I've decided to start podcasting. Here is the first shot, please leave any suggestions in the comment box below. Harsh criticism is welcome.
The audio file can be downloaded at http://ztkfg.com/wp-content/uploads/podcast/ .
Topics:
- How the United States Government is nothing more than a mind virus.
Links:
Mark Passio's Website:
whatonearthishappening.com
That was an interesting listen, looking forward to the next one.
I think what you said about people working in FAGMAN companies not actually contributing to society is a tough pill to swallow (especially for the segment of bitcoiners that uses them for mining fiat) but necessary to accept. The sooner you can cut ties with the fiat world the sooner you can focus on the real economy. It's not easy though, I left that world two years ago and am only now starting to formulate in my head what life looks like outside.
The claim that the USG is an hallucination reminded me of a quote from MP, though I can't find it (possible I imagined it). To paraphrase: "The sum power of the USG is a set of laws dictating, 'you can't do that', and millions of derps who never think to test whether or not they can". I did find this line in searching for the quote though, I'd be curious to know if that's along the lines of how you meant it in the title of the episode.
One small request/bit of feedback for future a episodes would be to include a brief synopsis in the blog text, including names, titles, and/or links for any people or works mentioned. I wasn't familiar with the podcaster you referenced so I didn't know if I should search for "mark casio" or "mark cassius", etc. Neither of those returned relevant results so at this point I'm still stuck.
@billymg
> I think what you said about people working in FAGMAN companies not actually contributing to society is a tough pill to swallow (especially for the segment of bitcoiners that uses them for mining fiat) but necessary to accept. The sooner you can cut ties with the fiat world the sooner you can focus on the real economy. It's not easy though, I left that world two years ago and am only now starting to formulate in my head what life looks like outside.
Well thimbron convinced me of this: taking the fake bucks and putting them into bitcoin and holding is absolutely an active effort that contributes to society. I see it as contributing to society by harming the people who are hurting society.
> The claim that the USG is an hallucination reminded me of a quote from MP, though I can't find it (possible I imagined it). To paraphrase: "The sum power of the USG is a set of laws dictating, 'you can't do that', and millions of derps who never think to test whether or not they can". I did find this line in searching for the quote though, I'd be curious to know if that's along the lines of how you meant it in the title of the episode.
The rephrase of whatever you're quoting is well put, I absolutely agree. The USG can be seen as a mind virus that blocks the action of the individual. Regarding the quote you linked to, while there is no self-conscious mastermind of the USG, I believe there are evil manipulators who see the USG for what it is, play along with the game, and take advantage of people who are under the hallucination.
> One small request/bit of feedback for future a episodes would be to include a brief synopsis in the blog text, including names, titles, and/or links for any people or works mentioned. I wasn't familiar with the podcaster you referenced so I didn't know if I should search for "mark casio" or "mark cassius", etc. Neither of those returned relevant results so at this point I'm still stuck.
Good point, will do, the pod caster I mentioned is named Mark Passio and his website is whatonearthishappening.com .
> Well thimbron convinced me of this: taking the fake bucks and putting them into bitcoin and holding is absolutely an active effort that contributes to society. I see it as contributing to society by harming the people who are hurting society.
Good point, I'd have to say I agree with you and thimbronion on that. In that case bonus points if you're also sandbagging it (which I hear is easier now than ever thanks to the meme flu).
Thanks for the link. Holy shit though, why can't these people just pick a clean, simple theme. The type and graphics just scream "schizo". If it weren't for your reference I'd have closed the tab five seconds after landing on it.
I had the same initial reaction on seeing the site, maybe it was a contributing reason to why i brushed him off. But I appreciate the originality, and the content is well organized.
So by your standards and given the context of the podcast, what constitutes as theft to you? Going hand in hand, what about ownership?
This is an extension of your reference to USG as `thieves' (politburo, corporate enterprise, et cetera), and that thieves are a symptom of the USG hallucination. I'm curious as to why you'd think they are a symptom and not the disease?
I'd also like to further understand the use of `nature' here. Specifically in the context of the `natural market' i.e. is this an interpretation of free-market thinking?
Thanks,
cdd
@crtdaydreams
Ownership is the state of being under control of something. Theft is taking something currently controlled by someone else without their consent. In the context of the podcast, what is being owned/stolen is purchasing power. The USG mind virus causes people to hallucinate that theft via inflation and taxation is moral because funds are being used to save minority kittens with cancer in burning trees.
The root cause of the problem is not the politburo/corporate enterprises writing down whatever bullshit, it's the people who hallucinate they have authority and follow what they write down. But you're right, the politburo are not exactly a symptom, I would call them catalysts.
The natural market means the market that operates without an external force applied to it. Or in other words, it means a market that is in some form of stable equilibrium. And yes I would say it's an interpretation of free-market thinking.
@whaack
Purchasing power is an interesting phrase, it seems to imply a leverage on worth over value (I am writing an essay creating a distinction between the two, but worth is essentially a collective representation of value). So essentially the USG is financially blackmailing every single one of its peons.
Inflation seems to be only theft when it's the government that prints money.
I.e. Bitcoin Miners cannot be called thieves for minting another coin, can they?
Catalysts is appropriate.
Free-market thinking and the entire premise of Anarcho-capitalism has received various criticisms due to the lack of social consequence consumerism-fueled innovation takes accountability for.
What are your thoughts on the above statement?
I very much appreciate the space you've cultivated for thoughtful and civil dialogue, here's some of thoughts;
I would argue any organizational framework is hallucinatory, that being power dynamics, authority, submission etc. I think the distinction to be made is not whether or not the USG exists or not, but rather whether or not the framework itself is consensual. I use that word in the frame of thought more akin to `consensus'. The whole argument is comparatively like being drugged or taking drugs. There is no third option where you never find yourself in either situation. It's the whole stick of the matrix. Why choose?
I'd also like to point out the idea of a USG ``mind-virus'' is more akin to Douglas Rushkoffs ``cultural-virus''. That is to say, the USG is quite literally a meme.
Vaccine mandates are not simply a symptom, but rather a distraction. For what? dunno.
I think the whole idea of an SQL database with every single peon registered is too funny to be true. Think of it, the worlds worst CRUD app, maybe they even wrote it in Rust?
Eh, that's my 5c. I must say though, the website is more than enough for me to write off most of it as some sort of scam to buy 2TB of .jpegs with clipart ufos in them.
Careful what signals you tune into,
cdd -v
@crtdaydreams
> Inflation seems to be only theft when it's the government that prints money.
I.e. Bitcoin Miners cannot be called thieves for minting another coin, can they?
The problem is the combination of inflation+taxation. If the USD was optional, and the monetary policy of random spikes of inflation was openly known, then it would still be stupid to use the USD, but the inflation wouldn't be theft. So no, miners are certainly not thieves for mining coins.
> Free-market thinking and the entire premise of Anarcho-capitalism has received various criticisms due to the lack of social consequence consumerism-fueled innovation takes accountability for. What are your thoughts on the above statement?
It's true that a private trade that benefits 2 individuals in the trade can have a negative impact on the external system. And those negatively affected by any private trade have the right to do something about it. But the cases where private trades hurt outsiders are few and far between, so I believe anarcho-capitalists are on the right track more or less. I haven't dived too much into the philosophy apart from having read two of Ayn Rand's books The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. I enjoyed them both, but preferred the former by quite a bit.
> I very much appreciate the space you've cultivated for thoughtful and civil dialogue, here's some of thoughts;
Thank you and you're welcome!
> I would argue any organizational framework is hallucinatory, that being power dynamics, authority, submission etc. I think the distinction to be made is not whether or not the USG exists or not, but rather whether or not the framework itself is consensual. I use that word in the frame of thought more akin to `consensus'. The whole argument is comparatively like being drugged or taking drugs. There is no third option where you never find yourself in either situation. It's the whole stick of the matrix. Why choose?
Yes this is a good point re. any organizational framework being hallucinatory and I mention it in my 2nd episode of the podcast (will publish soon.) The USG is just a bad hallucination. I'm not sure exactly what you're saying in the 2nd part of the paragraph, but I think it's worth noting billymg's point that most people don't even test to see if the restraints that they imagine the USG is putting on them actually exist. In other words, the cases where someone enforces the rules that people hallucinate are held by the USG are much more rare than the times where people follow the imaginary rules without any external pressure.
> I'd also like to point out the idea of a USG ``mind-virus'' is more akin to Douglas Rushkoffs ``cultural-virus''. That is to say, the USG is quite literally a meme.
Sure
> Vaccine mandates are not simply a symptom, but rather a distraction. For what? dunno.
There is no lizard hitler mastermind person or group creating the vaccine mandate as a distraction the way a magician creates a distraction to hide his trick. The people who pretend to be the USG are not that coordinated.
> I think the whole idea of an SQL database with every single peon registered is too funny to be true. Think of it, the worlds worst CRUD app, maybe they even wrote it in Rust?
As I mention I don't know the technical details of how banks manage their ledgers, but the point is that it comes down to something like a SQL database / CRUD app. They're probably using large excel sheets for all I know.
> Eh, that's my 5c. I must say though, the website is more than enough for me to write off most of it as some sort of scam to buy 2TB of .jpegs with clipart ufos in them.
Afaik he doesn't charge for his A.R.K. offering, he just has 2TB of books,videos,etc. that he offers to share. And while Mark Passio is perhaps a tad bit too Alex Jone-y for most people's liking, he has some of the most quality content regarding the psychology and mind traps people get into that cause them to support the USG.