What Do I Think About That?

In this life of scarcity, we are forced to cling. In the eternal life with God, we are promised treasures forevermore. But the path from this world of competition to the world of peace is sorrow. Christ entered the Kingdom through death. His life of faithful suffering was the way. His excruciating death was the door. His ressurrection was the key. Through pain we stop clinging to earthly hopes and by faith we testify to the truth of that happy land far far away.  He was not an earthly king. He did not come to establish an earthly kingdom. He did not come to give his people the land.  He did not come to topple the tyrants throne or wars perfect practitioners.  He did not come to teach us how to build a perfect earthly state. He came to teach us to let go.  He came to teach us to look beyond.  He came to show you how to take the blows and sing in prison.  He came to teach us how to die.  Let us then give up on statecraft. Let us stop trying to perfectly divide the land. Let us throw the

I have a genuine question when it comes to government and politics. I’m not entirely certain if property and land ownership is not the fundamental issue at the heart of all our conflicts with government. This Israeli / Palestine conflict is shaking me a bit about this. Has any major philosophical, political or economic thinker dealt with this issue at the heart of what justifies property and land ownership? I have a sense I’m going to find a certain materialism devolve into the politics of survival in fear of death which is the root of tyranny (might makes right because the mighty have the land. Anything can be owned (including people) and the best owners employ all tools including deception, brainwashing, diplomacy, military, politic, and other manners of control and conquest. I imagine the counter to this is going some degree of spiritualism that devolves into letting go of any strong claims to land and property in belief of life with God, who is the source of all land and material s

 The world central banks are driving up interests rates in a bid to get the wealthy class to default on their loans and hand over the collateral. Their aim is deflation, not inflation.  https://open.substack.com/pub/charleshughsmith/p/fire-then-ice-our-deflationary-future?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web This is why racking up debt and challenging the validity of debt contracts directly (debt nullification) is the only way to win. We have to have a debt jubilee to fight the debt creators.  https://thinkingwithzach.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-federal-reserve-system-and-federal.html?m=1 Then will everyone realize the banks have no rights to their contracts and all the dollars in existence will flee to hard assets.  https://endgameinvestor.substack.com/p/money-is-not-an-invention-its-just

In America's history, the principle of collateralizing the future productivity of individuals has manifested in various forms, including the establishment of the national debt by Alexander Hamilton and the exploitation of the slave system managed by Wall Street financiers and Southern practitioners. Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury, advocated for the assumption of state debts by the federal government and the creation of a national debt. While Hamilton believed that a national debt could promote stability and creditworthiness, critics argued that it effectively collateralized the future productivity of American citizens to fund government expenditures. By issuing bonds and securities backed by the promise of future tax revenues, the federal government effectively obligated future generations to repay the debt, thus encumbering their labor and productivity. Additionally, the institution of slavery in the United States provided another glaring example of collat

**Legal Brief: Argument for Nullification of Loan Contracts** **Introduction:** The 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution explicitly prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime. This amendment was enacted to protect individuals from the unjust exploitation of their labor and productivity without just cause or consent. In light of this constitutional provision, we argue for the nullification of loan contracts that resemble forms of slavery, specifically those facilitated by the creditors listed below. **Argument:** 1. **Violation of the 13th Amendment:**    The language of the 13th Amendment prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude, emphasizing the importance of consent and just cause in any labor-related transaction. The practices of collateralizing future productivity, monetizing labor, and financing based on the promise of future earnings, as evidenced in the loan contracts with the following creditors, resemble historical forms of slav

Introduction   I want to open this essay with a common scenario. As John enters the pristine marble halls of the bank, he has one goal in mind: securing a loan to fund his aspirations for a better life. Little does he know, however, that behind the polished veneer of the bank lies a sinister mechanism, one that ensnares unsuspecting borrowers into a web of debt bondage and servitude. For decades, the Federal Reserve has wielded its influence over the American economy, its policies shaping the destiny of millions. Yet, beneath the facade of financial stability and prosperity, lurks a system built on the exploitation of the masses. As John sits across from the bank manager, signing away his future in exchange for a sum of money, he unwittingly becomes a pawn in a grand scheme—one that perpetuates the degradation of society and cements the global domination of the dollar. The origins of this insidious cycle can be traced back to the inception of the Federal Reserve, a seemingly innocuous

The big myth of money with that it measures value. Value cannot be measured. Gold can be measured by ounces. Wood planks can be measured by feet. Gasoline can be measured by gallons. But value is based on its utility to individuals based on their own individual purposes. Hence, nothing can measure value objectively.  This is why money is just a medium of exchange. Anything that is money must first be an asset of some utility. Then people are able to assess which asset shares the widest demand and is easiest to store over time and space. Historically, this asset has been gold buts its also been silver, cigarettes, tobacco, wheat, or ammunition. 

Someone might say this. “My understanding has always been that you can measure the "worth" of something by what someone is willing to pay for it and right now it looks like people are willing to pay approximately $2,200 for an ounce of gold, so that is precisely what it must be worth...” I reject this idea because it lacks wisdom. A drug addict is willing to sell their first born child for a hit of heroin. Does this mean the child is worth one hit of heroin? No. It means the drug addict is bad at valuing things. But right now, you are able to acquire something precious from people who don’t know how to value things. $30 for an ounce of silver ought to be worth about $3,100 of equivalent value. Easy trade So with that being said, here is how you ought to value gold and silver.  There is $307 trillion in global debt 202,000 tonnes of gold mined Silver is historical 1/15 price of gold That gives me a price per ounce of gold of $47,000 and the price of an ounce of silver at ~$3,1

Someone might say this. “My understanding has always been that you can measure the "worth" of something by what someone is willing to pay for it and right now it looks like people are willing to pay approximately $1,200 for an ounce of gold, so that is precisely what it must be worth...” I reject this idea because it lacks wisdom. A drug addict is willing to sell their first born child for a hit of heroin. Does this mean the child is worth one hit of heroin? No. It means the drug addict is bad at valuing things. But right now, you are able to acquire something precious from people who don’t know how to value things. $30 for an ounce of silver ought to be worth about $3,100 of equivalent value. Easy trade So with that being said, here is how you ought to value gold and silver.  There is $307 trillion in global debt 202,000 tonnes of gold mined Silver is historical 1/15 price of gold That gives me a price per ounce of gold of $47,000 and the price of an ounce of silver at ~$3,1

Picture of a German man transporting hyper-inflated German Marks in the Weimar Republic in the 1920s Money is speech. A lot of people don’t know this but that’s what money is. It tells people that you are worth serving and it’s your way of telling others that they are worth supporting. In other words, money talks. The fear of being broke is really the fear of losing your voice and the power that comes with it.  Many people know that there is a crisis coming. If you don’t see it, you are intentionally not looking. That’s a common human mistake that I don’t have time to get into.  Make no mistake though; the dollar is dead. It betrayed itself in 1913 with the establishment of the Federal Reserve, again 1933 with the confiscation of American gold, and again 1972 when Nixon closed the international gold window. It died completely in 2008 with the Great Financial Crisis. Now is the time for mourning and moving on.  Why am I talking about this? In the great reset coming soon, many people tod

 A Zen story: A new student comes to the monastery and says to the Abbot, “I want to join. How long is it going to take me to be enlightened?” And you can feel the energy of it, this is not a pausing or stepping back from things. And the Abbot says: “Ten years.” And so the student goes, “Well, what if I work twice as hard?” And the abbot says: “Twenty years.” “Well, wait a minute! You just said ten years!” the student exclaimed. “For you, 30 years.” A helpful counterbalance to the true but misguided story of hustle culture.

At Russell Brand’s recommendation, I watched Zone of Interest tonight. If Nazi germany taught us one thing, it was that a people group are easily convinced to focus on distractions rather than face the horror all around them. It’s so easy to manipulate a depressed, fearful, and mean person with a shiny object.  This is how Zone of Interest illustrates this phenomenon. Gun shots are heard throughout while the family living next door to the stoves used to turn Jews to ashes. To mask the discomfort of being mass murderers, the women grew lilac and azalea bushes, played in a swimming pool, and exchanged meaningless pleasentries among them. The men conspired to evade reality by using the language of industry and business to describe intentional and efficient genocidal processes.  I’ve seen this phenomenon in movies before. As Thanos is murdering half the population on Gomaras planet (Avengers: Infinity War), he hands her a perfectly balanced knife. As the soldiers open fire, Gamora is drawn

  Tis here, but yet confused. Knavery’s plain face is never seen till used” - Othello Act 2 Scene 1 Dishonest and greedy people will lie to you if it’s in their interest to do so. They will cloak themselves in WHATEVER you want to get you to let down your guard and exploit your weakness, a weakness you likely aren’t even aware of. In 1603 Shakespeare created a whole character Iago, arguably the greatest villain in all literature, based on this particularly malicious form of deception and betrayal.  Rose Armitage’s character in Get Out is a good modern example of this enticing deception. As a pretty white girl, she hunts black men for her family, being the model of progressivism, empathy, and even skepticism of her “so white” family to earn the trust of her “boyfriend” Chris Washington.  Don’t be fooled by those who say “I never saw this coming!”. The reason people say that is because they are hypocrites. There are always signs. You must detect and remove the evil within so you might no

A man has a chronic  flaw. He can’t remember anything after his wife is attacked. All short term memory fades.  He represents me and all humanity, a species with flaws that we don’t see and which we cannot fix. Those who know him represent me and all humanity, us who can see each other’s flaws and must choose to exploit them or sacrifice ourselves to them.  If I exploit the flaw, I won’t know that I’ve done it and I won’t know who has done it to me. This is unaccountable hate.  If I love despite the flaw, I won’t be remembered for it. This is unconditional love.  Only, with love, I can be brought back to reality and live in peace and happiness. With hate, I am destined to experience the consequences of hate, murder, theft, rage, and confusion.  If I exploit others, they will exploit me.  If I love others, they might love me.  Does morality really boil down to exploitative hate and sacrificial love? Is there a higher love than can redeem and heal this flaw? Rules: 1. Always tell the tru

 This is the beginning of my attempt to develop a curriculum for those who intend to break away from the influence of dollars. I will be borrowing my method of understanding the pathology of dollarism from the pathology of alcoholism since I believe the one maps to society the way the other maps to the individual. The Drunkards Progress Preamble: Dollars Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other that may solve their common problem and help each other recover from dollarism.  The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using dollars. There are no dues or fees for D.A. membership.  Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other dollarholics achieve sobriety. 

I am a sober man in the land of drunkards. Dollars flood my streets. Prices are empty as the happiness found in whiskey. All around me I see voices amplified by these dollars Like those filled with happy spirits I know the overdose is coming I know the hangover will be fierce I have seen the real drunkards and addicts. Their bodies weak and their eyes dead Their families broken and their souls wrecked I have ministered to these lost spirits. How do I minister to those gripped by the dollar?  How do I survive in a world where I must depend on economic alcoholics? My voice feels small. There are no ears to hear me. My influence is failing. There is no one who pays attention. All our wasted and intoxicated.  No one knows how to speak of value without dollars. Gold is at an all time high (in dollars) Silver is on the rise (in dollars) Bitcoin has been the most successful asset of all time (in dollars). All lies. All empty. All signals that lead to endless and pointless speculation.  The ma

  November 24, 2002 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, "Permission to fight (against disbelievers) is given to those (believers) who are fought against, because they have been wronged and surely, Allah is Able to give them (believers) victory." [Quran 22:39] "Those who believe, fight in the Cause of Allah, and those who disbelieve, fight in the cause of Taghut (anything worshipped other than Allah e.g. Satan). So fight you against the friends of Satan; ever feeble is indeed the plot of Satan."[Quran 4:76] Some American writers have published articles under the title 'On what basis are we fighting?'. These articles have generated a number of responses, some of which adhered to the truth and were based on Islamic Law, and others which have not. Here we wanted to outline the truth - as an explanation and warning - hoping for Allah's reward, seeking success and support from Him. While seeking Allah's help, we form our reply based