Before we are once more drawn into the warm wet embrace of faith in the economy, I wanted to make note of my recently evolved commonsense skepticism of economic systems.
At some point in my life, I unfortunately lost my endless curiosity in subjects that lay just outside the confines of my current knowledge. One such subject that has remained an [...]
I find it hard to believe that anyone will vote for either John McCain or Barack Obama, the Republican or Democratic platform because the policies respectively connected to these match the voter’s ideals to any significant degree. This is because neither have a fundamental philosophy or principle from which their policies necessarily spring. Further removing any meaning from [...]
There are quite a few things wrong with the procedures of U.S. elections. Very many of these are born of corruptions within government that will never change unless responsible actions are taken by the electorate. First and foremost would be educating oneself about the candidates on the ballot.
I remember being in a voting booth several times and looking down [...]
Like some good-old, dry Monty Python sketch. This from an Australian satire show called Newstopia, the video originally seen at Campaign for Liberty. With a spoonful of sugar to taste, better said than I can say though I’ll say it anyway…
Central banking (U.S. Federal Reserve) and fiat currency are both a bit of corrupted magic done by men who may or may not know better.
It’s funny because it’s true? Of course, it’s also sad because it’s true.
Further along these lines of understanding the farces of the currently constructed economy, I find the following sources thought-provoking. However, like anything, they may tomorrow prove themselves something other. So take them, as always, into your own skeptical hands.