Trade Deals and the Death of Democracy - David Malone. Part 1-3

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part 1

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1. If Democracy is dead, the cause of death is idiocy

In the true and original sense of the word 'idiot'

Idiot is a word derived from the Greek ἰ??ώ???, idiōtēs ("person lacking professional skill", "a private citizen", "individual&quot , from ἴ????, idios ("private", "one's own&quot . In Latin the word idiota ("ordinary person, layman&quot preceded the Late Latin meaning "uneducated or ignorant person".


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiot

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3. The cause of death is "ISDS" investor-state dispute settlement

And "indirect expropriation"

A specific thing.

Did you watch the videos?

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4. Do I have to watch the videos?

Did you understand the reference?

And idiot is an apolitical person; one who tends to their own affairs and ignores politics.

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5. No, just understand that democracy dies a huge amount when these deals get signed

and that our leadership is becoming increasingly fake and dishonest because of them.

You ca always move somewhere else, try to make a new life for yourself. But its increasingly hard to find a place where democracy isnt threatened by these secret deals.

Maybe two million Americans have died and many Americans have lost around a third to a quarter of their equity, many black people have lost basically everything because of one of them.. The same one that is in my sig.

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6. THAT, I do know. And that, I have lost

And yes, I do see the problem.

And I have seen the problem, and I've been aware of the problem, for decades.

And I return to my original point, which is:

If democracy dies, it is because of idiots in the original sense and definition of the word; people who are involved in their own personal affairs and do not have time or pay attention to politics.

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7. Did you know jobs are going away for good for most people?

barring some miracle of education.

Without jobs, there wont be income which will likely lead to ever increasing drop in literacy and marginalization for billions of people, and genocide, probably, eventually.


Thats whats being set up - the system is being striped of any referrence to moral values or compassion, at a supranational level.

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8. Yes. Indeed, yes.

Please read what I said, because I meant every word.

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2. Bookmarking,

Don't have the heart to watch right now...but thank you, Baobab for the videos.