global puppetmasters plotting the problems.
rightsideofhistory 8 months ago
@rightsideofhistory We agree on no longer believing your own eyes and ears. Technology can create ANYTHING today.WE may not be real and not even know it. No boardroom - or org chart or anything that looks like a corporation."They" are too big for that. The net worth of the world is estimated to be $600 trillion dollars and "they" control or outright own $400 trillion of that.Includes all the Federal Reserves of the world. You REALLY need to watch "The Money Masters" on YT.
w0tm 8 months ago
@w0tm "They" don't scare me one bit. They are equivalent to me, and I to them. We all sit down every day and shit & wipe our asses. Nobody controls anything - it's all a bigtalk pantomime, we and they are just flesh that will die and turn to dirt. I personally don't want a trillion dollars, nor do I care about somebody who DOES have a trillion dollars. They aren't LIVING - frankly I pity the greedy - while they die a slow death, or a very quick one at our hands if they try to get their "dream"
rightsideofhistory 8 months ago
@w0tm And they can Master the Money all they want. Waste an entire lifetime accumulating "stuff". Possibly even billions or trillions of todays dollars worth - per person or family. I could care less - the system itself is designed for THEM to fail too. Because they will be swallowed by the majority. It all topples and falls. So to all the walking skeletons with a trillion dollars: Hey...I have enough wealth to live VERY stress free until I die...PLUS I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. *I* WIN.
rightsideofhistory 8 months ago
@hstone39 (part 2) In conculsion, the NWO theory fails on one key level: Such a global masterful precise (and genius) plan would be useless, even if it did exist. Why? Because it would be a select few hundred people (thousands at best) versus 7 billion people who WILL kill them. No compounds, no embassies, no castles will hold out hundreds of thousands at the walls...such an NWO forgets that they are VASTLY outnumbered. Nobody will fight for them, as treasure is worth nothing if you're dead
rightsideofhistory 8 months ago
@hstone39 im not i hammer at the a-holes 24x7, why dont you
bullsnutsoz 8 months ago
Must you post things just before my bed time? :)
73cupcake 8 months ago
Great vid sir. Im off to pts 2 & 3
TruthOverFacts 8 months ago
This is a SGT classic! Instant favorite. I love the new style hope you do many many more. It works really well. Congratulations. More interviews with the Griff would be fully sick.
EndTheResistance 8 months ago
Another big name to add to your 'must interview' scrapbook.... well done :)
geniusmarketing08 8 months ago
While I admire his work on 'Jekyll Island' there is a lot of semantic dribble about what 'government' means. The Founders knew some form of government is necessary for a functioning society to exist. They certainly knew what the word meant. There has never been a human society without some form of it. 'Protectorate' btw is a nation under the protection of another nation. Governments become corrupt not because it natural for them to do so, they become corrupt because the citizens let it happen.
acuriousbeast 8 months ago
@acuriousbeast Human society did very well without government until 5000yrs ago. Government is a blink in terms of human history.
CheekyMonkey888 8 months ago
@CheekyMonkey888 a blink in terms of human history? It permeates human history. Anytime you get humans in a group some sort of system of governance develops. Humans by nature are pack animals. Packs always have hierarchies and have a least one member that leads the rest and members that enforce the codes of conduct that the group had adopted.
acuriousbeast 8 months ago
@acuriousbeast Humans, as we are, are about 50,000 years old; civilization is about 5000 years old; 10%, how did we ever get along without guberment all these years? Don't confuse tribes with guberment....
CheekyMonkey888 8 months ago
@CheekyMonkey888 I'm starting to think we are all using the term 'government' and we're all referring to different things. I view tribes as having governments though they might not use that specific term. Tribes have chief or leaders, they often have councils that make decisions for the whole tribe, they have members who enforce whatever code of conduct the tribe has adopted and implement decisions made by the chiefs or councils. To me that is a form of government. What's your take on it?
acuriousbeast 8 months ago
@acuriousbeast A tribe, like a family, is voluntary and doesn't use force against its members (unless it is dysfunctional); governments are not voluntary, and you better believe they'll use force, confinement, .... anything you can think of, against their citizens (especially if you enjoy dancing at the Jefferson Memorial)
CheekyMonkey888 8 months ago
@acuriousbeast Hi acb - "..some form of government is necessary for a functioning society to exist.." - bollox. Society exists despite governments.
"..Governments become corrupt not because it natural for them to do so, they become corrupt because the citizens let it happen..." - bollox. This is because the semantics isn't dribble. If "citizens" are "governed" then they don't have the power to prevent it, by definition. You're not getting away with this. I'm gonna getcha......later. :)
zalida100 8 months ago
@zalida100 Oh this is going to be great fun. Aside from rural, snail eating types, name me one society that exists that does not have a code of conduct and members designated to enforce it when other members violate it i.e. governance. Protectorates are a form a government btw, they are governed by the 'protector'. Citizens do have a way to prevent being governed in ways they don't like, it's called 'rebellion'. Your serve. : D
acuriousbeast 8 months ago
@acuriousbeast "..name me one society that exists.." Very few that i know of. But that's not much of an argument for the necessity of having sociopaths telling you how to run your life. Certainly it is likely a good idea for a society to have a code of conduct. But does that code have to be enforced violently? When you disagree with someone, do you always deal with it by shooting them? Do you deal with it yourself or do you feel the need to have someone else do it for you. sorry i'm late - busy
zalida100 8 months ago
@acuriousbeast I live amongst a bunch of wannabe commies. But that's just cos they're dumb, or brainwashed or both. I know you're not dumb, so let's see why you're writing crap. And I bet it has a bit to do with semantics. e.g. you reckon you're a citizen. Someone in contract with a gubermint, and owes allegiance (tax etc) in return for protection. However, you're supreme court has said that the state is no obliged to protect you, therefore you're not a citizen. So, you're being robbed/conned...
zalida100 8 months ago
@zalida100 I wouldn't be surprised if I was writing crap. I'm not very good at it. Are we talking about actions in a specific case or government in a general way? I think government is a natural byproduct or phenomenon when people get in groups. There is a lot of variety in the forms it takes. The form it takes and how well the form works in large part depends on the group members. To me saying we need to do away with government doesn't make sense. It happens whether you want it or not.
acuriousbeast 8 months ago
@acuriousbeast Hi P. (Just kiddin about the "crap" bit. You know that). Ok, goverment in a general way.
People generally smoke more cigarettes when i groups, but it doesn't make it a good idea. (Most people would agree. Even the smokers). All I'm saying is, that gov is a bad habit and people would in general be much better off without it, in almost any way you choose to measure what "better off" means. I wouldn't say that "we need" to do anything. I just think that no gov is a more rational idea
zalida100 8 months ago
@zalida100 I like it when you say, after a few minutes, I get more focused. Just don't do it too much. I gave up voodoo for Lent and last time I checked, Easter's been over for a few weeks :D. While I see government as an inevitable phenomenon occurring with most human groups lets use the cigarette comparison. If one wants to eliminate cigarettes from being smoked by others one either offers a substitute or one deals with the effects of withdraw from the former smokers. Which would you choose?
acuriousbeast 8 months ago
@acuriousbeast "..when you say, after a few minutes, I get more focused...." (Don't know what you mean here).
I don't care if people smoke. They just don't have the right to smoke on my front porch, without my permission. Right now, they are blowing smoke in my face and forcing me to buy their cigarettes too.
I am quite happy if they smoke. It's none of my business.
zalida100 8 months ago
@zalida100 B, you are the most fun I've had all day and I've had a nicely entertaining day. I like it when you say that (the writing being crap) ,after a few minutes (of blistering rage:), I get more focused (true, on what I'm trying to communicate) so I will win (as usual):D That's all.
I wish you here I need some smokes and I'm low on cash. Now which one would you choose; offering a government substitute or letting the bulk of the species go through withdraw behavior & then let things evolve?
acuriousbeast 8 months ago
@acuriousbeast "..offering a government substitute.." There is no substitute on offer. I've said before - When you get out of bed in the morning and find your house burgled, and the burgler has left, the last thing you do is to go find another burgler to replace him.
You don't "need" smokes. Don't you understand why you smoke? I have a nice book for you if you don't.
Glad you had a good day. I got a bite from a pyrenean mountain dog today. I kicked it's ass though - haha
zalida100 8 months ago
@zalida100 Those things are huge, somebody in the neighborhood has a set. I smoke because I'm addicted to it plus it's fun sometimes. I don't need a book to tell me that, all I need is a mirror and they usually have those at the bar:)
acuriousbeast 8 months ago
@acuriousbeast Yeah, this is a big heavy brute. (It's a bit mad I think).
"..addicted to it plus it's fun..." Now, if you were really honest you'd see that that's not quite true. It could be argued that it was fun initially, but addiction is a condition where the drug is used to achieve "normality." Semantics again, I suppose.
I wasn't aware that there were still places in usa where you could still smoke without being attacked......by your beloved daddy gubbermint. - hehe
zalida100 8 months ago
@zalida100 It's completely true. It can still be fun after you achieve normality. Americans and especially Texans are brilliant at exploiting loopholes and perverting the true intent of laws. Look at our government , they do it all the time, with swiftness, ease, and straight faces no less. It's either genetic or something in the water. I haven't figured that part out yet.
acuriousbeast 8 months ago
@acuriousbeast What was I thinking - talking about normality to a texan?
The logic is great. Quite happily acknowledging the ability of people to find ways around dumb laws, while claiming the necessity of having other people make up those laws, to protect you, apparently. More statist contradiction. Ya nutter! :)
zalida100 8 months ago
Another great interview! Did you get these interviews by just asking these guys or did you kind of build up some connections as you made new ones?
dieyoung 8 months ago
the real problem is the stupor of the population
bodyheals 8 months ago 2
@bodyheals BINGO! The problem is the apathy of the citizenry.
acuriousbeast 8 months ago
@acuriousbeast americans have become a sadly weak people, we need some GRIT and when it hurts enough for enough of us we will rise and hunt down the inter-alpha and smother their dirty flame.
bodyheals 8 months ago
@bodyheals you got my vote!
acuriousbeast 8 months ago
thank you for all of your hard work SGT.....I can't get enough of these interviews I have listened to everyone, many more than once lol
polevaultrockstr 8 months ago
Thanks for tuning in. g'nite guys!
SGTbull07 8 months ago 15
@SGTbull07 I discovered a well-known documentary called "MIssing LInks" in you tube. However, i know you're busy man but it would be tremendous to give some feedback. The producer claims issues Alex Jones will not talk about.
stos441 8 months ago
I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Mr. Griffin in Manhattan back in 2009. Great guy.
captvanhalen 8 months ago
"We need an honorable government".
Someone explain that to Rep. Weiner. LOL
tyronebiggums3 8 months ago
Yes indeed ! Thumbs UP !
TheSilverWatch 8 months ago