Forum Post: American Economic Reform (necessary considerations)

I'm brand new to this forum and so first of all, please allow me to apologize if I'm not posting this correctly. I suppose this is more of an open letter or something like that, than an actual post. Especially due to its ridiculous length for which I sincerely apologize. I'd like to bring up an issue to the members that I feel is extremely vital and unavoidable to any movement which seeks to bring about change. While the issues necessary to confront may be many, one issue I fear has not been given the consideration it needs is the problem of the central banking system in this country. The more I try to engage people on the street and in polite conversation, the more it seems to me that it is not a matter of people not caring, or being too comfortable, preoccupied, or "dumbed down" to care as I initially believed. I'm learning that the problem is that most people simply don't understand or are not knowledgeable enough with our economic process to even be aware of the problem. Even among the most informed and socially aware, the slightest understanding of the mechanics of our economy is nil. That is a sad enough fact in itself but those who are able to take advantage of it, do so at the expense of the rest of the country (the consequences of which we are all suffering now in the form of the current financial crisis). It’s no wonder though, when even the words, Federal Reserve are rarely heard in the media regarding the debt crisis. We hear politicians blaming eachother’s policies for the unemployment problem, and/or any other factor they could point a finger at, but we never hear any of them mention exactly WHO we are indebted to. The fact is that the Fed is actually who our government borrows from the most and Dems and Reps alike defend it to the death. I'll even go as far as to say that the vast majority of Americans believe the debt crisis involves China or some other foreign body we may or may not borrow from in some form or degree, or that, “it’s all for the oil in the Middle East” (never realizing that China or the Middle East can not set the interest rate in this country which dictates the supply of money in our economy). Sadly, it leaves most people thinking that in order for a real redistribution of wealth to occur in this country, we must look to some form of Socialism or even Communism. I realize I may upset some members of the movement by disagreeing with that notion but that is not my intention. I firmly believe and respectfully suggest that confronting the problems in the system we already have is the only logical start. Despite what we’ve all been taught our entire lives, the central banking system and the corporation are both anti-American, anti-Capitalist, and do not allow our system to flourish the way it could, even without the corruption. More importantly, the powers-that-be know this and know just how un-American they really are. If we as Americans intend on challenging the status quo and truly bring about change for the better, we need to educate ourselves in the way our system works. Gaining even a basic understanding of the laws which encompass the Federal Reserve system, Corporatism (and more remotely, the Uniform Commercial Code) is imperative for our nation to fix our country. Unless these issues are challenged, this movement will become just another controlled, irrelevant, and ridiculed tantrum that will eventually implode on itself like so many others in the past.