Take your time, Zork - it has taken me 20 some years to begin to get the hang of things as to how the world works. Prior to that I was as ignorant as any public school trained seal - but it didn't really get into gear until I started my website in 2015 - www.crushlimbraw.com - which then led into starting my library. To say this has been a learning experience is not even close - I had no idea what I was getting into, especially since I'm a slow reading learner - more of a plodder, but I am persistent.
In any case, just about everything I thought I knew and understood has turned out to be bullshit and propaganda - all learned by reading what others have researched, discovered and made available for us to discover as well. I owe everything to those doing the hard work.....and I'm still learning.
Central planning is entirely feasible to meet supply and demand needs in a fully digital economy. Prices are no longer crucial but could still be useful in some contexts.
The WEF and it's One World Order plans are entirely predicated on this emerging reality.
Well, I don't really agree with the first point, but I will address both in some upcoming posts. First I want to finish the set I am working on then I will move on to the WEF and its aspirations.
In the meantime, you could read Mises (again?) The link is above.
Principles may not, but technology has always affected economic dynamics since the Industrial Revolution. Mises argues from a Price Theory perspective when money was backed by gold and Monetary Theory could not be easily be used to distort those dynamics. The Digital Economy has affected this even more. Mises would be amazed how much power data has, compared to prices, to establish supply-demand relationships planning in the modern age.
Central planning only works if you can reliably forecast the weather for an entire growing season, from seeding to harvest. Think about it. So far, we can reliably forecast the weather for about three days, with the best computer models in existence.
If you are asking this question, you haven’t understood the CPD proposal. Do you have any understanding of the Digital Age? Any formal training in Economics? Have you read any of Klaus Schwab’s books?
It's easily understood, Gene. The WEF proposal is for total control and elimination of excess humans. How is your digital currency going to help you when your dead, boy?
To your question. Yes, yes, and phuck no. Klaus Schwab is a ghoul.
I've run across you before, Gene and you are always a prick in any conversation you have with anyone who disagrees with your position. Arrogance and hubris make you such a silly little man.
Thanks and I agree, how could anyone be impressed by a psychopath whose motivation is power, wealth and death to those who he deems unworthy of life. Useless eaters as his Zionist pal Harari has dubbed them. Gene could have offered a summary of his take on the digital age without the condescension.
Zork, I wonder why you don’t ask me why I was impressed by Schwab’s 4IR book? I dislike exposing my views by text. My Substack series of episodes (10 so far) offers a much more thorough look at my views on 4IR. It’s an update to the short eBook I published on Amazon Kindle a year ago. The CPD (Citizens’ Preferences Database) proposal is a central theme in the Digital Direct Democracy series of episodes.
So, rather than answer a question you cite your blog. Self-promotion, Gene or do you think there is something in your work that hasn't been written elsewhere by others?
Who are you? Why do you hide behind Cosmo T Kat? Is it because you don’t want anyone to know about your ignorance on topics that you pretend to understand? Is name calling your idea of respectful discussion and information exchange? You call me a “silly little man” and if that’s the best you have to offer when I ask you about your knowledge about the Digital Age, Economics, Schwab’s 4IR book, then you are acknowledging your own lack of understanding. Name-calling is often the tactic of the political ‘left’ who are driven by feelings over logic. Is this you?
Your observation about me is probably correct. I quickly lose patience with anyone who expresses opinions that reveal very little critical thinking. Many people today outsource their critical thinking to others in their echo chamber of popular opinion. Those are the people who pepper their conversations with claims they can’t back up, or they use name-calling to as a way to end the discussion because they have nothing constructive to add to it.
I run into these poorly-informed people frequently and I confess that I dismiss them when I see how shallow is their thinking. Life is too short for wasting time on people who won’t read, won’t try to understand the points of views of others (like Klaus Schwab) and won’t try to find respectful common ground with others. At age 72, I am aware of my limitations and plan to use my time efforts wisely.
If you find me so tedious, why do you bother to engage me? If you really want to know what I think, the MY LIFE LENS Substack has 400+ posts over the past 27 months. I cited the recent ten Digital Direct Democracy episodes which can answer your questions about my views if you were genuinely interested in knowing them.
I am not a central planner. I am a Libertarian who believes in Individual Freedom of Informed Choice. My plan is my business which I would share with someone I respect and trust. I don’t even know your identity!
Neither am I, Gene. I am an economics major from a top five University with a heavy dose of history as my second degree, and 40 years in the technology industry serving Mil/Aero (I have engaged with the top sub-contractors and worked on skunk work programs and many critical weapons programs), and Telecom are the primary industries plus more recently the industrial sector with plenty of interaction with IoT and AI/ML applications. So to answer your earlier question I have a great deal of knowledge of economics, I understand digital, but I am wary of CBDC and the use of digital for political use which is intended for control. You don't need to know my identity, Gene just as I don't need to know yours could you possibly be a Gene-o-bot? Respect is a two way street and if you want respect then stop acting like a know it all. You have opinions and your views are not breaking any new ground for those who are informed.
It sounds like a good education. Why don’t you use it? If you have critical thinking skills, why not use these instead of name-calling, disparaging comments, and snarky adolescent “mean girl” ways of communicating. You will never earn respect if you don’t show you are worthy of it.
If you don’t like my life lens, don’t read it. I am not writing it for you! With 900+ subscribers, there are plenty of others who like what I share. It’s a free country - read whatever you like.
Only the theories exist. Which calls to mind an old joke about the French intellectual, who dismissed a rival argument by condescending, "Well, yes," he snorts, "of course your scheme works well in practice, but it will never work in theory!"
Victor Serge (18190-1947) layed it out in detail in his Book Memories of a Revolutionary. Born as a Son of Russian Migrants from Russia he experienced Communism and it's Ideals from Belgium, France, Spain, Germany and finally Russia with Lenin and Trotzdy at the Helm. The struggle and prison times he went through are breathtaking but he never gave up his believe that all menkind should be equal.
Nice picture on top. That is clearly a CPI(M) poster from West Bengal. That is "Communist Party of India, Marxist", in short CPM. The idea solely responsible for taking Bengal from the most industrialized state in India to (one of the) least.
Thanks a lot for the information, I just liked the pictures. I knew that it must be from India, but I was not sure from which state.
I've been in India three times, but I did not make it to Bengal. The only other place there courting with communism is Kerala, but I think they kinda grew out of it.
Kerala and Bengal has similarities in attitudes, but differences in political power structure as well. It used to be that Kerala would elect communists for 6-7 years, then switch to the Congress party, rinse and repeat. Both parties were fairly strong. (I don't know how things are now, Congress under the current iteration of the Gandhis have basically self-destructed. Rahul Gandhi, to me, seems like a worthless prince from any medieval kingdom, trying to live off the hard work of his grandmother and great-grandfather)
In Bengal, Congress used to be strong, but when the communists broke into power in late 70s, they did a very efficient round of institution capture, similar to what you see in America today (this won't end well). Their rough work was confined to outside Calcutta (now Kolkata), though. When they came to power, their power base in Bengal was Kolkata and surrounds (basically useful idiots), soon it became rural Bengal. They did enough wealth transfer so that rural municipalities saw some improvement, particularly compared to what was happening before. But structurally it was a lie, similar to what the CPC does in china. They basically looted the industry, and used that to pay off their cadre base in rural Bengal. It was very lucrative to be a CPM leader in rural Bengal. Infinite graft. They also destroyed the education system, stopped teaching English until 6th grade (IIRC), and even degraded the teaching of Bengali so that undeucated people could pass exams. Helped along by the business houses that were running the couple of newspapers. When they ran out of other people's money the graft stopped. Basically their muscle would not listen to them since they lost control of the money (in the nineties and aughts). The current ruler learnt all the tricks from CPIM, and is actually worse, though nominally she is not a communist.
This is going to be the future of the US and the collective West, if we do not manage to change the structure.
You might be interested in this - https://crushlimbraw.blogspot.com/2021/07/china-and-russia-today-are-less.html?m=0 - the isms ain't our problem, they're just distractions from DaSynagogue of Satan.....and who dat? DaLimbraw Library has the goods to research if you wish.
I looked at it and it is a LOT to absorb. It will take me a while, but I am glad to have found it.
You definitely have to right kind of sources.
Feel free to repost/review/critique anything from here.
I will appreciate it.
Keep up the good work
Take your time, Zork - it has taken me 20 some years to begin to get the hang of things as to how the world works. Prior to that I was as ignorant as any public school trained seal - but it didn't really get into gear until I started my website in 2015 - www.crushlimbraw.com - which then led into starting my library. To say this has been a learning experience is not even close - I had no idea what I was getting into, especially since I'm a slow reading learner - more of a plodder, but I am persistent.
In any case, just about everything I thought I knew and understood has turned out to be bullshit and propaganda - all learned by reading what others have researched, discovered and made available for us to discover as well. I owe everything to those doing the hard work.....and I'm still learning.
You keep at it, Zork!
Central planning is entirely feasible to meet supply and demand needs in a fully digital economy. Prices are no longer crucial but could still be useful in some contexts.
The WEF and it's One World Order plans are entirely predicated on this emerging reality.
Well, I don't really agree with the first point, but I will address both in some upcoming posts. First I want to finish the set I am working on then I will move on to the WEF and its aspirations.
In the meantime, you could read Mises (again?) The link is above.
Mises wrote long before the Digital Economy and could never have forecast what I have seen in today's world.
He didn't have to. Economic principles do not rely on technology.
Distributed vs centralized decision making is not a technological question.
...as I discussed on the first post of this series:
https://zorkthehun.substack.com/p/core-belief-1-on-decision-making
Principles may not, but technology has always affected economic dynamics since the Industrial Revolution. Mises argues from a Price Theory perspective when money was backed by gold and Monetary Theory could not be easily be used to distort those dynamics. The Digital Economy has affected this even more. Mises would be amazed how much power data has, compared to prices, to establish supply-demand relationships planning in the modern age.
Central planning only works if you can reliably forecast the weather for an entire growing season, from seeding to harvest. Think about it. So far, we can reliably forecast the weather for about three days, with the best computer models in existence.
Ask Gene he has the digital answer.
When those who control the access to your digital world and you cannot obtain supply or meet demand what’s your plan, Gene?
If you are asking this question, you haven’t understood the CPD proposal. Do you have any understanding of the Digital Age? Any formal training in Economics? Have you read any of Klaus Schwab’s books?
It's easily understood, Gene. The WEF proposal is for total control and elimination of excess humans. How is your digital currency going to help you when your dead, boy?
To your question. Yes, yes, and phuck no. Klaus Schwab is a ghoul.
I've run across you before, Gene and you are always a prick in any conversation you have with anyone who disagrees with your position. Arrogance and hubris make you such a silly little man.
I agree with you on Klaus Schwab, which is my answer was phuck yes.
I suffered through both his Covid book and "The Fourth Industrial Revolution"
They made me want to puke, but it is important to know your enemies.
The problem is that Gene was actually impressed. Gene is a good guy, it's only his life lens that is distorted 😉
Thanks and I agree, how could anyone be impressed by a psychopath whose motivation is power, wealth and death to those who he deems unworthy of life. Useless eaters as his Zionist pal Harari has dubbed them. Gene could have offered a summary of his take on the digital age without the condescension.
Zork, I wonder why you don’t ask me why I was impressed by Schwab’s 4IR book? I dislike exposing my views by text. My Substack series of episodes (10 so far) offers a much more thorough look at my views on 4IR. It’s an update to the short eBook I published on Amazon Kindle a year ago. The CPD (Citizens’ Preferences Database) proposal is a central theme in the Digital Direct Democracy series of episodes.
So, rather than answer a question you cite your blog. Self-promotion, Gene or do you think there is something in your work that hasn't been written elsewhere by others?
Who are you? Why do you hide behind Cosmo T Kat? Is it because you don’t want anyone to know about your ignorance on topics that you pretend to understand? Is name calling your idea of respectful discussion and information exchange? You call me a “silly little man” and if that’s the best you have to offer when I ask you about your knowledge about the Digital Age, Economics, Schwab’s 4IR book, then you are acknowledging your own lack of understanding. Name-calling is often the tactic of the political ‘left’ who are driven by feelings over logic. Is this you?
Asked and answered............what name calling?
What's with the condescension and pretense to some higher understanding, that's what I call hubris.
More name calling? Really?
Again, what name calling, I addressed you as Gene, is that a name your are hiding behind?
“prick”, “silly little man” “psychopath” “ghoul” etc
Your observation about me is probably correct. I quickly lose patience with anyone who expresses opinions that reveal very little critical thinking. Many people today outsource their critical thinking to others in their echo chamber of popular opinion. Those are the people who pepper their conversations with claims they can’t back up, or they use name-calling to as a way to end the discussion because they have nothing constructive to add to it.
I run into these poorly-informed people frequently and I confess that I dismiss them when I see how shallow is their thinking. Life is too short for wasting time on people who won’t read, won’t try to understand the points of views of others (like Klaus Schwab) and won’t try to find respectful common ground with others. At age 72, I am aware of my limitations and plan to use my time efforts wisely.
Dude, get over yourself. Like Zork so aptly put, your life lens appears a bit distorted and your tantrums are droll.
If you find me so tedious, why do you bother to engage me? If you really want to know what I think, the MY LIFE LENS Substack has 400+ posts over the past 27 months. I cited the recent ten Digital Direct Democracy episodes which can answer your questions about my views if you were genuinely interested in knowing them.
Please excuse my ignorance, but what is the 'CPD proposal' you are referring to?
FYI https://www.facebook.com/100064703167153/posts/pfbid0bNXNTqiaGgNrnkW9shETNuKjMQABeZTvGmPLkEjFtttrW3TwHE3up6VoeEXWLrrjl/?
Thank you Gene, much appreciated
No, I asked you for your plan.
I am not a central planner. I am a Libertarian who believes in Individual Freedom of Informed Choice. My plan is my business which I would share with someone I respect and trust. I don’t even know your identity!
Neither am I, Gene. I am an economics major from a top five University with a heavy dose of history as my second degree, and 40 years in the technology industry serving Mil/Aero (I have engaged with the top sub-contractors and worked on skunk work programs and many critical weapons programs), and Telecom are the primary industries plus more recently the industrial sector with plenty of interaction with IoT and AI/ML applications. So to answer your earlier question I have a great deal of knowledge of economics, I understand digital, but I am wary of CBDC and the use of digital for political use which is intended for control. You don't need to know my identity, Gene just as I don't need to know yours could you possibly be a Gene-o-bot? Respect is a two way street and if you want respect then stop acting like a know it all. You have opinions and your views are not breaking any new ground for those who are informed.
It sounds like a good education. Why don’t you use it? If you have critical thinking skills, why not use these instead of name-calling, disparaging comments, and snarky adolescent “mean girl” ways of communicating. You will never earn respect if you don’t show you are worthy of it.
If you don’t like my life lens, don’t read it. I am not writing it for you! With 900+ subscribers, there are plenty of others who like what I share. It’s a free country - read whatever you like.
If you think I am a Gene-o-bot, why not call me and let’s have a conversation?. I will give you my number if you agree.
I recommend that you read Digital Direct Democracy series starting with episode #1.
https://open.substack.com/pub/gbalfour/p/digital-direct-democracy-episode?r=16emgc&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
It will give you the grounding needed to understand how and why Digital Communism is becoming our new reality.
The future is not written.....
Only the theories exist. Which calls to mind an old joke about the French intellectual, who dismissed a rival argument by condescending, "Well, yes," he snorts, "of course your scheme works well in practice, but it will never work in theory!"
I love it! here I am, barely younger than Gene and I never heard it.
But you (in plural) just gave me an idea for a post:
"Principles, theories, plans and delusions"
To quote Yogi Berra's take on it:
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is"
I look forward to your post!
Victor Serge (18190-1947) layed it out in detail in his Book Memories of a Revolutionary. Born as a Son of Russian Migrants from Russia he experienced Communism and it's Ideals from Belgium, France, Spain, Germany and finally Russia with Lenin and Trotzdy at the Helm. The struggle and prison times he went through are breathtaking but he never gave up his believe that all menkind should be equal.
Nice picture on top. That is clearly a CPI(M) poster from West Bengal. That is "Communist Party of India, Marxist", in short CPM. The idea solely responsible for taking Bengal from the most industrialized state in India to (one of the) least.
Thanks a lot for the information, I just liked the pictures. I knew that it must be from India, but I was not sure from which state.
I've been in India three times, but I did not make it to Bengal. The only other place there courting with communism is Kerala, but I think they kinda grew out of it.
But I am very pleased that you let me know.
Kerala and Bengal has similarities in attitudes, but differences in political power structure as well. It used to be that Kerala would elect communists for 6-7 years, then switch to the Congress party, rinse and repeat. Both parties were fairly strong. (I don't know how things are now, Congress under the current iteration of the Gandhis have basically self-destructed. Rahul Gandhi, to me, seems like a worthless prince from any medieval kingdom, trying to live off the hard work of his grandmother and great-grandfather)
In Bengal, Congress used to be strong, but when the communists broke into power in late 70s, they did a very efficient round of institution capture, similar to what you see in America today (this won't end well). Their rough work was confined to outside Calcutta (now Kolkata), though. When they came to power, their power base in Bengal was Kolkata and surrounds (basically useful idiots), soon it became rural Bengal. They did enough wealth transfer so that rural municipalities saw some improvement, particularly compared to what was happening before. But structurally it was a lie, similar to what the CPC does in china. They basically looted the industry, and used that to pay off their cadre base in rural Bengal. It was very lucrative to be a CPM leader in rural Bengal. Infinite graft. They also destroyed the education system, stopped teaching English until 6th grade (IIRC), and even degraded the teaching of Bengali so that undeucated people could pass exams. Helped along by the business houses that were running the couple of newspapers. When they ran out of other people's money the graft stopped. Basically their muscle would not listen to them since they lost control of the money (in the nineties and aughts). The current ruler learnt all the tricks from CPIM, and is actually worse, though nominally she is not a communist.
This is going to be the future of the US and the collective West, if we do not manage to change the structure.
Thanks again, since you read my blog, you must know how much I can relate.
Communism is a death cult.