Search content
Sort by

Showing 9 of 9 results by Spring Tide
Post
Topic
Board Economics
Re: A Resource Based Economy
by
Spring Tide
on 12/10/2015, 16:42:07 UTC
Here's a checklist for you - yes-or-no questions:
In the US., do private businesses:
 a) set their own prices among each other, and
 b) do they compete with one another.

He got your point, stop being annoying

The free market is free from any intervention by a government, price-setting monopoly, or other authority.





Post
Topic
Board Economics
Re: A Resource Based Economy
by
Spring Tide
on 12/10/2015, 08:15:12 UTC
Look a free market is simple, you trade 1 item for another, you want the other item more than yours, and the counterparty wants your item more than his, so when the trade is complete, you are both better off.

How is that not collaboration?


The trading you describe is barter, not a sophisticated monetary market of the kind generally discussed. I agree that barter is better, but it is impractical on a global scale.

Item one: My shoes.

Item two: A bitcoin.

How is this impractical on a global scale. How is this not collaboration.
Post
Topic
Board Economics
Re: A Resource Based Economy
by
Spring Tide
on 12/10/2015, 07:59:20 UTC
There can be no free market. Humanity cannot become free from reality. The market must create a state to protect itself from reality.
Could you please care to explain this post.
Market participants who attempt to extract profits through trading activities experience significant problems. The exploitation of natural resources and other people for private gain generates conflict.

I exploit other people for private gain myself, it's called employment. I am not generating any conflict. I'm happy with them, they're happy with me.

To protect themselves from the consequences of that conflict, the market participants must create a state or government to quell those who are exploited. If the market did not do this, then there would be no profitable trading activity, as it would inevitably become intolerable by society as a whole.

You partially acknowledge the problem lies with governments and not the market itself. I am a market participant without the need of a state or government but still enjoy profitable trading atctivity, without the interference of any type of governing.

This is because the state is generally also responsible for education, and the market would not tolerate the widespread knowledge of this fact.

A free market will tolerate the widespread knowledge of anything. A state/government will not.

It's governments that are screwing us over.
It's governments that are creating conflict.

"Humanity cannot become free from reality." What are you trying to point out here?

You say you're very pleased to see Bitcoin growing but your Zeitgeist movement wants to kill the free market just as most people in power.

The Zeitgeist movement wants to get rid of the market system as a whole. This will completely rob me of what little is left of my freedom.
Post
Topic
Board Economics
Re: A Resource Based Economy
by
Spring Tide
on 11/10/2015, 23:42:51 UTC
There can be no free market. Humanity cannot become free from reality. The market must create a state to protect itself from reality.

Could you please care to explain this post.

Post
Topic
Board Economics
Re: Economic Totalitarianism
by
Spring Tide
on 02/10/2015, 01:18:22 UTC
With this fake democracy at least the leaders can restrict some wishes of the irrational sheeple. If it were a real democracy then the wishes would be infinite, and hyperinflation would be imminent to pay down those wishes.

Why do the wishes of the 'irrational sheeple' need to be 'restricted'? Your healthcare example was about irrational needs (e.g. smoking) being restricted by leaders.
What makes you think those wishes will be 'payed down' in a real democracy.
Politicians get elected because they're granting 'wishes' they can't afford, like me paying 30 a month for full coverage health insurance. 'Hyperinflation' wont pay down for anything.

A vote will never matter much, it's how people live and act that matters.
Post
Topic
Board Economics
Re: Martin Armstrong Discussion
by
Spring Tide
on 24/09/2015, 14:04:54 UTC
Singapore, New Zealand, Chile, Canada, etc..

Australia is a better choice than EU  Cool

Able to continue my study in a different country. Couple of months left to decide. What would be best in the long run? Undergrad applied mathematics.
Post
Topic
Board Economics
Re: Martin Armstrong Discussion
by
Spring Tide
on 22/09/2015, 17:27:49 UTC
Every European I've met sees social welfare and regulation as great invention of refined, modern humanist man, without exception. Even the ones who admit it is a failure, gladly avail of it and when it comes right down to it, they like it.

Can confirm, I'm a huge fan of regulation as well, for rules are (still) necessary to provide greater equality among people. It's just not being done the right (fair) way, and it wont ever be done in a fair way as long as power is centralized. If we ever get that far, regulation to provide equality probably wont be necessary anyways.

I think the main reason why we're all so fond of it is because social welfare/social securities and regulations have (in the long term) increased ever since they came into play (post WWII). Take the Dutch pension system for example, its a ponzi scheme;

Everyone working for a paycheck has to pay pension contributions, those are mandatory. These "savings" aren't saved "for when you're too old to work", they are being used to provide elder people with their pensions. Not contributing to this collective system of inter-generational support is illegal, individuals are not allowed gather their own pensions, the pyramid would fall apart. Atm we are all contributing 20% of our wage. Bluntly speaking, the moment my dad finished fucking my mom, I was saddled with a 6-digit debt. Declining birth rates will shake its foundation, but hey, lets get reelected.

Until you come to grips with the reality of "democratically" transferring power to the State to steal and that no amount of regulatory oversight can ever reign in corruption (never has and never will), then you will forever be in economic collapse mode. Rpietila astutely pointed out that until you promote private ownership of guns, then you are willfully transferring your veto over corruption. You Europeans will soon experience what not having this veto really means.
The astute youth of Europe will realize they simply need to depart the morass of Europe.

I both fear and long for what will happen when we get confronted with us living a lie. We get nannied to the point where only a war or economic meltdown will wake us up.
Post
Topic
Board Economics
Re: Martin Armstrong Discussion
by
Spring Tide
on 21/09/2015, 22:34:59 UTC
Dude, it's you who thinks a disease is the cause of the divergence between the East and the West and can explain 800 years of world history.

Maybe it can't maybe it can, right? Maybe it can't explain the divergence, but it might have caused the divergence, being a very large butterfly and all.
Post
Topic
Board Economics
Re: Martin Armstrong Discussion
by
Spring Tide
on 21/09/2015, 22:25:42 UTC
Hi, I'd like to thank you all for the very informative/educative posts (on many different informative threads).

I can't offer any substantial input in return, can reply with some opinion/experience if anybody's interested, 19yo born and raised in The Netherlands.

To my experience, the educational system is not adapting rapid changes (social/structural/knowledge age stuff) fast enough.

Your European interpretation of my statements makes me chuckle.

I should not be saying this but please don't get too distracted anony, we all have great faith in you and am very eager to start zapping Ions