North Stoke Life

This is how things will play out in simple terms: Against all economic theory, against all negative expectations, against President Trump, his tariff strategy, which is to force nations into negotiating tariffs toward zero everywhere, this strategy or something proximate yet caused by it, will deliver a huge increase in global productive power. Most importantly in America herself.  What happens to economies when they are given a spectacular labour saving device or an improvement in government efficiency or reduction in taxation as the tariff will deliver in this case, in spite of it being so unlikely and no one expecting it to work? Land values rise everywhere, especially where the gains of this new productivity emerge. What is more, the speculation in these land value earnings - rent, will drive demand for even higher 'capital' gains in the selling price of it. Into a mania where we all start to believe the price will keep rising forever. Everyone will buy in, especially the b...

I'm going to talk about Being Seen and the Planet Saver archetype that I've created, and I allow to rule me. I have a lifelong and urgent need to Be Seen by the world, as saving it. Or saving the poor. Or helping victims I will never need to meet.  I do not want to do any of things that must be done to save any of it. I do not care about the world, the poor, or war victims. What I care about is Being Seen to be saving the world. Being seen. By Being Seen, I mean I want people to watch me as I pretend to save the world. I want the glory that I might be able to steal by Being Seen. Maybe even a seat on the right hand side of God. A kind of psychic rent seeking. I am not conscious of myself doing this. But it does drive everything I do. Everything. This Being Seen, is my world. I created it. It belongs to me. I created this image of the world where I'm seen to be saving it. It's a cosy and precious place for me to live. I will guard it with my life. And I will make sacrifi...

https://grok.com/share/bGVnYWN5_c4a19387-58e8-4592-b845-27d113e9ec3a It starts by spouting a false narrative. Then agrees it's false. And proceeds to spout a false narrative  So weird.  It is almost conscious that it is forbidden from going to the root.  https://grok.com/share/bGVnYWN5_c4a19387-58e8-4592-b845-27d113e9ec3a

I posit that leadership quality has declined significantly since women gained a transfer of power.  This may be coincidence. I'm just pointing it out. 

Inequality is not about those who have more wealth and those who have less wealth. It's about those who have more land and those who have less land. In a book called "Progress and Poverty," Henry George argues that advancements like technological progress, government improvements, and corporate growth, AI, EV's, while seemingly beneficial, ultimately lead to increased land value and exacerbate inequality.  He contends that these improvements, rather than benefiting society as a whole, primarily enrich landowners through increased rent, and the capital gains from that, further concentrating wealth and contributing to poverty and the artificial need for a welfare state. And ultimately war, where the land of other nations is now required to remain above water. What are the mechanics of this? Well, all improvements of any kind increase economic productivity, and then the desire to live and produce in the location where productivity is the highest, or higher relatively. Th...

Add your own evidence signalling we're all slaves in the comments and I'll gratefully put them on the list below. Go up to a slave in ancient Rome and ask them if they believe they are a slave. They would not be in the least bit offended and would immediately say yes, why do you ask? And probably invite you for a drink. If that was me today I would be offended if asked and likely would think anyone asking was a bit of a nut. Today, I've forgotten that I'm a slave. Not on purpose. It is not even how I have been raised by the system though it looks badly like it is. Nor is it wealth and power whom enslave me.  It is me, who does it. I am angry with me about it. And I project my anger onto anyone who asks. I choose it. But It's not 'on the earth' where I make my choice. And it is on the earth were I will face the consequences of my choice. It's so tempting to try and escape - "Of course I'm not a slave especially today. I have democracy you fool!...

Exploitation is not inherently a good or a bad thing. It is observed that exploitation will happen if the people chose society to organise themselves. Which do you want, strong people and government, or weak? The advent of society, means inevitable exploitation. Society is The People. The People have the ultimate power. Society always incentivises The People to exploit people. Both weak and strong.  Weak people = weak government = the weak will be exploited Strong people = strong government = the strong will be exploited. Strong does not mean right wing or strength as in power. Strength means the greatest number possible have become the best people they can be. Strong people does not mutually exclude weak people. It certainly does mean weak people will rise to new heights because of the strong. And without the strong the weak will destroy society by exploiting the weak until that society is under water. All government has the most power. They are the biggest gang with the biggest a...