To bring new readers fully into the picture, Northwest Argentina,
where we have our ranch, has a revolution going on. You can see
easily what a slippery claim this is. Most of the people in the
area have ancestors who may or may not once have lived on our
ranch. Nobody knows. Which of them should have title to which
land? And wouldn’t the same principle apply to all the land of
Argentina... and America, too? Are there no Native Americans
with an ancestral claim to Manhattan? Yes, the history books
say the island was purchased for $24 dollars’ worth of geegaws:
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rest of us? We had ancestors, too. Where did they live? What
rights do we have? As a matter of law, it has been settled
for 400 years: The Spanish stole the Chalcachi Valley fair
and square. Since then, land has changed hands in the customary
way – by voluntary purchase and sale. That is a system that is
not likely to change.
But… the report from the ranch continued:
Santos [an activist for the rights of the indigenous peoples of
the area… or a dangerous revolutionary… depending on how you
look at it] showed the people in the valley a document that
he claimed gave the originarios the title to the farm. He
told them that if they were indigenous to the valley, they
should be the owners. Naturally, about a dozen people – all
of them from the four families who live up in the mountains
and always give us trouble – declared that they were originarios.
Then, when we tried to take our cattle up to our pasture, they
blocked the road… they said the farm belonged to them. But
don’t worry. We called the police. They came. They’re here now.
Lots of them. It’s tense. But there’s no violence. At least,
so far. Some of the indigenous people – that is, people with
Native American blood – believe they have a claim on the land,
simply because their ancestors once lived on it.
Wade wades in, "...meanwhile, the planetary economy is in full
collapse, commercial aircraft are falling out of the skies, and
the main issue dividing the Jew-S-of-A is which freaks get to
relieve themselves in whose bathrooms...does not provide any
continuity with the past!"
http://dailycaller.com/2016/05/19/secur ... -bathroom/
On Thursday, our lawyer contacted the authorities in the capital.
He got the Minister for Human Rights and the person in charge of
“Indigenous Affairs” to agree to go up to the ranch. They are
supposed to meet with the revolutionaries and explain that Santos
doesn’t have any authority with the government and that his claims
are completely bogus. Meanwhile, the lawyer filed civil charges
against the ringleaders in local court, claiming that they were
unlawful trespassers who were interfering with our property rights!
But wait… not everyone is sympathetic to the plight of landlords.
One reader writes (sounding like an American Negro)! But wait…
not everyone is sympathetic to the plight of landlords. One
reader writes:
There is a statement that, to me, is hypocritical. You state,
"But the top 5% – where the foxes are – gained income. Their
wages are up more than 50% over the same time. Why? Because
they take more and more money from the rest of us." Mr. Bonner,
what do you mean by "us"? You are a very wealthy [non-Jewish]
man (I admire and respect that). I have seen this in your other
essays. You like to think of yourself as "one of the guys."
Perhaps in some ways you are. But don't forget that you are
wealthier than 99% of your reading audience. So when you say
"they take more and more money from us," it is disingenuous
to act like those rich people are sticking it to you. You are
part of that group that is taking more and more money from
the rest of us.
http://www.bonnerandpartners.com/about/
Now hold on. If it is a crime to be in the top 5% of income,
we plead guilty. Throw the book at us. But we don’t think it
is wrong to make money. We don’t think it is wrong to own
property. We don’t think it is wrong to try to increase the
world’s real wealth – and our own.
On the other hand, we do think it is wrong to take money or
property from other people without their permission. That’s
what the foxes [and Jews] do. That’s what the [Jew-owned]
feds do. And that’s what the [un-washed] revolutionaries are
trying to do to us in Argentina [Woodstock anyone?]. Fortunately,
the foxes that were supporting the revolutionaries (with
taxpayer money) were just booted out of office in Argentina.
And now, we seem to have the law on our side. Still, the war
goes on… Which way will it go? How will it turn out? We don’t
know. But we know which side we’re on… the side of law and
order… of European-style property rights…
Bill Bonner