Paleo And Politics page 12

[itchy166]

There will come a time when consumers won't buy from a car manufacturer unless that manufacturer is aligned with their social views.

I sure hope you are right. I already avoid WalMart because it kills local business, but I'm afraid its too late.

When I look into the future, I see a world where the consolidation of resources is complete. I see a world where there is a multi-billionaire class, a control (or State/Politcian/Police class and a servant class. There will be THE Energy Company, THE Food Production Company, THE Mining Company, THE Bank, THE TotalMart, THE Textile Company, and the POLICE/TAX COLLECTER, etc. As far as the governments and political classes go, whether they are left leaning or right leaning, they are all working towards this consolidation. The only difference is the justifications they use to get there and the vision of who will hold the reigns. If a true world-wide consolidation occurred (and we are fucking close now), to someone in the servant class (us I'm afraid) is there really ANY difference whether the rulers call themselves communists, capitalists, or God?

I recently read (I can't remember the source, so don't take my word for it), that there are approx 1800 billionaires who control 94% of the worlds resources, and the other 7 billion of us divide the remaining 6%.

The only way to fight is to do your best to not participate. Localism and self-reliance is our only real defense.

[Him]

I recently read (I can't remember the source, so don't take my word for it), that there are approx 1800 billionaires who control 94% of the worlds resources, and the other 7 billion of us divide the remaining 6%.

The only way to fight is to do your best to not participate. Localism and self-reliance is our only real defense.

You realize how funny that juxtaposition is, right?

First, 3,888,889:1 odds mean it would suck to be one of those 1800 if the majority got pissy.

Second, and far more importantly: The only way we have resource limits is if we stay local. The solar system alone has amazingly vast resources, and our one little galaxy seems to have about 100 earth-like planets for every single human currently living, and there are hundreds of billions of galaxies in the universe. The resources at our disposal are ridiculously, almost inconceivably, vast. Our only real defense is to stop thinking of this one planet as though it's the entire universe.

[itchy166]

You realize that historically 3.8 million to one is a very favorable ratio for a ruler. In fact Stalin probably was responsible for that many deaths (anywhere from 20 million to 60 million)> Hitler probably killed 11 million. The power doesn't come from a person to person ratio, it comes from the control of resources (which is almost absolute now).

As far as your space argument goes, how the hell are you (yes you personally) going to access it? You are thinking from a middle class point of view with a world view that believes that THEY give a shit about an individual.

You are no different than a goat herder in Afghanistan who is trying to get a piece of the riches found in the West. Try too hard, and a drone strike will vaporize your ass.

[Him]

You realize that historically 3.8 million to one is a very favorable ratio for a ruler.

Your analysis isn't really correct. Stalin had 165,000,000 people who largely agreed with his practices circa 1934. The ratio was skewed heavily in Stalin's favor, not against. Even if you credit 60 million (a figure which depends on a population estimate of 180+ million in the early 1930s), that's still basically 2.5:1 for, not 3.8 million to 1 against.

The power doesn't come from a person to person ratio, it comes from the control of resources (which is almost absolute now).

All power is human. It's ideas and agreement. If people stop agreeing en mas, if you go from 99.999% basically satisfied with the status quo (which is what we have today) to 50% satisfied, control of resources can shift in the blink of an eye.

As far as your space argument goes, how the hell are you (yes you personally) going to access it? You are thinking from a middle class point of view with a world view that believes that THEY give a shit about an individual.

There are a couple of start ups now that have formed for asteroid mining. If I personally want to access those resources, I invest in those companies and/or start my own. It's not easy but no new thing ever is.

I don't think you have a strong grasp of how I'm thinking (in other words, you are wrong).

You are no different than a goat herder in Afghanistan who is trying to get a piece of the riches found in the West. Try too hard, and a drone strike will vaporize your ass.

I, on the other hand, now have a very good idea of how you are "thinking."

The barriers are in your mind. That doesn't mean they aren't real for you, but the fact that you have barriers doesn't mean that everyone does.

[Cryptocode]

On e onomics, have Any of you ever watch the Crash Course?
The Crash Course | Peak Prosperity

And Mary Logan's Whither Complexity?
Dr. Mary Logan - Whither Complexity?

Ionly listened to the first 6 chapters of the first film, it was way too slow. But the second was very interesting. I'd never thought about net energy before, or combined it with the other factors: population, food, complexity, etc. Thank you.

It does reinforce my future view, and I'm glad that my family is pretty well prepared. I believe our money is going to colapse within this decade.

[itchy166]

Your analysis is completely incorrect. Am I to beelieve that over a third of the population of the Soviet Union were homicidal circa 1934? Perhaps a better explination would be that those people were afraid of the syatem of control in play at the time. Much like the system being built in the US right now I might add. Or are you suggesting that the hypothetical goat herder's neighbours are somehow complicit in his death by not shooting down drones.

My thinking is not only much more correct, but also much more practical, while you go chasing asteroids, I will tend my garden and hunt wild game. All the while refusing the game being played out by the owners of the spaceships

[Cryptocode]

Automated insemination? No, that's probably not what you meant.

I think people should have both, but they should be able to choose one or the other if that's what they like.

ROFL! Now quite. To have a choice, move or stay, I agree. But to be constantly on the move, no. I've done enough of that.

The latest data I've seen shows that married or rooming together, with or without children is now less that 1/2 our housing. More housing is occupied by Singles.

Our communities were held together by families. If there are minimal families perhaps there will be no geographic communities.

I still think you need a different name for what you are describing than a 'non-geographic state', that's not a good description. How about a Community of Interest.

I also think our views depend to some degree on our age, physical health, and family status. In my ideal country there were no States or Fed. And I have no objection to Communities of either kind. I think they're natural.

Back to your points 3,4,5. What happens to people in our country who are not citizens? Who have not paid the price?

And you speak of 'trust fund babes', where did that trust fund come from?

[Him]

Your analysis is completely incorrect.

We shall see.

Am I to beelieve that over a third of the population of the Soviet Union were homicidal circa 1934?

Why not? Homicide just means killing humans, and most people are willing to do that at one time or another. Maybe "defense of family", maybe something less savory, but almost everyone is "homicidal" in the right circumstances.

Perhaps a better explination would be that those people were afraid of the syatem of control in play at the time. Much like the system being built in the US right now I might add. Or are you suggesting that the hypothetical goat herder's neighbours are somehow complicit in his death by not shooting down drones.

In 1937 the Soviet Union performed a population census. You may not remember this, but an interesting quirk about the soviets is that theywere officially atheist. Stalin himself told the census organizers to include a question about religion. What he wanted to hear was that everyone was atheist. What he got was that 57% of respondents answered that they were religious. This was a direct defiance of Stalin and the Soviet state. It so pissed off Stalin/the Soviets that they....wait for it....never asked about religion again.

Yeah, those people were skeered alright!

My thinking is not only much more correct, but also much more practical, while you go chasing asteroids, I will tend my garden and hunt wild game. All the while refusing the game being played out by the owners of the spaceships

Your thinking isn't correct, it's defeatist and short term. Nothing says you can't have a garden, hunt wild game, AND chase asteroids.

[Him]

....But to be constantly on the move, no. I've done enough of that.

Years ago I lived on a sailboat. I discovered along the way just how the current US system is rigged against people who have no fixed address. That is a social injustice that most people are completely insensitive to, and one that the current way all governments are geographically bound exacerbates. I think it's important to let those people who want to sail up and down the coast on a sailboat, or rove the country in an RV, or just wander the earth with no fixed address, do so without being second class citizens, completely disenfranchised, or otherwise penalized. The unfairness to those people is an architectural problem directly related to the idea that governments are geographically local.

The latest data I've seen shows that married or rooming together, with or without children is now less that 1/2 our housing. More housing is occupied by Singles.

I'm sure that will cycle back and forth.

Our communities were held together by families. If there are minimal families perhaps there will be no graphic communities.

Some are. Others are held together by common interest. Others are held together by common threats.

Back to your points 3,4,5. What happens to people in our country who are not citizens? Who have not paid the price?

Someone caught in-country whose head tax was never paid is given a chance to pay the head tax (if they could prove when they entered the country it could even be prorated, otherwise it would be assumed that they were born here and the tax was never paid). If they refuse they are deported and billed for the prorated tax (for the period they were in country) plus the cost of deportation. There wouldn't be criminal charges or anything.

As long as your head tax is paid it doesn't matter if you are a citizen or not.

And you speak of 'trust fund babes', where did that trust fund come from?

It's the head tax. It could also be viewed as buying a "share" which pays dividends to the shareholder, but is limited to one share per head. The dividends could either be money or a portion of the output from the automated factories and farms.

[Scott F]

Ionly listened to the first 6 chapters of the first film, it was way too slow. But the second was very interesting. I'd never thought about net energy before, or combined it with the other factors: population, food, complexity, etc. Thank you.

It does reinforce my future view, and I'm glad that my family is pretty well prepared. I believe our money is going to colapse within this decade.

I'm a follower of Austrian econ. But even that needs the primary means of production. Since I'm sure you know the economics stuff, I would suggest you go back to Crash Course and watch the chapters 17a, 17b, and 17c, 18, and 19

Everything in nature is an energy system...including economies.

I'm in the oil business and those chapters are keen to my interests. If you can't grow your primary energy (and commodity supply) you cannot grow your economy. Washington doesn't seem to have figured that yet.