Category Archives: economy

Double Standards Destroy Civilization

Posted on December 21, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, the most efficient way to obliterate a civilization is with double standards. The stronger the double standards, the sooner that civilization will collapse into violence, poverty, and want. The reason is that perverse incentives … Continue reading →

Posted in economy, Group Politics, Judicial Sysytem, Law, media, Mercy, philosophy, Societal Myth | Tagged ancient Rome, Bronze Age collapse, civilization, civilization collapse, civilizational decay, corruption, double standards, economic instability, elite power, extractive states, governance failure, historical cycles, inequality before the law, justice and law, moral hazard, political philosophy, regulatory capture, rule of law, social contract, societal cohesion, somalia | Leave a comment

Limericks

Posted on December 18, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, The world is a dangerous place of course,One in which we often have to use force,Come what may,The wise do say,Only a complete fool invites in a Trojan Horse. The media is there to confuse,Or tired and pushing … Continue reading →

Posted in economy, Group Politics, International Power, Judicial Sysytem, Law, media, Mercy, philosophy | Tagged courts, cupid, debt, government, Law, media, narrative, news, propaganda, putrid, spending, stupid, stupidity, trojan horse | Leave a comment

Contracts

Posted on December 17, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, our present paradigm, where you and I are held to every nuance of a contract but those we sign them with are not, and in fact have the ability to change them as they … Continue reading →

Posted in business, economy, Judicial Sysytem, Law, philosophy | Tagged attorneys, business, contracts, corporations, corruption, economy, elite, labor, Law, Lawyers, poverty, prosperity, terms of service, utility | Leave a comment

Environmental Central Planners

Posted on December 14, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, central planning an ecology is just as disastrous as central planning an economy. I can see where the idea of central planning comes from. It’s the natural extension of the success of farming, cities, … Continue reading →

Posted in economy, Group Politics, Law, philosophy | Tagged adaptive systems, complexity theory, conservation critique, decentralized systems, ecological hubris, ecology vs economy, emergent order, environmental central planning, environmental policy failure, environmental regulation, farmers and sustainability, free market ecology, government intervention, human arrogance, invasive species, natural equilibrium, perfect competition, systems thinking, unintended consequences | Leave a comment

Prosperity And Wealth

Posted on December 13, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, prosperity is not a consequence of wealth but of skill, hard work, and diligence. How could I say such a counter-intuitive thing? I say it because it’s true. History is full of states that … Continue reading →

Posted in business, economy, polictics of class envy, Societal Myth | Tagged abilities, ability, casuse, Culture, diligence, effect, health, prosperity, quality of life, skill, standard of living, wealth, work ethic | Leave a comment

Grassroots Versus Astro Turf

Posted on December 8, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me we live in an AstroTurfed world. Nothing we see is organic. Everything we are allowed to see is fabricated to form and protect a narrative to enable the extraction to continue. When social media … Continue reading →

Posted in economy, Group Politics, International Power, media, philosophy | Tagged argentina, AstroTurf politics, authoritarianism, censorship, deep state, Edward Bernays, election interference, Elite Control, EU politics, extractive economy, free speech, globalism, grassroots movements, javier milei, Liberty, media manipulation, narrative control, Payola press, political corruption, propaganda, social media, Tea Party movement | Leave a comment

Leadership Judged

Posted on December 7, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, the quality of the world’s leadership can be judged in three ways, prosperity, peace, and freedom. By all three metrics our world leaders are abject failures. Liberty has become a dirty word to the … Continue reading →

Posted in business, economy, Group Politics, International Power, Judicial Sysytem, Law, media, Mercy, philosophy, Societal Myth | Tagged administrative state, Canada, censorship, central planning, civilizational collapse, corruption, economic decline, elite failure, eu, europe, Federal Register, freedom, government, leadership, Liberty, peace, political critique, prosperity, social policy, United States, war, Xun Zi | Leave a comment

Law Drives Prosperity… And Poverty

Posted on December 5, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, the only way a prosperous and stable society can become destabilized is if there is a double standard in law. A society that holds everyone equally under the law and protected by it cannot … Continue reading →

Posted in economy, Group Politics, Judicial Sysytem, Law, polictics of class envy, Societal Myth | Tagged Adam Smith, barbaric, confucius, crime, favor, justice, Law, lose-lose, money, plunder, political, profit, prosperity, taxes, theft, under color of law, wealth | Leave a comment

Government Accountability

Posted on December 3, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, if an accountant messes up your taxes, a plumber ruins your plumbing, or an electrician shorts out your wiring, they are accountable to repair it… a government should be just as accountable for its … Continue reading →

Posted in economy, International Power, Judicial Sysytem, Law, media, Mercy, philosophy | Tagged abuse of power, accountability vs immunity, authoritarian incentives, bureaucratic failure, civil liberties, corruption vs virtue, economic freedom, economic incentives, electoral politics, ethics in government, governance reform, government accountability, government failure, incentives, institutional corruption, justice system, moral hazard, policy consequences, political corruption, political economy, political ethics, political incentives, power, public choice theory, public policy, regulatory failure, rent control, rule of law, state power | Leave a comment

Limericks

Posted on December 2, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, Appeal to authority is always clear,With power and consequences dear,Do as they say,Knowing the way,As their orders are ever backed by fear. The elite so shill the utopian curse,All they need is a deeper purse,Regulating to poverty,Taking our … Continue reading →

Posted in economy, Group Politics, Law, media, Mercy, philosophy, Societal Myth | Tagged appeal to authority, cart, central planning, central plannng, elite, exploiting, fallacy, fart, fear, justice, Law, poverty, smart, Thrasymachus, tool | Leave a comment

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Limericks

Contracts

Environmental Central Planners

Prosperity And Wealth

Law Drives Prosperity… And Poverty

Government Accountability

Limericks

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