Former Bernie Sanders Advisor Shows Why We Should Not Listen To Xperts
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I don't trust Elon Musk. Wanting to put computer chips into people's brains is very unsettling for me. But I have to give credit when it's due. He has transformed X (formerly known as Twitter) into a medium as lenient to freedom of speech as we could hope for in today's age.
X offers previously censored anti-establishment voices a platform to speak their piece. Experts like mRNA inventor Robert Malone can opine his skepticism of the experimental COVID cocktails. Consequently, there is a flip side to free speech. You cannot enjoy freedom without tolerating freedumb. As more people are allowed to reach the masses via X, there has been a rise in establishment-approved spokespeople, whom I'm calling Xperts.
Xperts are bought-and-paid-for social media influencers and academics who will dance to the beat of an establishment cause. Some of them are ignorant of the causes they promote. Others are aware and will continue tap dancing if the check is big enough.
Stephanie Kelton is one of these Xperts.
Kelton served as the chief economist on the United States Senate Budget Committee in 2015 under the Obama Administration and was an economic advisor to Bernie Sanders when he ran for POTUS in 2016 and 2020.
In a recent interview with NPR's Leila Fadel, Kelton proclaimed that Americans should not be worried about the country's $34 trillion debt.
"FADEL: So $34 trillion in debt sounds scary. Should people be afraid?
KELTON: No. They shouldn't. It's the word debt that makes people afraid. And so when I think about this, you know, I look at this number, and I think, well, it's just keeping track of our savings. That's what it's really recording. So over the arc of U.S. history, the U.S. government typically spends on an annual basis more dollars into the economy than it taxes away from us. And so it's adding dollars, and over time, we keep track of how many dollars have been added. And what that 34 trillion is telling you is that over the long sweep of history, the U.S. government has put that many dollars into our hands without taxing them away."
Kelton is describing Modern Monetary Theory, which argues that governments can solve every economic issue by simply printing more money. History's most influential economists have discredited this theory. Liberal Paul Krugman, libertarian Milton Friedman, and conservative Walter Williams all agree the notion of an economic free lunch is pure fantasy. Uncontrolled printing of money does not magically eliminate scarcity, a basic principle that seems to elude Mrs. Kelton.
The rise in prominence of MMT has allowed even more absurd theories to garner spotlight. Universal basic income, universal healthcare, and universal education. You name it. Because MMT advocates claim the government just has to print the money to pay for them.
If not for the litany of people with Trump Derangement Syndrome, Stephanie Kelton might have won the award for Dumbest Tweet of the Year in 2019:
The carpenter can’t run out of inches
— Stephanie Kelton (@StephanieKelton) April 24, 2019
The stadium can’t run out of points
The airline can’t run out of FF miles
And the USA can’t run out of dollars
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🇺🇸#GetReal https://t.co/lXmF8TbAYr
The stadium can't run out of points? Yeah, she needs "get real" alright.
What makes this tweet so jaw-droppingly asinine is I bet she does not hold that view about the finances in her own home. I guarantee she is not so flippant about the money she needs to feed her children.
Since 2020, the U.S. printed a lot of money, but the economy hasn't improved. Despite the Biden Administration releasing flowery job reports, stores everywhere have "Now Hiring" signs displayed. Wage increases do not match the rising costs of living. People are not getting the most bang for their buck because of shrinkflation.
MMT sounds good on a PowerPoint presentation in an Ivy League classroom but is a disaster in reality.
Stephanie Kelton does not live in reality. Her economic policy reflects the same ideas as those of ruling elites, who desire complete monetary control. X and Meta's algorithms are the channels to spread financial illiteracy to the masses.
Social media algorithms have warped people's minds far more than anyone realizes. Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and X have programmed their users to view the world through the lens of faux-reality and global elitism. The vast majority of opinions and ideas expressed on these platforms do not benefit the working-class population, which makes up most of its user base.
The algorithms slant in favor of the Silicon Valley and Washington D.C. elites who seek to amass as much power as possible. Meta and X are headquartered in California, spreading its radically liberal influence nationwide. Both started as citizen surveillance projects for the CIA. China controls and operates TikTok, which has every incentive to expedite an American downfall.
Users with blue checkmarks, large followings, or a degree from some overpriced university have become all-knowing deities. As long as they shuck and jive for the elites, they are beyond questioning, criticism, and scrutiny.
Xperts become the unsung heroes for the ruling minority. In our era of extreme idolization and golden calves, the elite few thrive on social media exploitation to convince working-class people to support their demise. Bought-and-paid-for influencers peddle myths like the gender wage gap and climate change. They pervert vocabulary, creating terms like "unhoused" and "gender fluid." They promote financial illiteracy and government dependence. Xperts use suffixes like phobic and denier to shout down any naysayers. You criticize the LGBTQ movement? You're transphobic. Shut up. You question the results of the 2020 election? You're an election denier. Shut up.
Xperts cannot tell the truth. Either their handlers won't let them, or they are too indoctrinated to see it themselves. The truth is our reliance on Xperts will lead us closer to New World Order tyranny.
