| The IDEA Inflation and a debt-based financial system is based on belief in infinite growth. |
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I love you yeah, yeah, yeah! (angels of truth)cAPiTALISM
Material BEHAVIOR: sharing fifty - fifty. 'Spiritual' 'Individual Liberty': you get 0.1% and I get 99.9% (7 cent of every US $ goes to 'defense')
The Protestant Ethic through 'rationality' encouraged 'the Spirit of Capitalism'
which underlies 'The Economic System'. |
'Rationalization' 'Rationalization' is a word that appears in much of Weber's writings. Weber, still being much more common sense than 21st century Westerners, recognized 'rationality' as a logic that makes deductions that make no sense. Weber regards the reduction of multidimensional common sense emotions to 2-3-4 dimensional 'rational' IDEAS to be the quite poor BASIS of the development of Western society and capitalism. Weber saw common sense (insight, emotions and feelings) as creating MUCH more sensible behavior than 'rationality'. |
| English fundamental protestantism after starting industrialism was banned to Holland (Capitalism) and fled to Germany.And from Holland it took 2 main roads: South Africa (Apartheid), America (Slavery). In Germany it finally resulted in Nazism. |
Exactly the use of the very tricky inflation factor already as a student of math gave me 'the creeps'. This idea
is exactly what made 'economy' VERY dubious to me. A definition of economy: abstract logic around 'infinite growth' or 'rising expectations'.
Because when you replace the NOTION 'money' by the notion 'length', then economy' is the fantasy that 'length' keeps increasing (i.e. yearly with a multiplication factor = infinite growth).
'Property' is in itself already an abstract notion, and then it increases in discrete jumps and not with a factor. The fact that practically all
economists treated inflation (and infinite growth) as a 'natural' property, frustrated me tremendously. I said: 'inflation' is just an arithmatic triq.
There IS no infinite growth (inflation factor). a + b = a * (a+b)/a does NOT mean a has 'grown' with factor (a+b)/a but only that an extra amount b was created.
'Economy' might be defined as: religion (doctrine) with churches called 'banks' supposing infinite growth as 'natural'(belief in 'inflation' factor). Discussion closed.
| Much later Marx coined the term 'capitalism', giving the definitions 2 pages from here. The essence remains: INFLATION accepts growing distance between 'have-lots' and 'have-nots' |
| Say ten percent of the capitalist structures is common sense trade support. An ninety percent is financial hocus pocus (balloon) |
Question-1: Is capitalism individualist?
Answer: Yes, capitalists are individualist, but they need a collective of victims (see individualism versus collectivism).
Question-2: Do capitalists need competition?
Answer: It sure keeps them awake and nicely explains why wars exist (Money and War).
Question-3: Why should 'the state' mind its own business?
Answer: Although the present system of democracy is corrupted, it might be possible that 'the state' objects to economic warfare
(fighting around 'economic resources').
Example Capitalists (Chevron = Rockefeller camp) want the profits of oil, and have US soldiers fight for oil in Iraq.
The US congress is opposed, but must 'mind its own business'.
| Capitalist ideology (IDEA-ology) defends accumulation of wealth inside capitalist systems, and ignores and denies the inherent relative loss of wealth outside those systems |
This dual view (we the 1st-World and they the poor suckers) in the accompanying Rational Science Paradigm or Western World produces seemingly fine result. Outside and looked at with common sense dividing reality in two parts makes no sense.
| The Roman Empire twenty ages ago was in economic aspects a near to capitalist society. At that time migrant laborers were still called 'servi' ('servus' = slave; did Servia or Serbia mean country where Romans robbed slaves?),
and it was clear that Roman society was built on such imported cheap 'service' (by the way: a Chinese word for 'soldier' points at 'servants'. US economy is driven by very cheap Mexican, Cuban, Puertorican, etc. 'servants'). The luxury of having underpaid servants to secure your gain is like an addictive drug. Slavery was and Capitalism IS vehemently defended. Africa, South America and parts of Asia were treated as nothing but hunting area of cheap workers and as free to be robbed paradises. |
This is a typical case involving more than 1 parallel paradigms (ways of thinking). Capitalists sincerely believe that they strive for the best of all (although many sense something is 'wrong'). Inside the capitalist dream (paradigm) that's indeed true, but outside certainly not. It's only a matter of what is seen as ALL. In weak moments I nevertheless think:
| capitalists must be very poor mathematicians and very good actors |
NB1. Knowing that the jury for 90% consists of people outside the Capitalist Paradigm, I confidently rest my case ..
On one side of this Financial Market (often called 'right') you have ruthless 'drug barons' called 'the rich and beautiful' mumbling
'free market capitalism'. They have palaces stuffed with bags full of heavily addictive printed pieces of paper called 'money'
Now the palaces got a tiny bit more empty. But then comes the triq process 'inflation'. Say you have N people of which M poor. TOGETHER having a units start year, increased to b units end of year.
Poor people are broke end year, and own practically zero units. Instead of equallizing differences and giving EVERYBODY their share of improvement b,
just like the rich the poor per person get (a+b)/a * (capital start of year).
In case of the poor the start capital is always close to zero. A yearly theft of MANY billions.
Ergo, the 'rich and beautiful' drown lonely in their palaces filled with paperlets. Before their fashionable television. At the same time the 'poor and uglies' starve to death without even black and white television, having lots of friends but no paper.
That is a brilliant 'perpetuum mobile' for paperlet collectors.
| Human Life on Earth begin 21st Century: At the end of 2000, a few hundred of the world's richest billionaires organized 'indirectly' 85% of the world's trade. The world's top 3 (!) richest billionaires owned more than the combined wealth of the 600 million poor people in Africa. With help of Investment Banks they don't need to move for rapid increase of their 'capital'. Politicians still talk about 'equality'. STOP the addictive hallucination 'thinking in terms of dollars and individual property'. Trade = exchange of physical objects. The slavery in Muhammedan Islam, in the Hindu cast system and like industrialism in Roman Christianity are local and temporary deadly mistakes in evolution. Like the egoism in many Buddhist countries. Politicians are puppets on a String, time for redividing. 1 Example: a billion of dollars were pledged to Thailand after the Asian tsunami. Less than 75 million were paid. US promised 400 million, paid 70. Spain 100 promised, paid 1, France 100 promised, paid 1. |
| Reality is as sensed, individual AND and cultural (relative).
Objects 'are' as sensed, dependent of ideas, wishes, desires, and emotions.
Applying reason (some logic) to sensations easily causes religions, and triggers 'apartheid', slavery, 'capitalism', .....
Man was made to ACT, 'thinking' is just reshuffling experience.
Individuals only exist as members of herds.
Absolutism (making your own reshuffling religion) leads to War on Terrorism: "I knew my God was bigger than his. I knew that my God 'real' and his was an idol".
Man is an animal, and much MUCH more than only zombie steered by a rational ghost. Any human is member of some herd (culture) . This existence in a culture heavily influences his decisions. This culture dominates his ethical system (character, values, emotions, his actions). Herds exchange 'goods'. The 'rational' egoist ghost (the 'independent mind') , accepts no authority higher than his own judgment of the truth. Individualism is not opposed to slavery, many individuals hold slaves.Human having 'RIGHTS' is a peculiar illusion, in evolution no animal has 'RIGHTS'. 'Freedom of action', freedom of speech, 'freedom of press' are illusions, inherent in the 'rational' view. 'Economy' in Chinese points at a system for MUTUAL trade. A 'market' for exchanging goods, 'money' is not even mentioned. 'A man's mind' is a fantasy. Of course any man is an individual and makes personal choices, but those choices are valued against cultural principles. Moral principles are relative to a culture (We are the champions). Right and Wrong only exist WITHIN a culture. 'Every man has the right to self-defense' is wishful thinking. Any culture has a defense mode, but the abstract concept 'power' is a 'rational' invention. 'Self-defense' is egoism, as well as 'protecting RIGHTS'. 
Nature is NO jungle with jungle laws, but as evolution a complex system of growth based on 'balancing'. Physical force creates unbalance.'Governments' are cultural tools, army, police force part of 'rational' law and order system. The notion 'objective' is a 'rational' invention.
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| George Orwell described fascism as being an extension of capitalism Start 21st century capitalist 'forces' are playing "Risk" to divide the last clean water resources, after having polluted even the oceans. But the victims of capitalism recognized 'playing private property owner' in 'the stock exchange game' as wishfull fantasy (believing that bags full of gold and rectangulaer paperlets present earth). Recession in the capitalist world. This recession was triggered by a simple fact, The White House allowing the 'financial institutions' to print paper dollars as trade value. With extreme arrogance not realizing that this worldwide MEGA-fraud would backfire VERY hard. But by now The Recession of The Western World became a phenomenon in itself. Recession like all 'fires' is violent. Temporary poor people might die earlier, and practically all tycoons will loose their billions. A meteorite was needed to defeat dinosaurs. The Exploiter Predators (money apes) extinguish themselves. With 'mental' recession. Common Sense survives, and 'life' will go on 'as usual'.. |
| The execution of the 'capitalist' IDEA 'rational' container transport is destroying environment. On ALL levels, by replacing 'creativity' with 'economical' 'brute force'. |
| 'Rational' thinking (dualist): a capitalist (rational) system can only be brought down
by an opposing 'rational' system supported by a rising 'rational' class. Zarah2nd: Bullshit. The 'capitalist system' will annihilate the 'rational' part of itself, and what is left will be only common sense trade. |
| Governments supporting Investors is like Herds of Sheep sacrificing to Birds of Prey.
In 2009 US Investment Banks paid 140 billion dollars bonuses to their failing management! (a soap). |
Recession is like 'exploded tyres' (balloons = Investments Banks). The Western Banking System is since long based on the Rothschild Fortunes, concentrating wealth in one family and related families (sect). Goverments changing all Investment Banks (balloons) in non-profit Trading Centers, is stopping pumping tyres, and is wise. That also means: stimulating creative means of transportation, instead of pumping billions in dead automobile giants It is the fastest way of redividing wealth, and taking it away from the 'Rothschild Sect'. Then CHANGE brings new goverments, based on skill and leadership qualities instead of on the 'rational' IDEA 'political power'. |
| Quote: Of course, we may prove ourselves to be an evil and criminally shortsighted generation. We may melt the 'caps, log the Congo, burn the Amazon, slushie the tundra, acidify the ocean, drive half of all life into extinction and needlessly cause the deaths of billions of our fellow human beings. But I don't think we will. I think enough of us are better than that, braver than that and bolder than that. |
Evolution aims at survival through renewal with minimum labor.
'Work' is only an 'economical' myth, as is 'profit'. Time to revalue common sense behavior like giving birth, creatively training children, growing food, care for parents, ..., as labor Workshops (shareware) aimed at training creativity will survive by making fine products or offering useful services. Wittgenstein said in Investigations: The limits of my language mean the limits of my world. The One: What if the words 'money' and 'unlimited growth' are your limits? |
| The Hunt on the trillions in The Taxfraud Paradises has started. First victim:Switzerland. |
Xiaoping: Is the stock market good or bad? ..Can socialism make use of it? Zarah2nd: Stock Markets are paradises for Han capitalists, but money swamps for billions of rural Chinese. Socialism as 'soft capitalism' already uses stock markets. |
There is a recession and this recession hits especially 'the poor', thanks to 'the rich' and their financial institutions. In short: 'Rule of the Average' + Egoism/Capitalism caused this recession, and this recession will end capitalism. Recession doesn't mean that food or work disappeared. Only the (virtual) wealth of 'the rich' (called 'money') evaporated |
| WWI+WWII were financed by the major central banks and the money lenders of the City of London and Wall Street. To prevent further recession. Now the money-bubble threatens to implode again. |
| Fascism = Corporatism tends to get dominant in periods of economic panic. Early supporters of Hitler: Henry Ford, the Rockefellers, the Dulles brothers, the Catholic Church, German Krupp, Fritz Thyssen, Emil Kirdorf. |
| At present, Washington borrows $2.6 billion per day to postpone a dollar collapse. The main lenders are Japan and China, who together hold over $1300 billion The collapse of Wallstreet is only a matter of time. |
| In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. George Orwell |
| The bankruptcy of Greek economy, was caused by investments banks and Greek Government. It is paid by poor Greek and many millions of European workers. That European Governments decided to save the trade part of bakin activity is obvious. But that they reward misconduct of investment banks and goverments at the cost of the average European citizen is telling a lot about their aim, saving the capitalist money system. |
| European countries tolerating Putin who returns Russia to Stalin times, and without any problem making 'economic' deals with this neo-Stalin is really eye-opening.. |
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Myth: mind over body creates wealth of nations Zarah2nd: or is meant 'wealth of western nations' at the cost of misery of non-western nations |
In the Western Paradigm the leading class reduced itself to cash machine.
This article is part of the seriesLeap away from the 'Western World' |
