BRICS Bank May Provide Reconstruction Aid to Syria

Banks don’t do anything for free. It’s business.

The institution of money gives to people the power to command others to supply goods and services. That is one hell of a power – and people love to exercise that power. Rich people love it. Even poor people love it. Those who control the supply of money have close to “absolute power”. They always have the power to command people to do whatever they want. The most costly of all human activities is waging war. Ever wonder why there is never a shortage of money to pay for war when war is wanted by the money suppliers? Who ultimately bears the costs of wars? Not the money suppliers, but ordinary people who have been made absolutely dependent on money for survival. It’s actually worse than that because those costs are spread out over time so that future generations of ordinary people continue paying off the initial loans plus the relentlessly accumulating compound interest. While ordinary people struggle throughout the repayment process, the unknown lenders continue to reap an ongoing harvest from ordinary people. A harvest of what? A harvest of the power to command people to supply goods and services. I guess that’s what imhotep meant by “business”.
And here comes the best-worst part. The power that money gives is based on a false belief: the belief that money can store value. If you bite on that idea and chew it slowly and thoroughly, and experience to the full the disgusting stench and taste of that idea, will you swallow it or spit it out?