In this chapter, John is starting to speak out about our 'Death Economy'. The reception was mixed. I didn't come across his books till 2020. When America and most of the world shut down because of COVID-19. After a chance encounter with a gentleman claiming to be a freelance writer. They had lunch which the gentleman paid for. Later that evening John became ill.
After two weeks at NYC Lenox Hills Hospital, it turned out to be a case of diverticulosis. John got a lot of emails. Some supportive and some not so supportive. While John was recovering, he did a lot of research. He began to see parallels and what agreements like NAFTA, CAFTA, TPP, and TTIP were actually about. Then he began to understand why people like Warren Buffet pay little taxes while his secretary pays twice what he does.
John also realized how threats of terrorism or communism keep us constantly at war. He started to understand what had been a part of creating. John made a great point at the end that we are all complicit in the EHM system working because we (you and I) allow it to be. This made me think about George Carlin saying if you have a birth certificate you're guilty.
Over the past couple of years, I've noticed that the relationship between us and our government is like an abusive lover. No matter how many times that lover sends you to an emergency room and/or hospital, it's hard to leave them. You still want no need to protect them.
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