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You are friggin' brilliant, Tonika! I'll read it after my dance class but had to watch your video first.

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What is this Money that you speak of? I am a perpetual student who has lived week to week for the better part of my life. Sure it’s stressful and slightly humiliating at times but has allowed me to justify putting no time and energy towards understanding financial witchcraftery. But turns out I was just waiting for it to be explained in 3 minutes of soundtracked memes 🙏🏻

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May 31, 2023Liked by Visceral Adventure

Another set of turtles, but one very worth looking down the pile....! I have some Turtle Island Native roots, so in a way it's all very very funny, if you look at it right. Thanks for the Corbett Report link, ever relevant!

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'It was Henry Ford, Sr., who said in substance, "It is perhaps well enough that the people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning." '

I did a bit of studying lifetimes ago after reading The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (with reference to the money trick.) After that minor self-education I thought 'I can't be arsed, I'm working in the arts, I just need my food, shelter and warmth (and maybe some beer money :) )' So I've lived a life of feast or famine.More of the latter by far, but I have what I need. I could be wrong about this, but if I am then I'm wrong about everything going on now: precedents about money (and all other things actually) are going to be irrelevant. If we are shifting into a new paradigm - as I believe we are - there are no precedents there. No-one's written on the tablets there yet. If you live in a two dimensional world you don't see up and down. If you shift into three dimensions you don't know what to do with up and down because you haven't seen it before. And if you try and treat it like backwards and forwards it won't work. We have to learn as we go. That'll be a ride and a half.

Full Bill Hicks quote about that ride: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/494647-the-world-is-like-a-ride-in-an-amusement-park

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"Energy = Money"

Yes.

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I also just recently clued in to the fact that my complete-and-utter lack of knowledge and understanding of money - finance, economics, etc - was a serious shortcoming. I'm trying to learn but having had ZERO of the very basics it's not easy. I watched a video of Catherine Austin Fitz discussing the financial coup d'etat, I don't k now what fiscal means nor do I know what monetary means. I need to learn as if I were a very young child, 10 years old, at that level. But it's such a huge complex daunting 'topic', and as it is, the choice of what to put my psychic energy into seems more and more critical in terms of how it effects my mental health and well-being. Deciding Ok-I'm-going-to-devote-all-the-energy-it-would-take-to-master-this... doesn't seem the best option right now. So I fumble around, watching videos and trying to glean bits and pieces. IN any case, it is clearly something of critical importance these days - I will take a look at the videos you have linked. And nicely done on your own video-creation, excellent as always!!

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Might as well have fun with it right? Excellent and enjoyable.

Good reminder and Corbett video is a great start. I'll look forward to what you come up with next.

Imagine what we could do? Love it. That's the key ingredient. Thanks.

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Fellow artist here with lots of Taurus in my chart. UGH - money. I seriously would rather bury my head in the sand rather than talk about it. I'm aware but still want to bury my head in the sand...

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There is so much to write on about this subject!

Money is such a central aspect of almost all of our lives and yet our currency is based on nothing but faith. Unfortunately the god in which we have placed our faith is robbing us blind and isn't trustworthy.

Generally I would use the equation "time = money"; time seems more accurate than just energy. An employer buys my time and pays me in money (and maybe a few other fringe benefits like a sense of worth). As the decades roll on, I'm giving away more and more of my time without financial compensation because.... well, it gives me a warm fuzzy feeling that maybe I'm doing something more important than my "job". Now if I can just keep from starving. {grin}

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...yup, xactly! (with xtra gruyere too!) I'd love that!

Bein' in Chi-town ya might know of the famous exception to us starry-eyed ahrtistes not knowin' diddly 'bout $.

Most folks 'member Colleen Moore (she of the famous incredible dollhouse at the Mooseum of Science & Industry/History) as a fine silent film actress.

But few knew she INVESTED every durned penny she made makin' movies AND eschewed usin' managers (who'd'a taken her hard-earned do-re-mi) and learned all that financial stuff herself an' made a mint! (An' kept it too!) EVEN durin' the depression cuz she kept her head fer finances they say.

There wuz a myth that she flopped durin' the sound era but that was bunk (ditto fer Clara Bow). She didn't need $ from actin' due to investin' early on. Anywho, Moore performed on an' off fer her entire life and even produced some teevee shows -- but she stayed wealthy--a real exception! Wish THAT talent'd rub off on the rest've us!

Meantimes, I'm MUCH better at omelettes than finances!

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late ta the game here but I loved this'un Tonika--okay, I must've sadly signed the same waiver--I kin shuffle off ta Buffalo, walk like an Egyptian, build an igloo outta cotton balls an' make a mean mushroom omelette but I HAVE NO CLUE 'BOUT MONEY ('cept the song, yup, a rich man's game)... I know 'bout the FED an' I can balance a checkbook (double digits, ha!) but the rest... oh my my! That said, keep 'em comin'--we all could use an ed-yuk-cation!

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END THE FED!

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Jun 2, 2023Liked by Visceral Adventure

This was great! hilarious! and incredibly clever!, but I had to keep my finger on the back button the whole time. I was still enjoying my first laugh when the next 3 or 4 came flying in. I told you before that I think I'm too old to keep up with your stuff, Tonika, but I'll keep trying. You keep on keeping on, you crazy girl!

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Jun 2, 2023Liked by Visceral Adventure

I highly recommend The Ultimate History Lesson, with John Taylor Gatto interview by Richard Grove. It is 5 hours long as it is history. But he covers money very clearly. So do Ellen Brown and Professor Michael Hudson. Both go into the dark processes that are leading to the current fiasco.

Michael Hudson traces money back to the dawn of history almost 10,000 years ago in his amazing book "Forgive Them Their Debts" Ellen Brown has written several wonderful books. To get a list of her books go to her blog, The Web of Debt. Well worth the time. She will shine the light in dark places.

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Nice work, Tonika! I felt a little old watching it, b/c I can't seem to process lyrics being sung and comprehending written memes simultaneously... 🙄

I love the voices of the Spike Girls! I've never heard of them before. What's their story?

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Jun 1, 2023Liked by Visceral Adventure

If there is nothing inherently evil about interest, why then does the Torah forbid the practice between Jews?

True, there are many instances in which reckless interest rates can destroy an entire family. But the Torah could simply set guidelines establishing when interest may not be charged, and fix reasonable rates for instances when interest is fair play. Indeed, when it comes to the sale of merchandise, the Torah forbids exorbitant profit margins on staple products.2 Why not do the same here? Why forbid interest altogether?

Both Ramban (Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman, 13th century) and Rabbi Don Yitzchak Abarbanel (15th century) agree3 that as long as rates are reasonable,4 there isn’t necessarily anything morally wrong with ribit.

They explain that the reason Torah prohibits ribit between Jews is simply because your fellow Jew is family. It’s just not appropriate for family members to help each other out on terms of interest. The Jewish nation is meant to behave as a cohesive unit, like a single organism, each one concerned for the other’s benefit as much as with his own.

On the other hand, neither is it practical to treat the entire world as your immediate family—especially when they do not have the same laws as you. If you did, you would quickly find yourself out of resources.

So, although we accept the Torah’s ban on charging our fellow Jews interest, it would not be wise or helpful to extend this to all people. The Torah thereby renders us somewhat like a healthy organism swimming among many others in a big pond, which seeks its own balanced ecology.

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