The Secret of Oz

Yesterday I referenced Bill Still's 'The Secret of Oz'. I received an email advising that you can now view 'The Secret of Oz' on youtube. It's embedded above.

It an excellent explanation of the evolution of the money sytem and goes in depth where yesterday's cartoon could not. I encourage everyone to check it out (heads up, it's almost 2 hours long). It also covers the Panic of 1873, and 1893 mentioned in yesterday's comments section.

If you like, this is a 4 minute trailer of 'The Secret of Oz'.

I may have an additional post later in the day if I am able.

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Great little cartoon

Above is a creative 30 minute cartoon I came across while reading ZeroHedge today.

You may recall a post I made on December 21, 2009 that detailed an excellent video called the Secret of Oz.

The Secret of Oz is a follow up film by Ben Still to an earlier work titled, "The Money Masters: How Banks Create the World's Money".

In 'The Secret of Oz', Still argues that the United States is headed for a deep depression unless lawmakers address the root of the problem: mounting interest payments on the national debt.

America once abolished their central bank after a massive debate and political battle. The reasons bare stark similarity to many of the economic problems currently being encountered.

From 1836 to 1913 there was no central bank. This is also a period of massive American prosperity.

America could fund it's economic system without incurring any Federal debt.

In 1913 the bankers won the political battle and the concept of a central bank was restored: The US Federal Reserve was born.

Every time a dollar is created, it is a loan to the Federal Government... a debt that must be repaid with interest, money acquired through income tax (it's no coincidence the IRS and the concept of income tax was also created in 1913).

Above is an interesting little cartoon that attempts to explain the battle over the concept of the central bank... and the role of banks in the housing collapse and credit bubble of the last few decades.

All money is created out of debt, but it doesn't have to be that way. Nations don't have to borrow money from banks. Sovereign nations can create their own money - debt free - just as it was done from 1836-1913.

It's a broad, difficult concept to fully appreciate.

But as this new decade dawns, I believe - in review come 2021 - this topic will be seen as one of the BIGGEST issues of this decade.

This cartoon attempts to examine the issue. I encourage you to track down a copy of the Secret of Oz and check out this cartoon if the topic interests you.

From the description of this cartoon video:

• The AMERICAN DREAM is a 30 minute animated film that shows you how you've been scammed by the most basic elements of our government system. All of us Americans strive for the American Dream, and this film shows you why your dream is getting farther and farther away. Do you know how your money is created? Or how banking works? Why did housing prices skyrocket and then plunge? Do you really know what the Federal Reserve System is and how it affects you every single day? THE AMERICAN DREAM takes an entertaining but hard hitting look at how the problems we have today are nothing new, and why leaders throughout our history have warned us and fought against the current type of financial system we have in America today. You will be challenged to investigate some very entrenched and powerful institutions in this nation, and hopefully encouraged to help get our nation back on track.

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The Secret of Oz

Had a chance to watch "The Secret of Oz: Solutions for a Broken Economy" last night.

Interesting.

It's a follow up film by Ben Still to an earlier work titled, "The Money Masters: How Banks Create the World's Money".

In 'The Secret of Oz', Still argues that the United States is headed for a deep depression unless lawmakers address the root of the problem: mounting interest payments on the national debt.

Still wonders if the solution to America's economic troubles can be found in the pages of L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"?

It is well known in economics academia that "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" – written by Baum in 1900 – is loaded with powerful symbols of monetary reform which were the core of the Populist movement and the 1896 and 1900 presidential bids of Democrat William Jennings Bryan.

The yellow brick road (gold standard), the emerald city of Oz (greenback money), even Dorothy's silver slippers (changed to ruby slippers for the movie version) were symbols of Baum and Bryan's belief that adding silver coinage to gold would provide much needed money to a depression-strapped, 1890s America.

Still's film picks up on Baum’s symbolisms and spells them all out – The yellow brick road, the silver slippers, the Emerald City, the mindless Scarecrow, the heartless Tin Man, the cowardly Lion. Even the witches and flying monkeys have meanings.

Still attempts to present a way the United States can rise up from unworkable debt based math and return quickly to a prosperous future. For Still it requires "pulling back the curtain on America's financial history and viewing it as it is, not how the men behind the curtain box it and present it."

The film focuses on the belief that the people - not the big banks - should control the quantity of a nation's money. The bottom line: No More National Debt.

All money is created out of debt, but nations don't have to borrow money from banks. Sovereign nations can create their own money - debt free - just as Abraham Lincoln did.

The premise is routed in the actions taken by US President Abraham Lincoln.

The film is doing very well on the film festival circuit. It's been accepted by 8 film festivals and has won at 3. It won the Silver Sierra Award for Excellence in Filmmaking at the Yosemite Film Festival, the Award of Merit at The Accolade Competition in La Jolla, California and the Silver Screen Award at the Nevada Film Festival.

It's worth taking a look.

The film is available on Amazon.com and is popular enough that it has found it's way on to other forms of exchange.

It you get the chance, check it out.

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