In 2015, the words \u201cservant\u201d and \u201cslave\u201d have very negative connotations, and we typically don\u2019t use them very much.<\/strong><\/p>\n Instead, we use words like \u201cemployee\u201d because they make us feel so much better.<\/p>\n But is there really that much of a difference?<\/p>\n This is how Google defines \u201cservant\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n \u201ca person who performs duties for others, especially a person employed in a house on domestic duties or as a personal attendant.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n This is how Google defines \u201cslave\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n \u201ca person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n This is how Google defines \u201cemployee\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n \u201ca person employed for wages or salary, especially at nonexecutive level.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Yes, most of us might not be \u201clegal property\u201d of someone else in a very narrow sense, but in a broader sense we all have to answer to someone.<\/p>\n We all have someone that we must obey.<\/p>\n And we all have obligations that we must meet or else face the consequences.<\/p>\n At this point, Americans are more dependent on the system than ever before.\u00a0 Small business ownership in the U.S. is at a record low<\/span><\/b><\/a>, and the percentage of Americans that are self-employed has fallen to unprecedented levels<\/span><\/b><\/a> in recent years.\u00a0 From a very early age, we are trained to study hard so that we can get a good \u201cjob\u201d (\u201cjust over broke\u201d) and be good cogs in the system.<\/p>\n But is that what life is about? Is it about being a cog in a system that ultimately benefits others? Perhaps you don\u2019t think that any of this applies to you personally.<\/p>\n Well, if someone came up to you and asked you what you truly own, what would you say? Do you own your vehicle?<\/p>\n Most Americans don\u2019t.<\/em><\/p>\n In fact, today the average auto loan at signing is\u00a0approximately $27,000<\/span><\/b>, and many of them stretch on for six or seven years.<\/p>\n What about your home? Do you own it?<\/p>\n Most Americans don\u2019t.<\/em><\/p>\n In fact, overall the banks have a much greater \u201cownership\u201d interest in our homes and our land than we do. But even if you have your home totally \u201cpaid off\u201d, does that mean that you actually \u201cown\u201d it?<\/p>\n Well, no, not really.<\/em><\/p>\n Just see what happens if you quit paying your property taxes (rent) to the proper authorities.<\/p>\n So if they can take your home away from you for not paying rent (property taxes), do you really own it? That is something to think about it.<\/p>\n What about all of your stuff? Do you own it?<\/p>\n Perhaps.<\/em><\/p>\n But a very large percentage of us have willingly enslaved ourselves in order to acquire all of that stuff.<\/p>\n Today, the typical U.S. household that has at least one credit card has approximately $15,950<\/span><\/b> in credit card debt.<\/p>\n And if you do not pay off those credit card balances, the credit card companies will unleash the hounds on you.<\/p>\n Have you ever had an encounter with a debt collector? They can be absolutely brutal.\u00a0 And they use those tactics because they work.\u00a0 In fact, they are so good at what they do that many of those that own debt collection companies have become exceedingly wealthy.\u00a0 The following is from a recent\u00a0CNN article<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n Yachts. Mansions. Extravagant dinner parties. Life is good for the founders of one of the nation\u2019s biggest government debt collectors.<\/p>\n That firm, Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, rakes in big money from government contracts that allow it to pursue debtors over toll violations, taxes and parking tickets. While the debts often start small, the Austin-based firm charges high fees, which can add hundreds or even thousands of dollars to the bill.<\/p>\n After growing this business from a small Texas law firm in the late 1970\u2019s to a nationwide debt collection powerhouse, the firm\u2019s founders and top brass have walked away with millions of dollars.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n And I haven\u2019t even mentioned our collective debts yet. We have willingly chosen to collectively enslave ourselves on a local, a state and a national level.<\/p>\n It is bad enough that we are doing this to ourselves.\u00a0 But we are also cruelly saddling future generations of Americans with the largest mountain of debt in the history of the planet.\u00a0 The following is from my previous article entitled \u201cBarack Obama Says That What America Really Needs Is Lots More Debt<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u201c\u2026<\/p>\n When Barack Obama took the oath of office, the U.S. national debt was 10.6 trillion dollars.\u00a0 Today, it has surpassed the 18 trillion dollar mark.\u00a0 And even though we are being told that \u201cdeficits are going down\u201d, the truth is that the U.S. national debt increased by more than a trillion dollars<\/span><\/b><\/a> in fiscal 2014.\u00a0 But that isn\u2019t good enough for Obama.\u00a0 He says that we need to come out of this period of \u201cmindless austerity\u201d and steal money from our children and our grandchildren even faster.\u00a0 In addition, Obama wants to raise taxes again.\u00a0 His budget calls for 2 trillion dollars in tax increases over the next decade.\u00a0 He always touts these tax increases as \u201ctax hikes on the rich\u201d, but somehow they almost always seem to end up hitting the middle class too.\u00a0 But whether or not Congress ever adopts Obama\u2019s new budget is not really the issue.\u00a0 The reality of the matter is that the \u201ctax and spend Democrats\u201d and<\/b> the \u201ctax and spend Republicans\u201d are both<\/b> responsible for getting us into this mess.\u00a0 Future generations of Americans are already facing the largest mountain of debt in the history of the planet, and both parties<\/b> want to make this mountain of debt even higher.\u00a0 The only disagreement is about how fast it should happen.\u00a0 It is a national disgrace, but most Americans have come to accept this as \u201cnormal\u201d.\u00a0 If our children and our grandchildren get the opportunity, they will curse us for what we have done to them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n So can we really call ourselves the \u201chome of the brave and the land of the free\u201d?<\/p>\n Isn\u2019t the truth that the vast majority of us are actually deeply enslaved?<\/p>\n Article: http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/archives\/americans-slaves-dont-even-know<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Most Americans spend their lives working for others, paying off debts to others and performing tasks that others tell them that they \u201cmust\u201d do.\u00a0 These days, we don\u2019t like to think of ourselves as \u201cservants\u201d or \u201cslaves\u201d, but that is what the vast majority of us are.\u00a0 It is just that the mechanisms of our … Lees verder Mostly valid in Europe too…<\/span> ![\"20150228_debt_0\"](\"https:\/\/gefreedom.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/05\/20150228_debt_0.jpg?w=300\")
Today, when you add up all mortgage debt, all credit card debt and all student loan debt, the average American household is carrying a grand total of 203,163 dollars<\/span> of debt.<\/strong>\u00a0 Overall, American households are more than 11 trillion dollars in debt<\/span> at this point.\u00a0 And even though most Americans don\u2019t realize this, over the course of our lifetimes the amount of money that we will repay on our debts is far greater than the amount that we originally borrowed.\u00a0 In fact, when it comes to credit card debt you can easily end up repaying several times the amount of money that you originally borrowed.\u00a0 So we work our fingers to the bone to pay off these debts, and the vast majority of us are not even working for ourselves.\u00a0 Instead, our work makes the businesses that other people own more profitable.\u00a0 So if we spend the best years of our lives building businesses for others, servicing debts that we owe to others and making others wealthier, what does that make us?<\/strong><\/p>\n