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Cleverly Exploiting Natural Forces

Posted on August 13, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, critical infrastructure should exploit nature as much as possible, thereby reducing failure points in such systems, like Fukushima. Instead of relying on onsite diesel generators, given the sloped land, why not build a pond, … Continue reading →

Posted in economy, Judicial Sysytem, Societal Myth | Tagged abandoned wells, bureaucracy, clean energy, energy, energy policy, engineering, environmental design, finance, geothermal, gravity battery, infrastructure, innovation, nuclear safety, ORC, practical engineering, renewable energy, sustainability | Leave a comment

The Hubris Of The Experts

Posted on August 10, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, the hubris of the experts will be the end of us all. Why is their hubris so much more dangerous than the guy on the street? We all have crazy thoughts now and then…? … Continue reading →

Posted in business, economy, Group Politics, International Power, Judicial Sysytem, Law, media, Mercy, philosophy, Societal Myth | Tagged accountability, Alcibiades, appeal to authority, charisma over competence, cicero, Covid critique, expert hubris, government power, La Rochefoucauld, limits on government, Nicias, pandemic response, political philosophy, power and arrogance, public opinion, rhetoric and persuasion, Schopenhauer, skepticism of experts, Social Critique | Leave a comment

Failure Is A Feature

Posted on July 16, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, the elite are reduced to arguing they’re stupid, not malevolent. How else can they frame their policy failures? I’m sure in their minds, the fault lies entirely with some janitor working third shift… and … Continue reading →

Posted in economy, International Power, Mercy, philosophy, Societal Myth | Tagged bureaucratic incompetence, central planning failure, charisma vs wisdom, cultural decay, cultural rot, decentralization, economic downturn, elite accountability, elite failure, foreign policy failure, government mismanagement, John Pepin, media manipulation, memory hole, policy critique, political satire, populist commentary, progressive era criticism, societal collapse, top-down economics | Leave a comment

Decentralize Power

Posted on July 13, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, if we want prosperity, fecundity, and health, we must decentralize power. Experts and elitists will say this is nonsense. Their entire paradigm is built around the notion that experts coupled with governmental money and … Continue reading →

Posted in business, economy, Law, philosophy, Societal Myth | Tagged administrative state, anti-progressivism, bureaucratic power, calvin coolidge, central planning failure, communism collapse, cultural decay, decentralization, deep state, frankfurt school, government overreach, income tax history, milton friedman, populism vs elitism, progressive era, Roaring Twenties, ronald Reagan, Trump deregulation, warren harding, woke ideology | Leave a comment

Limericks

Posted on July 10, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, The elite say my speech is sacrosanct, But your opinion must be down ranked, When truth they face, They call place, And spin around because they’re outflanked. Merz Starmer and Macron do quite well, Ever with … Continue reading →

Posted in economy, Group Politics, Judicial Sysytem, Mercy, philosophy, Societal Myth | Tagged authoritarianism, censorship, cocaine culture, cultural critique, Dark Humor, death camps, elite hypocrisy, free speech, limerick, media manipulation, moral clarity, October 7, philosophical questions, poetic justice, poetry, political commentary, resistance to evil, Satire, skynyrd reference, war crimes | Leave a comment

Perfect Competition

Posted on July 6, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, no company on Earth wants perfect competition in its own industry, but every company seeks perfect competition in the job market. Why? It’s self-serving. Companies want cheap labor and expensive products. That paradigm allows … Continue reading →

Posted in business, economy, Group Politics, Law, media, philosophy | Tagged American worker, barriers to entry, collective action, corporate lobbying, corporate-government collusion, crony capitalism, economic theory, executive bonuses, free markets, globalization, H1B visa, immigration policy, labor market, outsourcing, perfect competition, political economy, regulatory capture, wage disparity, wage suppression, wells fargo | Leave a comment

Progressivism And The Great Depression

Posted on July 4, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, the worldwide depression of the 1930s is often attributed to the 1929 stock market crash, Smoot-Hawley trade restrictions leading to a trade war, the failure of American Bank, or the Fed’s subsequent failure to … Continue reading →

Posted in economy, International Power | Tagged 1930s economic policy, 2008 financial crisis, central planning, communism, covid 19, cultural criticism, economic boom, economic history, economic policy failure, economic recession, fiscal conservatism, Franklin D. Roosevelt, government regulation, great depression, Hoover Dam, keynesian economics, monetarism, neoclassical economics, political ideology, Progressivism critique, reciprocal attribution, russiagate, Smoot-Hawley Tariff, social justice, socialism, US economy 1930s, Weimar Republic economy, Wickard v. Filburn | Leave a comment

Excessive Leisure

Posted on July 2, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, excessive idleness is as corrosive to the soul as sulfuric acid is to limestone. As the old saying goes, “An idle mind is the Devil’s playground.” Idleness creates boredom, which becomes a desire to … Continue reading →

Posted in business, economy, Group Politics, philosophy, Societal Myth | Tagged carpe diem, cultural criticism, decay of values, discipline, idle rich, idleness, leisure vs labor, modern culture, moral philosophy, personal responsibility, productivity, self improvement, societal decline, virtue, work ethic | Leave a comment

A Stake in the Game: The Key to Civilizing Youth

Posted on June 27, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, the reason many boys are ‘checking out’ so to speak, is because they don’t see they have a stake. The ancient Chinese philosopher, Mencius, said give people a stake and there will be little … Continue reading →

Posted in economy, Group Politics, International Power, Mercy, philosophy, Societal Myth | Tagged American prosperity, boys checking out, broken families, civilizational decline, fatherless society, jobs and marriage, Mencius quote, social commentary, stake in society, Steinbeck socialism quote, Thorstein Veblen, young men in society, youth crisis | Leave a comment

Limericks

Posted on June 26, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, The world’s elite are but a joke, Pushing ideas like being woke, Smiling and talking, To the bathroom flocking, Being familiar with the smell of coke. Macron wouldn’t give a hair on his head, So wicked … Continue reading →

Posted in economy, Law, philosophy, Societal Myth | Tagged cloward and piven, conspiracy satire, dark humor poetry, drug culture elites, elite corruption, elite hypocrisy, Epstein coverup, humorous poems, John Pepin limericks, limericks, Macron satire, poetic justice, political poetry, Satire, white powder politics | Leave a comment

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Cleverly Exploiting Natural Forces

Failure Is A Feature

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Limericks

Perfect Competition

Excessive Leisure

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