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    What is Truth? On the Nature of Empire
    What is Truth? On the Nature of Empire
    What is Truth? On the Nature of Empire
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    What is Truth? On the Nature of Empire

    By David Mint

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    Empire, and by extension modern large-scale government, is not only unnecessary, but a great hindrance to human progress. This volume explains the nature of the Imperial model and why it ensures that the worst elements of humanity will rise to power. It also presents the only known antidote to Empire, peaceful non-resistance.

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    PublisherDavid Mint
    Release dateMar 14, 2013
    ISBN9781301907090
    What is Truth? On the Nature of Empire
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    David Mint

    David is happily married with two children and lives in Portland, Oregon where he has pondered monetary theory and other less pressing but infinitely more entertaining matters since 2006. He has travelled extensively in the United States and has resided in Nebraska, Colorado, Spain, and Bolivia. He has a Bachelors degree in Business Administration from Colorado State University and an MBA from the Universitat de Barcelona, Spain with over 18 years of experience in Accounting, Finance, Treasury, and Information Systems Consulting positions both in the United States and Spain. He is the creator of The Mint, which presents fresh ideas on Economics, Monetary Theory, and Politics. You can read The Mint at http://www.davidmint.com and you may contact him at davidminteconomics@gmail.com.

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      What is Truth? On the Nature of Empire - David Mint

      What is Truth?

      On the Nature of Empire

      Why what we use as Money Matters Volume IV

      By David Mint

      Published by The Wilcox Trading Company

      Copyright 2013 The Wilcox Trading Company

      Portland, Oregon

      Smashwords edition: March 2013

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      Cover design by David Mint at WDesign

      Adaptation of the painting "Joseph and His Brethren Welcomed by Pharaoh," watercolor by French painter James Tissot, ca. 1900 (b.1836 d.1902)

      Table of Contents

      Empire: An introduction

      Fiat Currency: The Poisonous Money Supply

      Turf: Maintaining the Peace

      Debt: A Corrosive Symptom of Empire

      Empire Ensures the Promotion of the Morally Corrupt

      Jon Corzine: An example of leadership in the modern day Imperial system

      The Better Way

      Required Reading for All Human Beings

      What is Truth?

      Conclusion

      Appendix A: The Catechism of Non-Resistance

      About the Author

      Empire: An introduction

      Empire -/'empī(ə)r/- noun -1. An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority or oligarchy.

      Derived from the Latin imperium, the word Empire has come to embody the concept of dominance on a grand scale. From the time of the original Akkadian, Mayan, and Egyptian Empires to the more recent Greek, Roman, and British versions, the ignoble goal of all Imperial activities has been to establish and maintain primacy in the affairs of men and women throughout the known world.

      Proof of this is found in the behavior of the heads of Empire, known as emperors and empresses, who invariably come to embody the ultimate conceit of the imperial mindset by attempting to establish themselves as a deity. The conceit is always fatal, for this ridiculous presumption has the nasty side-affect of destroying any shred of legitimacy that the head of Empire may have previously established with those subject to them. However, whether or not the emperor publically manifests a claim to deity by demanding reverence reserved for the truly divine, those who have reigned in the emperor's chair have invariably come to assume that they had, at their disposal, the divine right to liquidate any and all threats to their claim to ultimate power over their fellow mortals.

      In the twenty first century, it has become clear to most that there is no divine right or imperative for the existence of an Empire on the earth. As such, an ever-increasing number of peoples have thrown off the yoke of Empire in favor of what has become known as a democratic model of collective governance. Yet simply changing the rules of governance has not put an end to the core ideals of Empire, and governments today that are elected democratically have largely retained the hallmarks of Imperial rule, namely the tendencies toward a central monopoly on the use of force and the right to demand tribute. How can this

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