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Game Propaganda

I don’t keep secrets. When I write fiction, I confess openly it’s propaganda, wherein I promote a particular world view and set of values. If I could devise or design games, I would be even more blunt about it. With … Continue reading

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No Holiday for Some

I’m going to ruin your day. On this Christmas Day, I’d like to ask one small gift of you. Take just a moment to think about the private prison industry in California. I’ll make it simple: Virtually every human in … Continue reading

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Tidbit: Economies of Scale

Take a quick read, and consider this thought: There is only one excuse for seeking the benefits of economic consolidation, only one “benefit” — it’s makes it possible for plutocrats to rob everyone at once. No other long term benefit … Continue reading

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Radical Management: Measuring Success

If you listen to the MBAs’ lies about what defines success, you’ll always be a moral failure. My prescription is simple: If you adhere to God’s Laws — or Cosmic Moral Principles, if you prefer, it’s all the same — … Continue reading

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Poor Man's Economics Forecast

We are going to have more company here at the bottom of the economic food chain. Taken as a whole, we see all the maneuvering over banking, finance and monetary policy is carefully structured to protect a certain group of … Continue reading

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Radical Management: It's Family

We expand on the principle half-stated in Budgeting. We need not in any way refer to any part of Western political and economic theory to get at the ancient truth. All of that is so materially bent, no part of … Continue reading

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Radical Management: Budgeting

We work from the proper moral assumptions: Borrowing is evil unless you are starving. I categorically reject the entire budgeting and management philosophy of the West. It’s wrong before the first thought is put down on paper. Unfortunately, it’s not … Continue reading

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Great Aspirations

All my life, I’ve never been happier than digging ditches or stumps. Too bad I can’t get paid for it. I’m not competitive in the market right now. I’m too slow with the digging and nobody does trees by hand … Continue reading

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Curmudgeonry for the Week

Just a quick laundry list of short items. 1. We are trying to bring Afghanistan under the boot heel of our empire, on one level. We could win, but we won’t. The single greatest factor is incomprehensible to the military … Continue reading

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Different Kind of Prepper

I’m a prepper, he’s a prepper, she’s a prepper, we’re all preppers! Wouldn’t you like to be a prepper, too? (Hat tip to the old Dr. Pepper commercial.) Survivalists and preppers are getting the word out. Lots of good advice … Continue reading

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