What was The Marshall Plan? What does it have to do with Steemit?

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Otherwise known as the European Economic Recovery Plan, what came to be known as: 

The Marshall Plan was a package loan of 12 billion (120 billion in Dec. 2016 fiat) to World War II torn nations across Western Europe. Its secondary goal – which  was  equally  successful – was a “policy  of  containment” for the spread of communism into collapsed capitalist economies. Prior to, but in relation with the Marshall Plan was The Truman Doctrine – which was ultimately military (not economic) aid to Turkey and Greece as a state deterrent to the revolutionary idiosyncrasies of communism.   As a result, European  economies  grew  at  a  rapid  rate;  the  consequential  steel  and  coal  industries  and  regulations  gave  rise  to  the rudimentary framework for today’s European Union.

What it has to do with Steemit:

I made this post on Steemit 8 months ago:  

A bridge between CAPITALISM & blockchain technology! (Steemit Exclusive)

It's still relevant - actually more so, considering the American government's malfeasance and incumbency as the most armed people in history. I still think this is the best channel to build some semblance of decentralization around the concept.

What does the Marshall Plan set precedence for today?

 The  European  Economic  Recovery  Plan  establishes  an  objective  precedence  for  a global  economic  recovery  plan; 'humanitarian equity' to (counter-) balance today’s credit-driven hypercapitalist & militant attitudes with Marxist & social justice  ideologies;  in  more  reductive  terms – a  practical  alliance  between  progressive  and  conservative,  liberal  and republican, left and right. This proposed “global economic recovery plan”, I sum up under the  moniker – Concept Zero henceforth  to  elucidate  the  necessary absent cause* effects  that  would  be  critical  in  the  achievement  of  the  objectives entailed. These objectives may also be summed up in a slogan:

“Always working toward the larger picture – having all that we want and none of what others need.”

This may have a particularly Marxist tone to it in reflection of the slogan:

“From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.”

However, the Concept Zero slogan leaves more open the distribution factor – which is usually implemented by a socialized state apparatus. To that effect - the notion that: self-sustaining is an ultimate virtue; but it may only be taught & not enforced, replicated but not simulated  - is a particularly useful analysis for autonomous societies. 

Concept Zero Overview - Basic Objective Points

• A goodwill measure as well as a practical restructuring.

• Persuade an administration to do the right, wise, & just actions.

• Employ large and multiple sectors of U.S. populace and industry.

• Eliminate federal deficit spending and debt held by the public.

• Reduce the overall national debt.

• Alleviate the refugee crisis & mitigate economic migration.

• Intellectually combat radical extremist ideologies/terrorism.

• Maintain the U.S. dollar as the world’s reserve currency (via complimentary cryptocoin.)

What's the point? (Addressing Nihilism)

America is on the edge of something unnamed - it's not quite fascism or totalitarianism, but something needing some serious metaphysical & categorical parsing (NOT PARROTING!).

America is the heir to legal realism - which is bothersome in light of the daily contradictions.

Marshall's commencement speech highlights them - exposing how off-course America (as a nation) is historically.

“. . .the world situation is very serious. That must be apparent to all intelligent people. I think one difficulty is that the problem is one of such enormous complexity that the very mass of facts presented to the public by press and radio make it exceedingly difficult for the man in the street to reach a clear appraisement of the situation. Furthermore, the people of this country are distant from the troubled areas of the earth and it is hard for them to comprehend the plight and consequent reactions of the long-suffering peoples, and the effect of those reactions on their governments in connection with our efforts to promote peace in the world. . .”

“. . . The remedy lies in breaking the vicious circle and restoring the confidence of the European people in the economic future of their own countries and of Europe as a whole. The manufacturer and the farmer throughout wide areas must be able and willing to exchange their products for currencies the continuing value of which is not open to question. 

Aside  from  the  demoralizing  effect  on  the  world  at  large  and  the  possibilities  of  disturbances  arising  as  a  result  of  the desperation of the people concerned, the consequences to the economy of the United States should be apparent to all. It is logical that the United States should do whatever it is able to do to assist in the return of normal economic health in the world, without which there can be no political stability and no assured peace. Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos. Its purpose should be the revival of a working economy in the  world  so  as  to  permit  the  emergence  of  political  and  social  conditions  in  which  free  institutions  can  exist.  Such assistance, I am convinced, must not be on a piecemeal basis as various crises develop. Any assistance that this Government may render in the future should provide a cure rather than a mere palliative. Any government that is willing to assist in the task of recovery will find full co-operation I am sure, on the part of the United States Government. Any government which maneuvers  to  block  the  recovery  of  other  countries  cannot  expect  help  from  us.  Furthermore,  governments,  political parties,  or  groups  which  seek  to  perpetuate  human  misery  in  order  to  profit  therefrom  politically  or  otherwise  will encounter the opposition of the United States.

It  is  already  evident  that,  before  the  United  States  Government  can  proceed  much  further  in  its  efforts  to  alleviate  the situation and help start the European world on its way to recovery, there must be some agreement among the countries of Europe as to the requirements of the situation and the part those countries themselves will take in order to give proper effect  to  whatever action  might  be  undertaken  by  this  Government.  It  would  be  neither  fitting  nor  efficacious  for  this Government to undertake to draw up unilaterally a program designed to place Europe on its feet economically. This is the business of the Europeans. The initiative, I think, must come from Europe. The role of this country should consist of friendly aid in the drafting of a European program and of later support of such a program so far as it may be practical for us to do so.  The  program  should  be  a  joint  one, agreed  to  by  a  number,  if  not  all  European  nations. An  essential  part  of  any successful action on the part of the United States is an understanding on the part of the people of America of the character of the problem and the remedies to be applied. Political passion and prejudice should have no part. With foresight, and a willingness on the part of our people to face up to the vast responsibility which history has clearly placed upon our country, the difficulties I have outlined can and will be overcome.

I am sorry that on each occasion I have said something publicly in regard to our international situation, I've been forced by the necessities of the case to enter into rather technical discussions. But to my mind, it is of vast importance that our people reach some general understanding of what the complications really are, rather than react from a passion or a prejudice or an emotion of the moment. As I said more formally a moment ago, we are remote from the scene of these troubles. It is virtually impossible at this distance merely by reading, or listening, or even seeing photographs or motion pictures, to grasp at all the real significance of the situation. And yet the whole world of the future hangs on a proper judgment. It hangs, I think, to a large extent on the realization of the American people, of just what are the various dominant factors. What are the reactions of the people? What are the justifications of those reactions? What are the sufferings? What is needed? What can best be done? What must be done?”

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