"The most basic function of Near Eastern kingship was to proclaim “economic order,” misharum and andurarum clean slate debt cancellations, echoed in Judaism’s Jubilee Year. There was no “democracy” in the sense of citizens electing their leaders and administrators, but “divine kingship” was obliged to achieve the implicit economic aim of democracy: “protecting the weak from the powerful.”"
Meanwhile under liberal democracy, usurers are given free rein.
Anything by Michael Hudson is good reading. The tl;dr of his stuff is basically that our Western neo-lib leaders have loaded us and the rest of the world down in debt and see that system threatened by China and Russia which have superior (and frankly more Christ-like) economic model that is much more attractive to other countries. Because of this our neo-liberal economic system is fundamentally un-sustainable long term and ascendant China and Russia will ultimately bring it down.
I'm ok with the collapse of the west as long as I get my farm before it happens.
I read that piece yesterday. Pretty good. I think Hudson comes from a Marxist background and I've noticed some SJW / climate crap in his writing but on economics I think he's generally pretty good. And I think he identifies as a Socialist and that term always makes me cringe but maybe that's just me being an American child of the Cold War. Like Rolo wrote yesterday:
Few have the courage to move past ideology and simply ask: “does _____ make my people and my country stronger”?
Sovoks in Russia ask themselves: "is _____ in keeping with Socialist doctrine”?
I tend to ask myself: Is this Commie bullshit? 😂
I should be asking myself: Is this Oligarch bullshit?
Honestly, Rolo's formulation, "Does X make us stronger?" is extremely powerful. Cuts right through ideology and gets to what actually matters in the practical world we actually live in. Ideological thinking is just a way to shut down thought by locking it into an inflexible system that fails to correct for obvious failures.
I don't have the economics expertise to come to a confident assessment of Prof Hudson's work. However, his clear admiration of the Chinese political model is a huge red flag for me. He can barely go a couple of paragraphs without praising their dirigiste management of credit, etc- all for "the public good" - really? The western oligarchs and their political lackeys also have the same thing for China's authoritarianism (there are Trudeau videos to the effect "oh if only we had Chinese like authority to respond to the climate crises" (while China builds massive numbers of coal powered elec generating plants)) - again a huge red flag.
I don't know if I have detected "SJW/climate crap" in what I have read; but the guy seems to have not a word to say about the global covid operation. How can anyone offer assessments of Western oligarchy without including that in the year 2022?
Funny enough Sovoks are thinking in terms of "does this make my country stronger" - after all they rightfully view the USSR period as a period of scientific and economic prosperity and unlimited political power for their people. This is in contrast to modern Russia that has been taken over by gangster capitalists that can't build basic things that the Soviets could. For this reason its rather ironic when people shit on the "sovoks".
In terms of industrial output, the size of the RF trade fleet, the size of the Army, the number of papers published, number of copyrights, etc the RF is a far cry from what the Soviets had in 1989 (and that was after years of dismantling of the system). I think this is hard to deny. A powerful economy and scientific appartus makes a country stronger, so far I do not see the RF surpassing the Soviet Union. When and if it does, I'll be the first to eat my words.
"The LDPR has argued in Russian media that Putin's current 'President' title was actually first coined in the US in the 18th century, The Telegraph reports, and Pravitel should be used instead despite its autocratic connotations."
>Despite
I very much doubt that they suggest the change in title "despite" the autocratic connotations.
So does this new law (in theory) give the right for Ukrainian citizens in Kiev-controlled territory the right to apply for Russian citizenship? Or is just those that make it to Russia proper or in Russian-controlled territory?
I mean, I guess it's somewhat of a moot point as the SBU would hunt you down if you tried to apply from Ukrainian territory. But as the Russian army moves westward, all of a sudden people can apply. So it's kinda like Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation - declare rights behind enemy lines, then enforce same as your army swoops in.
This is off topic but it's absolutely hilarious that you keep getting the senile left coming in to lecture you on democracy and equality.I guess they see a blog with a slavic name and a pro Russian theme and decide that it's the same as what they're into.You're gonna have a lot more of them show up before the blog is done chief.
The man just keeps on delivering.
Speaking of Team Strongman, you'll get a kick out of this:
https://thesaker.is/michael-hudson-the-end-of-western-civilization-why-it-lacks-resilience-and-what-will-take-its-place/
"The most basic function of Near Eastern kingship was to proclaim “economic order,” misharum and andurarum clean slate debt cancellations, echoed in Judaism’s Jubilee Year. There was no “democracy” in the sense of citizens electing their leaders and administrators, but “divine kingship” was obliged to achieve the implicit economic aim of democracy: “protecting the weak from the powerful.”"
Meanwhile under liberal democracy, usurers are given free rein.
Anything by Michael Hudson is good reading. The tl;dr of his stuff is basically that our Western neo-lib leaders have loaded us and the rest of the world down in debt and see that system threatened by China and Russia which have superior (and frankly more Christ-like) economic model that is much more attractive to other countries. Because of this our neo-liberal economic system is fundamentally un-sustainable long term and ascendant China and Russia will ultimately bring it down.
I'm ok with the collapse of the west as long as I get my farm before it happens.
Treason against the neoliberal Western oligarchy is loyalty to humanity.
I read that piece yesterday. Pretty good. I think Hudson comes from a Marxist background and I've noticed some SJW / climate crap in his writing but on economics I think he's generally pretty good. And I think he identifies as a Socialist and that term always makes me cringe but maybe that's just me being an American child of the Cold War. Like Rolo wrote yesterday:
Few have the courage to move past ideology and simply ask: “does _____ make my people and my country stronger”?
Sovoks in Russia ask themselves: "is _____ in keeping with Socialist doctrine”?
I tend to ask myself: Is this Commie bullshit? 😂
I should be asking myself: Is this Oligarch bullshit?
Honestly, Rolo's formulation, "Does X make us stronger?" is extremely powerful. Cuts right through ideology and gets to what actually matters in the practical world we actually live in. Ideological thinking is just a way to shut down thought by locking it into an inflexible system that fails to correct for obvious failures.
I don't have the economics expertise to come to a confident assessment of Prof Hudson's work. However, his clear admiration of the Chinese political model is a huge red flag for me. He can barely go a couple of paragraphs without praising their dirigiste management of credit, etc- all for "the public good" - really? The western oligarchs and their political lackeys also have the same thing for China's authoritarianism (there are Trudeau videos to the effect "oh if only we had Chinese like authority to respond to the climate crises" (while China builds massive numbers of coal powered elec generating plants)) - again a huge red flag.
I don't know if I have detected "SJW/climate crap" in what I have read; but the guy seems to have not a word to say about the global covid operation. How can anyone offer assessments of Western oligarchy without including that in the year 2022?
Funny enough Sovoks are thinking in terms of "does this make my country stronger" - after all they rightfully view the USSR period as a period of scientific and economic prosperity and unlimited political power for their people. This is in contrast to modern Russia that has been taken over by gangster capitalists that can't build basic things that the Soviets could. For this reason its rather ironic when people shit on the "sovoks".
I don't think so.
What do you disagree with?
In terms of industrial output, the size of the RF trade fleet, the size of the Army, the number of papers published, number of copyrights, etc the RF is a far cry from what the Soviets had in 1989 (and that was after years of dismantling of the system). I think this is hard to deny. A powerful economy and scientific appartus makes a country stronger, so far I do not see the RF surpassing the Soviet Union. When and if it does, I'll be the first to eat my words.
Pravitel Putin!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11000857/Dont-call-President-Putin-call-ruler-Kremlin-allies-urge-title-change.html
"The LDPR has argued in Russian media that Putin's current 'President' title was actually first coined in the US in the 18th century, The Telegraph reports, and Pravitel should be used instead despite its autocratic connotations."
>Despite
I very much doubt that they suggest the change in title "despite" the autocratic connotations.
So does this new law (in theory) give the right for Ukrainian citizens in Kiev-controlled territory the right to apply for Russian citizenship? Or is just those that make it to Russia proper or in Russian-controlled territory?
I mean, I guess it's somewhat of a moot point as the SBU would hunt you down if you tried to apply from Ukrainian territory. But as the Russian army moves westward, all of a sudden people can apply. So it's kinda like Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation - declare rights behind enemy lines, then enforce same as your army swoops in.
This is off topic but it's absolutely hilarious that you keep getting the senile left coming in to lecture you on democracy and equality.I guess they see a blog with a slavic name and a pro Russian theme and decide that it's the same as what they're into.You're gonna have a lot more of them show up before the blog is done chief.
It's also substack, generally.
Most bloggers here are just anti-vaxxers.
What's your experience with substack in general?Is it worth setting up a little blog or do you see it becoming irrelevant like bitchute?
People came to substack to hear Glenn Greenwald and anti-vaxxers, so when they roll out the hoax again in fall, probably more ppl will come in.
Best of luck getting your citizenship application processed and approved!