I value straightforwardness over performative politeness. This can, and has, got me into trouble at times. Speaking your mind openly and honestly has for a long time felt like a social taboo. For a public figure to break that social taboo and speak without the sanitised, empty, double speak normally […]
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Chpt 44: Heavy Messing
The Rothschilds. A name that’s been synonymous with wealth and influence for over 250 years. Often shrouded in mystery and speculation, their story is not just one of unimaginable fortune but of strategic brilliance that shaped global finance. From their humble origins in Frankfurt to becoming the financiers of nations, […]
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Chpt 37: Break Even
Seigniorage. A word with a long past and an even more sinister present. It originates from the Old French seigneuriage, the ‘right of the lord (seigneur) to mint money’. The seigneurial system was a semi-feudal system of land ownership that originated in France in the 1600’s. Allotted by the king, […]
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Chpt 36: Sober Counsel
Can you imagine a society without lawyers? Not a lawless world, a world with justice and punishment, but without a vampiric class profiting from accident and incident. In Chpt 32: It’s Character Forming I discussed briefly the pillars of ancient Greek moral philosophy (Excellence, Justice, Temperance, Hubris, Reverence and Xenia). […]
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Chpt 33: Unacceptable Behaviour
March 27th, 1980. Known amongst commodity traders as ‘Silver Thursday‘. It was described in Harpers Magazine as “the first great panic since October 1929.” In the words of then Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chief James Stone, it had threatened to punch a hole in the “financial fabric of the […]
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Chpt 30: No Fixed Abode
As someone who spent a lot of my school years outside of Scotland, I will freely admit my understanding of Scottish history is sparse at best. The subject of the Darien Scheme came up in relation to one of my other articles (Chpt 24.1: Profit Margin) and the discussion around […]
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Chpt 27: Kiss the Blade
Word spreads fast when there’s easy money to be made. Something that was apparent in the taverns and public houses of London in the 1700’s. News filtering down from Exchange Alley, through newsletters and pamphlets, gossip, rumors, tales of supposed riches and opportunity. Whispered stories of ordinary people becoming overnight […]
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Chpt 14: Unfortunate Conflict Of Evidence
In the realm of Earth’s history, a compelling correlation has emerged; a noteworthy connection between extended periods of climate stability and the ancient Mesoamerican concept of the “Five Suns.” This raises intriguing questions about the potential existence of advanced human societies during previous interglacial periods. The Mesoamerican “Five Suns” is […]