During the peak of the Taiwan situation from a couple of weeks ago, the following meme was posting regarding how some other similar regional conflicts were seemingly forgotten: It’s rather unfortunate that as of now, even Taiwan has been forgotten again. It’s also curious that Pelosi’s visit was declared as a sort of great victory … More Short Attention Span
An anon speaks about the difference between seeking pleasure vs happiness, and how they create different mindsets in people that manages to permeate through to politics: Because leftists don’t understand happiness. Leftists are pleasure-seekers. They live for dopamine rushes. You ever see how they attempt to demean their opposition? They often refer to them as … More Pleasure vs Happiness
Just as the kingdoms and empires of old evolved over time, so does the newer forms of governments such as Democracy. Does Democracy always remain Democracy? Looking at the bigger picture, will Democracy always continue to serve the people? Michael Hudson, a research professor of Economics at University of Missouri, Kansas City, and a research … More The Evolution of Democracy to Oligarchy – The End of Western Civilization?
Here are some observations from Michael Mantz, a board certified psychiatrist, on how the psychology of the typical “woke” SJW work. Being a psychiatrist who have worked with woke patients extensively, the good doctor offers a lot of insights that normal people may not be aware of on the mental makeup of this increasingly prominent … More A Psychiatrist on SJW Psychology
An excerpt from a larger piece of writing from 4chan on banks and how inflation is created, as well as how it impacts most normal people: Without government, banks are simple. Person A gives a bank $100. The bank loans $50 of person A’s money to person B. A year later, person B pays back … More On Banks and Inflation
A sad little comic on how the views toward low level service jobs, such as fast food positions, have shifted over the past couple of decades: As someone who lived through all of the above years, the comic is absolutely true. The reasons behind why people reacted as such during each time period is very … More An Economic History of Burger Flipping
One Native American anon responds to another on how cultures die out, and how it relates to what happened to theirs: >I am a Native American Indian. It is our culture that we do not own land people walk on.I am also a Native American. Our culture died because we allowed it to die. Culture … More A Native American on Dead Cultures
A Romanian anon tells the tale of how the people in his little town got around draconian new laws their town imposed on littering: My town is pushing an aggressive agenda against littering. You get like 1000 euros fines for doing it. What did my big brain townsmen do to avoid the fines? Naturally they … More Littering Punishment
Below is an interesting parable on the modern economy, using bicyclists as a focus point: The bicycle is the slow death of the planet. General Director of Euro Exim Bank Ltd. got economists thinking when he said: “A cyclist is a disaster for the country’s economy: he does not buy cars and does not borrow … More On Cyclists and the Economy
I posted something last week about how some people were seemingly building a pseudo-religion around the Covid virus and its vaccines. Here is a more in depth look from someone who studied the psychology of religion on how a different topic in society, “Wokeness”, resembles a brand new religion or even a cult: The Cult … More “Wokeness” as a Cult
Temple of Zagan 