Voting Democrat or Republican is like...

Editor's note: ...putting a loaded double barrel (left and right) shotgun to your head and killing yourself. This kind of extreme wealth disparity breeds resentment, fuels the feeling that the system is rigged, and historically precedes violent uprisings and revolution. One option for Americans as the wealth is consolidated at the very top of the financial structure held in private hands would be to form self-sufficient independent communities.
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Who Really Owns America? The Banks, the Billionaires, and the Deep State

November 12, 2025 | By John Whitehead

"The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don't. You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own and control the corporations. They've long since bought and paid for the Senate, the Congress, the state houses, the city halls. They got the judges in their back pockets and they own all the big media companies, so they control just about all of the news and information you get to hear… They spend billions of dollars every year lobbying. Lobbying to get what they want. Well, we know what they want. They want more for themselves and less for everybody else... It's called the American Dream, 'cause you have to be asleep to believe it." —George Carlin

As President Trump floats the idea of 50-year mortgages, Americans are being sold a new version of the American Dream—one that can never truly be owned, only leased from the banks, billionaires, and private equity landlords who profit from our permanent state of debt. [also see The 50-Year Mortgage – YOU WILL OWN NOTHING]

Which begs the question: who owns America?

Is it the government? The politicians? The corporations? The foreign investors? The American people?

While the Deep State keeps the nation divided and distracted by circus politics—the bread and circuses of empire—the police state's stranglehold on power ensures the continuation of endless wars, runaway spending, and disregard for the rule of law.

Meanwhile, America is literally being bought and sold right out from under us.

Consider the facts.

Homeownership—the cornerstone of middle-class stability—is being transformed into a lifetime rental agreement. Cars, homes, and even college degrees have become indentured commodities in a debt-driven economy where the average American family serves as collateral for Wall Street's profits.

This is not accidental.

It's the natural evolution of an economy built to enrich the few at the expense of the many.

The American Dream has been repackaged as a subscription service—an illusion of ownership propped up by 0% down payments, predatory interest rates, and fine print that lasts a lifetime.

What used to be called "buying" is now simply renting from the future.

We're losing more and more of our land every year to corporations and foreign interests. As individual Americans struggle just to make rent, corporations and foreign investors are quietly buying the country piece by piece. Foreign ownership of U.S. agricultural land has surged to more than 43 million acres—millions added in just the last few years. Meanwhile, large institutional landlords and single-family rental operators have amassed hundreds of thousands of houses across the country. Corporations now hold vast portfolios, converting would-be first-time buyers into permanent tenants. The result is a nation where more of our soil and shelter are controlled by entities whose primary allegiance is to shareholders—not communities.

The same dynamic plays out across industries.

We're losing more and more of our businesses every year to foreign corporations and interests. Brands that once defined American enterprise—U.S. Steel, Budweiser, Jeep and Chrysler, Burger King, 7-Eleven—now fly international flags. Chinese companies and investors are also buying up major food companies, commercial and residential real estate, and other businesses. Global conglomerates have bought up the names we grew up with: U.S. Steel (now Japanese-owned); General Electric (Chinese-owned); Budweiser (Belgium); Burger King (Canada); 7-Eleven (Japan); Jeep, Chrysler, and Dodge (Netherlands); and IBM (China). The American economy has become a franchise of the world's oligarchs. [Editor's note: The Chinese have been inside Amazon ripping off Americans for the past ten years and they can't be retaliated on because they are in China.]

We're digging ourselves deeper and deeper into debt, both as a nation and as a populace. Debt has become America's most profitable export. Washington borrows trillions it cannot repay; Wall Street packages our futures into products it can sell; and households shoulder record balances. The national debt (the amount the federal government has borrowed over the years and must pay back) has surged to more than $38 trillion under President Trump, "the fastest accumulation of a trillion dollars in debt outside of the COVID-19 pandemic." In a nutshell, the U.S. government is funding its existence with a credit card, spending money it doesn't have on programs it can't afford. In this economy, debt has replaced freedom as our national currency.

Please go to The Rutherford Institute to continue reading.

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California leads the US in its collapse:

Lining Up For Gas In California

Now the question becomes if the US empire is collapsing why is the US - and the UK - building up its presents in the Middle East? Israel takes over from the empire:

Trump deploying US military to Damascus, Syria Airbase

Report: US To Build $500 Million Military Base in Israel on the Gaza Border

Look at the utter destructive ongoing mess including massive money laundering the US created in Ukraine killing off an estimated 1.3 million Ukrainian soldiers:

Brussels Goons in Trouble as it is revealed the Israeli Mafia control Ukraine ~ Video

Corruption scandal rocks Ukraine: Zelensky's close associate flees country hours before police raids targeting 70 properties, at least $100 million stolen