I think we all know the story of the Grinch quite well, and for those who don't, here it is in a nutshell. The Grinch in the beginning is an evil man who lives on a mountain outside of Whoville. His master plan is to steal all of the Christmas gifts from under the trees of each household in Whoville the night before Christmas, so the Whos down in Whoville wake up to a presentless Christmas. The Grinch does this successfully with his pet dog then realizes it was wrong. Thus, he returns all of the gifts to their rightful owners and has a feast with the Whos.
Now, if we compare this to the modern
political sphere, I think we can draw some surprising comparisons. The Grinch
can be viewed as the Federal Reserve, and the Whos down in Whoville represent
the American people in America. The gifts under the Christmas trees represent
the fruits of the labor of the American people. Lastly, the acquaintance to the
Grinch (the dog) is somewhat like the federal government. The Grinch is taking
away from the citizens of Whoville similar to how the Federal Reserve steals
from the American people through inflation meaning they devalue the earnings,
savings, and investments of the American people. The federal government abets
the Federal Reserve through not abolishing its very existence. Once the Federal
Reserve is abolished, the fruits of the labor of the American people may be
rightfully returned to them because there will no longer be a central banking
system that artificially alters interest rates and prints money out of thin
air. The American people will then flourish once the fruits of their labor are
returned to them just like the presents of the Whos in Whoville.
-Austin Cox
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