Why the future might hold trouble for us. Part 1
Why capitalism always needs growth to manage debt pressure. Gail Tverberg has many ideas that we will encounter again throughout this blog series. Besides the connection between economic growth and energy, her ideas are primarily based on the realization that capitalism relies on the pre-financing of production. This pre-financing can only be funded with future […]
Read moreIf WW3 started would you fight for your country?
I found this question on Reddit. I liked this answer and it makes you think: If WW3 started would you fight for your country? god no. Countries are just localized monopolies of force for the protection of the local ruling class. You might as well ask if I’d die for my boss… What is your […]
Read moreExpatCircle Photos – ToS – Terms of use
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Read moreBenjamin Franklin Circle
Benjamin Franklin’s Junto Questions 1. Have you met with any thing in the author you last read, remarkable, or suitable to be communicated to the Junto? particularly in history, morality, poetry, physics, travels, mechanic arts, or other parts of knowledge? 2. What new story have you lately heard agreeable for telling in conversation? 3. Hath any […]
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