History Lesson: America Is the Same Oligarchy It Was over a Century AgoAaron Dykes and Melissa Melton Come on, even our Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen (you know, the lady that runs the place that prints our money and sells it to us with interest) has basically admitted it. But are things really getting worse these days or is this just par for the course the same course weve been on for over a century now? Tinkering around in an old bookstore in a small Texas town, we came across a set of old books on democracy; we got the first seven volumes of a set entitled, The March of Democracy: A History of the United States written by James Truslow Adams the guy who coined the term The American Dream for a mere $20. The first books copyright is 1932. The last book ends in 1958. Fascinating stuff For example, in volume four America and World Power the book discusses how Gradually and quite naturally, there grew up the belief in a great conspiracy on the part of the very rich to ruin the poor. Read this and tell me does any of it sound even the least bit familiar to you? That was written, by the way, in 1940; the author was discussing how America was run back in the late 1800s. Not only is the emphasis on Democracy a distortion of the fact the nation was founded as a Constitutional Republic, where rights are preserved rather than subjected to the whims of the majority, but these passages demonstrate the familiar snow job surrounding the all-but-official bankers oligarchy that has ruled this country and many others for some time. In fact, in volume five, The Record of 19331941, Adams records the death of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., as the end of the era of this great wealth never to occur again. Everything ended happily ever after. Well, not quite. Despite appearances, the shift on the part of the Rockefellers and other Robber Barons of the day from outright monopoly to philanthropic non-profit charity work was not an end to the dominance by the super-rich of the early 2oth Century, but an intensification of their undue influence. The taxation of the wealthy as well as the anti-trust actions of the day, which included busting up megacorpses like Standard Oil and ATT, were perhaps well meaning but fundamentally failed to rein in the disparity of power. Instead, new tax laws, in reality, acted to restrict new wealth from reaching the heights of the oligarchy, allowing the elite to keep their own, and initiate new members as desired. The tax-free status of many institutions including the Rockefeller Foundation, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Ford Foundation allowed the incredibly wealthy to a) shield their fortunes from taxation, b) appear to do good works and boost public opinion of their principle members while c) influencing, writing and developing official public policy through the steering mechanisms of its own tax-free grant making, think tank and research powers. Much social engineering has taken place with far too little public notice through these bodies. Additionally, d) many of its directors and board members were in respectable positions to shift into official government positions through the revolving door without appearing to be acting on behalf of their corporate masters. The Reece Committee Hearings, conducted in 1953, attempted to probe the role of tax-free foundations in public life and uncovered many outrageous and conspiratorial actions taking place, including very apparent agendas advancing a one-world corporate-dominated government. However, it did not succeed in a general public understanding of what was taking place, nor did it rein in their powers. The real wealth, from older robber barons accumulated in land, resources, banking and investment and commodities are still there, but remain under reported on the Forbes list of the worlds richest, instead ruling largely from the shadows and influential but secretive groups such as Bilderberg. The Bill Melinda Gates Foundation, as well as the Gates-Buffett led billionaires giving pledge are keeping in stride with the groundwork laid and continued by the Rockefeller Foundation and Ford Foundation. Heavily funded initiatives to push vaccines, birth control, population control, Western-oriented education, GMO and corporate-dominated agriculture and the like remain some of the most consequential and troubling policies done in the name of good by tax-free entities wielding enormous, nearly incalculable wealth and power. In short, the myth of democracy and freedom in the United States the beacon around the world perpetuates, despite a few blemishes. But in reality, the Oligarchy took hold some time ago, has not let up and perhaps never will. Let that sink in, kids. Take a good look, and let it all sink in. And dont forget to read Charlotte Iserbyts revealing and TRUE work, loaded with documents and footnotes, The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America. It helps to explain why you dont know this stuff, why the reins of power have been stolen from us, and why things are not soon going to get better. Unfortunately, the late comedic genius George Carlin was all-too-right when he explained the owners of America and why the education system is broken: And like Carlin said of James Truslow Adams American Dream, The reason they call it the American Dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it. Aaron and Melissa created TruthstreamMedia.com, where this first appeared, as an outlet to examine the news, place it in a broader context, uncover the deceptions, pierce through the fabric of illusions, grasp the underlying factors, know the real enemy, unshackle from the system, and begin to imagine the path towards taking back our lives, one step at a time, so that one day we might truly be free 