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Welcome to Bizarro World
Editors note:
This is article was oiriginally publsihed in May by Outsider Club founder Nick Hodge. It's as important and relevant now as it was then and is a must read. Enjoy.
Welcome to Bizarro World
Written by Nick Hodge
So we've officially entered the Twilight Zone.
I mean, the last few years were weird and all, what with zero rates and Occupy Wall Street and the outright militarization of police and no wage growth and record CEO pay...
But now things are really weird.
You've seen the presidential race, right?
Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, is the King of Untruths, and yet no one cares. The plebes are so jaded with the system and tired of living paycheck to paycheck and fed up with the political-class status quo that this orange-haired blob lobs a couple un-PC quotes their way and they lap it up.
Hillary is an Establishment criminal.
The country deserves both of them. The lot of us have taken our eye off the ball.
How Weird Are Things?
Things are so weird that a large part of the world has swallowed negative rates as normal. You're supposed to get paid interest on deposits. Not the other way around. Only in a world gone mad could this idea even be entertained.
Things are so weird that cops now steal more than burglars. A Washington Post article surfaced late last year with the off-putting title: 'Law enforcement took more stuff from people than burglars did last year'.
To continue reading please click link http://www.outsiderclub.com/welcome-to-bizarro-world/1954