Monday, January 21, 2019

Of Brexit

                      As I've mentioned in one of yesterday's blogs, the U.K people voted in a referendum to leave the E.U.  The E.U is both a free trade zone in Europe and a currency union.  The U.K however is not part of the currency union as it uses the pound as its currency.  The U.K's economy has suffered greatly under free trade in the Eurozone.  Theresa May, Prime Minister of the U.K, and her government has failed to negotiate an adequate deal with both the technocrats in Brussels and the Labor Party in the U.K.  Thus, a hard Brexit is her best option.  This means that there will be no deal in place as the U.K leaves the free trade zone with the E.U.  Also, the U.K will be free to repeal E.U imposed regulations.  Currently, E.U regulations make up half of the U.K's laws and economic growth is slowing all the time.  Furthermore, the U.K will be free to negotiate new trade deals with other countries especially developing countries in Asia and Latin America.  Perphaps, the U.K will start granting development loans to developing countries in order to counter China's growing influence.  It is important to note that May has survived two recent no confidence votes by a narrow margin.  Also, her Brexit deal was defeated in a vote by the House of Commons.  Some are suggesting that there needs to be a second referendum to approve the final Brexit deal.  This could prove to be counter productive as it may give the Labor Party an opportunity to draw out their rhetoric against leaving the free trade zone.  In short, a hard Brexit is by far the best option for the U.K at this point.  In the coming months I suspect that other countries such as Italy will have referendums to leave the E.U.  It is important to remember that joining the E.U was a decision made in parliaments throughout Europe not by ordinary people.  In other words, common folk did not have a choice in joining the free trade zone or the currency union formed by the E.U.   

Sunday, January 20, 2019

Of The Cou D'etat of The Ukraine

                      In 2015 when the pro Russian government in the Ukraine decided not to join the European Union in favor of an alliance with Russia a civil war broke out.  This civil war was between pro Russian seperatist in the east and pro Europeans in the west.  Many of the pro Russian serperatist are ethnic Russian and speak Russian.  The pro Russian government was toppled and replaced by a pro European government.  This was largely an operation by the U.S and Germany.  Also, the pro European government immediately toppled the pro Russian seperatist and falsely accussed Putin of aiding them.  It is important to note that as soon as a pro European regime was installed, Monsanto immediately shipped GMO containing seeds to the Ukraine's ports.  Also, when Crimea voted to join Russia this referendum was deemed a farce by then U.S president Obama.  There's no evidence to suggest that the referendum was illigitament.  Russia annexed Crimea and invested in its agriculture.  This greatly increased ouput and Crimea has some of the best soil in the world.  Crimea supplies war torn Syria and Turkey.  Turkey faces sanctions from western countries for its role in combating the west's agenda in the Middle East.  I will provide more details on this in subsequent blogs.  The Ukraine coup was also an attempt to integrate the Ukriane into NATO.  Also, Germany wants a pipeline going from Germany, through the Ukriane, to Russia.  Natural resources are scarce in Western Europe.                     

Of The Collapse of The European Union

                  In 1999 the European Union (E.U) was founded as a free trade agreement and a currency union to encourage trade and tourism across the continent.  Thus, the Euro was established as a currency to be used amongst E.U members and goods flowed seemlesly between countries.  Since then the free trade agreement has produced winners and losers.  For example, Germany exports manufactured goods to the rest of Europe and America while countries such as the U.K have a weak manufacturing industry.  This trend has increased Germany political clout in the E.U.  In 2012 a number of Southern European countries had a national debt problem.  In Greece the government almost defaulted on its debt.  Germany bailed out Greece, but on the conditions that Greece agree to cut government spending on programs such as welfare.  These government spending cuts only increased social unrest and made the economy even worse.  This led to an increase in the interest rate Greece pays on national debt.  Consequently, Greece's natioanl debt increased and youth unemployment soared upward.  Many citizens in Greece were not even paying taxes and brain drain is on the rise.  Many scientist and other well educated professionals are leaving the country.  Greece's socialist policies created a trap in that once the economy is too dependent on government spending the government cannot cut spending without making the economy worse and causing interest rates on government debt to rise.
             Socialism is wide spread throughout Europe as these countries have welfare programs that go beyond the welfare programs in America.  Also, some countries have the government in conrol over certain industries while the rest of the industries are in the hands of the free market.  Some countries have been smart about these policies while others have failed.  For example, in Sweden the government does not overexten itself the way Greece does ensuring that every program is funded. These programs include pensions; support for the unemployed that includes benefits, job training, retraining and job creation; disability and sickness benefits; health care; parental leave; child allowances; financial assistance for families with disabled children; and decent housing for all.  Unlike in Greece most Swedens pay taxes and due to a stable economy does not experience brain drain.  Sweden restructured its welfare programs in the 1990s.  Thus, promoting fiscal stability.  In 1990s a recession hit Sweden and unemployment was widespread.  Before the recession unemployment was avergining 2 percent and the government frequently had budget surpluses.  Also, poverty and income inequality was low by international standards and still is to this day.  It is important to note that the Swedish government motivation for fiscal and tax reform in the late 1990s was to meet the criteria to join the E.U.  Tax reform largely benefited the wealthy and fiscal reform meant cutting back welfare programs.  In the 1990s globalization was causing jobs to be outsource and imports to compete with domestically produced goods.  Joining the E.U would eventually make these issues worse.  Sweden joined the E.U on Janurary 1st, 1995.  However, despite the influx of imports and increase in outsourcing Sweden's economy has remained relatively stable.
                Greece is not the only European country to experience issues with government debt in 2012.  Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, and Ireland all have high levels of government debt relative to GDP (Gross Domestic Product).  These countries also have high youth unemployment and the interest rates on government debt in these countries have increased.  Political problems have occured as a result of the economic downturn.  In Italy the Five Star Movement party came to power in 2018 and there was a leadership challenge in Spain the same year.  Recently, in France the Yellow Jacket Movement is incouraging people to protest France's socialist policies and the E.U.  I suspect that given the clout Germany has that Spain and Italy's leadership are quietly talking to each other.  In the summer of 2016 the U.K voted in a referendum to leave the E.U.  Since the referendum May has failed to negotiate a good exit deal with the European Union.  This has caused two unsuccesful no confidence votes and making a hard Brexit likely.  A hard Brexit may be the way to go at this point.  Other countries such as Italy are considering leaving the E.U.
                    As I've mentioned in previous blogs, Europe is being flooded by migrants from the Middle East and North Africa.  Most of these migrants are men between the ages of 18 and 25 claiming to be under 18 so that they can recieve welfare.  It is important to note that some groups of these migrants are practicing Sheria Law amongst their fellow migrants.  This means that they are disobeying the law of the country they migrated to.         

References

"The Ups and Downs of the Swedish Welfare State: General Trends, Benefits and Caregiving"
by Helen Lachs Gisburg and Marguerite G. Rosenthal
(Please note that this is a 2006 article. I used it because it highlights the events of the 1990s recession and the policies implemeted in order for Sweden to join the E.U)
http://newpol.org/content/ups-and-downs-swedish-welfare-state-general-trends-benefits-and-caregiving


Saturday, January 19, 2019

Of Immigration and Possible Solutions

           Immigration is an issue that affects almost every country of moderate to great wealth.  In this blog I will focus on immigration in America and Europe.  As I've pointed out in previous blogs, Europe is being flooded with migrants from North Africa and Arabia.  Most of these migrants are males 18 to 25.  Many of these men claim to be under 18 so that they can recieve welfare from the state.  Some people claim that migrants entering Europe represent a small portion of the migrants coming from the Middle East.  However, most of the countries outside of Europe especially in the Middle East that are taking in migrants only allow these migrants to stay in refugee camps.  Migrants tend to stay at refugee camps for ten or more years as they wait for their claims for asylum to be processed.  The children in the refugee camps are not going to school and the adults are not working.  This results in billions of dollars of lost human capital.  These refugee camps are run by the United Nations.  This shows that the United Nations is untrustworthy.  Others have argued that the migrants in both Europe and America are simply a source of cheap labor.  This argument holds water when one considers the long history of factories using immigrants as cheap labor in America.  Also, the meat packing industry is notorious for using illegal immigrats and providing poor working conditions.  These workers are often paid less then minumum wage and do not get overtime pay for working more than forty hours a week.  The agriculture industry is another example of such use of immigrants.  However, these farms tend to have more legal immigrants that have work visas that allow them to come to the U.S and work.
                 America and Europe have an aging population as people live longer.  Also, people are having less kids.  This could lead to a labor shortage and a large population of elderly people that lack a labor force large enough to support them.  In some parts of America unemployment is still high while in others there is a labor shortage.  One solution would be to have immigrants and poor people move to parts of the country where there is a labor shortage such as North Dakota.  This would reduce poverty in rural and urban areas.  Also, it would allow developing countries to have more resources to develop their labor force.  For if these countries have a way to send their unskilled workers to other places to work then it would free up resources that could be used for education and healthcare.  Eventually, the infant mortality rate and birth rate would go down in these countries.  Thus, allowing them to focus on education and modernization.  I am not suggesting that unskilled workers is always a bad thing for a country to have.  A society needs people to peform dirty work. 
              It is important to note that when Europe was industrializing in the 1800s the unskilled workers were able to go to the colonies in the Americas and Africa.  This is by means justification for colonialism.  The birth rate and mortality rate declined in Europe.  Also, a well educated middle class of doctors, lawyers, and professors began to emerge.  A wealthy elite of industrialist also emerged.  By the late 1800s workers enjoyed some leisure time and better pay thanks to labor unions.  There are other ways to improve wages and working conditions besides labor unions such as teaching the workers better negotiating skills.  This is a better solution than labor unions.  Labor unions tend to donate to political compaigns and often to support public policies that would not benefit the employees.  Indeed, if immigrants and poor people are sent to work in areas where labor is high in demand then these workers will need to be taught how to negotiate with their employer. 

Friday, January 18, 2019

Of The Political Economy of a Multi-Planet Civilization

                  As I mentioned in previous blogs the secret space program is working on technology greater than anything in the public eye.  Eventually, this secret program will have the capability to explore planets that can support life.  There are planets that scientist think may be able to support life close to our solar system.  Also, there are stories coming out about astroid mining.  I suspect that the astroid mining is a cover story for off world commerce.  There is enough money missing that it is reasonable to suspect that some of this money is going to another planet.  Perhaps, its being used for interplanetary commerce or even a tribute.  Either way there is so much that we are not being told.  Currently, the economy is behaving like an open system.  This means that the economy is not a zero sum game with winners and losers.  Rather, everyone is benefiting from economic growth.  This is evident as wages have consistantly gone up for the last several months and numerous jobs are being created every month. 
                In order for a civilization to become a multi-planet civilization it would need payment and communication systems in space.  As I've mentioned in a previous blog, the E.U is building out its own payment system independent of America's financial clearing system.  Also, Japan has its own financial clearing system and is allowing Russia to use it.  This is to allow Russia to get around American imposed sanctions.  As I've mentioned in an earlier blog, China is building communication systems in space as part of its One Belt, One Road Project.  I suspect that eventually China will build out its own clearing system in space.  In summery, the building out of infrastructure in space is evidence that the elites are preparing to become a multi-planet civilization.
             Trump announced that America needs another space force.  This implies that America already has a space force as I mentioned in a previous blog, the Strategic Defense Initiative was designed to intercept missles via a laser from space.  This is only a few generations away from the technology neccesary to wage cosmic war.  I am by no means suggesting that we are heading in that direction.  However, world leaders will have to be careful in the coming decades to prevent such a war from taking place.  Given that China and Japan are building out infrastructure in space its likely that they are close to working on their own space force. 
            NASA is working on developing a warp drive that would allow space ships to travel faster than light speed.  Astroid mining cannot be accomplished using chemical rockets.  I suspect that in the near future we will the rolling out of more advanced space travel.  Indeed, enormous space ships that can carry hundreds of tons of physical goods would be needed in order to conduct interplanetary commerce.  Interplanetary commerce would be an vital part of a multi-planet civilization.  In order to support such commerce, many space ports would be needed on both Earth and the colonies Earth would build.  The U.K, Portugal, and Austrial already have their own space ports.  Also, interplantery banking would be necessary.  Workers would need to be able to move to where labor is in demand between planets.  This means that loans, human capital, and capital for business would flow seemlessly between multiple planets.  This would drive down the cost of capital considerable and wages would have to rise in order to attract workers.  Workers would need to be trained in the skills neccesary for working in the new economy.  Its possible that these newly discovered planets would have resources on them that could be mined and exported to Earth.  Its plausible to assume that a planet that can support life could have land suitable for agriculture.  Furthermore, real estate would have to be developed for these minning and farming communities.  There would be a wealth of knowledge provided to scientist by the new elements and species of plants and animals that would be discovered.  Factories would have more demand than they have capacity to produce because of all the space ships and equipment needed for colonization.  This issue occured in the early 2000s when the demand for cars was so high that manufacturers could not keep pace with demand.  Perhaps, more advanced technology could solve this problem.  This boom in scientific discovery, commerce, and investment would spur decades of uninterupted growth. 
             There is one problem the colonizers and investors may encounter while developing a multi-planet civilization.  That is the possibility of intelligent life already occupying the newly discovered planets.  By intelligent life I mean life as intelligent as humans and with the same capacity for language and culture.  However, the human colonizers and the aliens could peacefully co-exist.  The aliens would speak a different language than the Earthlings.  This could be overcome by pointing to objects then using words to refer to them.  Eventually, many new languages and culture would be learned.  If the aleins are more advanced  then Earth would have to be cautious towards them.  We would need to quickly emulate their technology especially their military technology.  Earthlings may have to limit their colonies on planets occupied by such groups to trading cities.  Also, planets that sustain life that are not occupied by such groups would be suitable for settlement.  Aleins and Earthlings could even learn from each other and trade. It is important to note that if banking were take place between humans and aleins that we would have to be very carefully not to become too indebted to the aleins or give them too much equity.  For by giving someone else too much equity or becoming too far indebted to them, we would essentially be relinquishing our freedom that group or individual.  Equity is ownership by an investor in a business.  A classic example of this is a share of stock in a corporation.  When a company becomes a corporations by going public an investment banks issues shares of the company.  These shares are stock that represent partial ownership in the corporation.  The United States federal government is losing sovereignty to other countries such China, the U.K, and Argintina because the federal government is in enormous debt to these countries.  This could result in financial and business decisions being made in Beijing or London.
                 In order for everyone to enjoy the benefits of this civilization becoming a multi-planet civilization governments and compaies around the world will have to be more transparent.  Secrecy is the source inequality.  This is because secrecy hides opportunities and destroys financial liquidity.  In other words, secrecy prevents most investors from making informed decisions.  Indeed, companies have information they are entitled to keep confidential.  However, it is evident that some companies do not disclose information that is not sensitive as we saw in the wake of the 2008 financial crises.  Also, compaign finance would have to reformed in order to ensure that the voice of people has a greater influence on state and federal governments than corporate campaign donations.  Government agencies would have to be throughly audited to ensure that there is little waste in the federal government.               

Thursday, January 17, 2019

An Important Announcement

                  I am pleased to announce that this publication will have its first partnership with a brand new publication that I am starting with my mom.  The publication is called "Timeless Lore".  A couple weeks ago my mother started copying and editing early sources on problems with Mormonism.  I will explain this topic further in depth in subsequent blogs.  These books are short and are about twenty- five pages.  I will help her edit these by reading the orignial text then reading my mother's work. The goal of this publication is perserve old literature for future generations and bring back old wisedom.  Also, we want people everywhere to be connected with their traditional culture.  As I've mentioned in previous blogs, the political class has been attacking traditional western culture.  I plan to focus my efforts on copying and editing Northern European  and ancient Byzantine philosophy.  These books will be released through "Timeless Lore" and I have not started yet.  I still have much to do before I take on this endeavor.  We are still working on a mission statement, vision statement, and logo.  Feel free to email any suggestions to me at theinquiringhumanist@gmail.com.  My mother has been making short work of editing and copying the short books on the problems with Mormonism.  The texts that we are copying and editing come from Archive.com which has thousands of old texts. 

Of The Breakaway Civilization Part 2

                     The Breakaway as coined by Richard Dolan can be broadly defined as covert groups operating above the law to run the secret space program and other scientific research.  I suspect its been around for hundreds of thousands of years. I suspect that the Breakaway civilization is trying to break away from the collective conscious if it exists.  The question remains, what else are they trying to breakaway from? They could breakaway entirely. 
                          The Breakaway Civilization has been around for a long time.  The Illuminati formed many breakaway groups.  Adam Weishaupt who lived from 1748 to 1830 founded the Order of the Illuminati which is a secret society.  He recruited people for this secret society from Free Masonry lodges in major European cities.  Weishaupt was a communist and he was also a philosopher that gave the first real expression of Marxism.  He infiltrated the Free Masonry with his communist ideology.  Also, before Weishaupt's time there were commune experiments in medival Europe.
                         It is important to note that while it is clear that the Breakaway Civilization has been around for quite a long time, the more difficult question is whether were dealing with a continuity of groups through time.  There is evidence that culture and language has been passed down for hundreds of thousands of years. Indeed, the language and culture did evolve over time.  Therefore, I suspect that we are dealing with the continuity of pre-historic breakaway groups.
                           Breakaway groups claim the same sovereignty as a nation state.  Corporations are not far off from this description.  In other words, they too have claimed national sovereignty.  As I mentioned in previous blogs, many corporations have taken a larger role in making laws than the lawmakers themselves.  Also, the voices of individual people are being ignored. 

References

"An Analyses of The Breakaway Civilization" by Dr. Joseph p Farrell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1svGIBKaE_0&t=3s