May I present the answer: Social Credit. Not socialism. Not capitalism. Something much better than either one: Social credit eliminates poverty and, at the same time, does a better job of supporting entrepreneurial innovation than capitalism. My sig has a link...
Excellent post. One problem: that "much more expensive" line at the end there. Socialized medicine is not much more expensive. It is much less expensive. Yes the payers are shifted some, but overall it is much less expensive. Insurance company profits???
USA born and raised. Hating life, my friend! I was born in 1955, and the story we were told about Freedom, and WWII and the rest was so sweet. Soon as I got old enough to start thinking about stuff, it's been one nightmarish shit patch after another. It started with Kennedy getting shot, next Vietnam, and downhill from there... Fuck the fucking USA and all the morons who are not as disgusted as you and I!
That said, you might want to take a look at your own asshole government. Let's face it: My asshole government wouldn't be able to toss its weight around if your asshole government didn't let it. BTW, we all have central banks, and credit based monetary systems, so the differences are not really as deep as they may seem. We are just leading the way to extreme governmental/corporate tyranny. Where we go, you'll go too eventually.
The solution? Ban fractional reserve lending. Check my sig. It is the portal to the rest of the story.
Don't get me wrong. I don't want to burn bibles and blow up churches. But I don't want to tolerate religion either. I find it disgusting that people abuse their children by indoctrinating them with that fear porn.
The problem is that the PTB have, despite their manifest stupidity, managed to pretty effectively neuter the what is the actual answer to what ails us. Fortunately there is one way to start that is simple enough for even the occupy kids to get a handle on: ban fractional reserve lending. My sig is a signpost to the rest of the story.
Clifford Douglas was much, much smarter than you. He realized that society could self fund all needed infrastructure without any taxation at all. Read my sig. The link is a good start on the road to wisdom.
The prototype of what you describe was first imagined almost 100 years ago by the greatest economist who has ever lived. He went far beyond what you describe, as he understood that before such a paradise could come into existence, he needed to describe the economy that would bring it about. He did. See my sig.
But her point, which appears reasonable on the surface, was that if the government stays out of the picture then only the creative heroes would prosper. If the government stays out of the picture. Hmmm. Well, what are the chances of that? Let's see. If my grandmother had balls... Yep, about the same chance. So, back here in the real world, how about a system of government that would largely neutralize corporate power? Such a system has been conceived. It's called Social Credit. The best part is that it would actually, in the real world, do a better job of rewarding the creative heroes than Rand's Laissez-faire fantasy ever would.
My sig. is a place to start learning about Social Credit.
You are vastly over-complicating the mechanism by which the energy market is manipulated. The relatively wide fluctuations of price is all it takes to make sure that no serious challenges are mounted to the carbon hegemony. Who wants to invest any serious money to the alternatives when at any time all it takes to put you out of business is for a couple of the major players to start dumping crude cheaply? Not that this ever really happens. Instead, the fluctuations that we see are like warning shots: they keep everyone aware of the potential for volatility.
The problem, and the solution, is much simpler than any of you realize: ban fractional reserve lending, and all this nonsense comes to a screeching halt! Don't believe me. Read Douglas. (My sig is a start.)
Yeah but nowadays we bow very, very low to our corporate masters. Who's going to fuck with one of the few profitable US "manufacturers"? This going down, and it is going down in a very fucked way.
No, government should increase the money supply each year by an amount that is proportional to national production. That money should be distributed equally to each and every man, woman, and child. Combined with the elimination of fractional reserve lending, such a system would eliminate bubbles, and the attendant busts. By doing so, a climate of entrepreneurship would flourish with far greater vigor than capitalism fosters. Capitalism's biggest flaw is that it rewards *market gamesmanship* just as much as entrepreneurial innovation. Social Credit would assert a better priority. Please check my sig...
Well said! The ultimate hacker in this sphere is a man named Clifford Hugh Douglas. He solved all these problems nearly 100 years ago. Please check my sig...
>> A rational political economy would distribute all economic rent evenly in a citizen's dividend thereby replacing all government
>> transfer programs (with their attendant public sector rent seeking [wikipedia.org]) with market demand for what the people
>> (as opposed to the wealthy or the politically influential with their lobbyists) need.
Ah, so sweet to read these words. Stark rationality, in the sea of shit that passes for modern economics. *sigh*
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May I present the answer: Social Credit. Not socialism. Not capitalism. Something much better than either one: Social credit eliminates poverty and, at the same time, does a better job of supporting entrepreneurial innovation than capitalism. My sig has a link...
That's what video surveillance is to prevent. They can break in and install keyloggers, but you'll know it and remove them.
Silicon Valley (with Google as the only exception) rolled over and played dead on this one. Why? They have been co-opted by the PTB. - Patrick Morrow
Excellent post. One problem: that "much more expensive" line at the end there. Socialized medicine is not much more expensive. It is much less expensive. Yes the payers are shifted some, but overall it is much less expensive. Insurance company profits???
I never thought I'd memorize lines from the Fuhrer, but your quote is so perfect. A million thanks!
USA born and raised. Hating life, my friend! I was born in 1955, and the story we were told about Freedom, and WWII and the rest was so sweet. Soon as I got old enough to start thinking about stuff, it's been one nightmarish shit patch after another. It started with Kennedy getting shot, next Vietnam, and downhill from there... Fuck the fucking USA and all the morons who are not as disgusted as you and I!
That said, you might want to take a look at your own asshole government. Let's face it: My asshole government wouldn't be able to toss its weight around if your asshole government didn't let it. BTW, we all have central banks, and credit based monetary systems, so the differences are not really as deep as they may seem. We are just leading the way to extreme governmental/corporate tyranny. Where we go, you'll go too eventually.
The solution? Ban fractional reserve lending. Check my sig. It is the portal to the rest of the story.
Good to hear the kloptocracy is rolling right along. Same as it ever was! (Well worse actually, but that's a gab for another day.)
Question: why should anyone tolerate religion?
Don't get me wrong. I don't want to burn bibles and blow up churches. But I don't want to tolerate religion either. I find it disgusting that people abuse their children by indoctrinating them with that fear porn.
The problem is that the PTB have, despite their manifest stupidity, managed to pretty effectively neuter the what is the actual answer to what ails us. Fortunately there is one way to start that is simple enough for even the occupy kids to get a handle on: ban fractional reserve lending. My sig is a signpost to the rest of the story.
The future speaks! Hooray for the future!!
Clifford Douglas was much, much smarter than you. He realized that society could self fund all needed infrastructure without any taxation at all. Read my sig. The link is a good start on the road to wisdom.
Their "workable business model" relies upon violation of the first sale doctrine. Now how workable is it?
The prototype of what you describe was first imagined almost 100 years ago by the greatest economist who has ever lived. He went far beyond what you describe, as he understood that before such a paradise could come into existence, he needed to describe the economy that would bring it about. He did. See my sig.
But her point, which appears reasonable on the surface, was that if the government stays out of the picture then only the creative heroes would prosper. If the government stays out of the picture. Hmmm. Well, what are the chances of that? Let's see. If my grandmother had balls... Yep, about the same chance. So, back here in the real world, how about a system of government that would largely neutralize corporate power? Such a system has been conceived. It's called Social Credit. The best part is that it would actually, in the real world, do a better job of rewarding the creative heroes than Rand's Laissez-faire fantasy ever would. My sig. is a place to start learning about Social Credit.
Your English is just fine, and your storytelling is the best. Thanks!
Um, my sig has a suggestion...
You are vastly over-complicating the mechanism by which the energy market is manipulated. The relatively wide fluctuations of price is all it takes to make sure that no serious challenges are mounted to the carbon hegemony. Who wants to invest any serious money to the alternatives when at any time all it takes to put you out of business is for a couple of the major players to start dumping crude cheaply? Not that this ever really happens. Instead, the fluctuations that we see are like warning shots: they keep everyone aware of the potential for volatility.
The problem, and the solution, is much simpler than any of you realize: ban fractional reserve lending, and all this nonsense comes to a screeching halt! Don't believe me. Read Douglas. (My sig is a start.)
Yeah but nowadays we bow very, very low to our corporate masters. Who's going to fuck with one of the few profitable US "manufacturers"? This going down, and it is going down in a very fucked way.
Jesus H. Christ! You managed to interview at the only two rationally hiring companies in the history of the universe! I am so fucking jealous!!!
Duh!
No, government should increase the money supply each year by an amount that is proportional to national production. That money should be distributed equally to each and every man, woman, and child. Combined with the elimination of fractional reserve lending, such a system would eliminate bubbles, and the attendant busts. By doing so, a climate of entrepreneurship would flourish with far greater vigor than capitalism fosters. Capitalism's biggest flaw is that it rewards *market gamesmanship* just as much as entrepreneurial innovation. Social Credit would assert a better priority. Please check my sig...
Well said! The ultimate hacker in this sphere is a man named Clifford Hugh Douglas. He solved all these problems nearly 100 years ago. Please check my sig...
Monetary reform is step one, but you should read up on the social philosophy that should follow - it's in my sig.
>> A rational political economy would distribute all economic rent evenly in a citizen's dividend thereby replacing all government >> transfer programs (with their attendant public sector rent seeking [wikipedia.org]) with market demand for what the people >> (as opposed to the wealthy or the politically influential with their lobbyists) need.
Ah, so sweet to read these words. Stark rationality, in the sea of shit that passes for modern economics. *sigh*