{"id":54704,"date":"2020-08-16T06:43:50","date_gmt":"2020-08-16T11:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=54704"},"modified":"2020-08-16T06:43:59","modified_gmt":"2020-08-16T11:43:59","slug":"the-evolution-of-fiat-money-endless-war-the-end-of-citizenship-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=54704","title":{"rendered":"The Evolution Of Fiat Money, Endless War, &#038; The End Of Citizenship (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-zerohedge-page-title\" class=\"block block-core block-page-title-block\">\n<h3 class=\"page-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/evolution-fiat-money-endless-war-end-citizenship-part-2\"><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">The Evolution Of Fiat Money, Endless War, &amp; The End Of Citizenship (Part 2)<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-zerohedge-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-article node--view-mode-full\" role=\"article\">\n<footer class=\"node__meta\">\n<div class=\"submission-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"node__content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/evolution-fiat-money-endless-war-end-citizenship\"><em>Read Part 1 here&#8230;<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2020-08-14_14-18-02_0.jpg?itok=sWRZckeC\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2020-08-14_14-18-02_0.jpg?itok=sWRZckeC\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-08-14_14-18-02_0.jpg?itok=GsPrlhCw 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source 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srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2020-08-14_14-18-02_0.jpg?itok=sWRZckeC 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/2020-08-14_14-18-02_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"318\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"ef4f5be8-5560-4370-a3f8-62023a22e674\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p><u><strong>The Victory of Fiat Money, Endless War, and the Rise of the \u201cCitizen Soldier\u201d<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>The stage was now set for the victory of fiat money after the series of bloody religious wars that plagued Europe over the 16th\u00a0and 17th\u00a0centuries.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>For the first time some combatants would, at least initially, fight for religious \u201cideals\u201d rather than pay or feudal obligation and this marks the beginning of the end of the Classical phase of European warfare.\u00a0 This phase of endless war was funded by ever increasing amounts of silver borrowed on credit which, together with an endless series of tax decrees, initiated severe price inflation, economic depressions, and peasant revolts that became larger and more expensive to quell (on credit).\u00a0 With both political and economic chaos spreading across Europe,<strong>\u00a0it was at this time its intelligentsia began to espouse the \u201cUniversal Rights of Man\u201d which, for its time, was nothing short of extreme radicalism as it demanded an end to the centuries old divine rights of the sovereign over his increasingly taxed subjects.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These tenets of the \u201cUniversal Rights of Man\u201d were quickly adopted and championed by the Bourgeoisie \/ Burghers \/ Borghese, skilled craftsmen, and lesser nobility as a means to not only elevate their social status, but also to break free from their centuries old and ever increasing taxation and military funding obligations to the sovereign.\u00a0 The Reformation and subsequent religious wars proved that rebellion could, albeit at an extreme loss of (peasant) life, extricate a people from its taxation obligation to the Papal Empire.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Evolution Of Fiat Money, Endless War, &amp; The End Of Citizenship (Part 2) Read Part 1 here&#8230; The Victory of Fiat Money, Endless War, and the Rise of the \u201cCitizen Soldier\u201d The stage was now set for the victory of fiat money after the series of bloody religious wars that plagued Europe over the 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