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Trade Wars Lead to Shooting Wars and Depressions
Trade Wars Lead to Shooting Wars and Depressions Trade wars were a principal factor in causing the Great Depression of the 1930s and World War II. The current President of the U.S. has imposed tariffs on imported steel and aluminum effective March 23, 2018 and proposes tariffs on products imported from China. He has also proposed […]
The Case for a Gold Currency: Part 1
THE CASE FOR A GOLD CURRENCY: PART 1 The gold standard is a system where the nation’s money supply is determined by the supply of gold that is mined. Over time we have had different types of gold standard economies and countries have even suspended the gold standard during wars (e.g.: WWI). Until WWI the […]
The Great Flood
The Great Flood There is little doubt that the amount of water on earth really does not change. There is simply what is known as the Water Cycle whereby evaporation moves water to the sky and then it is redistributed as rain elsewhere. Therefore, the likelihood of an actual flood in Biblical terms that covered […]
Keep Going. This Too Shall Pass.
Keep Going. This Too Shall Pass. Like the weather when a storm approaches, or as the seasons turn, or waves pounding on a shoreline, any deviations are measured and compared by speed and intensity. The same can be said for headlines: Omnibus, discouraged Deplorables, rumors of war, prospects of peace, economic bubbles, fluctuating markets, and […]
John Butman: New World, Inc.
Photos.com/Jupiter Images John Butman: New World, Inc. From its start, resources have driven America’s fortunes We all learned in grade school that the Pilgrims sailed to North America to escape religious persecution. That’s wasn’t necessarily the case, explains author John Butman. At least, it certainly isn’t the whole story. In fact, the Pilgrim’s voyage to the […]
The Big Story
The Big Story Can We Change Civilization by Changing Its Origin Story? The Slave Market – Gustave Boulanger Public Domain How did humans go from savanna-dwelling primates to moon-bouncing Tide Pod™ eaters? This is the big question that Big History has been trying to answer for millennia. Sure, other ages may have framed the question […]
The Collapse of Society – Are the Doom & Gloomers Even on the Right Page?
The Collapse of Society – Are the Doom & Gloomers Even on the Right Page? QUESTION: Hey Marty, Thanks for the incredible information you are sharing. I subscribe to your service and read your blog every day. Do preppers have any justification in planning for a complete collapse, be it economic, political or otherwise? I keep […]
What We Face Requires a Cyclical Perspective
What We Face Requires a Cyclical Perspective To survive what we face clearly requires an open mind to understand that everything in nature moves through a cyclical pattern. The majority of people see the world only in a linear fashion. Politicians proclaim they can change the world and create perpetual prosperity and/or punish those […]
Cycles in Time – Origin of the Theory & Why It Was Ignored in Western Culture
Cycles in Time – Origin of the Theory & Why It Was Ignored in Western Culture QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; Just about every culture outside of Christianity believed in the cyclical aspects of time and nature. Do you have any idea why Western Christian culture failed to incorporate cyclical theory? GN ANSWER: If you actually read the […]
Checking In on the Four Intersecting Cycles
Checking In on the Four Intersecting Cycles If you think this is a robust, resilient, stable system, please check your Ibogaine / Hopium / Delusionol intake. Correspondent James D. recently asked for an update on the four intersecting cycles I’ve been writing about for the past 10 years. Here’s the chart I prepared back in 2008 […]
Cult Of War, Violence And Greed
Cult Of War, Violence And Greed America is a unique class of humans from any perspective, with the recent school shootings it seems a reminder is needed that America is a country, and a culture, built on blood, violence, greed, and the most carnal instincts of the bottom of the Maslow pyramid. First let’s start […]
False Flag Potential in the Middle East: Iran, Syria, and Israel
False Flag Potential in the Middle East: Iran, Syria, and Israel Their End Goal for We the People: “I am the State…the State is all!” (“Quarlo” from “The Outer Limits,” episode “Soldier”) History does repeat itself; if not identically, then in identical circumstances and events in different nations. History also does not just “happen,” as […]
A Brief (and Messy) History of Modern Gold Standards
A BRIEF (AND MESSY) HISTORY OF MODERN GOLD STANDARDS Although gold prices hit a new high in mid-January, Americans, by and large, are still reluctant about gold. They don’t quite “get it.” This incomprehension is different than that of Americans not “getting,” for example, bitcoin (as few seem to). They may understand gold as a safe haven […]
Censorship “Is The Cause Of Every Revolution In Human History”
Censorship “Is The Cause Of Every Revolution In Human History” In response to a question about stopping “fake news”, Edward Snowden notes: Censorship does not do good. We might want to believe it does, and this gets into the fake news problem, for example, that if we just empower Facebook to decide what we can […]
Renaissance Italy Presents a Strong Case for Decentralization
Renaissance Italy Presents a Strong Case for Decentralization Common wisdom tells us that without a clear leader and monopoly on force, chaos reigns until a new order is established. My political theory is rooted in a single axiom that I came to independently: governments are mafia. I actually came to this conclusion in the reverse […]
