Friday “Everything in the world may be endured, except continual prosperity.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The current under 40s are, generally speaking, the most dangerously effete and deluded generations in history. Is that because of the prosperity brought about by creating synthetic credit and circulating the debt notes in the guise of money? There is an … [Read more...]
The Big R
Saturday The history of economics and war tells us that the world is in a bad place. Empires are in collision. It is 1914 – with nukes. The West’s softest and silliest ever generation, is about to get a real life lesson in Reality – the Big R. It will be an unrecognisable concept to most. Despite the giddy euphoria of the stock market, we have … [Read more...]
Wealth Creation and Destruction
Monday It does not take a degree is miserableness to note that the world is in a bad place. This is exacerbated by the fact that we are ruled by those of undistinguished intellect. Theresa May, Justin Trudeau, Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel, Jacinda Ardern (what were the Kiwis thinking?) and Nicolas Maduro; the list could go on and on. At a point in history … [Read more...]
Fake World
Sunday The collapse of the West will start from the peripheries and move in toward the major cities. It has already begun. In Australia, the recent State election in NSW saw the vote for major parties drop and the vote for parties previously considered ‘minor’ rise significantly. In this topsy-turvy artificial world based on counterfeit credit, most ‘wealth’ is produced … [Read more...]
Integrity and Consequences
Monday I try to stick to the subject of Gold, but do sometimes wander. There is a Gold connection in the following, but I acknowledge that it is rather tenuous and, for the purpose of the article, not important. Integrity is composed of the discipline to view reality honestly, the intelligence to understand it correctly and the courage to act on it in accord with that … [Read more...]