&quot;The old appeals to racial, sexual and religious chauvinism,

&quot;原有對於種族 性別 宗教沙文主義

to rabid nationalist fervor are beginning not to work.&quot;

以及對狂熱民族主義的熱忱開始逐漸消退&quot;

&quot;The business of who I am and whether I&#39;m good or bad

&quot;關於我是誰  是好人還是壞人

or achieving or not, all that&#39;s learned along the way.&quot;

是成功還是失敗的種種  都是在生活中習得的&quot;

&quot;這一切不過是坐一趟雲霄飛車罷了

and we can change it anytime we want. It&#39;s only a choice.

我們能隨時改變它  這只是個選擇

No effort, no work, no job, no savings of money.&quot;

沒有所謂的成就 工作 職業 存款&quot;

&quot;I realized that I had the game wrong,

that the game was to find out what I already was.&quot;

And, he&#39;s built a society along these lines.&quot;

並據此構建了一個具有類似特徵的社會&quot;

&quot;It is no measure of health to be well adjusted

to a profoundly sick society.&quot; J. Krishnamurti

不存在可使其痊癒的良藥&quot;  J·克裡希那穆提

Society today, is composed of a series of institutions.

今天的社會  是由一系列的體系組成

in shaping our understandings and perspectives.

和洞察力的形成  有著深遠的影響

Yet, of all the social institutions, we are born into,

然而  在所有這些我們生於其間

受其引導  為其所制約的社會體系中

there seems to be no system as taken for granted,

似乎沒有哪個像金融貨幣體系那樣

the established monetary institution exists

as one of the most unquestioned forms of faith there is.

How money is created, the policies by which it is governed,

金錢從何而來?  受何種法規監管?

are unregistered interests of the great majority of the population.

In a world where 1% of the population owns 40% of the planet&#39;s wealth.

在這樣一個1%的人口  擁有全球40%財富的世界

In a world where 34.000 children die every single day

and where 50% of the world&#39;s population

一個全球50%人口  日均可用開銷

the lifeblood of all of our established institutions,

甚至社會本身  就是&quot;金錢&quot;

Therefore, understanding this institution of monetary policy

因此  理解這種金融貨幣政策的體系

is critical to understanding why our lives are the way they are.

對於理解我們的生活方式十分重要

Unfortunately, economics is often viewed with confusion and boredom.

不幸的是  經濟學總被看作是令人困惑和無聊的學科

quickly deters people from attempts at understanding it.

The complexity associated with the financial system is a mere mask,

金融體系的複雜性僅僅是個假象

designed to conceal one of the most socially paralyzing structures,

其目的是掩飾人類史上所承受過

than those who falsely believe they are free.&quot;

the central bank of the United States, the Federal Reserve,

美國的中央銀行  即美聯準(美國聯邦準備理事會  亦稱聯準會)

produced a document entitled &quot;Modern Money Mechanics&quot;.

This publication detailed the institutionalized practice

of money creation as utilized by the Federal Reserve

and the web of global commercial banks it supports.

On the opening page the document states its objective:

&quot;The purpose of this booklet is to describe

&quot;部分準備金&quot;銀行系統之中

in a &#39;fractional reserve&#39; banking system.&quot;

It then proceeds to describe this fractional reserve process

著重描述了這種部分準備的過程

A translation of which goes something like this:

The United States government decides it needs some money.

&quot;Sure, we&#39;ll buy ten billion in government bonds from you&quot;.

&quot;沒問題  那我們買100億的政府債券&quot;

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