America: Yesterday ... All Our Troubles Seemed Just Like Today

Below is a portion of a famous speech given by John Francis Hylan while he was mayor of New York in 1922.

"The real menace of our Republic is the invisible government, which like a giant octopus sprawls its slimy legs over our cities, states and nation. To depart from mere generalizations, let me say that at the head of this octopus are the Rockefeller–Standard Oil interests and a small group of powerful banking houses generally referred to as the international bankers. The little coterie of powerful international bankers virtually run the United States government for their own selfish purposes. They practically control both parties, write political platforms, make catspaws of party leaders, use the leading men of private organizations, and resort to every device to place in nomination for high public office only such candidates as will be amenable to the dictates of corrupt big business. These international bankers and Rockefeller–Standard Oil interests control the majority of the newspapers and magazines in this country. They use the columns of these papers to club into submission or drive out of office public officials who refuse to do the bidding of the powerful corrupt cliques which compose the invisible government. It operates under cover of a self-created screen [and] seizes our executive officers, legislative bodies, schools, courts, newspapers and every agency created for the public protection." 

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That was in 1922. 

Not much has changed, has it? 

Admit it. If I had not told you that was spoken in 1922, you would have thought I was describing current events. Wouldn't you? 

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Life is like a television soap opera. You could be a loyal viewer. But then you stop watching it for a long time. One day you decide to start watching again. When you do start again, you realize that you can practically pick up from where you left off. Because nothing much has changed. 

(NOTE: I actually did stop watching a soap opera once and then started watching it again years later. That's how I know you can pick up right where you left off. That's why I can make the analogy. )

* * * Does America have an “invisible government”? Quite frankly, I believe every country has one. The USA is no exception. Nevertheless, Americans have a Constitution that allows US to publicly govern ourselves.

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

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