With the Vancouver riots exploding into mainstream media yesterday following something as economically trivial as a hockey game, I thought it would be worth a discussion about whether these riots are a sign of something much larger going on. Something bigger stirring about.

Canada and the United States are very different, culturally, but sooner or later the financial hens will come home to roost in Canada, just as they are in the US. When that happens, what does Canada look like? Continue Reading…

Our culture needed compliant workers, people who would contribute without complaint, and we set out to create as many of them as we could.

And so generations of students turned into generations of cogs—factory workers in search of a sinecure. We were brainwashed into fitting in, and then discovered that the economy wanted people who stood out instead.

When exactly were we brainwashed into believing that the best way to earn a living is to have a job?

via Seth Godin, here [warning: PDF]. And what do I say in response? Truer words are rarely uttered.

A lot of people think that the president of the New York Fed works for the U.S. government. But in fact you work for the private banks that elected you.

via bloomberg.com

…is that the most serious and costly error people will make is mistaking realism for ‘doom and gloom’ pessimism.

If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issuance of their currency, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all their property until their children will wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.

Can you say “wake up and smell the Federal Reserve”?

Whether I’ve got an audience of 3,000 people in Vegas, or a small CEO-level meeting of 20 people, I always open with the same observation. It’s from an Australian study which concluded that 65% of the kids in pre-school today will work in jobs or careers that do not yet exist.

via jimcarroll.com

Interestingly, I don’t think that this statement is all that far-fetched. Given that, our pathetic education system is in need of more reform than ever, to equip our children with skills that matter. Common sense, and the ability to think for one’s self would be a good start.