Thanks for writing, we've had encroaching impunity for wealthy, white-collar criminals since at least the Great Recession and it's high time that we stopped it!
Can you imagine the fear the poor little rich boys and girls have to live with 24-7? We have some uncomfortable days or weeks or even months but we know it’s a temporary condition. It’s not always going to be this way - in whatever way it is we have happen in life. But the fear these oligarchs must have that one bad move, one strike of the black sharpie could destroy them! Or that’s probably how they think. So having to clutch the —— um, coattails of Trump is the price they are willing to pay and I’m getting some satisfaction just knowing they are his slaves! I imagine they’ll even get tired of propping him up - Weekend at Bernie’s style.
I very much appreciate this kind of information. Billions here billions there. I grew up in an era where the total cost of the Mackinac Bridge was 100 million dollars. There was a television show called The Millionaire where an individual named John Bears Fortipton gave away a million dollars to someone unrelated individual. I still relate to the cost of the Mackinac Bridge because it is there and that was built during my lifetime.
Joseph, thank you for this incredibly insightful comment. You've perfectly articulated something I've struggled to put into words.
You're pointing out a kind of "conceptual inflation." The numbers have become so astronomically large they lose all meaning. A billion, forty billion... it becomes static noise.
And I believe that's an intentional feature of the system. It's a shield. When the scale of the crime is so vast it becomes an abstraction, it's harder for us to feel the anger we should.
Your reference to the Mackinac Bridge is the perfect antidote. It re-anchors these numbers in reality. It forces us to ask the right question: "What could we have built with the $40 billion JPMorgan Chase has paid in fines?"
Thank you for bringing that powerful, grounded perspective. It's essential.
In 1971 my father became ill and lost his job. The most he made was $3.08 an hour. We were a family of six. We were middle class in metro Detroit area. We did not have care in world. So much money is corrupt.
It’s not that we can’t feel the anger, it feels like helpless anger. It’s over my head for sure. Would ending Citizens United do anything? Corporate Welfare?
I really appreciate both your thoughts on this. I’ve wondered lately how many zeroes does a billion or a trillion even have? After 6 for a million I don’t know if I even care to know. I get what you’re saying about a conceptual inflation or conceptual wealth would work for a definition, too, I think. It’s way beyond what one person ever needs to have. What to do about that? Cap incomes? I’m not really expecting an answer but some short sweet solution to that problem would be cool if anyone wants to take a stab at it!
Hey! Fellow Michigander? That bridge started my life long love of bridges. I went up north a few months back - yeah. Still standing! The bridge and me.
Many of these trans-national banks are in need of a huge overhaul, clean and complete. Add Citibank and Wells Fargo ( yes, that cleanup is far from complete) to that list which is long overdue. It would take years if it happened at all.
Arrrgghh Wells Fargo. Boy do I have a lawsuit for them if I could find a pro bono civil rights attorney. I contacted a pretty busy and known guy who told me he wasn’t saying I didn’t have a case - he just couldn’t take it. And told me not to waste time and not to give up.
Thank you Ethan. This was a great read with solid facts. I highly recommend others read it and look forward to part 2. You are especially right about the cycle of puppets in the house we are eternally focused and fighting for as our “saviors”, when in actuality they are the distraction while we are robbed blind so another millionaire may become a billionaire. Whether the man holding the gun is wearing red or blue is of little consequence. Either way they will be wrapped in an American flag and take what little we have left 🫡❤️
My question is, “how do we get the sheep to care about the system being rigged only for the 1% and to realize that the American dream was all a sham? The untouchables will always be untouchable until we tear down the system that’s there to keep us in our place.
Kelly, that's the single most important question we can ask. Thank you for putting it so clearly.
My answer is that we don't make them care by tearing things down. We show them there's a world worth caring about. The system is designed to make us feel hopeless, like the only option is to burn it all down. But that's their trap.
Our strategy is twofold:
Indict the Architects: We keep dragging their crimes into the light, one prosecutorial brief at a time, just like we did with Dimon. We provide the undeniable evidence.
Build Our Own World: This is the most important part. We stop playing their game entirely. We start building a parallel world in our own backyards—supporting local businesses, using local credit unions, and forging the very communities they tried to atomize.
We win by making their system obsolete. We build something so much more human and beautiful that people will fight to protect it. That's how we get them to care.
You've hit on the exact, tangible blueprints for what that "parallel world" looks like. Employee-owned companies, co-ops, and credit unions are the foundational building blocks.
They are systems designed to keep value and power within our communities, instead of being extracted by The Rust. Thank you for bringing them into the conversation. It's a critical point.
I agree — when I said “tear,” I meant to convey that the system we live under was never built for the average American to truly thrive. It was designed to keep us compliant — giving just enough to make us believe we’ve achieved the dream, while keeping real power and prosperity out of reach.
It’s up to us to reimagine and rebuild a system where everyone benefits, not just a privileged few. That’s why our collective voice matters. Through peaceful resistance and organized protest, we can build the momentum needed to create lasting change — and reach that critical 3.5% tipping point that sparks true transformation.
The injustice and cruelty of this administration are both infuriating and heartbreaking that it’s hard to comprehend most days plus the amount it information we have to consume to stay informed. But what makes it even more disturbing is that it’s not just the government but powerful groups driving it as well— They come from different sectors but their goal is the same: to consolidate power, control the narrative, and dismantle democracy for their own gain.
Excellent reporting on one of the power elite. Dimon is one of a long line of the power elite, who manipulate the world’s economy outside the political sphere. Sometimes they get in the news for what they are such as the trilateral commission of the ‘70s and ‘80s.
I first got an understanding of this phenomenon after reading a book titled “The Social Elite”. It was published in the 1950s and discusses who is really in control and where they come from. With some minor changes it still holds true today.
Jamie Dimon's warning about a market crash is the thief ringing your doorbell to “help” you find your missing jewelry. He is not forecasting risk. He is laundering culpability.
Dimon, the sober adult in the room, is “far more worried than others,” a steady hand urging prudence while the rest of us panic.
We already live in the house Dimon built. The revolving door clicks. Deferred prosecutions turn felonies into subscription fees. “Shareholder value” is the incense that makes looting smell like leadership. He plays statesman on the BBC while the cash register hums. That is not foresight. That is brand management.
If you are paid to create externalities, then you are not a steward. You are a risk exporter. Dimon’s oeuvre exports harm to households and imports applause into the C-suite.
“I am worried” is a hedged alibi. Say it enough, and every shock becomes proof of your wisdom rather than evidence of your extraction. It is the magician’s flourish. Look here at my concern, not there at my compensation.
If the market is fragile, who made it glass? If households are overexposed, who sold them splinters disguised as floors? If trust is thin, who grounds it down to squeeze a few more points of ROE? The warning is not a public service. It is preemptive blame shifting.
This is the vertical war you named, and not Left versus Right. Top versus the rest. The same playbook every time. Manufacture volatility. Harvest policy. Monetize consequence. Smile for television.
What to do now.
1. Stop treating corporate settlements like absolution. Demand personal liability that pierces the boardroom bubble.
2. Tie executive comp to long-horizon repair, not short-horizon PR. If you break it, you pay for the cleanup with your own money.
3. Publish renewable proofs on predatory fee structures, vendor risk, and model risk. Proof on cadence, not vibes on camera.
4. Audit the “statesman show.” Every media hit should carry a footnote of the firm’s open investigations and unresolved harms. Sunlight is not slander. It is context.
Dimon's warning of fire is not news. It is smoke machine theater. The lesson is simple. Do not mistake a sprinkler test for rain.
If Jamie Dimon wants to warn us, he can start by pulling the alarm in his own building. Until then, treat his “concern” like any other structured product. Read the risk, not the brochure.
A woman after my own heart! ;) I just asked a few minutes ago, what do we do about this excessive wealth? If I would have scrolled a little further I might not have asked the question. Good answer, tho. I really don’t like math and I’ll be chewing on your ideas for a minute. Until I can really conceptualize it to my satisfaction. I’ve never heard any other solution so I’m going to be giving this some thought. Thanks for taking the time.
I am curious about what others might think, too. It could be a fun time. Or deadly serious.
The person in the White House in 2025 must address every single person who participated in the crimes BEFORE election season 2026 begins. LONG before another election is stolen from us as we KNOWINGLY watch!
We are going to need other countries to get involved. America will not arrest these individuals as their ties are too deep. France, Germany, Japan, please step in and start bringing justice for the children. As these dominos fall and crack America’s foundation, internally we will widen the fissures for our criminals. Yes our criminals currently hold power, but aren’t the superhumans they think they are.
The sheer amount of evil one person can wallow in is incredible. All for the sake of money. I have never cared for money much, it's a means to an end for me. I will never understand being willing to sell your soul for something as filthy as money.
Thanks for writing, we've had encroaching impunity for wealthy, white-collar criminals since at least the Great Recession and it's high time that we stopped it!
Thank you for reading!
Jamie Diamond is Just A Good Used Car Salesman WHO Always Delivers Global Gloom and Doom.
But Stop 🛑 And Think About For One Moment.
If the Stock Markets Crashed, All of the World’s Elites Would Commit Suicide. They Have To Much To Lose!
Can you imagine the fear the poor little rich boys and girls have to live with 24-7? We have some uncomfortable days or weeks or even months but we know it’s a temporary condition. It’s not always going to be this way - in whatever way it is we have happen in life. But the fear these oligarchs must have that one bad move, one strike of the black sharpie could destroy them! Or that’s probably how they think. So having to clutch the —— um, coattails of Trump is the price they are willing to pay and I’m getting some satisfaction just knowing they are his slaves! I imagine they’ll even get tired of propping him up - Weekend at Bernie’s style.
They can short it
Does the Christian Nationalist movement tie into all the banking corruption?
Good question Any answers?
Just FYI, The spelling should be “too” not “to” much to lose. Correct spelling always makes you look more professional.🙂
I very much appreciate this kind of information. Billions here billions there. I grew up in an era where the total cost of the Mackinac Bridge was 100 million dollars. There was a television show called The Millionaire where an individual named John Bears Fortipton gave away a million dollars to someone unrelated individual. I still relate to the cost of the Mackinac Bridge because it is there and that was built during my lifetime.
Joseph, thank you for this incredibly insightful comment. You've perfectly articulated something I've struggled to put into words.
You're pointing out a kind of "conceptual inflation." The numbers have become so astronomically large they lose all meaning. A billion, forty billion... it becomes static noise.
And I believe that's an intentional feature of the system. It's a shield. When the scale of the crime is so vast it becomes an abstraction, it's harder for us to feel the anger we should.
Your reference to the Mackinac Bridge is the perfect antidote. It re-anchors these numbers in reality. It forces us to ask the right question: "What could we have built with the $40 billion JPMorgan Chase has paid in fines?"
Thank you for bringing that powerful, grounded perspective. It's essential.
In 1971 my father became ill and lost his job. The most he made was $3.08 an hour. We were a family of six. We were middle class in metro Detroit area. We did not have care in world. So much money is corrupt.
It’s not that we can’t feel the anger, it feels like helpless anger. It’s over my head for sure. Would ending Citizens United do anything? Corporate Welfare?
I really appreciate both your thoughts on this. I’ve wondered lately how many zeroes does a billion or a trillion even have? After 6 for a million I don’t know if I even care to know. I get what you’re saying about a conceptual inflation or conceptual wealth would work for a definition, too, I think. It’s way beyond what one person ever needs to have. What to do about that? Cap incomes? I’m not really expecting an answer but some short sweet solution to that problem would be cool if anyone wants to take a stab at it!
All the world is one big cake. Take your piece, but not too much.
I remember it as a kid. I also recall that it was some people’s downfall…😱
Hey! Fellow Michigander? That bridge started my life long love of bridges. I went up north a few months back - yeah. Still standing! The bridge and me.
May I ask how old are you? I’m 74. 1957 I was six.
Many of these trans-national banks are in need of a huge overhaul, clean and complete. Add Citibank and Wells Fargo ( yes, that cleanup is far from complete) to that list which is long overdue. It would take years if it happened at all.
Arrrgghh Wells Fargo. Boy do I have a lawsuit for them if I could find a pro bono civil rights attorney. I contacted a pretty busy and known guy who told me he wasn’t saying I didn’t have a case - he just couldn’t take it. And told me not to waste time and not to give up.
Then the fucking world ended.
Thank you Ethan. This was a great read with solid facts. I highly recommend others read it and look forward to part 2. You are especially right about the cycle of puppets in the house we are eternally focused and fighting for as our “saviors”, when in actuality they are the distraction while we are robbed blind so another millionaire may become a billionaire. Whether the man holding the gun is wearing red or blue is of little consequence. Either way they will be wrapped in an American flag and take what little we have left 🫡❤️
Screw chase and Jamie Dimon, democrat in sheep’s clyhing
Right?!
My question is, “how do we get the sheep to care about the system being rigged only for the 1% and to realize that the American dream was all a sham? The untouchables will always be untouchable until we tear down the system that’s there to keep us in our place.
Kelly, that's the single most important question we can ask. Thank you for putting it so clearly.
My answer is that we don't make them care by tearing things down. We show them there's a world worth caring about. The system is designed to make us feel hopeless, like the only option is to burn it all down. But that's their trap.
Our strategy is twofold:
Indict the Architects: We keep dragging their crimes into the light, one prosecutorial brief at a time, just like we did with Dimon. We provide the undeniable evidence.
Build Our Own World: This is the most important part. We stop playing their game entirely. We start building a parallel world in our own backyards—supporting local businesses, using local credit unions, and forging the very communities they tried to atomize.
We win by making their system obsolete. We build something so much more human and beautiful that people will fight to protect it. That's how we get them to care.
Are you referencing employee owned companies and co-opps?
Christi, yes. Absolutely, 100%.
You've hit on the exact, tangible blueprints for what that "parallel world" looks like. Employee-owned companies, co-ops, and credit unions are the foundational building blocks.
They are systems designed to keep value and power within our communities, instead of being extracted by The Rust. Thank you for bringing them into the conversation. It's a critical point.
So using the model of the Mondragon Corporation? Also using Credit Unions for banking?
I agree — when I said “tear,” I meant to convey that the system we live under was never built for the average American to truly thrive. It was designed to keep us compliant — giving just enough to make us believe we’ve achieved the dream, while keeping real power and prosperity out of reach.
It’s up to us to reimagine and rebuild a system where everyone benefits, not just a privileged few. That’s why our collective voice matters. Through peaceful resistance and organized protest, we can build the momentum needed to create lasting change — and reach that critical 3.5% tipping point that sparks true transformation.
The injustice and cruelty of this administration are both infuriating and heartbreaking that it’s hard to comprehend most days plus the amount it information we have to consume to stay informed. But what makes it even more disturbing is that it’s not just the government but powerful groups driving it as well— They come from different sectors but their goal is the same: to consolidate power, control the narrative, and dismantle democracy for their own gain.
I look forward to hearing more, thank you.
Education education education.
Excellent reporting on one of the power elite. Dimon is one of a long line of the power elite, who manipulate the world’s economy outside the political sphere. Sometimes they get in the news for what they are such as the trilateral commission of the ‘70s and ‘80s.
I first got an understanding of this phenomenon after reading a book titled “The Social Elite”. It was published in the 1950s and discusses who is really in control and where they come from. With some minor changes it still holds true today.
Jamie Dimon's warning about a market crash is the thief ringing your doorbell to “help” you find your missing jewelry. He is not forecasting risk. He is laundering culpability.
Dimon, the sober adult in the room, is “far more worried than others,” a steady hand urging prudence while the rest of us panic.
We already live in the house Dimon built. The revolving door clicks. Deferred prosecutions turn felonies into subscription fees. “Shareholder value” is the incense that makes looting smell like leadership. He plays statesman on the BBC while the cash register hums. That is not foresight. That is brand management.
If you are paid to create externalities, then you are not a steward. You are a risk exporter. Dimon’s oeuvre exports harm to households and imports applause into the C-suite.
“I am worried” is a hedged alibi. Say it enough, and every shock becomes proof of your wisdom rather than evidence of your extraction. It is the magician’s flourish. Look here at my concern, not there at my compensation.
If the market is fragile, who made it glass? If households are overexposed, who sold them splinters disguised as floors? If trust is thin, who grounds it down to squeeze a few more points of ROE? The warning is not a public service. It is preemptive blame shifting.
This is the vertical war you named, and not Left versus Right. Top versus the rest. The same playbook every time. Manufacture volatility. Harvest policy. Monetize consequence. Smile for television.
What to do now.
1. Stop treating corporate settlements like absolution. Demand personal liability that pierces the boardroom bubble.
2. Tie executive comp to long-horizon repair, not short-horizon PR. If you break it, you pay for the cleanup with your own money.
3. Publish renewable proofs on predatory fee structures, vendor risk, and model risk. Proof on cadence, not vibes on camera.
4. Audit the “statesman show.” Every media hit should carry a footnote of the firm’s open investigations and unresolved harms. Sunlight is not slander. It is context.
Dimon's warning of fire is not news. It is smoke machine theater. The lesson is simple. Do not mistake a sprinkler test for rain.
If Jamie Dimon wants to warn us, he can start by pulling the alarm in his own building. Until then, treat his “concern” like any other structured product. Read the risk, not the brochure.
A woman after my own heart! ;) I just asked a few minutes ago, what do we do about this excessive wealth? If I would have scrolled a little further I might not have asked the question. Good answer, tho. I really don’t like math and I’ll be chewing on your ideas for a minute. Until I can really conceptualize it to my satisfaction. I’ve never heard any other solution so I’m going to be giving this some thought. Thanks for taking the time.
I am curious about what others might think, too. It could be a fun time. Or deadly serious.
"I just asked a few minutes ago, what do we do about this excessive wealth?"
My short answer: Tax the fuckers out of existence.
I did a piece a while back about how they avoid taxes, and if this one doesn't light people up, I don't know what will: https://twvme.substack.com/p/tax-avoidance-101-how-the-ultra-rich
I think subscribing to 29 people is a fair cost of admission! Thanks!
Grins! Thanks for the rapid response. Im saving your link for another time. I’m curious and promise I’ll get back to it.
Have hope!
The person who is running for President in 2028 must address every single person who participated in any crime!
End of discussion!
Thanks.
The person in the White House in 2025 must address every single person who participated in the crimes BEFORE election season 2026 begins. LONG before another election is stolen from us as we KNOWINGLY watch!
You have NO IDEA how many—thousands if not more
We are going to need other countries to get involved. America will not arrest these individuals as their ties are too deep. France, Germany, Japan, please step in and start bringing justice for the children. As these dominos fall and crack America’s foundation, internally we will widen the fissures for our criminals. Yes our criminals currently hold power, but aren’t the superhumans they think they are.
An incredible $piderweb of connections at a level invisible to nearly everyone not caught up in it.
Cannot find your post that said “Blackstone has the land, ICE has the people, etc.”….
Wanted to share these.
The swamp and deep state right here
Thank you for the excellent information!
Thank you for your attention and support!
The sheer amount of evil one person can wallow in is incredible. All for the sake of money. I have never cared for money much, it's a means to an end for me. I will never understand being willing to sell your soul for something as filthy as money.